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Archer County, Texas oil and gas

  • 975,969bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 553producing leases
  • 5,242wells on the map
  • 96drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Archer County

Map of Archer County, Texas, with 5,242 oil and gas wells and 96 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations96Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells2,544On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing611Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged2,087The state's wellbore record says plugged

Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and permit files, US Census Bureau county outline, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), base map from USGS The National Map. A dot is a surface location; a horizontal well runs a mile or more from it.

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5,242 wells with a location on the state's map (2,544 producing, 611 not producing, 2,087 plugged) and 96 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/counties/archer-county-tx">Archer County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Archer City · Holliday · Newest drilling permits in Archer County · Wells by ZIP code

Archer County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale

Archer County reported 975,969 barrels of oil and 464,671 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 69th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

975,969bbl oil, last 12 months+7% vs prior year

August 2026 is still coming in. About 89% of Texas leases have reported it so far, so this page counts through July 2026 until it is fully reported.

Producing leases
553of 920 on record
Operators
131
Fields
105

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Archer County · RRC district 09
Gas, last 12 months
464,671 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
5,303on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Archer County

Oil output in Archer County rose 7% over the last 12 months

976k bbl through Jul 2026, against 909k bbl a year earlier. Peak May 2026: 89.2k bbl.

Oil output in Archer County rose 7% over the last 12 months976k bbl through Jul 2026, against 909k bbl a year earlier. Peak May 2026: 89.2k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100kPeak 89.2k (May 26)88.6k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Archer County rose 7% over the last 12 months976k bbl through Jul 2026, against 909k bbl a year earlier. Peak May 2026: 89.2k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100kPeak 89.2k (May 26)88.6k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Archer County rose 17% over the last 12 months

465k mcf through Jul 2026, against 396k mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2026: 52k mcf.

Gas output in Archer County rose 17% over the last 12 months465k mcf through Jul 2026, against 396k mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2026: 52k mcf.Gas, mcf per month020k40k60k52k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Archer County rose 17% over the last 12 months465k mcf through Jul 2026, against 396k mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2026: 52k mcf.Gas, mcf per month020k40k60k52k'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.

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Archer County oil and gas production by year, 1993 to 2025

Every full year we hold, 1993 to 2025. The highest year for oil since 1993 was 1993, at 2,552,889 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2001, at 844,323 mcf.

Archer County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025920,423433,167
2024864,928273,645
2023814,509209,137
2022769,913231,861
2021764,887235,099
2020786,543231,979
2019883,676339,021
2018889,679314,935
2017918,391338,518
20161,002,595409,929
20151,150,240551,013
20141,305,056557,084
20131,268,038546,835
20121,168,200585,643
20111,109,875474,842
20101,043,879448,690
20091,032,663481,683
20081,084,385493,950
20071,035,208572,354
20061,074,886610,450
20051,043,791537,639
20041,099,012521,443
20031,240,054630,803
20021,268,626746,906
20011,345,045844,323
20001,503,530682,529
19991,383,171464,273
19981,557,073508,734
19971,857,334566,937
19962,009,083599,396
19952,112,914651,584
19942,312,450697,764
19932,552,889781,883

SourceTexas Railroad Commission production records, added up by county and calendar year. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas. The year in progress is left out until it is complete.

Archer County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Archer County: 4,817 royalty records on the roll

At least 61 of the 4,817 royalty-interest records on Archer County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.27%). We publish counts only. No owner’s name or address is on this page; to look for one family, search its name.

Royalty-interest records, 2026 roll
4,817
Still titled to an estate, at least
61
Share of the roll
1.27%

SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Archer County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.

The biggest leases in Archer County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 553), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Archer County