Texas county · RRC district 09
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
- 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.
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
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
- Top operator
- Borderline Operating Corp.
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- 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.
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.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>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.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 920,423 | 433,167 |
| 2024 | 864,928 | 273,645 |
| 2023 | 814,509 | 209,137 |
| 2022 | 769,913 | 231,861 |
| 2021 | 764,887 | 235,099 |
| 2020 | 786,543 | 231,979 |
| 2019 | 883,676 | 339,021 |
| 2018 | 889,679 | 314,935 |
| 2017 | 918,391 | 338,518 |
| 2016 | 1,002,595 | 409,929 |
| 2015 | 1,150,240 | 551,013 |
| 2014 | 1,305,056 | 557,084 |
| 2013 | 1,268,038 | 546,835 |
| 2012 | 1,168,200 | 585,643 |
| 2011 | 1,109,875 | 474,842 |
| 2010 | 1,043,879 | 448,690 |
| 2009 | 1,032,663 | 481,683 |
| 2008 | 1,084,385 | 493,950 |
| 2007 | 1,035,208 | 572,354 |
| 2006 | 1,074,886 | 610,450 |
| 2005 | 1,043,791 | 537,639 |
| 2004 | 1,099,012 | 521,443 |
| 2003 | 1,240,054 | 630,803 |
| 2002 | 1,268,626 | 746,906 |
| 2001 | 1,345,045 | 844,323 |
| 2000 | 1,503,530 | 682,529 |
| 1999 | 1,383,171 | 464,273 |
| 1998 | 1,557,073 | 508,734 |
| 1997 | 1,857,334 | 566,937 |
| 1996 | 2,009,083 | 599,396 |
| 1995 | 2,112,914 | 651,584 |
| 1994 | 2,312,450 | 697,764 |
| 1993 | 2,552,889 | 781,883 |
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.
91,287bbl oil+106%
64,843bbl oil−3%
30,268bbl oil+134%
26,710bbl oil+166%
26,031bbl oil−11%
23,535bbl oil−34%
18,540bbl oiln/a
15,719bbl oil+132%
14,998bbl oil+786%
- TURBEVILLE B
14,906bbl oiln/a
12,590bbl oil+79%
12,077bbl oil−40%
11,450bbl oil−20%
10,915bbl oil−28%
9,916bbl oil−16%
9,908bbl oiln/a
9,725bbl oil+20%
9,145bbl oil−2%
8,083bbl oil−4%
7,676bbl oil+29%
7,391bbl oil−8%
6,913bbl oil+3%
6,828bbl oiln/a
6,734bbl oil+44%
6,435bbl oil−71%
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
Operators in Archer County, by oil
Borderline Operating leads
- Borderline Operating Corp.4 leases114kbbl
- Bridwell Oil Co.23 leases89.3kbbl
- R2q Operating LLC12 leases86.3kbbl
- Willowbend Investments, Inc.40 leases74.6kbbl
- Wilcox Energy Company LLC8 leases70.1kbbl
- B.o.l.d. Oil and Gas, LLC10 leases61.8kbbl
- Eagle Oil & Gas Co.5 leases31kbbl
- Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.3 leases29.2kbbl
Fields in Archer County, by oil
Archer County Regular leads
- Archer County Regular340 leases · District 09 · Field 03446001406kbbl
- Anarene, E. (Caddo)8 leases · District 09 · Field 02520500127kbbl
- Jefferson, Ne. (Caddo Lime)12 leases · District 09 · Field 46058333109kbbl
- Scotland (Caddo Lime)4 leases · District 09 · Field 8172022273.3kbbl
- Jean, NW. (Caddo)4 leases · District 09 · Field 4600933334.8kbbl
- K-M-A2 leases · District 09 · Field 4790200127.2kbbl
- Hull-Silk-Sikes11 leases · District 09 · Field 4343100116kbbl
- Coleman Ranch (Ellenburger)7 leases · District 09 · Field 1955060015.5kbbl
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Recent drilling permits in Archer County
BRIDWELL ARCHER RANCH -D- #9
new drill · Bridwell Oil Co. · Archer County
Permit 0919829 · Nov 6, 2026
BENSON 170 #1
new drill · B.o.l.d. Oil and Gas, LLC · Archer County
Permit 0919886 · Nov 5, 2026
BRIDWELL ARCHER RANCH -100- #3
new drill · Bridwell Oil Co. · Archer County
Permit 0919852 · Nov 2, 2026
ANDREWS, M.P. -C- #16
new drill · Wilcox Energy Company LLC · Archer County
Permit 0919606 · Oct 27, 2026
ANDREWS, M.P. -C- #15
new drill · Wilcox Energy Company LLC · Archer County
Permit 0919601 · Oct 27, 2026
BASIN 326.125 #1
new drill · Plains Marketing, L.P. · Archer County
Permit 0919258 · Oct 21, 2026