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Austin County, Texas oil and gas

  • 12,653,394mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 135producing leases
  • 342wells on the map
  • 10drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Austin County

Map of Austin County, Texas, with 342 oil and gas wells and 10 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations10Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells206On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing46Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged90The 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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342 wells with a location on the state's map (206 producing, 46 not producing, 90 plugged) and 10 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Bellville · Sealy · Wallis · Newest drilling permits in Austin County · Wells by ZIP code

Austin County reported 13 million mcf of gas and 284,131 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 71st of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

12,653,394mcf gas, last 12 months+1% 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
135of 207 on record
Operators
12
Fields
24

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Austin County · RRC district 03
Oil, last 12 months
284,131 bbl
Share of Texas gas
<0.1%
Wells on record
347on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Austin County

Gas output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months

13M mcf through Jul 2026, against 13M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 1.8M mcf.

Gas output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months13M mcf through Jul 2026, against 13M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 1.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Mar 25)857k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months13M mcf through Jul 2026, against 13M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 1.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Mar 25)857k'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months

284k bbl through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 29k bbl.

Oil output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months284k bbl through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 29k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30kPeak 29k (Apr 22)21.2k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months284k bbl through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 29k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30kPeak 29k (Apr 22)21.2k'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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Austin 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 2010, at 806,506 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1999, at 37,091,642 mcf.

Austin County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025299,44116,232,021
2024275,0374,703,745
2023270,9295,880,422
2022306,84510,591,050
2021298,0898,016,960
2020307,8758,725,151
2019373,8742,845,041
2018407,0072,591,458
2017389,3912,776,486
2016424,0202,997,081
2015482,8583,177,504
2014580,1513,317,809
2013562,0503,964,274
2012558,1584,478,783
2011696,6075,543,078
2010806,5066,180,188
2009458,0676,705,501
2008337,7567,894,950
2007297,4209,258,441
2006329,09110,791,965
2005403,56213,708,369
2004320,80416,082,453
2003324,53811,269,365
2002390,3049,658,261
2001348,34611,776,086
2000312,64921,165,193
1999292,06737,091,642
1998307,74013,739,180
1997370,9502,086,243
1996460,0002,003,592
1995462,1692,043,752
1994506,1282,956,740
1993643,9523,574,188

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.

Austin County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Austin County: 8,221 royalty records on the roll

At least 183 of the 8,221 royalty-interest records on Austin County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (2.23%). 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
8,221
Still titled to an estate, at least
183
Share of the roll
2.23%

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

The biggest leases in Austin County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 135, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Austin County