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Baylor County, Texas oil and gas

  • 331,647bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 56producing leases
  • 426wells on the map
  • 68drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Baylor County

Map of Baylor County, Texas, with 426 oil and gas wells and 68 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations68Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells182On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing50Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged194The 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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426 wells with a location on the state's map (182 producing, 50 not producing, 194 plugged) and 68 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Seymour · Newest drilling permits in Baylor County · Wells by ZIP code

Baylor County reported 331,647 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 112th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

331,647bbl oil, last 12 months+21% 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
56of 127 on record
Operators
18
Fields
19

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Baylor County · RRC district 09
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
435on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Baylor County

Oil output in Baylor County rose 21% over the last 12 months

332k bbl through Jul 2026, against 275k bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2025: 32.8k bbl.

Oil output in Baylor County rose 21% over the last 12 months332k bbl through Jul 2026, against 275k bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2025: 32.8k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 32.8k (Nov 25)22.3k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Baylor County rose 21% over the last 12 months332k bbl through Jul 2026, against 275k bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2025: 32.8k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 32.8k (Nov 25)22.3k'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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Baylor 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 2025, at 328,439 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2015, at 13,176 mcf.

Baylor County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025328,4390
2024183,5270
2023124,1740
202257,0280
202155,515450
202060,7734,367
201972,4518,736
201885,7938,732
2017100,3428,712
2016112,5669,226
2015127,27113,176
2014157,5527,600
2013128,5851,852
2012108,139157
201195,4432
201088,6841
200995,7211
2008106,53312
2007105,23318
2006105,99523
2005112,54723
2004124,998248
2003129,62960
2002134,39980
2001148,565725
2000162,194277
1999142,102114
1998178,695175
1997216,578212
1996239,532285
1995253,831562
1994277,601900
1993246,8191,342

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.

The biggest leases in Baylor County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 56, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Baylor County