Texas county · RRC district 04
Brooks County, Texas oil and gas
- 5,955,103mcf gas in the last 12 months
- 219producing leases
- 727wells on the map
- 6drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Brooks County
- Drilling locations6Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells258On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing295Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged174The 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.
727 wells with a location on the state's map (258 producing, 295 not producing, 174 plugged) and 6 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/brooks-county-tx">Brooks County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Falfurrias · Newest drilling permits in Brooks County · Wells by ZIP code
Brooks County reported 6 million mcf of gas and 185,064 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 91st of 197 Texas counties by gas.
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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
- 219of 631 on record
- Operators
- 21
- Fields
- 66
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
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- Oil, last 12 months
- 185,064 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 728on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Brooks County
Gas output in Brooks County fell 18% over the last 12 months
6M mcf through Jul 2026, against 7.2M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2023: 976k mcf.
Oil output in Brooks County fell 19% over the last 12 months
185k bbl through Jul 2026, against 229k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 30k bbl.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Brooks 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 2002, at 2,347,929 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2002, at 135,154,665 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 213,356 | 6,921,845 |
| 2024 | 261,003 | 7,693,885 |
| 2023 | 287,987 | 9,747,830 |
| 2022 | 288,573 | 10,456,902 |
| 2021 | 318,146 | 9,948,001 |
| 2020 | 323,622 | 11,266,534 |
| 2019 | 461,860 | 14,310,011 |
| 2018 | 613,495 | 16,628,395 |
| 2017 | 671,291 | 18,284,671 |
| 2016 | 706,496 | 18,240,880 |
| 2015 | 820,053 | 23,460,468 |
| 2014 | 1,154,340 | 30,584,973 |
| 2013 | 800,836 | 26,890,394 |
| 2012 | 840,180 | 30,038,024 |
| 2011 | 896,531 | 35,429,678 |
| 2010 | 859,266 | 37,556,366 |
| 2009 | 971,568 | 45,604,703 |
| 2008 | 1,117,441 | 50,014,164 |
| 2007 | 1,302,271 | 57,023,122 |
| 2006 | 1,420,156 | 66,768,504 |
| 2005 | 1,425,072 | 79,393,855 |
| 2004 | 1,417,441 | 88,121,812 |
| 2003 | 1,493,144 | 100,602,726 |
| 2002 | 2,347,929 | 135,154,665 |
| 2001 | 1,514,522 | 75,650,663 |
| 2000 | 1,080,332 | 49,674,291 |
| 1999 | 945,024 | 43,619,054 |
| 1998 | 913,464 | 42,788,422 |
| 1997 | 771,582 | 43,312,093 |
| 1996 | 994,053 | 46,614,849 |
| 1995 | 1,004,196 | 47,098,754 |
| 1994 | 1,075,215 | 44,444,504 |
| 1993 | 870,750 | 38,344,804 |
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 Brooks County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
15,663bbl oil−42%
295,215mcf gas+83%
258,282mcf gas−11%
237,749mcf gas+15%
175,829mcf gas+7%
174,421mcf gas−2%
132,925mcf gas+752%
5,668bbl oil+439%
5,544bbl oil−59%
127,736mcf gas−2%
5,405bbl oiln/a
122,854mcf gas+6%
101,895mcf gas−14%
98,881mcf gas−9%
95,623mcf gas+7%
92,991mcf gas+10%
92,801mcf gas−4%
92,530mcf gas−2%
88,816mcf gas−8%
87,151mcf gas−22%
86,821mcf gas−10%
83,845mcf gas−7%
82,833mcf gas−20%
3,517bbl oil+57%
77,163mcf gas−38%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 219), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Brooks County, by gas
Hilcorp Energy leads
Fields in Brooks County, by gas
Tom East (13,800) leads
- Tom East (13,800)14 leases · District 04 · Field 904809501.2Mmcf
- Rucias, N. (FB E)14 leases · District 04 · Field 78831425706kmcf
- Kelsey (Vxkbg. Consol.)19 leases · District 04 · Field 48630800454kmcf
- Viboras (Frio Cons.)3 leases · District 04 · Field 93647126390kmcf
- Lopez Ranch (Consolidated)22 leases · District 04 · Field 54895400384kmcf
- Home Run (Vicksburg Cons.)14 leases · District 04 · Field 42403248220kmcf
- Kelsey (Frio Consol.)15 leases · District 04 · Field 48630030211kmcf
- Ann Mag (Vicksburg Cons.)9 leases · District 04 · Field 02971100190kmcf
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Recent drilling permits in Brooks County
STRICKLAND-KRUSE #1
new drill · Logas Energy, LLC · Brooks County
Permit 0914986 · Apr 22, 2026
PITA #1
recompletion · Stroud Petroleum, Inc. · Brooks County
Permit 0913778 · Mar 5, 2026
STATE-MARSHALL #2024
recompletion · Overton Park Oil & Gas LP · Brooks County
Permit 0912713 · Jan 15, 2026
KLEBERG, R J JR TR QUITERIA PAST #719
recompletion · EOG Resources, Inc. · Brooks County
Permit 0908389 · Jun 4, 2025
GARCIA BENAVIDES GAS UNIT 2 #1
recompletion · Millennium Exploration Co. LLC · Brooks County
Permit 0907300 · Apr 22, 2025
KLEBERG, R J JR TR QUITERIA PAST #709
recompletion · EOG Resources, Inc. · Brooks County
Permit 0905214 · Jan 17, 2025