Texas county · RRC district 7B
Brown County, Texas oil and gas
- 52,677bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 381producing leases
- 1,523wells on the map
- 1drilling location in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Brown County
- Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells747On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing356Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged420The 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.
1,523 wells with a location on the state's map (747 producing, 356 not producing, 420 plugged) and 1 drilling location 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/brown-county-tx">Brown County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Bangs · Brownwood · Early · Lake Brownwood · Newest drilling permits in Brown County · Wells by ZIP code
Brown County reported 52,677 barrels of oil and 520,126 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 170th 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
- 381of 721 on record
- Operators
- 41
- Fields
- 45
- Top operator
- Southwest Gas Systems, Inc.
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This county
- Gas, last 12 months
- 520,126 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 1,545on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Brown County
Oil output in Brown County fell 11% over the last 12 months
52.7k bbl through Jul 2026, against 59.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 6,765 bbl.
Gas output in Brown County fell 4% over the last 12 months
520k mcf through Jul 2026, against 544k mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2022: 58.5k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Brown 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 282,513 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 2,523,618 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55,877 | 546,117 |
| 2024 | 59,667 | 536,232 |
| 2023 | 63,521 | 573,194 |
| 2022 | 69,953 | 623,762 |
| 2021 | 68,436 | 586,354 |
| 2020 | 67,928 | 600,317 |
| 2019 | 78,621 | 723,287 |
| 2018 | 88,664 | 788,006 |
| 2017 | 104,821 | 836,743 |
| 2016 | 105,658 | 840,468 |
| 2015 | 121,634 | 1,009,481 |
| 2014 | 140,189 | 1,105,982 |
| 2013 | 127,129 | 1,134,314 |
| 2012 | 138,073 | 1,211,568 |
| 2011 | 155,275 | 1,326,407 |
| 2010 | 132,483 | 1,372,463 |
| 2009 | 106,650 | 1,382,056 |
| 2008 | 106,766 | 1,433,519 |
| 2007 | 111,600 | 1,456,979 |
| 2006 | 117,354 | 1,487,859 |
| 2005 | 107,447 | 1,587,418 |
| 2004 | 114,532 | 1,635,638 |
| 2003 | 112,214 | 1,634,258 |
| 2002 | 110,905 | 1,549,395 |
| 2001 | 115,208 | 1,587,099 |
| 2000 | 140,122 | 1,791,370 |
| 1999 | 129,541 | 1,834,481 |
| 1998 | 167,034 | 2,062,321 |
| 1997 | 202,064 | 2,188,724 |
| 1996 | 216,056 | 2,215,768 |
| 1995 | 232,508 | 2,341,147 |
| 1994 | 230,650 | 2,444,070 |
| 1993 | 282,513 | 2,523,618 |
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.
Brown County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll
Mineral owners in Brown County: 4,159 royalty records on the roll
At least 169 of the 4,159 royalty-interest records on Brown County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (4.06%). 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
- 4,159
- Still titled to an estate, at least
- 169
- Share of the roll
- 4.06%
SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Brown County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.
The biggest leases in Brown County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
4,298bbl oil−25%
2,454bbl oil−8%
2,227bbl oil−17%
1,962bbl oil−9%
1,961bbl oil−1%
1,952bbl oil−2%
1,945bbl oil−7%
1,405bbl oil−5%
1,377bbl oil+19%
31,228mcf gas+646%
1,321bbl oil−9%
1,257bbl oil−3%
1,190bbl oil−9%
1,180bbl oil+7%
1,090bbl oil−6%
1,049bbl oiln/a
23,616mcf gas−4%
956bbl oil+28%
954bbl oil+30%
950bbl oil+251%
944bbl oil−14%
823bbl oil−13%
792bbl oil+55%
741bbl oil−31%
689bbl oil+10%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 381), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Brown County, by oil
KLH Oil & Gas leads
Fields in Brown County, by oil
Brown County Regular leads
- Brown County Regular142 leases · District 7B · Field 1240600128.9kbbl
- Dale (Caddo)8 leases · District 7B · Field 2281050010.9kbbl
- Deborah (Cross Cut)6 leases · District 7B · Field 237975003,623bbl
- J. S. Lewis (Marble Falls)6 leases · District 7B · Field 452105001,202bbl
- Dale (Marble Falls)2 leases · District 7B · Field 22810590839bbl
- Jett (Ellenburger)2 leases · District 7B · Field 46320500815bbl
- Weedon (Marble Falls)3 leases · District 7B · Field 95823500660bbl
- Brown Co. Regular (Marble Falls)94 leases · District 7B · Field 12406500466bbl
More operators here
Every operator in Brown County →Recent drilling permits in Brown County
MOORE, E. C. #5
re-entry · Reach Oil · Brown County
Permit 0904151 · Dec 4, 2024
D.V. GOODE 272 #4
new drill · Cpmak Investments, Inc. · Brown County
Permit 0894469 · Oct 12, 2023