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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

Map of Brown County, Texas, with 1,523 oil and gas wells and 1 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • 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.

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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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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

52,677bbl oil, last 12 months−11% 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
381of 721 on record
Operators
41
Fields
45

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Brown County · RRC district 7B
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.

Oil output in Brown County fell 11% over the last 12 months52.7k bbl through Jul 2026, against 59.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 6,765 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,500Peak 6,765 (Mar 22)4,07820222023202420252026
Oil output in Brown County fell 11% over the last 12 months52.7k bbl through Jul 2026, against 59.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 6,765 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,500Peak 6,765 (Mar 22)4,078'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Brown County fell 4% over the last 12 months520k mcf through Jul 2026, against 544k mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2022: 58.5k mcf.Gas, mcf per month020k40k60kPeak 58.5k (Jul 22)42.2k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Brown County fell 4% over the last 12 months520k mcf through Jul 2026, against 544k mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2022: 58.5k mcf.Gas, mcf per month020k40k60kPeak 58.5k (Jul 22)42.2k'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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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.

Brown County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202555,877546,117
202459,667536,232
202363,521573,194
202269,953623,762
202168,436586,354
202067,928600,317
201978,621723,287
201888,664788,006
2017104,821836,743
2016105,658840,468
2015121,6341,009,481
2014140,1891,105,982
2013127,1291,134,314
2012138,0731,211,568
2011155,2751,326,407
2010132,4831,372,463
2009106,6501,382,056
2008106,7661,433,519
2007111,6001,456,979
2006117,3541,487,859
2005107,4471,587,418
2004114,5321,635,638
2003112,2141,634,258
2002110,9051,549,395
2001115,2081,587,099
2000140,1221,791,370
1999129,5411,834,481
1998167,0342,062,321
1997202,0642,188,724
1996216,0562,215,768
1995232,5082,341,147
1994230,6502,444,070
1993282,5132,523,618

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.

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

Recent drilling permits in Brown County