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Burleson County, Texas oil and gas

  • 7,656,271bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 945producing leases
  • 1,837wells on the map
  • 25drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Burleson County

Map of Burleson County, Texas, with 1,837 oil and gas wells and 25 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations25Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,245On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing262Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged330The 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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1,837 wells with a location on the state's map (1,245 producing, 262 not producing, 330 plugged) and 25 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Caldwell · Somerville · Newest drilling permits in Burleson County · Wells by ZIP code

Burleson County is one of the 27 counties of the Eagle Ford Shale

Burleson County reported 7.7 million barrels of oil and 7.2 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 33rd of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

7,656,271bbl oil, last 12 months−9% 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
945of 1,299 on record
Operators
40
Fields
38

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Burleson County · RRC district 03
Gas, last 12 months
7,207,427 mcf
Share of Texas oil
0.4%
Wells on record
1,842on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Burleson County

Oil output in Burleson County fell 9% over the last 12 months

7.7M bbl through Jul 2026, against 8.4M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1M bbl.

Oil output in Burleson County fell 9% over the last 12 months7.7M bbl through Jul 2026, against 8.4M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1M (Aug 21)720k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Burleson County fell 9% over the last 12 months7.7M bbl through Jul 2026, against 8.4M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1M (Aug 21)720k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Burleson County fell 9% over the last 12 months

7.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 7.9M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1M mcf.

Gas output in Burleson County fell 9% over the last 12 months7.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 7.9M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1M (Aug 21)627k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Burleson County fell 9% over the last 12 months7.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 7.9M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1M (Aug 21)627k'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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Burleson 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 2019, at 16,438,556 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 58,740,527 mcf.

Burleson County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20258,028,5327,553,026
20248,564,4608,367,663
20239,511,0169,728,038
202210,035,16410,616,333
202112,004,85211,864,275
202015,502,94913,844,013
201916,438,55614,788,208
201814,283,38115,519,713
20179,072,83613,254,294
20166,837,26213,001,661
20157,136,19414,500,676
20144,347,63410,206,258
20131,781,4978,126,245
20121,700,2898,736,202
20112,099,2679,310,248
20102,023,12010,227,365
20091,913,06911,358,076
20082,166,28412,039,770
20071,894,23812,617,820
20062,073,52613,712,953
20052,270,36415,219,643
20042,461,92614,713,475
20032,827,84115,870,365
20023,366,04719,841,098
20014,016,09321,929,831
20004,051,96720,800,426
19993,630,82221,308,499
19984,866,62226,125,418
19976,342,63032,122,398
19966,982,21334,287,621
19956,929,81238,333,412
19948,280,56749,728,520
19938,777,48158,740,527

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 Burleson County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 945), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Burleson County