Texas county · RRC district 01
Caldwell County, Texas oil and gas
- 754,755bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 380producing leases
- 3,368wells on the map
- 12drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Caldwell County
- Drilling locations12Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells2,064On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing582Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged722The 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.
3,368 wells with a location on the state's map (2,064 producing, 582 not producing, 722 plugged) and 12 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/caldwell-county-tx">Caldwell County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Lockhart · Luling · Martindale · Uhland · Newest drilling permits in Caldwell County · Wells by ZIP code
Caldwell County reported 754,755 barrels of oil and 31,161 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 79th of 225 Texas counties by oil.
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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
- 380of 630 on record
- Operators
- 56
- Fields
- 19
- Top operator
- Texas Petroleum Investment Co.
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 31,161 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 3,612on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Caldwell County
Oil output in Caldwell County fell 9% over the last 12 months
755k bbl through Jul 2026, against 827k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 95.7k bbl.
Gas output in Caldwell County held steady over the last 12 months
31.2k mcf through Jul 2026, against 31.1k mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 2,679 mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Caldwell 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 2013, at 1,756,886 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 1,138,750 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 790,909 | 31,134 |
| 2024 | 893,902 | 31,189 |
| 2023 | 947,058 | 31,369 |
| 2022 | 934,975 | 31,275 |
| 2021 | 909,058 | 32,411 |
| 2020 | 941,270 | 34,252 |
| 2019 | 1,077,163 | 34,810 |
| 2018 | 1,205,033 | 33,941 |
| 2017 | 1,239,662 | 119,043 |
| 2016 | 1,356,180 | 295,859 |
| 2015 | 1,455,481 | 309,295 |
| 2014 | 1,626,022 | 323,521 |
| 2013 | 1,756,886 | 323,937 |
| 2012 | 1,751,753 | 359,670 |
| 2011 | 1,521,947 | 369,715 |
| 2010 | 1,152,723 | 378,990 |
| 2009 | 965,830 | 417,609 |
| 2008 | 938,133 | 424,372 |
| 2007 | 889,081 | 448,938 |
| 2006 | 946,862 | 476,278 |
| 2005 | 928,805 | 468,752 |
| 2004 | 916,985 | 517,287 |
| 2003 | 963,802 | 463,663 |
| 2002 | 864,115 | 477,965 |
| 2001 | 966,866 | 534,671 |
| 2000 | 942,880 | 510,760 |
| 1999 | 773,870 | 623,103 |
| 1998 | 872,915 | 720,511 |
| 1997 | 978,757 | 815,795 |
| 1996 | 1,059,525 | 862,687 |
| 1995 | 1,145,229 | 944,234 |
| 1994 | 1,268,611 | 948,086 |
| 1993 | 1,462,325 | 1,138,750 |
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 Caldwell County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
59,386bbl oil−14%
28,578bbl oil−1%
27,166bbl oil−12%
24,831bbl oil0%
23,630bbl oil+1%
22,836bbl oil−15%
21,511bbl oil−14%
20,810bbl oil−5%
20,430bbl oil−26%
19,339bbl oil−14%
17,148bbl oil−14%
15,580bbl oil−11%
14,342bbl oil−20%
13,733bbl oil−4%
12,975bbl oil+2%
12,074bbl oil−4%
11,448bbl oil−21%
10,708bbl oil−19%
10,559bbl oil−10%
10,195bbl oil−8%
10,014bbl oil−11%
9,976bbl oil−4%
9,751bbl oil−19%
9,298bbl oil−12%
9,065bbl oil−14%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 380), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Caldwell County, by oil
Texas Petroleum Investment leads
Fields in Caldwell County, by oil
Luling-Branyon leads
- Luling-Branyon84 leases · District 01 · Field 55679001360kbbl
- Salt Flat (Edwards)24 leases · District 01 · Field 79905003202kbbl
- Salt Flat118 leases · District 01 · Field 79905001110kbbl
- Spiller7 leases · District 01 · Field 8516700118.9kbbl
- Dunlap24 leases · District 01 · Field 2662000117.5kbbl
- Lytton Springs28 leases · District 01 · Field 5605400116.9kbbl
- Salt Flat, West22 leases · District 01 · Field 799121009,489bbl
- Buchanan29 leases · District 01 · Field 128490018,145bbl
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Recent drilling permits in Caldwell County
YOUNG-CLARK UNIT #2H
new drill · horizontal · Hamilton, Clay · Caldwell County
Permit 0919412 · Oct 22, 2026
JOHNSON #1A
new drill · Excel Operating, LLC · Caldwell County
Permit 0918387 · Sep 3, 2026
DAVIS, J. J. ESTATE -A- #1SW
recompletion · Lynco Oilfield Services LLC · Caldwell County
Permit 0917742 · Aug 17, 2026
YOUNG-CLARK UNIT #1H
recompletion · horizontal · Hamilton, Clay · Caldwell County
Permit 0916843 · Jul 7, 2026
WRIGHT, J. D. #7R
re-entry · Left Behind Recovery, LLC · Caldwell County
Permit 0915888 · Jun 5, 2026
JOHNSON #1A
new drill · Onemoretime, LLC · Caldwell County
Permit 0915498 · May 12, 2026