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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

Map of Caldwell County, Texas, with 3,368 oil and gas wells and 12 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • 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.

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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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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.

County dossier

754,755bbl 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
380of 630 on record
Operators
56
Fields
19

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Caldwell County · RRC district 01
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.

Oil output in Caldwell County fell 9% over the last 12 months755k bbl through Jul 2026, against 827k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 95.7k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100kPeak 95.7k (Oct 23)61.3k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Caldwell County fell 9% over the last 12 months755k bbl through Jul 2026, against 827k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 95.7k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100kPeak 95.7k (Oct 23)61.3k'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Caldwell County held steady over the last 12 months31.2k mcf through Jul 2026, against 31.1k mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 2,679 mcf.Gas, mcf per month01,0002,0003,000Peak 2,679 (Aug 21)2,64320222023202420252026
Gas output in Caldwell County held steady over the last 12 months31.2k mcf through Jul 2026, against 31.1k mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 2,679 mcf.Gas, mcf per month01,0002,0003,000Peak 2,679 (Aug 21)2,643'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.

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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.

Caldwell County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025790,90931,134
2024893,90231,189
2023947,05831,369
2022934,97531,275
2021909,05832,411
2020941,27034,252
20191,077,16334,810
20181,205,03333,941
20171,239,662119,043
20161,356,180295,859
20151,455,481309,295
20141,626,022323,521
20131,756,886323,937
20121,751,753359,670
20111,521,947369,715
20101,152,723378,990
2009965,830417,609
2008938,133424,372
2007889,081448,938
2006946,862476,278
2005928,805468,752
2004916,985517,287
2003963,802463,663
2002864,115477,965
2001966,866534,671
2000942,880510,760
1999773,870623,103
1998872,915720,511
1997978,757815,795
19961,059,525862,687
19951,145,229944,234
19941,268,611948,086
19931,462,3251,138,750

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.

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

Recent drilling permits in Caldwell County