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Callahan County, Texas oil and gas

  • 60,303bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 121producing leases
  • 1,113wells on the map
  • 19drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Callahan County

Map of Callahan County, Texas, with 1,113 oil and gas wells and 19 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations19Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells547On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing205Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged361The 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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1,113 wells with a location on the state's map (547 producing, 205 not producing, 361 plugged) and 19 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Baird · Clyde · Newest drilling permits in Callahan County · Wells by ZIP code

Callahan County reported 60,303 barrels of oil and 256,857 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 165th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

60,303bbl oil, last 12 months−19% 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
121of 295 on record
Operators
55
Fields
45
Top operator
Petex

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Callahan County · RRC district 7B
Gas, last 12 months
256,857 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
1,126on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Callahan County

Oil output in Callahan County fell 19% over the last 12 months

60.3k bbl through Jul 2026, against 74.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2021: 8,093 bbl.

Oil output in Callahan County fell 19% over the last 12 months60.3k bbl through Jul 2026, against 74.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2021: 8,093 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,50010kPeak 8,093 (Nov 21)4,88120222023202420252026
Oil output in Callahan County fell 19% over the last 12 months60.3k bbl through Jul 2026, against 74.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2021: 8,093 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,50010kPeak 8,093 (Nov 21)4,881'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Callahan County fell 21% over the last 12 months

257k mcf through Jul 2026, against 326k mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 43.7k mcf.

Gas output in Callahan County fell 21% over the last 12 months257k mcf through Jul 2026, against 326k mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 43.7k mcf.Gas, mcf per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 43.7k (Oct 21)19k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Callahan County fell 21% over the last 12 months257k mcf through Jul 2026, against 326k mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 43.7k mcf.Gas, mcf per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 43.7k (Oct 21)19k'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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Callahan 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 755,623 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 2,828,741 mcf.

Callahan County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202567,838289,097
202479,628391,566
202374,828386,285
202279,812448,749
202192,475432,887
202098,964395,216
2019107,952421,788
2018108,968531,387
2017126,410582,589
2016126,270591,334
2015128,184706,332
2014162,307851,958
2013181,429906,687
2012209,706997,165
2011213,7591,010,938
2010229,6451,128,091
2009221,3871,191,099
2008225,5761,152,979
2007223,2651,065,933
2006195,261959,997
2005178,6701,005,405
2004188,308956,600
2003210,7211,050,844
2002238,6941,073,482
2001269,4701,210,976
2000299,0751,456,734
1999319,4601,512,171
1998391,5871,664,949
1997477,4291,872,796
1996451,7302,017,030
1995518,1172,285,639
1994605,9082,468,422
1993755,6232,828,741

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.

Callahan County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Callahan County: 3,962 royalty records on the roll

At least 119 of the 3,962 royalty-interest records on Callahan County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (3.00%). 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
3,962
Still titled to an estate, at least
119
Share of the roll
3.00%

SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Callahan County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.

The biggest leases in Callahan County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 121, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Callahan County