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Carson County, Texas oil and gas

  • 5,933,530mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 536producing leases
  • 2,466wells on the map
  • 0drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Carson County

Map of Carson County, Texas, with 2,466 oil and gas wells and 0 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,299On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing701Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged466The 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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2,466 wells with a location on the state's map (1,299 producing, 701 not producing, 466 plugged) and 0 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/carson-county-tx">Carson County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Panhandle · Newest drilling permits in Carson County · Wells by ZIP code

Carson County is one of the 26 counties of the Granite Wash

Carson County reported 5.9 million mcf of gas and 90,529 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 90th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

5,933,530mcf gas, last 12 months+2% 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
536of 851 on record
Operators
40
Fields
5

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Carson County · RRC district 10
Oil, last 12 months
90,529 bbl
Share of Texas gas
<0.1%
Wells on record
2,557on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Carson County

Gas output in Carson County held steady over the last 12 months

5.9M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2022: 649k mcf.

Gas output in Carson County held steady over the last 12 months5.9M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2022: 649k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750kPeak 649k (Aug 22)505k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Carson County held steady over the last 12 months5.9M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2022: 649k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750kPeak 649k (Aug 22)505k'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Carson County fell 16% over the last 12 months

90.5k bbl through Jul 2026, against 107k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2023: 13.3k bbl.

Oil output in Carson County fell 16% over the last 12 months90.5k bbl through Jul 2026, against 107k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2023: 13.3k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15kPeak 13.3k (Mar 23)7,97720222023202420252026
Oil output in Carson County fell 16% over the last 12 months90.5k bbl through Jul 2026, against 107k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2023: 13.3k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15kPeak 13.3k (Mar 23)7,977'22'23'24'25'26

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

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Carson 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 670,270 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1997, at 37,557,748 mcf.

Carson County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202595,4805,914,422
2024118,0136,052,515
2023126,5466,676,416
2022127,6866,989,020
2021121,2156,936,843
2020117,4557,366,487
2019150,5787,470,809
2018123,5287,422,590
2017128,3618,172,162
2016135,8439,714,221
2015176,16911,393,678
2014216,49412,861,528
2013223,60512,911,356
2012231,28413,393,193
2011243,15313,538,637
2010259,96913,103,817
2009275,74615,038,724
2008294,36016,739,259
2007293,34317,519,310
2006308,53118,413,691
2005343,83119,879,058
2004352,84723,154,729
2003357,51123,995,623
2002370,25027,021,464
2001390,37629,465,509
2000402,12831,790,944
1999392,37831,733,340
1998471,32534,418,346
1997547,32937,557,748
1996581,53536,618,619
1995572,35235,278,449
1994605,51735,214,272
1993670,27031,761,852

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 Carson County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 536), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.