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Clay County, Texas oil and gas

  • 481,510bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 306producing leases
  • 2,177wells on the map
  • 43drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Clay County

Map of Clay County, Texas, with 2,177 oil and gas wells and 43 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations43Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,036On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing274Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged867The 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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2,177 wells with a location on the state's map (1,036 producing, 274 not producing, 867 plugged) and 43 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/clay-county-tx">Clay County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Henrietta · Newest drilling permits in Clay County · Wells by ZIP code

Clay County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale

Clay County reported 481,510 barrels of oil and 1.3 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 98th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

481,510bbl oil, last 12 months+12% 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
306of 495 on record
Operators
79
Fields
101

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Where it sits

This county

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Clay County · RRC district 09
Gas, last 12 months
1,313,550 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
2,178on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Clay County

Oil output in Clay County rose 12% over the last 12 months

482k bbl through Jul 2026, against 429k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2025: 59.6k bbl.

Oil output in Clay County rose 12% over the last 12 months482k bbl through Jul 2026, against 429k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2025: 59.6k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 59.6k (Aug 25)32.2k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Clay County rose 12% over the last 12 months482k bbl through Jul 2026, against 429k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2025: 59.6k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 59.6k (Aug 25)32.2k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Clay County rose 59% over the last 12 months

1.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 827k mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 180k mcf.

Gas output in Clay County rose 59% over the last 12 months1.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 827k mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 180k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200kPeak 180k (Mar 26)107k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Clay County rose 59% over the last 12 months1.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 827k mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 180k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200kPeak 180k (Mar 26)107k'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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Clay 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 1,454,496 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2016, at 2,134,189 mcf.

Clay County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025496,371929,666
2024428,758897,041
2023457,9131,010,213
2022409,5691,043,780
2021380,2631,238,480
2020377,3301,554,892
2019440,3381,518,794
2018441,8151,514,761
2017448,1551,720,764
2016533,3762,134,189
2015553,5331,585,333
2014545,2921,214,575
2013537,222960,158
2012557,881678,787
2011547,684617,654
2010558,603929,274
2009615,861837,510
2008632,854700,395
2007627,494617,533
2006689,088734,752
2005714,018868,668
2004745,439966,106
2003793,342903,136
2002835,571885,206
2001901,511992,811
2000941,3871,055,391
1999966,4051,414,437
1998994,0921,426,861
19971,258,2381,574,163
19961,291,1141,699,640
19951,324,8271,873,702
19941,429,8031,992,120
19931,454,4961,985,036

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.

Clay County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Clay County: 2,610 royalty records on the roll

At least 63 of the 2,610 royalty-interest records on Clay County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (2.41%). 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
2,610
Still titled to an estate, at least
63
Share of the roll
2.41%

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

The biggest leases in Clay County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 306), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Clay County