Texas county · RRC district 09
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
- 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.
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 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
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
- Top operator
- Quail Ridge Operating LLC
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- 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.
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.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>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.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 496,371 | 929,666 |
| 2024 | 428,758 | 897,041 |
| 2023 | 457,913 | 1,010,213 |
| 2022 | 409,569 | 1,043,780 |
| 2021 | 380,263 | 1,238,480 |
| 2020 | 377,330 | 1,554,892 |
| 2019 | 440,338 | 1,518,794 |
| 2018 | 441,815 | 1,514,761 |
| 2017 | 448,155 | 1,720,764 |
| 2016 | 533,376 | 2,134,189 |
| 2015 | 553,533 | 1,585,333 |
| 2014 | 545,292 | 1,214,575 |
| 2013 | 537,222 | 960,158 |
| 2012 | 557,881 | 678,787 |
| 2011 | 547,684 | 617,654 |
| 2010 | 558,603 | 929,274 |
| 2009 | 615,861 | 837,510 |
| 2008 | 632,854 | 700,395 |
| 2007 | 627,494 | 617,533 |
| 2006 | 689,088 | 734,752 |
| 2005 | 714,018 | 868,668 |
| 2004 | 745,439 | 966,106 |
| 2003 | 793,342 | 903,136 |
| 2002 | 835,571 | 885,206 |
| 2001 | 901,511 | 992,811 |
| 2000 | 941,387 | 1,055,391 |
| 1999 | 966,405 | 1,414,437 |
| 1998 | 994,092 | 1,426,861 |
| 1997 | 1,258,238 | 1,574,163 |
| 1996 | 1,291,114 | 1,699,640 |
| 1995 | 1,324,827 | 1,873,702 |
| 1994 | 1,429,803 | 1,992,120 |
| 1993 | 1,454,496 | 1,985,036 |
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.
79,682bbl oiln/a
43,298bbl oil−24%
22,869bbl oil−13%
18,377bbl oil−34%
8,379bbl oiln/a
8,312bbl oil+50%
- ROSS
09-34378Felty Drilling Co. IncRoss
8,083bbl oiln/a
5,797bbl oiln/a
- AVIS
09-34082Felty Drilling Co. IncRoss
5,441bbl oil−27%
5,007bbl oil+1%
4,518bbl oil−13%
4,486bbl oil−13%
4,471bbl oil−19%
4,396bbl oiln/a
4,170bbl oil0%
3,772bbl oil+53%
3,257bbl oil−8%
75,416mcf gas−21%
3,083bbl oil−4%
3,042bbl oil−9%
3,026bbl oil+6%
2,984bbl oil−11%
2,906bbl oil0%
2,841bbl oil0%
2,729bbl oil+47%
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
Operators in Clay County, by oil
Quail Ridge Operating leads
- Quail Ridge Operating LLC3 leases82.2kbbl
- Muirfield Exploration, Ltd.10 leases57.2kbbl
- Bridwell Oil Co.14 leases46.4kbbl
- Willowbend Investments, Inc.12 leases29.9kbbl
- Felty Drilling Co. Inc3 leases14.6kbbl
- Extech Operating, LLC5 leases12.8kbbl
- Covenant Operating, LLC13 leases12.8kbbl
- DRY Creek Operating, LLC3 leases12.4kbbl
Fields in Clay County, by oil
Clay County Regular leads
- Clay County Regular91 leases · District 09 · Field 1870700196kbbl
- Newark, East (Barnett Shale)8 leases · District 09 · Field 6528020085.9kbbl
- Keeton (Bennett Sand)2 leases · District 09 · Field 4848110051.7kbbl
- Sanzenbacher (Miss.)1 lease · District 09 · Field 8100733318.4kbbl
- Buffalo Springs9 leases · District 09 · Field 1312800115.3kbbl
- Ross3 leases · District 09 · Field 7837000114.6kbbl
- Joy (Strawn)13 leases · District 09 · Field 4737256814.1kbbl
- Deer Creek (Israel 5000)11 leases · District 09 · Field 2394170012.1kbbl
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Recent drilling permits in Clay County
KEETON #35
new drill · Muirfield Exploration, Ltd. · Clay County
Permit 0919849 · Nov 2, 2026
SCALING #1
new drill · B.o.l.d. Oil and Gas, LLC · Clay County
Permit 0919765 · Oct 28, 2026
HALSELL, FURD -A- #33
re-entry · Bridwell Oil Co. · Clay County
Permit 0919735 · Oct 28, 2026
JOHNNY RINGGOLD #1
new drill · Extech Operating, LLC · Clay County
Permit 0918532 · Sep 14, 2026
BELLEVUE UNIT #304
new drill · Quail Ridge Operating LLC · Clay County
Permit 0917557 · Aug 5, 2026
SB1-MP 199.571 #1
new drill · Enterprise Products Operatingllc · Clay County
Permit 0915654 · Jun 2, 2026