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Crane County, Texas oil and gas

  • 19,417,968bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 933producing leases
  • 10,511wells on the map
  • 375drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Crane County

Map of Crane County, Texas, with 10,511 oil and gas wells and 375 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations375Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells6,158On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing926Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged3,427The 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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10,511 wells with a location on the state's map (6,158 producing, 926 not producing, 3,427 plugged) and 375 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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

Crane County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin

Crane County reported 19 million barrels of oil and 67 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 26th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

19,417,968bbl oil, last 12 months+34% 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
933of 1,684 on record
Operators
88
Fields
164
Top operator
Blackbeard Operating, LLC

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This county

Crane CountyCraneUptonMidlandWinklerWardEctorCrane County
Crane County · RRC district 08
Gas, last 12 months
67,190,661 mcf
Share of Texas oil
1.0%
Wells on record
10,524on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Crane County

Oil output in Crane County rose 34% over the last 12 months

19M bbl through Jul 2026, against 15M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 1.8M bbl.

Oil output in Crane County rose 34% over the last 12 months19M bbl through Jul 2026, against 15M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 1.8M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Dec 25)1.6M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Crane County rose 34% over the last 12 months19M bbl through Jul 2026, against 15M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 1.8M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Dec 25)1.6M'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Crane County rose 11% over the last 12 months

67M mcf through Jul 2026, against 61M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 6.3M mcf.

Gas output in Crane County rose 11% over the last 12 months67M mcf through Jul 2026, against 61M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 6.3M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5MPeak 6.3M (Dec 25)5.1M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Crane County rose 11% over the last 12 months67M mcf through Jul 2026, against 61M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 6.3M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5MPeak 6.3M (Dec 25)5.1M'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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Crane 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 2025, at 17,148,412 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 137,475,764 mcf.

Crane County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202517,148,41263,740,637
202412,397,83959,172,244
202312,407,96660,455,737
202210,655,02154,989,167
20218,141,84941,052,342
20207,684,68141,693,008
20196,830,11742,257,641
20186,228,39942,214,621
20176,335,11444,385,208
20167,478,21849,847,861
20159,056,09954,381,766
20149,929,25152,389,250
20139,577,56652,773,428
20128,231,64753,997,312
20117,501,64653,316,102
20107,474,41357,691,200
20097,475,58460,561,851
20087,956,63466,371,304
20078,072,45466,864,219
20067,968,15157,675,913
20058,158,48260,880,994
20048,176,64063,392,023
20038,150,90363,108,888
20028,652,32067,128,420
20019,026,84670,650,479
20009,322,65874,561,256
199910,060,38584,296,322
199811,430,27998,199,248
199711,672,264107,977,330
199611,695,315120,068,267
199512,008,812130,134,354
199412,362,255135,006,460
199312,666,189137,475,764

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 Crane County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 933), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Crane County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Crane County, by oil

Blackbeard Operating leads

  1. Blackbeard Operating, LLC212 leases14Mbbl
  2. Scout Energy Management LLC13 leases1.1Mbbl
  3. Bta Oil Producers, LLC11 leases1Mbbl
  4. Ring Energy, Inc.72 leases875kbbl
  5. Mewbourne Oil Company4 leases522kbbl
  6. Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC1 lease407kbbl
  7. Formentera Operations LLC135 leases388kbbl
  8. Hilcorp Energy Company65 leases240kbbl

Fields in Crane County, by oil

Sand Hills (McKnight) leads

  1. Sand Hills (McKnight)61 leases · District 08 · Field 804733104.4Mbbl
  2. Peart (Barnett)23 leases · District 08 · Field 699962002.4Mbbl
  3. Sand Hills (Judkins)144 leases · District 08 · Field 804732481.7Mbbl
  4. McElroy21 leases · District 08 · Field 593370011.5Mbbl
  5. Sand Hills (Tubb)50 leases · District 08 · Field 804736821.5Mbbl
  6. University Waddell (Devonian)10 leases · District 08 · Field 926181251.4Mbbl
  7. Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany)18 leases · District 08 · Field 804737441.4Mbbl
  8. Sand Hills (San Angelo, Upper)13 leases · District 08 · Field 804736201.3Mbbl

More operators here

OperatorHilcorp Energy Company65OperatorDiamondback E&P LLC9OperatorOXY USA EOR, LLC3OperatorSM Energy Company2
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Recent drilling permits in Crane County

Counties near Crane County (number = producing leases)

CountyUpton2,727CountyEctor1,063CountyWard1,660CountyMidland3,547CountyWinkler844CountyPecos1,362CountyReagan2,173CountyAndrews2,098CountyGlasscock2,014CountyMartin3,874