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Culberson County, Texas oil and gas

  • 49,259,633bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 1,180producing leases
  • 1,797wells on the map
  • 262drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Culberson County

Map of Culberson County, Texas, with 1,797 oil and gas wells and 262 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations262Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,219On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing310Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged268The 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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1,797 wells with a location on the state's map (1,219 producing, 310 not producing, 268 plugged) and 262 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Newest drilling permits in Culberson County · Wells by ZIP code

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

Culberson County reported 49 million barrels of oil and 592 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 13th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

49,259,633bbl oil, last 12 months0% 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
1,180of 1,493 on record
Operators
14
Fields
9
Top operator
Coterra Energy Operating Co.

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Culberson CountyCulbersonCulberson County
Culberson County · RRC district 08
Gas, last 12 months
592,156,921 mcf
Share of Texas oil
2.4%
Wells on record
1,801on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Culberson County

Oil output in Culberson County held steady over the last 12 months

49M bbl through Jul 2026, against 49M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 4.8M bbl.

Oil output in Culberson County held steady over the last 12 months49M bbl through Jul 2026, against 49M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 4.8M bbl.Oil, bbl per month01M2M3M4M5MPeak 4.8M (Dec 25)3.2M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Culberson County held steady over the last 12 months49M bbl through Jul 2026, against 49M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 4.8M bbl.Oil, bbl per month01M2M3M4M5MPeak 4.8M (Dec 25)3.2M'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Culberson County rose 10% over the last 12 months

592M mcf through Jul 2026, against 537M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 55M mcf.

Gas output in Culberson County rose 10% over the last 12 months592M mcf through Jul 2026, against 537M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 55M mcf.Gas, mcf per month020M40M60MPeak 55M (Dec 25)47M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Culberson County rose 10% over the last 12 months592M mcf through Jul 2026, against 537M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 55M mcf.Gas, mcf per month020M40M60MPeak 55M (Dec 25)47M'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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Culberson 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 50,935,967 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2025, at 562,039,461 mcf.

Culberson County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202550,935,967562,039,461
202445,626,678501,053,429
202340,562,102440,419,059
202238,161,456420,309,414
202136,343,145390,567,091
202038,305,000362,743,990
201934,659,421335,020,985
201827,648,349247,053,202
201717,824,293178,641,498
201614,119,843129,462,744
201511,278,487103,275,390
20147,834,57962,857,739
20133,550,13728,803,863
20121,536,39611,672,340
2011426,6954,934,122
2010139,3604,402,439
200961,9155,694,267
200864,6204,362,625
200771,4051,468,078
200679,1041,436,393
200581,8921,751,645
200485,7371,404,523
200388,2051,039,979
200292,7041,419,566
200181,7031,598,043
200048,4171,045,088
199952,086650,355
199861,898367,470
199766,900389,984
199670,331456,119
199590,135562,281
1994110,188626,111
199397,718635,443

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 Culberson County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 1,180), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Culberson County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Culberson County, by oil

Coterra Energy Operating leads

  1. Coterra Energy Operating Co.478 leases26Mbbl
  2. Chevron U. S. A. Inc.370 leases16Mbbl
  3. Conocophillips Company71 leases3Mbbl
  4. Capitan Energy, Incorporated67 leases887kbbl
  5. BPX Operating Company30 leases455kbbl
  6. Permian Resources Operating, LLC44 leases450kbbl
  7. Cog Operating LLC68 leases235kbbl
  8. Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC28 leases164kbbl

Fields in Culberson County, by oil

Ford, West (Wolfcamp) leads

  1. Ford, West (Wolfcamp)951 leases · District 08 · Field 3191380042Mbbl
  2. Sandbar (Bone Spring)147 leases · District 08 · Field 805445004.8Mbbl
  3. Derby (Bone Spring)53 leases · District 08 · Field 24366100735kbbl
  4. Phantom (Wolfcamp)16 leases · District 08 · Field 71052900148kbbl
  5. Ford, West (4100)4 leases · District 08 · Field 3191350032.8kbbl
  6. Geraldine (Delaware 3400)3 leases · District 08 · Field 3452920030.9kbbl
  7. Matthews (Canyon Cons.)1 lease · District 08 · Field 583272001,974bbl

More operators here

Operator1920 Energy, LLC6OperatorEcho Energy Partners, LLC5OperatorBta Oil Producers, LLC6OperatorAfoc, LLC3
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Recent drilling permits in Culberson County

Counties near Culberson County (number = producing leases)

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