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Dawson County, Texas oil and gas

  • 26,242,360bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 508producing leases
  • 2,936wells on the map
  • 135drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Dawson County

Map of Dawson County, Texas, with 2,936 oil and gas wells and 135 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations135Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells2,037On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing136Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged763The 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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2,936 wells with a location on the state's map (2,037 producing, 136 not producing, 763 plugged) and 135 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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

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

Dawson County reported 26 million barrels of oil and 18 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 20th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

26,242,360bbl oil, last 12 months+45% 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
508of 717 on record
Operators
76
Fields
75
Top operator
Hibernia Resources IV, LLC

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Dawson CountyDawsonGainesLynnGarzaAndrewsTerryBordenDawson County
Dawson County · RRC district 8A
Gas, last 12 months
18,369,545 mcf
Share of Texas oil
1.3%
Wells on record
2,938on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Dawson County

Oil output in Dawson County rose 45% over the last 12 months

26M bbl through Jul 2026, against 18M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 2.4M bbl.

Oil output in Dawson County rose 45% over the last 12 months26M bbl through Jul 2026, against 18M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 2.4M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.4M (Mar 26)2M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Dawson County rose 45% over the last 12 months26M bbl through Jul 2026, against 18M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 2.4M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.4M (Mar 26)2M'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Dawson County rose 54% over the last 12 months

18M mcf through Jul 2026, against 12M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 1.7M mcf.

Gas output in Dawson County rose 54% over the last 12 months18M mcf through Jul 2026, against 12M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 1.7M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.7M (Mar 26)1.6M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Dawson County rose 54% over the last 12 months18M mcf through Jul 2026, against 12M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 1.7M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.7M (Mar 26)1.6M'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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Dawson 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 22,265,562 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2025, at 14,726,991 mcf.

Dawson County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202522,265,56214,726,991
202414,187,9099,474,427
20236,946,8914,987,560
20225,538,4863,489,039
20213,910,7562,065,909
20203,158,9711,361,916
20193,375,3581,324,055
20183,675,6801,564,934
20173,648,9311,777,841
20163,563,2151,840,009
20153,875,6062,044,984
20144,262,0972,355,413
20134,286,2962,281,147
20123,920,0662,091,246
20113,765,4682,093,588
20103,800,8552,221,032
20094,005,6552,353,811
20084,293,7222,473,574
20074,487,0122,464,566
20064,424,4442,455,369
20054,717,8372,445,688
20045,005,4375,519,813
20035,408,6846,030,362
20025,726,7766,924,219
20016,188,1956,439,198
20006,164,3555,146,867
19996,278,1205,244,438
19986,761,0775,983,777
19977,028,8885,655,439
19967,059,9355,512,501
19956,642,9895,099,375
19946,293,2803,811,495
19936,151,5052,815,008

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.

Dawson County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Dawson County: 61,400 royalty records on the roll

At least 319 of the 61,400 royalty-interest records on Dawson County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (0.52%). 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
61,400
Still titled to an estate, at least
319
Share of the roll
0.52%
Search a name on the Dawson County rollEvery county, with the method

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

The biggest leases in Dawson County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 508), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Dawson County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Dawson County, by oil

Hibernia Resources IV leads

  1. Hibernia Resources IV, LLC41 leases11Mbbl
  2. Ike Operating, LLC48 leases6.2Mbbl
  3. Birch Operations, Inc.29 leases3.3Mbbl
  4. Laguna Texas Resources, LLC36 leases1.6Mbbl
  5. SM Energy Company15 leases1.3Mbbl
  6. Apache Corporation14 leases508kbbl
  7. Burleson Petroleum, Inc.9 leases419kbbl
  8. Pbex-MCM Operating, LLC2 leases316kbbl

Fields in Dawson County, by oil

Spraberry (Trend Area) leads

  1. Spraberry (Trend Area)267 leases · District 08 · Field 8528030025Mbbl
  2. Welch20 leases · District 8A · Field 96062001325kbbl
  3. Ackerly (Dean Sand)22 leases · District 8A · Field 00448200149kbbl
  4. Deroen (Mississippian)20 leases · District 8A · Field 2437730053.1kbbl
  5. Gin (Spraberry)10 leases · District 8A · Field 3496175045.3kbbl
  6. Wells (Devonian)5 leases · District 8A · Field 9620250043.9kbbl
  7. Spraberry, Deep (Spraberry, Lo.)8 leases · District 8A · Field 8528250040.2kbbl
  8. Key West (Spraberry)10 leases · District 8A · Field 4912550036.9kbbl

More operators here

OperatorHilcorp Energy Company2OperatorDiamondback E&P LLC47OperatorWhite Rock Oil & Gas, LLC4OperatorJo Mill Oil Company LLC10
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Recent drilling permits in Dawson County

Counties near Dawson County (number = producing leases)

CountyBorden266CountyMartin3,874CountyLynn30CountyTerry151CountyGaines490CountyHoward2,159CountyGarza416CountyAndrews2,098CountyYoakum463CountyScurry500