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Denton County, Texas oil and gas

  • 131,474,024mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 2,370producing leases
  • 3,232wells on the map
  • 32drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Denton County

Map of Denton County, Texas, with 3,232 oil and gas wells and 32 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations32Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells2,373On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing502Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged357The 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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3,232 wells with a location on the state's map (2,373 producing, 502 not producing, 357 plugged) and 32 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/denton-county-tx">Denton County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Argyle · Aubrey · Bartonville · Copper Canyon · Corinth · Denton · Double Oak · Flower Mound · Hackberry · Hickory Creek · Highland Village · Justin · Krugerville · Krum · Lake Dallas · Lantana · Lewisville · Little Elm · Northlake · Oak Point · Paloma Creek · Paloma Creek South · Pilot Point · Ponder · Providence Village · Roanoke · Sanger · Savannah · Shady Shores · The Colony · Trophy Club · Newest drilling permits in Denton County · Wells by ZIP code

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

Denton County reported 131 million mcf of gas and 148,019 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 26th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

131,474,024mcf gas, last 12 months+5% 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
2,370of 3,218 on record
Operators
28
Fields
12
Top operator
BKV Barnett, LLC

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Denton CountyDentonWiseCollinCookeRockwallMontagueGraysonDenton County
Denton County · RRC district 09
Oil, last 12 months
148,019 bbl
Share of Texas gas
1.0%
Wells on record
3,236on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Denton County

Gas output in Denton County rose 5% over the last 12 months

131M mcf through Jul 2026, against 126M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2022: 12M mcf.

Gas output in Denton County rose 5% over the last 12 months131M mcf through Jul 2026, against 126M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2022: 12M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13MPeak 12M (Oct 22)11M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Denton County rose 5% over the last 12 months131M mcf through Jul 2026, against 126M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2022: 12M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13MPeak 12M (Oct 22)11M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Denton County fell 37% over the last 12 months

148k bbl through Jul 2026, against 235k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2022: 51k bbl.

Oil output in Denton County fell 37% over the last 12 months148k bbl through Jul 2026, against 235k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2022: 51k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 51k (Oct 22)10.3k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Denton County fell 37% over the last 12 months148k bbl through Jul 2026, against 235k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2022: 51k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 51k (Oct 22)10.3k'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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Denton 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 2004, at 776,259 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2011, at 260,329,715 mcf.

Denton County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025186,364130,726,764
2024209,479125,062,441
2023242,150138,481,635
2022252,802135,049,680
2021139,746132,035,167
2020200,134146,570,035
2019173,808158,681,626
2018177,112170,738,412
2017207,218185,041,964
2016301,452201,166,429
2015347,059217,586,723
2014491,209231,721,456
2013452,765228,763,706
2012390,714251,561,786
2011499,450260,329,715
2010438,206230,874,727
2009548,122234,814,729
2008539,639211,866,333
2007549,281177,594,313
2006726,940162,915,736
2005767,839152,739,770
2004776,259141,524,488
2003667,091126,327,600
2002536,857103,767,742
2001232,82356,387,581
200054,74727,965,427
19998,41212,461,010
199813,6069,864,072
199713,5308,646,254
199615,9859,963,645
199519,1166,673,731
199416,1794,873,423
199313,8923,436,164

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.

Denton County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Denton County: 62,255 royalty records on the roll

At least 526 of the 62,255 royalty-interest records on Denton County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (0.84%). 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
62,255
Still titled to an estate, at least
526
Share of the roll
0.84%
Search a name on the Denton County rollEvery county, with the method

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

The biggest leases in Denton County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 2,370), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Denton County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Denton County, by gas

BKV Barnett leads

  1. BKV Barnett, LLC1,343 leases83Mmcf
  2. Eagleridge Operating, LLC362 leases18Mmcf
  3. Lime Rock Resources IV-A, L.P.327 leases14Mmcf
  4. BKV Barnett II, LLC173 leases8.9Mmcf
  5. BKV North Texas, LLC39 leases2.3Mmcf
  6. Lakota Energy, Ltd.13 leases1.1Mmcf
  7. Hillwood O & G Operating Co LP12 leases714kmcf
  8. Upp Operating, LLC5 leases509kmcf

Fields in Denton County, by gas

Newark, East (Barnett Shale) leads

  1. Newark, East (Barnett Shale)2,278 leases · District 09 · Field 65280200129Mmcf
  2. Boonsville (Bend Congl., Gas)52 leases · District 09 · Field 10574520812kmcf
  3. Gas Finders (Congl.)28 leases · District 09 · Field 34128300125kmcf
  4. Hunter Creek (Conglomerate)1 lease · District 09 · Field 4370750011.4kmcf
  5. Monteath (Atoka, Upper)1 lease · District 09 · Field 625801003,354mcf
  6. Bolivar2 leases · District 09 · Field 1027500111mcf

More operators here

OperatorHawkbend LLC24OperatorRiverbirch Resources, LLC6OperatorHess, Jerry Operating Co.12OperatorBriley Operating, LLC4
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Recent drilling permits in Denton County

Counties near Denton County (number = producing leases)

CountyCooke688CountyWise3,744CountyTarrant3,447CountyCollinCountyDallas56CountyGrayson396CountyRockwallCountyMontague1,256CountyParker1,087CountyJohnson2,015