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Dickens County, Texas oil and gas

  • 208,920bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 79producing leases
  • 308wells on the map
  • 13drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Dickens County

Map of Dickens County, Texas, with 308 oil and gas wells and 13 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations13Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells184On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing31Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged93The 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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308 wells with a location on the state's map (184 producing, 31 not producing, 93 plugged) and 13 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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

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

Dickens County reported 208,920 barrels of oil and 13,871 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 135th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

208,920bbl oil, last 12 months−20% 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
79of 143 on record
Operators
19
Fields
35

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Dickens County · RRC district 8A
Gas, last 12 months
13,871 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
309on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Dickens County

Oil output in Dickens County fell 20% over the last 12 months

209k bbl through Jul 2026, against 261k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2022: 32.2k bbl.

Oil output in Dickens County fell 20% over the last 12 months209k bbl through Jul 2026, against 261k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2022: 32.2k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 32.2k (Oct 22)16.4k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Dickens County fell 20% over the last 12 months209k bbl through Jul 2026, against 261k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2022: 32.2k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 32.2k (Oct 22)16.4k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Dickens County fell 12% over the last 12 months

13.9k mcf through Jul 2026, against 15.8k mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1,772 mcf.

Gas output in Dickens County fell 12% over the last 12 months13.9k mcf through Jul 2026, against 15.8k mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1,772 mcf.Gas, mcf per month05001,0001,5002,000Peak 1,772 (Aug 21)1,13720222023202420252026
Gas output in Dickens County fell 12% over the last 12 months13.9k mcf through Jul 2026, against 15.8k mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1,772 mcf.Gas, mcf per month05001,0001,5002,000Peak 1,772 (Aug 21)1,137'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.

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Dickens 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 1,652,883 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2005, at 136,153 mcf.

Dickens County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025240,42514,996
2024278,92816,556
2023336,10617,035
2022359,90019,824
2021321,07820,897
2020356,56121,214
2019430,40016,303
2018484,33518,109
2017488,59018,518
2016468,95118,788
2015541,65219,085
2014648,5097,453
2013678,5444,440
2012782,0164,258
2011859,63418,542
20101,009,15263,018
20091,109,89269,749
20081,283,735118,982
20071,336,845119,772
20061,368,57398,826
20051,534,192136,153
20041,652,883121,411
20031,599,701120,058
20021,377,168124,737
2001884,99195,719
2000725,38398,112
1999719,86678,775
1998872,41214,436
1997831,69813,409
1996519,62515,375
1995534,10012,049
1994502,85136,241
1993421,40477,086

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 Dickens County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 79, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Dickens County