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Edwards County, Texas oil and gas
- 1,680,784mcf gas in the last 12 months
- 351producing leases
- 801wells on the map
- 2drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Edwards County
- Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells380On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing299Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged122The 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.
801 wells with a location on the state's map (380 producing, 299 not producing, 122 plugged) and 2 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/edwards-county-tx">Edwards County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Rocksprings · Newest drilling permits in Edwards County · Wells by ZIP code
Edwards County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin
Edwards County reported 1.7 million mcf of gas and 2,681 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 131st of 197 Texas counties by gas.
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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
- 351of 661 on record
- Operators
- 14
- Fields
- 16
- Top operator
- Upp Operating, LLC
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- Oil, last 12 months
- 2,681 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 801on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Edwards County
Gas output in Edwards County fell 30% over the last 12 months
1.7M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2.4M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 290k mcf.
Oil output in Edwards County fell 55% over the last 12 months
2,681 bbl through Jul 2026, against 5,945 bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2023: 936 bbl.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Edwards 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 2011, at 22,660 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1998, at 28,374,046 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,639 | 2,417,019 |
| 2024 | 7,784 | 2,310,070 |
| 2023 | 7,904 | 2,997,976 |
| 2022 | 4,545 | 3,296,901 |
| 2021 | 2,599 | 3,046,508 |
| 2020 | 2,099 | 1,858,216 |
| 2019 | 1,799 | 2,660,293 |
| 2018 | 1,957 | 5,367,342 |
| 2017 | 3,106 | 5,772,506 |
| 2016 | 3,034 | 6,318,564 |
| 2015 | 5,324 | 6,904,191 |
| 2014 | 1,651 | 7,651,036 |
| 2013 | 2,836 | 8,604,035 |
| 2012 | 8,201 | 9,763,386 |
| 2011 | 22,660 | 10,931,768 |
| 2010 | 17,874 | 12,708,123 |
| 2009 | 5,000 | 13,610,115 |
| 2008 | 3,894 | 16,792,617 |
| 2007 | 2,964 | 17,199,748 |
| 2006 | 3,565 | 19,220,336 |
| 2005 | 3,578 | 18,371,268 |
| 2004 | 3,526 | 17,873,953 |
| 2003 | 3,463 | 19,269,054 |
| 2002 | 4,877 | 19,187,879 |
| 2001 | 8,751 | 23,904,859 |
| 2000 | 10,451 | 24,658,451 |
| 1999 | 14,703 | 27,333,718 |
| 1998 | 13,888 | 28,374,046 |
| 1997 | 13,299 | 21,680,162 |
| 1996 | 11,251 | 16,346,796 |
| 1995 | 7,131 | 12,114,501 |
| 1994 | 3,173 | 9,445,310 |
| 1993 | 4,644 | 7,383,419 |
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 Edwards County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
48,978mcf gas−42%
44,772mcf gas−47%
42,065mcf gas−54%
41,556mcf gas+123%
30,881mcf gas−47%
28,429mcf gas−21%
1,168bbl oil−51%
26,922mcf gas−18%
24,658mcf gas−39%
22,016mcf gas+7%
21,500mcf gas−35%
21,263mcf gas−26%
20,902mcf gas+18%
879bbl oil+2%
19,344mcf gas−37%
19,165mcf gas−5%
18,679mcf gas+272%
17,909mcf gas−5%
17,834mcf gas+200%
17,162mcf gas−20%
17,137mcf gas−48%
16,532mcf gas−4%
15,971mcf gas−46%
15,889mcf gas−45%
15,463mcf gas−12%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 351), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Edwards County, by gas
Upp Operating leads
- Upp Operating, LLC133 leases552kmcf
- Hilcorp Energy Company43 leases461kmcf
- Lakeshore Operating, LLC113 leases267kmcf
- Johnson & Lindley, LLC11 leases114kmcf
- Texakoma E & P, LLC9 leases90.8kmcf
- Henry Petroleum LLC15 leases58.6kmcf
- Comstock Energy, LLC2 leases21.4kmcf
- Grace Petroleum Operating, LLC13 leases19.8kmcf
Fields in Edwards County, by gas
Sawyer (Canyon) leads
- Sawyer (Canyon)207 leases · District 7C · Field 81267333543kmcf
- Vinegarone, E. (Penn. Sand)40 leases · District 01 · Field 93875365436kmcf
- Frances Hill (Penn)22 leases · District 01 · Field 32519500139kmcf
- Snakebite (Ellenburger)5 leases · District 01 · Field 84392210130kmcf
- Frances Hill (Penn, Lower)12 leases · District 01 · Field 32519510115kmcf
- Kelley (Ellenburger)4 leases · District 01 · Field 4852310065.8kmcf
- Epperson (Canyon Sand)20 leases · District 01 · Field 2921020052kmcf
- Rocksprings, W. (Canyon)21 leases · District 01 · Field 7775550032.7kmcf
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Recent drilling permits in Edwards County
DUNBAR #13
new drill · PNP Operating Company LLC · Edwards County
Permit 0904347 · Dec 3, 2024
DUNBAR #12
new drill · PNP Operating Company LLC · Edwards County
Permit 0904252 · Nov 25, 2024
FARM #5
new drill · PNP Operating Company LLC · Edwards County
Permit 0900095 · May 31, 2024
FRIESS BROTHERS #2
recompletion · PNP Operating Company LLC · Edwards County
Permit 0899726 · May 17, 2024
FARM #4
new drill · PNP Operating Company LLC · Edwards County
Permit 0899725 · May 17, 2024
SCHENKEL 'A' #13
new drill · PNP Operating Company LLC · Edwards County
Permit 0899628 · May 14, 2024