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Fayette County, Texas oil and gas

  • 4,576,430bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 651producing leases
  • 1,051wells on the map
  • 57drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Fayette County

Map of Fayette County, Texas, with 1,051 oil and gas wells and 57 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations57Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells726On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing188Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged137The 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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1,051 wells with a location on the state's map (726 producing, 188 not producing, 137 plugged) and 57 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Flatonia · La Grange · Schulenburg · Newest drilling permits in Fayette County · Wells by ZIP code

Fayette County is one of the 27 counties of the Eagle Ford Shale

Fayette County reported 4.6 million barrels of oil and 41 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 41st of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

4,576,430bbl oil, 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
651of 927 on record
Operators
28
Fields
36
Top operator
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC

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Fayette County · RRC district 03
Gas, last 12 months
41,358,036 mcf
Share of Texas oil
0.2%
Wells on record
1,053on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Fayette County

Oil output in Fayette County rose 5% over the last 12 months

4.6M bbl through Jul 2026, against 4.4M bbl a year earlier. Peak Jul 2023: 505k bbl.

Oil output in Fayette County rose 5% over the last 12 months4.6M bbl through Jul 2026, against 4.4M bbl a year earlier. Peak Jul 2023: 505k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0200k400k600kPeak 505k (Jul 23)352k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Fayette County rose 5% over the last 12 months4.6M bbl through Jul 2026, against 4.4M bbl a year earlier. Peak Jul 2023: 505k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0200k400k600kPeak 505k (Jul 23)352k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Fayette County fell 9% over the last 12 months

41M mcf through Jul 2026, against 45M mcf a year earlier. Peak Apr 2025: 4.7M mcf.

Gas output in Fayette County fell 9% over the last 12 months41M mcf through Jul 2026, against 45M mcf a year earlier. Peak Apr 2025: 4.7M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4M5MPeak 4.7M (Apr 25)3.1M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Fayette County fell 9% over the last 12 months41M mcf through Jul 2026, against 45M mcf a year earlier. Peak Apr 2025: 4.7M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4M5MPeak 4.7M (Apr 25)3.1M'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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Fayette 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 1993, at 15,218,374 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1994, at 106,570,976 mcf.

Fayette County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20254,475,59948,066,142
20243,946,65432,525,979
20234,581,04635,364,130
20223,381,72941,228,552
20213,226,38133,001,625
20203,142,16028,336,106
20192,740,56726,211,268
20181,902,21014,123,048
20172,041,1479,862,683
20162,218,41410,799,144
20153,613,06415,093,852
20144,174,82618,961,663
20133,035,52120,273,891
20122,027,40015,996,142
20111,458,08915,452,248
20101,286,59817,496,823
20091,129,01516,475,728
20081,296,18017,772,535
20071,499,00719,444,144
20061,628,86021,604,393
20051,743,32124,420,849
20042,212,64328,700,526
20032,575,29032,043,077
20022,592,12033,673,399
20012,939,70639,984,569
20003,157,15149,070,811
19993,554,64456,497,353
19984,615,06360,914,757
19975,705,21270,624,231
19966,960,84685,911,387
19958,795,85397,538,287
199411,643,710106,570,976
199315,218,374101,227,382

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.

Fayette County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Fayette County: 23,167 royalty records on the roll

At least 341 of the 23,167 royalty-interest records on Fayette County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.47%). 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
23,167
Still titled to an estate, at least
341
Share of the roll
1.47%
Search a name on the Fayette County rollEvery county, with the method

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

The biggest leases in Fayette County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 651), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Fayette County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Fayette County, by oil

Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating leads

  1. Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC388 leases3.5Mbbl
  2. FW Eagle Ford I, LLC46 leases520kbbl
  3. Geosouthern Operating II, LLC24 leases154kbbl
  4. Rosewood Resources, Inc.1 lease143kbbl
  5. Paleo Oil Company LLC7 leases74.4kbbl
  6. Mca Petroleum Corporation32 leases40.5kbbl
  7. Redbud E & P, Inc.45 leases38kbbl
  8. Tidal Petroleum, Inc.2 leases26.2kbbl

Fields in Fayette County, by oil

Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) leads

  1. Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)468 leases · District 03 · Field 347335003.7Mbbl
  2. Southern Bay (Eagle Ford)38 leases · District 03 · Field 84750500601kbbl
  3. Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)51 leases · District 03 · Field 34773550149kbbl
  4. Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)3 leases · District 01 · Field 2713570069.8kbbl
  5. Muldoon, SW. (Arnim Sand)5 leases · District 03 · Field 6372720015.4kbbl
  6. Cypress Landing (Eagle Ford)5 leases · District 03 · Field 2241850013.5kbbl
  7. Muldoon, SW. (Arnim-2)6 leases · District 03 · Field 637274007,752bbl
  8. Giddings (Edwards, Gas)11 leases · District 03 · Field 347336201,853bbl

More operators here

OperatorTidal Petroleum, Inc.2OperatorLeexus Oil LLC36OperatorYoung, John H., Inc.9OperatorSandel Operating Company9
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Recent drilling permits in Fayette County

Counties near Fayette County (number = producing leases)

CountyBastrop40CountyLee497CountyColorado152CountyLavaca598CountyAustin135CountyWashington373CountyCaldwell380CountyGonzales1,011CountyBurleson945CountyWaller49