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Fort Bend County, Texas oil and gas
- 435,893bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 105producing leases
- 1,260wells on the map
- 1drilling location in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Fort Bend County
- Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells734On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing141Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged385The 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.
1,260 wells with a location on the state's map (734 producing, 141 not producing, 385 plugged) and 1 drilling location 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/fort-bend-county-tx">Fort Bend County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Arcola · Cinco Ranch · Fairchilds · Fifth Street · Four Corners · Fresno · Fulshear · Greatwood · Meadows Place · Mission Bend · Missouri City · Needville · New Territory · Pecan Grove · Pleak · Richmond · Rosenberg · Sienna Plantation · Stafford · Sugar Land · Weston Lakes · Newest drilling permits in Fort Bend County · Wells by ZIP code
Fort Bend County reported 435,893 barrels of oil and 2.9 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 101st of 225 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier
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
- 105of 259 on record
- Operators
- 22
- Fields
- 32
- Top operator
- P.O.&G. Operating, LLC
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 2,900,374 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 1,270on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Fort Bend County
Oil output in Fort Bend County fell 10% over the last 12 months
436k bbl through Jul 2026, against 485k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 65k bbl.
Gas output in Fort Bend County held steady over the last 12 months
2.9M mcf through Jul 2026, against 3M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 379k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Fort Bend 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 1997, at 3,407,890 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2003, at 52,688,970 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 452,847 | 3,006,036 |
| 2024 | 513,689 | 3,163,731 |
| 2023 | 557,703 | 3,540,403 |
| 2022 | 641,599 | 3,407,373 |
| 2021 | 754,514 | 4,396,377 |
| 2020 | 793,387 | 5,501,978 |
| 2019 | 871,920 | 6,253,190 |
| 2018 | 968,764 | 6,757,412 |
| 2017 | 1,016,330 | 7,034,160 |
| 2016 | 1,052,866 | 7,744,970 |
| 2015 | 1,417,599 | 8,575,496 |
| 2014 | 1,725,977 | 9,309,382 |
| 2013 | 1,776,558 | 11,292,957 |
| 2012 | 1,788,476 | 12,567,633 |
| 2011 | 1,840,292 | 13,121,339 |
| 2010 | 1,850,858 | 14,239,672 |
| 2009 | 1,780,267 | 17,273,260 |
| 2008 | 2,003,229 | 23,648,688 |
| 2007 | 2,132,218 | 30,450,348 |
| 2006 | 2,524,966 | 34,253,896 |
| 2005 | 2,885,438 | 45,253,329 |
| 2004 | 3,049,696 | 49,500,851 |
| 2003 | 3,280,600 | 52,688,970 |
| 2002 | 3,044,031 | 45,216,774 |
| 2001 | 2,838,233 | 41,524,329 |
| 2000 | 2,483,872 | 35,551,732 |
| 1999 | 2,550,631 | 32,002,746 |
| 1998 | 2,881,977 | 28,779,103 |
| 1997 | 3,407,890 | 24,257,478 |
| 1996 | 3,210,952 | 21,860,723 |
| 1995 | 2,875,715 | 18,056,813 |
| 1994 | 2,805,065 | 17,196,284 |
| 1993 | 3,181,538 | 17,657,317 |
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.
Fort Bend County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll
Mineral owners in Fort Bend County: 11,137 royalty records on the roll
At least 106 of the 11,137 royalty-interest records on Fort Bend County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (0.95%). 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
- 11,137
- Still titled to an estate, at least
- 106
- Share of the roll
- 0.95%
SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Fort Bend County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.
The biggest leases in Fort Bend County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
59,392bbl oil+35%
49,714bbl oil−8%
37,122bbl oil+7%
33,337bbl oil−9%
27,657bbl oil−45%
441,153mcf gas−8%
16,673bbl oil−51%
14,984bbl oil+16%
13,586bbl oil−15%
12,579bbl oil−9%
12,398bbl oil−13%
11,983bbl oil+1%
11,635bbl oil−17%
10,789bbl oil+5%
238,604mcf gas−1%
9,251bbl oil−5%
8,757bbl oil+8%
7,132bbl oil−67%
6,762bbl oil−6%
152,385mcf gas+116%
5,521bbl oiln/a
114,203mcf gas−1%
4,759bbl oil−16%
106,078mcf gas−3%
105,064mcf gas−16%
Showing 25 of 105, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Fort Bend County, by oil
P.O.&G. Operating leads
- P.O.&G. Operating, LLC13 leases242kbbl
- McGowan Working Partners, Inc.2 leases44.1kbbl
- Hilcorp Energy Company45 leases40.3kbbl
- Lewis Operating Company2 leases25.2kbbl
- CML Exploration, LLC6 leases21.9kbbl
- Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation2 leases19.2kbbl
- Horizon Prod. and Operating, LLC1 lease12.6kbbl
- Hamman Oil & Refining Company2 leases7,249bbl
Fields in Fort Bend County, by oil
Thompson leads
- Thompson10 leases · District 03 · Field 89525001219kbbl
- Thompson, North1 lease · District 03 · Field 8952700133.3kbbl
- Cooley (Meek Sand)24 leases · District 03 · Field 2038530027.5kbbl
- Clodine2 leases · District 03 · Field 1904800125.2kbbl
- Thompson, South3 leases · District 03 · Field 8953000117.2kbbl
- Thompson, Se. (Frio)1 lease · District 03 · Field 8953133316.7kbbl
- Cosmonaut (Lower Vicksburg)1 lease · District 03 · Field 2089324015kbbl
- Riverstone (Yegua Ey-1)1 lease · District 03 · Field 7705750012.6kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Fort Bend County
MOORE #10
recompletion · CML Exploration, LLC · Fort Bend County
Permit 0910496 · Sep 18, 2025
PANTHER #2
new drill · Delfin Operating, LLC · Fort Bend County
Permit 0894650 · Oct 24, 2023