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Gaines County, Texas oil and gas

  • 15,584,165bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 490producing leases
  • 8,589wells on the map
  • 297drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Gaines County

Map of Gaines County, Texas, with 8,589 oil and gas wells and 297 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations297Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells6,454On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing703Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged1,432The 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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8,589 wells with a location on the state's map (6,454 producing, 703 not producing, 1,432 plugged) and 297 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Seagraves · Seminole · Newest drilling permits in Gaines County · Wells by ZIP code

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

Gaines County reported 16 million barrels of oil and 15 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 27th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

15,584,165bbl oil, last 12 months+6% 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
490of 903 on record
Operators
90
Fields
133
Top operator
OXY USA Inc.

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Where it sits

This county

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Gaines County · RRC district 8A
Gas, last 12 months
15,013,229 mcf
Share of Texas oil
0.8%
Wells on record
8,593on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Gaines County

Oil output in Gaines County rose 6% over the last 12 months

16M bbl through Jul 2026, against 15M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 1.5M bbl.

Oil output in Gaines County rose 6% over the last 12 months16M bbl through Jul 2026, against 15M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 1.5M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.5M (Dec 21)1.4M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Gaines County rose 6% over the last 12 months16M bbl through Jul 2026, against 15M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 1.5M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.5M (Dec 21)1.4M'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Gaines County fell 15% over the last 12 months

15M mcf through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2025: 1.8M mcf.

Gas output in Gaines County fell 15% over the last 12 months15M mcf through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2025: 1.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Jul 25)1.1M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Gaines County fell 15% over the last 12 months15M mcf through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2025: 1.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Jul 25)1.1M'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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Gaines 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 37,214,474 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 64,925,851 mcf.

Gaines County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202514,823,41917,360,173
202414,799,44915,767,692
202316,198,99917,522,087
202217,239,28617,516,839
202117,301,34917,672,047
202019,068,73320,763,587
201921,708,56920,169,034
201822,253,31221,377,462
201721,359,27520,230,995
201620,466,51219,912,387
201522,028,44923,295,604
201422,542,83324,290,555
201322,397,44724,118,771
201222,906,92825,429,666
201122,858,86426,474,169
201022,599,32128,947,675
200922,285,56529,701,943
200823,117,68530,811,186
200724,348,92031,716,619
200625,146,56132,387,568
200526,046,55729,147,592
200426,811,94741,683,784
200327,578,68740,934,012
200228,084,62440,786,932
200129,323,28439,136,729
200030,072,96042,877,057
199931,148,16936,564,788
199833,110,03637,996,373
199733,926,33138,990,659
199634,822,60433,018,275
199535,163,16826,279,848
199435,918,22826,262,222
199337,214,47464,925,851

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.

Gaines County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Gaines County: 66,423 royalty records on the roll

At least 517 of the 66,423 royalty-interest records on Gaines County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (0.78%). 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
66,423
Still titled to an estate, at least
517
Share of the roll
0.78%

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

The biggest leases in Gaines County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 490), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Gaines County