Texas county · RRC district 7B
Hamilton County, Texas oil and gas
- 36,806mcf gas in the last 12 months
- 6producing leases
- 17wells on the map
- 0drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Hamilton County
- Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells6On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing0Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged11The 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.
17 wells with a location on the state's map (6 producing, 0 not producing, 11 plugged) and 0 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/hamilton-county-tx">Hamilton County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Hamilton · Hico · Newest drilling permits in Hamilton County · Wells by ZIP code
Hamilton County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale
Hamilton County reported 36,806 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 185th of 197 Texas counties by gas.
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
- 6of 14 on record
- Operators
- 1
- Fields
- 1
- Top operator
- Arrowhead Operating Inc.
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- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 17on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- Pottsville, South (Marble Falls)
Five years of output in Hamilton County
Gas output in Hamilton County fell 3% over the last 12 months
36.8k mcf through Jul 2026, against 38.1k mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 4,733 mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Hamilton 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 1994, at 2,477 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2001, at 226,911 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 36,705 |
| 2024 | 0 | 34,615 |
| 2023 | 0 | 43,689 |
| 2022 | 0 | 43,440 |
| 2021 | 0 | 43,739 |
| 2020 | 0 | 47,357 |
| 2019 | 0 | 57,851 |
| 2018 | 10 | 92,112 |
| 2017 | 819 | 86,497 |
| 2016 | 247 | 102,456 |
| 2015 | 383 | 98,809 |
| 2014 | 356 | 97,289 |
| 2013 | 1,435 | 114,411 |
| 2012 | 1,564 | 142,410 |
| 2011 | 1,441 | 142,012 |
| 2010 | 2,167 | 134,382 |
| 2009 | 1,613 | 166,668 |
| 2008 | 987 | 156,929 |
| 2007 | 798 | 159,975 |
| 2006 | 1,174 | 157,958 |
| 2005 | 2,127 | 166,103 |
| 2004 | 839 | 156,986 |
| 2003 | 1,978 | 184,033 |
| 2002 | 830 | 198,507 |
| 2001 | 678 | 226,911 |
| 2000 | 1,073 | 52,547 |
| 1999 | 1,405 | 46,526 |
| 1998 | 796 | 48,127 |
| 1997 | 1,625 | 57,927 |
| 1996 | 1,717 | 61,994 |
| 1995 | 2,182 | 62,339 |
| 1994 | 2,477 | 86,407 |
| 1993 | 1,667 | 79,307 |
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 Hamilton County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
11,052mcf gas−3%
11,052mcf gas−3%
5,526mcf gas−3%
3,684mcf gas−3%
3,678mcf gas−3%
1,843mcf gas−3%
Showing 6 of 6.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Hamilton County, by gas
Arrowhead Operating leads
Fields in Hamilton County, by gas
Pottsville, South (Marble Falls) leads
More operators here
Search this county →Recent drilling permits in Hamilton County
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