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Hood County, Texas oil and gas

  • 19,432,747mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 538producing leases
  • 865wells on the map
  • 0drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Hood County

Map of Hood County, Texas, with 865 oil and gas wells and 0 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells536On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing224Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged105The 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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865 wells with a location on the state's map (536 producing, 224 not producing, 105 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/hood-county-tx">Hood County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: DeCordova · Granbury · Oak Trail Shores · Pecan Plantation · Newest drilling permits in Hood County · Wells by ZIP code

Hood County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale

Hood County reported 19 million mcf of gas and 50,755 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 61st of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

19,432,747mcf gas, last 12 months−7% 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
538of 869 on record
Operators
14
Fields
10

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Hood County · RRC district 7B
Oil, last 12 months
50,755 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.1%
Wells on record
865on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Hood County

Gas output in Hood County fell 7% over the last 12 months

19M mcf through Jul 2026, against 21M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 2.4M mcf.

Gas output in Hood County fell 7% over the last 12 months19M mcf through Jul 2026, against 21M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 2.4M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.4M (Oct 21)1.6M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Hood County fell 7% over the last 12 months19M mcf through Jul 2026, against 21M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 2.4M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.4M (Oct 21)1.6M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Hood County held steady over the last 12 months

50.8k bbl through Jul 2026, against 50k bbl a year earlier. Peak Feb 2024: 6,932 bbl.

Oil output in Hood County held steady over the last 12 months50.8k bbl through Jul 2026, against 50k bbl a year earlier. Peak Feb 2024: 6,932 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,500Peak 6,932 (Feb 24)3,38420222023202420252026
Oil output in Hood County held steady over the last 12 months50.8k bbl through Jul 2026, against 50k bbl a year earlier. Peak Feb 2024: 6,932 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,500Peak 6,932 (Feb 24)3,384'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.

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Hood 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 2008, at 521,851 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2009, at 69,376,002 mcf.

Hood County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202555,33720,235,396
202449,66521,779,257
202353,34023,015,270
202248,55925,773,133
202149,69527,074,467
202056,14629,412,859
201964,27732,108,594
201882,19135,205,380
201781,73238,385,456
201676,37536,314,662
2015102,20238,795,843
2014144,63047,694,491
2013164,93950,294,328
2012234,18954,366,662
2011253,88557,835,308
2010320,51662,672,954
2009493,59569,376,002
2008521,85165,306,961
2007266,00639,284,539
2006126,32116,959,790
200531,5715,657,839
2004339779,231
2003232847,855
20026291,063,872
20015601,113,464
20003131,237,278
19998011,371,897
19982,7561,747,795
19973,5762,047,795
19962,2951,859,909
19952,1261,886,048
19942,4612,205,441
19934,5382,249,559

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 Hood County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 538), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.