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Jack County, Texas oil and gas

  • 618,061bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 1,192producing leases
  • 4,421wells on the map
  • 107drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Jack County

Map of Jack County, Texas, with 4,421 oil and gas wells and 107 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations107Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,892On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing1,300Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged1,229The 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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4,421 wells with a location on the state's map (1,892 producing, 1,300 not producing, 1,229 plugged) and 107 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Jacksboro · Newest drilling permits in Jack County · Wells by ZIP code

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

Jack County reported 618,061 barrels of oil and 8.1 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 88th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

618,061bbl oil, last 12 months0% 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
1,192of 2,712 on record
Operators
142
Fields
281

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Where it sits

This county

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Jack County · RRC district 09
Gas, last 12 months
8,114,865 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
4,433on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Jack County

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

618k bbl through Jul 2026, against 616k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 72.4k bbl.

Oil output in Jack County held steady over the last 12 months618k bbl through Jul 2026, against 616k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 72.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75kPeak 72.4k (Aug 21)54.2k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Jack County held steady over the last 12 months618k bbl through Jul 2026, against 616k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 72.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75kPeak 72.4k (Aug 21)54.2k'22'23'24'25'26

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

8.1M mcf through Jul 2026, against 8.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 1.1M mcf.

Gas output in Jack County fell 7% over the last 12 months8.1M mcf through Jul 2026, against 8.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 1.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1.1M (Dec 21)671k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Jack County fell 7% over the last 12 months8.1M mcf through Jul 2026, against 8.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 1.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1.1M (Dec 21)671k'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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Jack 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 2014, at 2,100,664 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2015, at 35,439,902 mcf.

Jack County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025608,1258,341,566
2024637,4879,505,211
2023700,31010,753,959
2022768,74312,100,875
2021825,90112,067,915
2020886,66113,031,236
2019942,98316,860,210
2018790,97115,602,143
2017843,75918,630,661
20161,031,14224,680,151
20151,645,61935,439,902
20142,100,66434,650,018
20131,600,77928,094,596
20121,705,30825,224,299
20111,122,07217,972,129
2010945,65516,804,758
2009852,08717,936,750
2008853,06520,318,102
2007762,47520,305,294
2006660,42416,912,982
2005679,58815,702,034
2004721,84715,904,523
2003750,43716,161,004
2002780,81316,928,405
2001894,46117,632,600
20001,042,34018,112,371
19991,023,24818,241,699
19981,134,60717,480,684
19971,225,37817,553,585
19961,141,99018,213,847
19951,261,07719,627,129
19941,322,43221,208,615
19931,515,54222,380,423

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.

Jack County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Jack County: 8,568 royalty records on the roll

At least 87 of the 8,568 royalty-interest records on Jack County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.02%). 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
8,568
Still titled to an estate, at least
87
Share of the roll
1.02%

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

The biggest leases in Jack County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 1,192), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Jack County