Texas county · RRC district 04
Jim Wells County
Jim Wells County reported 126,218 barrels of oil and 1.2 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 146th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier
- Producing leases
- 145of 427 on record
- Operators
- 20
- Fields
- 43
- Top operator
- Sue-Ann Operating, L.c.
Own minerals in Jim Wells County?
Where it sits
This county
- Gas, last 12 months
- 1,244,920 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- T-C-B (Vxbg Consolidated)
Five years of output in Jim Wells County
Oil output in Jim Wells County fell 5% over the last 12 months
126k bbl through Jul 2026, against 133k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2025: 13.7k bbl.
Gas output in Jim Wells County fell 22% over the last 12 months
1.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.6M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 226k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026.
The biggest leases in Jim Wells County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
43,068bbl oil−21%
14,758bbl oil−22%
12,397bbl oil−10%
10,781bbl oil0%
7,225bbl oiln/a
6,404bbl oil−9%
81,652mcf gas−1%
80,567mcf gas+57%
59,400mcf gas−62%
55,938mcf gas−7%
47,093mcf gas−24%
1,805bbl oil+5%
1,783bbl oiln/a
1,761bbl oil−12%
40,464mcf gas−16%
1,706bbl oil−29%
39,364mcf gas−4%
37,095mcf gas−3%
36,677mcf gas−2%
34,616mcf gas−3%
33,328mcf gas−13%
30,695mcf gas+52%
28,060mcf gas−2%
27,513mcf gas+1%
1,178bbl oil+8%
Showing 25 of 145, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Jim Wells County, by oil
Logas Energy leads
Fields in Jim Wells County, by oil
T-C-B (Vxbg Consolidated) leads
- T-C-B (Vxbg Consolidated)6 leases · District 04 · Field 8994510544.7kbbl
- Alice, Se. (Scheel)2 leases · District 04 · Field 0152166427.2kbbl
- Seeligson (Combined Zones)45 leases · District 04 · Field 8212600514.1kbbl
- Seeligson (Consolidated)13 leases · District 04 · Field 821260068,591bbl
- Captain Lucey (5860)1 lease · District 04 · Field 155199228,234bbl
- Orange Grove (Stillwell SD)1 lease · District 04 · Field 675062457,225bbl
- Lagarto, West (1st Yegua)1 lease · District 02 · Field 512795004,359bbl
- Captain Lucey (5970 Sand)1 lease · District 04 · Field 155199541,805bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Jim Wells County
RUSSELL #8
recompletion · Paladin Petroleum III, L.L.C. · Jim Wells County
Permit 0917691 · Aug 10, 2026
KOEHN #1
new drill · Paloma Operating, LLC · Jim Wells County
Permit 0917565 · Aug 4, 2026
MYRA SUE #1
new drill · Paloma Operating, LLC · Jim Wells County
Permit 0915331 · May 5, 2026
EDELEN #1
new drill · Cimarron Engineering, LLC · Jim Wells County
Permit 0912428 · Dec 29, 2025
CHIPPO #1
new drill · Cimarron Engineering, LLC · Jim Wells County
Permit 0910201 · Sep 4, 2025
ROVAST #1
new drill · Cimarron Engineering, LLC · Jim Wells County
Permit 0908782 · Jun 24, 2025