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Johnson County, Texas oil and gas

  • 82,950,243mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 2,015producing leases
  • 3,589wells on the map
  • 4drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Johnson County

Map of Johnson County, Texas, with 3,589 oil and gas wells and 4 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations4Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells2,015On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing1,094Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged480The 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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3,589 wells with a location on the state's map (2,015 producing, 1,094 not producing, 480 plugged) and 4 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/johnson-county-tx">Johnson County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Alvarado · Burleson · Cleburne · Godley · Grandview · Joshua · Keene · Venus · Newest drilling permits in Johnson County · Wells by ZIP code

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

Johnson County reported 83 million mcf of gas and 6,831 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 34th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

82,950,243mcf gas, last 12 months−10% 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
2,015of 3,589 on record
Operators
12
Fields
3

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Johnson County · RRC district 05
Oil, last 12 months
6,831 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.6%
Wells on record
3,589on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Johnson County

Gas output in Johnson County fell 10% over the last 12 months

83M mcf through Jul 2026, against 93M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 11M mcf.

Gas output in Johnson County fell 10% over the last 12 months83M mcf through Jul 2026, against 93M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 11M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13MPeak 11M (Dec 21)4.8M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Johnson County fell 10% over the last 12 months83M mcf through Jul 2026, against 93M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 11M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13MPeak 11M (Dec 21)4.8M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Johnson County fell 24% over the last 12 months

6,831 bbl through Jul 2026, against 8,997 bbl a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 1,586 bbl.

Oil output in Johnson County fell 24% over the last 12 months6,831 bbl through Jul 2026, against 8,997 bbl a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 1,586 bbl.Oil, bbl per month05001,0001,5002,000Peak 1,586 (Apr 22)18820222023202420252026
Oil output in Johnson County fell 24% over the last 12 months6,831 bbl through Jul 2026, against 8,997 bbl a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 1,586 bbl.Oil, bbl per month05001,0001,5002,000Peak 1,586 (Apr 22)188'22'23'24'25'26

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

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Johnson 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 59,352 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2009, at 555,573,822 mcf.

Johnson County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20258,12189,767,548
20248,00398,275,594
20238,318110,258,109
20228,612120,053,173
20217,634128,660,492
20206,682142,829,593
201910,352162,002,119
201812,712188,495,436
201713,587206,594,950
201615,189227,598,664
201516,835265,012,069
201423,201326,340,464
201322,688391,401,467
201231,545476,713,461
201129,219534,266,501
201040,379530,686,336
200958,712555,573,822
200859,352513,603,330
200728,158331,086,485
200615,650172,067,087
200516,62265,631,771
20046,55614,834,900
200301,286,644
2002027,881
2001020,971
2000019,519
1999027,629
1998037,006
1997020,409
199600
199500
199400
199301,126

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 Johnson County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 2,015), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Johnson County