Texas county · RRC district 05
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
- 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.
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
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
- Top operator
- Formentera Operations LLC
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- 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.
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.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>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.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,121 | 89,767,548 |
| 2024 | 8,003 | 98,275,594 |
| 2023 | 8,318 | 110,258,109 |
| 2022 | 8,612 | 120,053,173 |
| 2021 | 7,634 | 128,660,492 |
| 2020 | 6,682 | 142,829,593 |
| 2019 | 10,352 | 162,002,119 |
| 2018 | 12,712 | 188,495,436 |
| 2017 | 13,587 | 206,594,950 |
| 2016 | 15,189 | 227,598,664 |
| 2015 | 16,835 | 265,012,069 |
| 2014 | 23,201 | 326,340,464 |
| 2013 | 22,688 | 391,401,467 |
| 2012 | 31,545 | 476,713,461 |
| 2011 | 29,219 | 534,266,501 |
| 2010 | 40,379 | 530,686,336 |
| 2009 | 58,712 | 555,573,822 |
| 2008 | 59,352 | 513,603,330 |
| 2007 | 28,158 | 331,086,485 |
| 2006 | 15,650 | 172,067,087 |
| 2005 | 16,622 | 65,631,771 |
| 2004 | 6,556 | 14,834,900 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1,286,644 |
| 2002 | 0 | 27,881 |
| 2001 | 0 | 20,971 |
| 2000 | 0 | 19,519 |
| 1999 | 0 | 27,629 |
| 1998 | 0 | 37,006 |
| 1997 | 0 | 20,409 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 1,126 |
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.
240,023mcf gas+2%
200,680mcf gas−8%
200,434mcf gas+5%
191,064mcf gas−4%
182,785mcf gas−3%
179,958mcf gas−4%
175,681mcf gas−7%
171,197mcf gas−8%
170,670mcf gas+5%
166,846mcf gas−2%
163,544mcf gas−4%
161,934mcf gas−10%
161,385mcf gas−3%
159,764mcf gas−8%
157,445mcf gas−8%
150,205mcf gas+723%
146,467mcf gas−4%
138,582mcf gas+53%
137,495mcf gas−7%
137,482mcf gas−4%
136,054mcf gas−15%
135,665mcf gas−1%
135,081mcf gas−11%
133,963mcf gas−10%
133,078mcf gas−5%
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
Operators in Johnson County, by gas
Formentera Operations leads
- Formentera Operations LLC542 leases26Mmcf
- Upp Operating, LLC716 leases25Mmcf
- Tep Barnett USA, LLC316 leases16Mmcf
- BKV North Texas, LLC272 leases10Mmcf
- Eagleridge Operating, LLC130 leases5.6Mmcf
- Riverbirch Resources, LLC15 leases539kmcf
- Kynge Energy Investments LLC6 leases306kmcf
- BKV Barnett II, LLC9 leases304kmcf
Fields in Johnson County, by gas
Newark, East (Barnett Shale) leads
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Recent drilling permits in Johnson County
THREE TRACTS #1
new drill · Halliburton Energy Services, Inc · Johnson County
Permit 0916101 · Jun 3, 2026
BRICE UNIT #6
new drill · Delta Oil & Gas Ltd. · Johnson County
Permit 0904790 · Dec 20, 2024
ACU UNIT #6
new drill · Delta Oil & Gas Ltd. · Johnson County
Permit 0904781 · Dec 19, 2024
FERGUSON FOUNDATION SWD #2
new drill · Upp Operating, LLC · Johnson County
Permit 0904579 · Dec 13, 2024