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Kaufman County, Texas oil and gas
- 7,517bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 4producing leases
- 47wells on the map
- 4drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Kaufman County
- Drilling locations4Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells7On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing28Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged12The 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.
47 wells with a location on the state's map (7 producing, 28 not producing, 12 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/kaufman-county-tx">Kaufman County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Crandall · Kaufman · Kemp · Mabank · Talty · Terrell · Newest drilling permits in Kaufman County · Wells by ZIP code
Kaufman County reported 7,517 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 192nd of 225 Texas counties by oil.
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
- 4of 25 on record
- Operators
- 2
- Fields
- 3
- Top operator
- Southwest Operating, Inc.-Tyler
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- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 48on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- Ham Gossett, East
Five years of output in Kaufman County
Oil output in Kaufman County fell 66% over the last 12 months
7,517 bbl through Jul 2026, against 22.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak May 2022: 4,231 bbl.
Gas output in Kaufman County: 0 mcf in the last 12 months
0 mcf through Jul 2026. Peak Mar 2022: 3,539 mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Kaufman 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 1993, at 182,730 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 87,766 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,118 | 0 |
| 2024 | 25,709 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29,237 | 4,055 |
| 2022 | 43,707 | 27,860 |
| 2021 | 41,686 | 22,326 |
| 2020 | 43,120 | 18,889 |
| 2019 | 57,783 | 27,339 |
| 2018 | 51,704 | 16,110 |
| 2017 | 58,820 | 22,761 |
| 2016 | 68,918 | 33,120 |
| 2015 | 92,538 | 53,344 |
| 2014 | 87,918 | 32,895 |
| 2013 | 97,333 | 43,233 |
| 2012 | 97,774 | 37,948 |
| 2011 | 87,947 | 25,078 |
| 2010 | 99,773 | 27,942 |
| 2009 | 91,549 | 34,692 |
| 2008 | 62,897 | 7,911 |
| 2007 | 60,955 | 3,002 |
| 2006 | 68,091 | 7,336 |
| 2005 | 55,729 | 8,816 |
| 2004 | 63,016 | 11,954 |
| 2003 | 55,579 | 18,766 |
| 2002 | 64,284 | 19,222 |
| 2001 | 78,144 | 23,179 |
| 2000 | 84,624 | 22,162 |
| 1999 | 78,785 | 12,698 |
| 1998 | 111,616 | 27,401 |
| 1997 | 116,717 | 5,183 |
| 1996 | 127,032 | 5,182 |
| 1995 | 152,583 | 4,139 |
| 1994 | 147,889 | 10,539 |
| 1993 | 182,730 | 87,766 |
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 Kaufman County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
3,083bbl oil−9%
938bbl oil−6%
680bbl oil−41%
269bbl oil−86%
Showing 4 of 4.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Kaufman County, by oil
Southwest Operating, Inc.-Tyler leads
Fields in Kaufman County, by oil
Ham Gossett, East leads
More operators here
Search this county →Recent drilling permits in Kaufman County
S1-MP 269.215 #1
new drill · Enterprise Products Operatingllc · Kaufman County
Permit 0915645 · Jun 8, 2026
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new drill · Guardian Operating LLC · Kaufman County
Permit 0915358 · May 6, 2026
D-42 #01
new drill · Atmos Pipeline - Texas · Kaufman County
Permit 0911914 · Dec 4, 2025
D-40 #1
new drill · Atmos Pipeline - Texas · Kaufman County
Permit 0907350 · Apr 14, 2025
PRAIRIE SMOKE #1
new drill · Mud Creek Operating, LLC · Kaufman County
Permit 0894736 · Oct 25, 2023