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Kenedy County, Texas oil and gas

  • 14,728,041mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 117producing leases
  • 287wells on the map
  • 1drilling location in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Kenedy County

Map of Kenedy County, Texas, with 287 oil and gas wells and 1 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells138On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing79Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged70The 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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287 wells with a location on the state's map (138 producing, 79 not producing, 70 plugged) and 1 drilling location permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Sarita · Newest drilling permits in Kenedy County · Wells by ZIP code

Kenedy County reported 15 million mcf of gas and 274,634 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 67th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

14,728,041mcf gas, last 12 months−7% 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
117of 245 on record
Operators
6
Fields
22
Top operator
Headington Energy Partners, LLC

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Kenedy CountyKenedyBrooksKlebergKenedy County
Kenedy County · RRC district 04
Oil, last 12 months
274,634 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.1%
Wells on record
287on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Kenedy County

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

15M mcf through Jul 2026, against 16M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 3.5M mcf.

Gas output in Kenedy County fell 7% over the last 12 months15M mcf through Jul 2026, against 16M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 3.5M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4MPeak 3.5M (Dec 21)1.1M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Kenedy County fell 7% over the last 12 months15M mcf through Jul 2026, against 16M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 3.5M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4MPeak 3.5M (Dec 21)1.1M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Kenedy County fell 12% over the last 12 months

275k bbl through Jul 2026, against 313k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 39.8k bbl.

Oil output in Kenedy County fell 12% over the last 12 months275k bbl through Jul 2026, against 313k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 39.8k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 39.8k (Oct 21)22.6k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Kenedy County fell 12% over the last 12 months275k bbl through Jul 2026, against 313k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 39.8k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 39.8k (Oct 21)22.6k'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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Kenedy 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 1998, at 720,272 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2004, at 68,783,687 mcf.

Kenedy County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025311,29216,273,569
2024309,98315,428,067
2023340,76625,954,002
2022408,30135,291,952
2021427,32537,776,752
2020304,91826,591,395
2019375,16828,464,688
2018336,49816,473,877
2017295,74915,264,536
2016328,93316,110,987
2015429,95618,181,704
2014178,26325,916,211
2013168,84420,585,436
2012186,30927,964,398
2011285,72438,882,221
2010366,25147,856,098
2009292,43453,252,547
2008267,34151,064,864
2007321,20350,101,030
2006308,80445,036,034
2005262,20949,616,454
2004367,53068,783,687
2003502,39260,155,815
2002502,20365,444,412
2001384,17960,097,714
2000415,05042,355,842
1999576,66844,852,012
1998720,27254,128,016
1997661,63933,286,853
1996546,36323,366,989
1995467,86520,462,008
1994505,91317,204,908
1993599,75320,646,138

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 Kenedy County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 117, ranked by output value.

Every lease in Kenedy County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Kenedy County, by gas

Headington Energy Partners leads

  1. Headington Energy Partners, LLC56 leases12Mmcf
  2. Hilcorp Energy Company25 leases686kmcf
  3. Hughes, Dan A. Company, L.P.4 leases650kmcf
  4. Sarita Energy Resources, Ltd.5 leases375kmcf
  5. Abaco Operating, LLC19 leases305kmcf
  6. Dewbre Petroleum Corporation8 leases86kmcf

Fields in Kenedy County, by gas

Rita, S.e. (Consolidated) leads

  1. Rita, S.e. (Consolidated)17 leases · District 04 · Field 7694105010Mmcf
  2. El Paistle, Deep (Frio)22 leases · District 04 · Field 281152001.2Mmcf
  3. Stillman (Deep Cons.)4 leases · District 04 · Field 86133010650kmcf
  4. Sarita Shallow (Mio-Frio Cons.)4 leases · District 04 · Field 81124300616kmcf
  5. Sarita, East (Frio)18 leases · District 04 · Field 81116500534kmcf
  6. Potrero Farias (Miocene 4720)1 lease · District 04 · Field 72653600353kmcf
  7. Ball Ranch (Vicksburg Cons.)16 leases · District 04 · Field 05276300271kmcf
  8. Rita (Consolidated)5 leases · District 04 · Field 7693699081.4kmcf

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Recent drilling permits in Kenedy County

Counties near Kenedy County (number = producing leases)

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