Texas county · RRC district 8A
Kent County, Texas oil and gas
- 1,766,483bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 126producing leases
- 1,084wells on the map
- 17drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Kent County
- Drilling locations17Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells746On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing105Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged233The 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.
1,084 wells with a location on the state's map (746 producing, 105 not producing, 233 plugged) and 17 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/kent-county-tx">Kent County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Jayton · Newest drilling permits in Kent County · Wells by ZIP code
Kent County reported 1.8 million barrels of oil and 3.9 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 53rd 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
- 126of 177 on record
- Operators
- 33
- Fields
- 45
- Top operator
- OXY USA WTP LP
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 3,899,580 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 1,086on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Kent County
Oil output in Kent County fell 16% over the last 12 months
1.8M bbl through Jul 2026, against 2.1M bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 213k bbl.
Gas output in Kent County fell 23% over the last 12 months
3.9M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2024: 482k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Kent 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 1995, at 10,721,656 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1996, at 39,063,201 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,967,806 | 4,550,508 |
| 2024 | 2,243,793 | 4,894,682 |
| 2023 | 2,311,293 | 4,739,410 |
| 2022 | 2,173,950 | 4,202,053 |
| 2021 | 2,218,036 | 4,155,313 |
| 2020 | 2,489,738 | 5,297,103 |
| 2019 | 2,854,357 | 5,800,959 |
| 2018 | 3,024,891 | 5,848,604 |
| 2017 | 2,883,666 | 5,505,105 |
| 2016 | 3,203,445 | 5,123,723 |
| 2015 | 3,282,614 | 5,806,499 |
| 2014 | 3,253,336 | 6,043,553 |
| 2013 | 3,526,792 | 5,854,164 |
| 2012 | 3,586,704 | 5,867,961 |
| 2011 | 3,701,785 | 8,481,516 |
| 2010 | 3,662,449 | 5,611,461 |
| 2009 | 3,468,545 | 5,093,669 |
| 2008 | 3,393,440 | 6,123,456 |
| 2007 | 3,676,294 | 6,484,756 |
| 2006 | 3,668,696 | 6,307,199 |
| 2005 | 4,064,850 | 6,771,050 |
| 2004 | 4,617,377 | 7,956,836 |
| 2003 | 5,459,361 | 8,305,255 |
| 2002 | 5,778,706 | 8,520,017 |
| 2001 | 6,099,009 | 11,583,934 |
| 2000 | 6,863,553 | 9,578,304 |
| 1999 | 7,786,693 | 10,168,640 |
| 1998 | 9,201,074 | 11,046,944 |
| 1997 | 10,303,215 | 11,498,273 |
| 1996 | 10,584,157 | 39,063,201 |
| 1995 | 10,721,656 | 28,329,287 |
| 1994 | 10,473,246 | 16,101,631 |
| 1993 | 7,971,182 | 5,161,338 |
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.
Kent County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll
Mineral owners in Kent County: 5,957 royalty records on the roll
At least 71 of the 5,957 royalty-interest records on Kent County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.19%). We publish counts only. No owner’s name or address is on this page; to look for one family, search its name.
- Royalty-interest records, 2026 roll
- 5,957
- Still titled to an estate, at least
- 71
- Share of the roll
- 1.19%
SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Kent County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.
The biggest leases in Kent County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
1,309,665bbl oil−18%
30,545bbl oil−20%
29,701bbl oil−2%
22,275bbl oil−5%
16,499bbl oil−41%
16,321bbl oil+3%
12,345bbl oil+191%
11,175bbl oil+3%
10,616bbl oil+3%
8,880bbl oil−23%
8,664bbl oil−6%
8,433bbl oil−3%
8,198bbl oil−73%
7,892bbl oil+3%
7,307bbl oil−3%
6,790bbl oil−11%
6,345bbl oil−24%
6,330bbl oil+35%
5,651bbl oil+14%
5,327bbl oil−14%
5,278bbl oil−8%
4,427bbl oil+58%
4,295bbl oil−10%
3,955bbl oil−26%
3,818bbl oil+122%
Showing 25 of 126, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Kent County, by oil
OXY USA WTP leads
- OXY USA WTP LP1 lease1.3Mbbl
- Sharp Image Energy, Inc.29 leases101kbbl
- Sojourner Drilling Corporation12 leases57.4kbbl
- Extex Operating Company6 leases30.2kbbl
- Occidental Permian Ltd.1 lease29.7kbbl
- Three Span Oil & Gas, Inc.6 leases25.4kbbl
- Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC4 leases21.8kbbl
- Basa Resources, Inc.4 leases16.1kbbl
Fields in Kent County, by oil
Salt Creek leads
- Salt Creek1 lease · District 8A · Field 798870011.3Mbbl
- Long-Hall (Tannehill)9 leases · District 8A · Field 5465950064.7kbbl
- Double Mountain (Canyon Sand)12 leases · District 8A · Field 2576240033.6kbbl
- Clairemont, East (Strawn)8 leases · District 8A · Field 1843733330.3kbbl
- Fuller (Strawn -B- )1 lease · District 8A · Field 3319066629.7kbbl
- Spires4 leases · District 8A · Field 8521100126.2kbbl
- S.n.b. (Cisco)2 leases · District 8A · Field 7931107525.2kbbl
- Michelle Kay (Cisco)10 leases · District 8A · Field 6098920024.7kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Kent County
HOT SPRINGS #5
new drill · Sojourner Drilling Corporation · Kent County
Permit 0919045 · Oct 19, 2026
BEADLE #1A
new drill · Salida Exploration, LLC · Kent County
Permit 0916893 · Jul 23, 2026
SALT CREEK FIELD UNIT #F043
recompletion · horizontal · OXY USA WTP LP · Kent County
Permit 0916012 · Jun 3, 2026
MOLLY #3501
new drill · Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC · Kent County
Permit 0915311 · May 7, 2026
BRYNN #2101
new drill · Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC · Kent County
Permit 0915204 · Apr 29, 2026
SALT CREEK FIELD UNIT #N049A
recompletion · horizontal · OXY USA WTP LP · Kent County
Permit 0915047 · Apr 24, 2026