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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

Map of Kent County, Texas, with 1,084 oil and gas wells and 17 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • 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.

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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 is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin

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

1,766,483bbl oil, last 12 months−16% 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
126of 177 on record
Operators
33
Fields
45
Top operator
OXY USA WTP LP

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Where it sits

This county

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Kent County · RRC district 8A
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.

Oil output in Kent County fell 16% over the last 12 months1.8M bbl through Jul 2026, against 2.1M bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 213k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200k250kPeak 213k (Oct 23)107k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Kent County fell 16% over the last 12 months1.8M bbl through Jul 2026, against 2.1M bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 213k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200k250kPeak 213k (Oct 23)107k'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Kent County fell 23% over the last 12 months3.9M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2024: 482k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400k500kPeak 482k (Dec 24)425k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Kent County fell 23% over the last 12 months3.9M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2024: 482k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400k500kPeak 482k (Dec 24)425k'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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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.

Kent County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20251,967,8064,550,508
20242,243,7934,894,682
20232,311,2934,739,410
20222,173,9504,202,053
20212,218,0364,155,313
20202,489,7385,297,103
20192,854,3575,800,959
20183,024,8915,848,604
20172,883,6665,505,105
20163,203,4455,123,723
20153,282,6145,806,499
20143,253,3366,043,553
20133,526,7925,854,164
20123,586,7045,867,961
20113,701,7858,481,516
20103,662,4495,611,461
20093,468,5455,093,669
20083,393,4406,123,456
20073,676,2946,484,756
20063,668,6966,307,199
20054,064,8506,771,050
20044,617,3777,956,836
20035,459,3618,305,255
20025,778,7068,520,017
20016,099,00911,583,934
20006,863,5539,578,304
19997,786,69310,168,640
19989,201,07411,046,944
199710,303,21511,498,273
199610,584,15739,063,201
199510,721,65628,329,287
199410,473,24616,101,631
19937,971,1825,161,338

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.

Showing 25 of 126, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Kent County