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King County, Texas oil and gas

  • 1,185,533bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 93producing leases
  • 898wells on the map
  • 31drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in King County

Map of King County, Texas, with 898 oil and gas wells and 31 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations31Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells421On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing201Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged276The 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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898 wells with a location on the state's map (421 producing, 201 not producing, 276 plugged) and 31 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/king-county-tx">King County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Guthrie · Newest drilling permits in King County · Wells by ZIP code

King County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin

King County reported 1.2 million barrels of oil and 48,380 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 63rd of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

1,185,533bbl oil, last 12 months−11% 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
93of 189 on record
Operators
19
Fields
52

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King County · RRC district 8A
Gas, last 12 months
48,380 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
898on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in King County

Oil output in King County fell 11% over the last 12 months

1.2M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.3M bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2024: 167k bbl.

Oil output in King County fell 11% over the last 12 months1.2M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.3M bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2024: 167k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 167k (Nov 24)96.5k20222023202420252026
Oil output in King County fell 11% over the last 12 months1.2M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.3M bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2024: 167k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 167k (Nov 24)96.5k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in King County rose 4% over the last 12 months

48.4k mcf through Jul 2026, against 46.7k mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 11.1k mcf.

Gas output in King County rose 4% over the last 12 months48.4k mcf through Jul 2026, against 46.7k mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 11.1k mcf.Gas, mcf per month02,5005,0007,50010k12.5kPeak 11.1k (Mar 22)4,07720222023202420252026
Gas output in King County rose 4% over the last 12 months48.4k mcf through Jul 2026, against 46.7k mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 11.1k mcf.Gas, mcf per month02,5005,0007,50010k12.5kPeak 11.1k (Mar 22)4,077'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.

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King 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 5,695,419 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2000, at 3,956,079 mcf.

King County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20251,249,79149,001
20241,289,23847,101
20231,262,52959,144
20221,365,629105,293
20211,299,295113,847
20201,427,716116,157
20191,743,311179,080
20181,802,457200,435
20171,934,088238,605
20161,942,259312,520
20151,704,837367,473
20141,318,531475,453
20131,194,258414,298
20121,324,573490,258
20111,384,024619,918
20101,542,128521,450
20091,840,559688,625
20081,956,108860,355
20072,037,6251,292,400
20062,251,3821,426,035
20052,058,3842,155,654
20042,211,7142,190,044
20032,604,7462,042,783
20022,759,1982,587,403
20012,873,6853,395,874
20002,796,6943,956,079
19992,631,1262,938,909
19982,975,0972,646,174
19973,603,2282,266,935
19964,080,0571,551,572
19954,447,0191,719,679
19944,761,6301,755,852
19935,695,4191,956,728

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 King County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 93, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in King County