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Kleberg County, Texas oil and gas

  • 286,741bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 99producing leases
  • 567wells on the map
  • 4drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Kleberg County

Map of Kleberg County, Texas, with 567 oil and gas wells and 4 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations4Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells100On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing52Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged415The 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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567 wells with a location on the state's map (100 producing, 52 not producing, 415 plugged) and 4 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Kingsville · Ricardo · Newest drilling permits in Kleberg County · Wells by ZIP code

Kleberg County reported 286,741 barrels of oil and 4.5 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 118th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

286,741bbl oil, last 12 months+65% 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
99of 331 on record
Operators
11
Fields
19
Top operator
Headington Energy Partners, LLC

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Kleberg CountyKlebergBrooksSan PatricioNuecesJim WellsKleberg County
Kleberg County · RRC district 04
Gas, last 12 months
4,491,819 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
567on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Kleberg County

Oil output in Kleberg County rose 65% over the last 12 months

287k bbl through Jul 2026, against 173k bbl a year earlier. Peak Feb 2024: 57.5k bbl.

Oil output in Kleberg County rose 65% over the last 12 months287k bbl through Jul 2026, against 173k bbl a year earlier. Peak Feb 2024: 57.5k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 57.5k (Feb 24)26.9k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Kleberg County rose 65% over the last 12 months287k bbl through Jul 2026, against 173k bbl a year earlier. Peak Feb 2024: 57.5k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 57.5k (Feb 24)26.9k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Kleberg County fell 17% over the last 12 months

4.5M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5.4M mcf a year earlier. Peak Feb 2024: 751k mcf.

Gas output in Kleberg County fell 17% over the last 12 months4.5M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5.4M mcf a year earlier. Peak Feb 2024: 751k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0200k400k600k800kPeak 751k (Feb 24)275k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Kleberg County fell 17% over the last 12 months4.5M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5.4M mcf a year earlier. Peak Feb 2024: 751k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0200k400k600k800kPeak 751k (Feb 24)275k'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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Kleberg 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 2003, at 1,624,959 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2003, at 47,356,430 mcf.

Kleberg County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025180,0324,966,836
2024350,0896,850,311
2023215,7076,435,036
2022203,4806,144,850
2021123,4123,650,170
2020165,9655,364,209
2019300,1629,418,153
2018259,3207,551,882
2017264,3696,981,710
2016405,79210,083,322
2015710,21616,844,987
2014709,06815,995,608
2013437,92215,389,170
2012557,31118,829,137
2011454,07119,081,993
2010330,75017,441,121
2009329,83024,113,044
2008517,91336,856,820
2007584,76534,047,642
2006414,19031,233,704
2005432,84328,204,111
2004624,14333,964,630
20031,624,95947,356,430
20021,378,01040,884,321
2001394,87729,584,123
2000313,87328,079,590
1999278,50326,769,103
1998364,50825,160,470
1997521,43530,029,346
1996695,98233,969,728
1995764,31929,471,011
1994862,91332,587,429
1993881,18827,685,698

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 Kleberg County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 99, ranked by output value.

Every lease in Kleberg County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Kleberg County, by oil

Headington Energy Partners leads

  1. Headington Energy Partners, LLC7 leases235kbbl
  2. EOG Resources, Inc.20 leases35kbbl
  3. Logas Energy, LLC8 leases16.9kbbl
  4. Remora Operating, LLC47 leases5,700bbl
  5. Dewbre Petroleum Corporation2 leases732bbl
  6. Sutton Producing Corp.1 lease490bbl
  7. Paleo Oil Company LLC1 lease223bbl
  8. Paladin Petroleum III, L.L.C.2 leases204bbl

Fields in Kleberg County, by oil

Alazan, North (Deep Frio) leads

  1. Alazan, North (Deep Frio)7 leases · District 04 · Field 01097032235kbbl
  2. Zone 21-B Trend9 leases · District 04 · Field 9988038016.9kbbl
  3. Krb\zuni-NC (Vxbg)5 leases · District 04 · Field 4793946013.5kbbl
  4. Kr\boa (VX Cons.)3 leases · District 04 · Field 4793715012.7kbbl
  5. T-C-B (Vxbg Consolidated)51 leases · District 04 · Field 899451059,757bbl
  6. Tijerina-Canales-Blucher ( H-58)1 lease · District 04 · Field 899450882,435bbl
  7. Borregos (Consolidated Gas)4 leases · District 04 · Field 107300131,690bbl
  8. May, Se (CMS Sand)1 lease · District 04 · Field 58561100490bbl

More operators here

OperatorPaladin Petroleum III, L.L.C.2OperatorPaleo Oil Company LLC1OperatorFinaly Resources LLC5
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Counties near Kleberg County (number = producing leases)

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