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Knox County, Texas oil and gas

  • 81,339bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 34producing leases
  • 415wells on the map
  • 15drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Knox County

Map of Knox County, Texas, with 415 oil and gas wells and 15 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations15Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells182On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing66Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged167The 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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415 wells with a location on the state's map (182 producing, 66 not producing, 167 plugged) and 15 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/knox-county-tx">Knox County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Benjamin · Knox City · Munday · Newest drilling permits in Knox County · Wells by ZIP code

Knox County reported 81,339 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 158th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

81,339bbl oil, last 12 months−9% 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
34of 85 on record
Operators
20
Fields
26

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Knox County · RRC district 09
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
422on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Knox County

Oil output in Knox County fell 9% over the last 12 months

81.3k bbl through Jul 2026, against 88.9k bbl a year earlier. Peak Sep 2022: 10.4k bbl.

Oil output in Knox County fell 9% over the last 12 months81.3k bbl through Jul 2026, against 88.9k bbl a year earlier. Peak Sep 2022: 10.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,50010k12.5kPeak 10.4k (Sep 22)6,22420222023202420252026
Oil output in Knox County fell 9% over the last 12 months81.3k bbl through Jul 2026, against 88.9k bbl a year earlier. Peak Sep 2022: 10.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,50010k12.5kPeak 10.4k (Sep 22)6,224'22'23'24'25'26

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

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Knox 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 623,065 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 66,887 mcf.

Knox County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202585,6460
202496,8900
2023100,0530
2022109,1380
2021107,5860
2020118,8282
2019144,72695
2018142,310791
2017137,7572,518
2016141,4843,658
2015163,1144,659
2014183,8577,193
2013220,64810,264
2012193,0741,765
2011182,14848
2010182,66348
2009192,80052
2008219,73048
2007219,50648
2006228,74074
2005235,10670
2004271,7271,436
2003306,4461,851
2002280,7925,771
2001316,0714,806
2000364,8775,235
1999401,4259,520
1998346,94911,717
1997365,58616,675
1996412,13418,660
1995422,65019,974
1994494,45742,380
1993623,06566,887

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 Knox County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 34, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Knox County