Texas county · RRC district 09
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
- 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.
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
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
- Top operator
- Daylight Petroleum LLC
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- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 422on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- Knox City, North (Canyon)
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.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>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.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85,646 | 0 |
| 2024 | 96,890 | 0 |
| 2023 | 100,053 | 0 |
| 2022 | 109,138 | 0 |
| 2021 | 107,586 | 0 |
| 2020 | 118,828 | 2 |
| 2019 | 144,726 | 95 |
| 2018 | 142,310 | 791 |
| 2017 | 137,757 | 2,518 |
| 2016 | 141,484 | 3,658 |
| 2015 | 163,114 | 4,659 |
| 2014 | 183,857 | 7,193 |
| 2013 | 220,648 | 10,264 |
| 2012 | 193,074 | 1,765 |
| 2011 | 182,148 | 48 |
| 2010 | 182,663 | 48 |
| 2009 | 192,800 | 52 |
| 2008 | 219,730 | 48 |
| 2007 | 219,506 | 48 |
| 2006 | 228,740 | 74 |
| 2005 | 235,106 | 70 |
| 2004 | 271,727 | 1,436 |
| 2003 | 306,446 | 1,851 |
| 2002 | 280,792 | 5,771 |
| 2001 | 316,071 | 4,806 |
| 2000 | 364,877 | 5,235 |
| 1999 | 401,425 | 9,520 |
| 1998 | 346,949 | 11,717 |
| 1997 | 365,586 | 16,675 |
| 1996 | 412,134 | 18,660 |
| 1995 | 422,650 | 19,974 |
| 1994 | 494,457 | 42,380 |
| 1993 | 623,065 | 66,887 |
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.
24,152bbl oil−5%
6,231bbl oil−31%
6,101bbl oil−19%
5,252bbl oil−1%
3,670bbl oil−13%
3,276bbl oil+6%
2,871bbl oil+16%
2,729bbl oil−18%
2,181bbl oiln/a
- HERTEL
09-29361PetexHertel (Tannehill)
1,817bbl oil+37%
1,741bbl oil+66%
1,699bbl oil−5%
1,596bbl oil−5%
1,557bbl oil+25%
1,343bbl oil−30%
1,302bbl oil−13%
1,285bbl oil−30%
1,164bbl oil−34%
1,102bbl oil+62%
1,062bbl oil−26%
1,039bbl oil−44%
995bbl oil−4%
843bbl oil−32%
737bbl oil+11%
563bbl oil−43%
Showing 25 of 34, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Knox County, by oil
Daylight Petroleum leads
Fields in Knox County, by oil
Knox City, North (Canyon) leads
- Knox City, North (Canyon)1 lease · District 09 · Field 5000925024.2kbbl
- PF-Ellis (Caddo)2 leases · District 09 · Field 680805009,377bbl
- Aurelia2 leases · District 09 · Field 044125007,574bbl
- Knox City, West (Strawn)3 leases · District 09 · Field 500145007,309bbl
- Little Giant (Tannehill)3 leases · District 09 · Field 539725006,902bbl
- Goree, NW. (Tannehill)1 lease · District 09 · Field 359875003,670bbl
- T-N-T (Tannehill)2 leases · District 09 · Field 880223802,294bbl
- Fant (Congl., Lo.)1 lease · District 09 · Field 301903002,181bbl
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Recent drilling permits in Knox County
WAGGONER SWWI #421SW
new drill · Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. · Knox County
Permit 0916403 · Jun 16, 2026
BEAVERS #1
re-entry · Chisholm Operating, Inc. · Knox County
Permit 0913883 · Mar 12, 2026
WAGGONER SWWF #101SW
new drill · Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. · Knox County
Permit 0912510 · Jan 7, 2026
WAGGONER SWWD #341SW
new drill · Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. · Knox County
Permit 0911983 · Dec 3, 2025
WAGGONER SWED #71SW
new drill · Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. · Knox County
Permit 0911958 · Nov 25, 2025
BROWN, WILLIAMS ET AL #1
new drill · Double M Petroproperties, Inc. · Knox County
Permit 0911639 · Nov 7, 2025