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Lavaca County, Texas oil and gas

  • 7,704,207bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 598producing leases
  • 1,048wells on the map
  • 84drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Lavaca County

Map of Lavaca County, Texas, with 1,048 oil and gas wells and 84 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations84Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells657On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing304Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged87The 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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1,048 wells with a location on the state's map (657 producing, 304 not producing, 87 plugged) and 84 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Hallettsville · Shiner · Newest drilling permits in Lavaca County · Wells by ZIP code

Lavaca County is one of the 27 counties of the Eagle Ford Shale

Lavaca County reported 7.7 million barrels of oil and 33 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 32nd of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

7,704,207bbl 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
598of 1,014 on record
Operators
44
Fields
116
Top operator
FW Eagle Ford I, LLC

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Lavaca County · RRC district 02
Gas, last 12 months
32,903,746 mcf
Share of Texas oil
0.4%
Wells on record
1,080on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Lavaca County

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

7.7M bbl through Jul 2026, against 8.7M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 872k bbl.

Oil output in Lavaca County fell 11% over the last 12 months7.7M bbl through Jul 2026, against 8.7M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 872k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 872k (Mar 25)567k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Lavaca County fell 11% over the last 12 months7.7M bbl through Jul 2026, against 8.7M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 872k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 872k (Mar 25)567k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Lavaca County held steady over the last 12 months

33M mcf through Jul 2026, against 32M mcf a year earlier. Peak May 2025: 3.8M mcf.

Gas output in Lavaca County held steady over the last 12 months33M mcf through Jul 2026, against 32M mcf a year earlier. Peak May 2025: 3.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4MPeak 3.8M (May 25)2.4M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Lavaca County held steady over the last 12 months33M mcf through Jul 2026, against 32M mcf a year earlier. Peak May 2025: 3.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4MPeak 3.8M (May 25)2.4M'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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Lavaca 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 2025, at 8,870,273 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1999, at 141,932,368 mcf.

Lavaca County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20258,870,27335,432,096
20247,831,18628,782,630
20238,576,06629,186,194
20228,681,83730,328,246
20217,105,49630,440,036
20207,335,06535,241,028
20198,194,35140,074,577
20185,935,86831,099,555
20174,311,25929,228,173
20165,027,85934,213,711
20158,668,48343,375,435
20146,599,62038,308,289
20133,475,77730,723,675
20121,883,15229,564,371
2011700,02433,752,608
2010488,64141,212,729
2009571,57951,309,037
2008799,94967,912,703
2007816,21771,270,214
2006651,53467,609,021
2005649,47066,173,539
2004614,05087,251,113
2003721,72491,672,954
2002677,82894,375,282
2001626,54394,541,407
2000651,785118,526,210
1999665,906141,932,368
1998612,77574,714,904
1997598,26154,344,929
1996724,15348,276,590
1995785,79441,363,876
1994772,46341,330,951
1993796,38842,221,288

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.

Lavaca County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Lavaca County: 53,939 royalty records on the roll

At least 480 of the 53,939 royalty-interest records on Lavaca County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (0.89%). 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
53,939
Still titled to an estate, at least
480
Share of the roll
0.89%
Search a name on the Lavaca County rollEvery county, with the method

SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Lavaca County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.

The biggest leases in Lavaca County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 598), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Lavaca County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Lavaca County, by oil

FW Eagle Ford I leads

  1. FW Eagle Ford I, LLC259 leases6.4Mbbl
  2. Matrix Petroleum, LLC10 leases282kbbl
  3. Capital Star Oil & Gas, Inc.99 leases242kbbl
  4. EOG Resources, Inc.11 leases235kbbl
  5. Marathon Oil Ef LLC19 leases161kbbl
  6. Modern Exploration, Inc.1 lease62kbbl
  7. Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC2 leases46.3kbbl
  8. MB Energy, LLC8 leases19kbbl

Fields in Lavaca County, by oil

Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) leads

  1. Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)302 leases · District 02 · Field 271357507.2Mbbl
  2. Word (Austin Chalk)2 leases · District 02 · Field 9876600786.1kbbl
  3. Mont (Wilcox 10,900)10 leases · District 02 · Field 6251880075.5kbbl
  4. Mont (Wilcox 10640)3 leases · District 02 · Field 6251865028.1kbbl
  5. Word, N. (Edwards)62 leases · District 02 · Field 9876810027.4kbbl
  6. Hallettsville (Burns 9800)4 leases · District 02 · Field 3824101014.4kbbl
  7. Provident City (Wilcox 9900 SD)1 lease · District 02 · Field 7329349011.7kbbl
  8. Vienna (Wilcox, Middle U)8 leases · District 02 · Field 937776648,588bbl

More operators here

OperatorFowler Oil & Gas LLC39OperatorMB Energy, LLC8OperatorMerit Energy Company43OperatorTrio Consulting & Management,llc6
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Recent drilling permits in Lavaca County

Counties near Lavaca County (number = producing leases)

CountyColorado152CountyDe Witt1,420CountyGonzales1,011CountyFayette651CountyJackson109CountyVictoria123CountyWharton241CountyCaldwell380CountyAustin135CountyBastrop40