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Lee County, Texas oil and gas

  • 5,871,511bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 497producing leases
  • 1,084wells on the map
  • 34drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Lee County

Map of Lee County, Texas, with 1,084 oil and gas wells and 34 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations34Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells590On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing350Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged144The 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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1,084 wells with a location on the state's map (590 producing, 350 not producing, 144 plugged) and 34 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/lee-county-tx">Lee County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Giddings · Lexington · Newest drilling permits in Lee County · Wells by ZIP code

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

Lee County reported 5.9 million barrels of oil and 9.2 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 37th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

5,871,511bbl oil, last 12 months+2% 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
497of 938 on record
Operators
26
Fields
17
Top operator
Sage Natural Resources LLC

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Lee CountyLeeWilliamsonBastropWashingtonBrazosBurlesonAustinMilamLee County
Lee County · RRC district 03
Gas, last 12 months
9,245,217 mcf
Share of Texas oil
0.3%
Wells on record
1,086on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Lee County

Oil output in Lee County held steady over the last 12 months

5.9M bbl through Jul 2026, against 5.8M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 591k bbl.

Oil output in Lee County held steady over the last 12 months5.9M bbl through Jul 2026, against 5.8M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 591k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0200k400k600kPeak 591k (Mar 25)404k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Lee County held steady over the last 12 months5.9M bbl through Jul 2026, against 5.8M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 591k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0200k400k600kPeak 591k (Mar 25)404k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Lee County fell 5% over the last 12 months

9.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 9.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 926k mcf.

Gas output in Lee County fell 5% over the last 12 months9.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 9.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 926k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 926k (Mar 25)660k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Lee County fell 5% over the last 12 months9.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 9.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 926k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 926k (Mar 25)660k'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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Lee 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 1994, at 7,529,926 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1995, at 30,377,743 mcf.

Lee County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20256,316,1829,794,921
20244,497,2108,723,327
20232,687,0467,495,360
20222,555,3917,086,572
20212,400,2225,569,935
20202,506,0045,218,641
20192,360,9954,688,688
20182,293,5734,674,029
20171,159,1984,926,789
20161,502,1885,721,739
20151,879,6807,113,184
20141,904,2408,177,760
20131,188,5887,437,062
20121,239,7348,141,560
20111,053,1048,357,601
20101,096,1708,917,938
20091,147,27910,021,902
20081,164,73110,888,255
20071,184,75912,095,984
20061,451,95014,979,577
20051,687,16914,495,942
20041,535,66113,872,569
20031,694,67615,673,108
20021,844,06517,306,719
20012,041,84720,683,790
20002,204,99322,527,056
19992,253,68223,723,719
19982,907,27322,312,516
19973,527,08527,829,810
19964,240,88029,637,966
19955,748,82130,377,743
19947,529,92628,857,542
19935,865,89318,705,408

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 Lee County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 497), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Lee County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Lee County, by oil

Sage Natural Resources leads

  1. Sage Natural Resources LLC15 leases2.3Mbbl
  2. Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC281 leases1.9Mbbl
  3. EOG Resources, Inc.38 leases1Mbbl
  4. Wildfire Energy Operating LLC17 leases155kbbl
  5. Paleo Oil Company LLC9 leases120kbbl
  6. Ironbloom Operating, LLC6 leases95kbbl
  7. Leexus Oil LLC16 leases35.2kbbl
  8. Atlas Operating LLC15 leases19.3kbbl

Fields in Lee County, by oil

Giddings (Eagleford) leads

  1. Giddings (Eagleford)29 leases · District 03 · Field 347336102.4Mbbl
  2. Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)317 leases · District 03 · Field 347335002.1Mbbl
  3. Southern Bay (Eagle Ford)40 leases · District 03 · Field 847505001.1Mbbl
  4. Hooker Creek (Navarro A)47 leases · District 03 · Field 4249350014.4kbbl
  5. Giddings (Navarro, Oil)14 leases · District 03 · Field 347336245,906bbl
  6. Serbin (Taylor Sand)7 leases · District 03 · Field 822655005,214bbl
  7. Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)6 leases · District 03 · Field 347735503,800bbl
  8. Noack Cow Herd (3460)6 leases · District 03 · Field 656075002,474bbl

More operators here

OperatorErnest Operating Company33OperatorGoldking Minerals Mgmt, L.L.C.1OperatorTex-Lee Operating Company22OperatorRedbud E & P, Inc.5
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Recent drilling permits in Lee County

Counties near Lee County (number = producing leases)

CountyBurleson945CountyBastrop40CountyFayette651CountyMilam197CountyWashington373CountyWilliamson10CountyBrazos541CountyTravis2CountyAustin135CountyCaldwell380