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Leon County, Texas oil and gas

  • 109,781,448mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 590producing leases
  • 1,165wells on the map
  • 54drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Leon County

Map of Leon County, Texas, with 1,165 oil and gas wells and 54 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations54Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells724On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing323Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged118The 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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1,165 wells with a location on the state's map (724 producing, 323 not producing, 118 plugged) and 54 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Buffalo · Centerville · Hilltop Lakes · Jewett · Newest drilling permits in Leon County · Wells by ZIP code

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

Leon County reported 110 million mcf of gas and 279,187 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 29th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

109,781,448mcf gas, last 12 months+26% 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
590of 875 on record
Operators
39
Fields
54
Top operator
Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC

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Leon County · RRC district 05
Oil, last 12 months
279,187 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.8%
Wells on record
1,173on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Leon County

Gas output in Leon County rose 26% over the last 12 months

110M mcf through Jul 2026, against 87M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2026: 12M mcf.

Gas output in Leon County rose 26% over the last 12 months110M mcf through Jul 2026, against 87M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2026: 12M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13M12M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Leon County rose 26% over the last 12 months110M mcf through Jul 2026, against 87M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2026: 12M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13M12M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Leon County fell 7% over the last 12 months

279k bbl through Jul 2026, against 301k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 36.4k bbl.

Oil output in Leon County fell 7% over the last 12 months279k bbl through Jul 2026, against 301k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 36.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 36.4k (Oct 21)22.7k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Leon County fell 7% over the last 12 months279k bbl through Jul 2026, against 301k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 36.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 36.4k (Oct 21)22.7k'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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Leon 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 3,408,072 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2010, at 124,077,197 mcf.

Leon County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025289,745100,380,867
2024315,81264,782,963
2023360,08629,855,318
2022409,94923,434,643
2021424,72426,122,105
2020448,35233,615,925
2019625,95436,136,833
2018764,91131,611,076
2017958,21634,575,038
20161,242,09542,792,496
20151,792,36754,466,036
20142,453,82664,378,355
20132,541,67879,413,936
20121,792,91787,047,742
2011862,361121,340,309
2010581,795124,077,197
2009674,08489,797,516
2008823,74879,457,900
2007956,56066,825,058
2006997,41457,142,744
2005993,80744,725,258
2004878,46327,085,989
2003819,59020,297,568
2002870,79022,403,113
20011,050,32724,038,211
20001,200,37629,329,304
19991,077,64234,218,734
19981,243,80545,082,842
19971,441,22741,678,016
19961,470,17625,240,335
19951,949,87322,441,961
19942,634,00729,026,615
19933,408,07226,867,448

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.

Leon County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Leon County: 23,992 royalty records on the roll

At least 246 of the 23,992 royalty-interest records on Leon County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.03%). 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
23,992
Still titled to an estate, at least
246
Share of the roll
1.03%
Search a name on the Leon County rollEvery county, with the method

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

The biggest leases in Leon County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 590), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Leon County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Leon County, by gas

Comstock Oil & Gas leads

  1. Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC51 leases94Mmcf
  2. Hilcorp Energy Company134 leases5.7Mmcf
  3. Diversified Production LLC113 leases3.8Mmcf
  4. Adamas Energy LLC1 lease2.9Mmcf
  5. Mitsui E&P USA LLC2 leases1.4Mmcf
  6. Contrast Energy, LLC19 leases905kmcf
  7. Valence Operating Company40 leases802kmcf
  8. Atlas Operating LLC81 leases769kmcf

Fields in Leon County, by gas

Bald Prairie (CV Consolidated) leads

  1. Bald Prairie (CV Consolidated)35 leases · District 05 · Field 0518955096Mmcf
  2. Bear Grass (Cotton Valley Cons)158 leases · District 05 · Field 064763006.7Mmcf
  3. Hilltop Resort (Bossier)32 leases · District 05 · Field 415152503.1Mmcf
  4. Bear Grass (Travis Peak)80 leases · District 05 · Field 064768001.3Mmcf
  5. Pearwood (Cotton Valley Lime)2 leases · District 05 · Field 699971001.1Mmcf
  6. Halliday (Woodbine)46 leases · District 03 · Field 38274666801kmcf
  7. Farrar (Cotton Valley Lime)28 leases · District 05 · Field 30321300679kmcf
  8. Jewett (Travis Peak)43 leases · District 05 · Field 46335600404kmcf

More operators here

OperatorValence Operating Company40OperatorVess Oil Corporation4OperatorRusk Energy Operating LLC3OperatorJay Management Company, LLC16
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Recent drilling permits in Leon County

Counties near Leon County (number = producing leases)

CountyMadison324CountyFreestone2,719CountyHouston128CountyRobertson1,009CountyLimestone1,049CountyAnderson194CountyWalker27CountyBrazos541CountyGrimes179CountyTrinity7