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Loving County, Texas oil and gas

  • 173,088,382bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 2,725producing leases
  • 5,496wells on the map
  • 879drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Loving County

Map of Loving County, Texas, with 5,496 oil and gas wells and 879 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations879Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells3,603On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing1,156Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged737The 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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5,496 wells with a location on the state's map (3,603 producing, 1,156 not producing, 737 plugged) and 879 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Mentone · Newest drilling permits in Loving County · Wells by ZIP code

Loving County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin

Loving County reported 173 million barrels of oil and 702 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 3rd of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

173,088,382bbl oil, last 12 months−3% 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
2,725of 3,732 on record
Operators
38
Fields
20
Top operator
Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC

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Loving County · RRC district 08
Gas, last 12 months
702,273,050 mcf
Share of Texas oil
8.5%
Wells on record
5,499on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Loving County

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

173M bbl through Jul 2026, against 178M bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2024: 16M bbl.

Oil output in Loving County held steady over the last 12 months173M bbl through Jul 2026, against 178M bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2024: 16M bbl.Oil, bbl per month05M10M15M20MPeak 16M (Oct 24)13M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Loving County held steady over the last 12 months173M bbl through Jul 2026, against 178M bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2024: 16M bbl.Oil, bbl per month05M10M15M20MPeak 16M (Oct 24)13M'22'23'24'25'26

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

702M mcf through Jul 2026, against 690M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2025: 62M mcf.

Gas output in Loving County held steady over the last 12 months702M mcf through Jul 2026, against 690M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2025: 62M mcf.Gas, mcf per month025M50M75MPeak 62M (Jul 25)58M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Loving County held steady over the last 12 months702M mcf through Jul 2026, against 690M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2025: 62M mcf.Gas, mcf per month025M50M75MPeak 62M (Jul 25)58M'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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Loving 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 177,192,403 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2025, at 700,609,836 mcf.

Loving County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025177,192,403700,609,836
2024176,694,815646,782,671
2023159,711,344547,564,108
2022149,583,557501,523,320
2021134,695,114447,612,083
2020135,068,208419,578,486
2019125,308,909380,519,855
2018100,125,318303,278,743
201761,538,398216,135,358
201641,457,889160,964,117
201526,373,638120,721,658
201416,098,17989,586,462
20138,197,64867,062,408
20125,321,43555,645,500
20112,884,39561,075,785
20101,884,66681,422,234
20091,609,123106,176,725
20081,621,576108,713,143
20071,400,098125,285,163
20061,227,60293,955,893
20051,073,79666,961,436
20041,047,68437,655,731
20031,092,92626,430,162
20021,220,01821,161,160
20011,330,56423,289,682
20001,398,87023,557,994
19991,470,97121,335,155
19981,567,39921,953,935
19971,624,77221,153,359
19961,478,07823,133,315
19951,461,37923,359,920
19941,502,76328,211,714
19931,680,82425,347,825

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.

Loving County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Loving County: 116,345 royalty records on the roll

At least 2,505 of the 116,345 royalty-interest records on Loving County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (2.15%). 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
116,345
Still titled to an estate, at least
2,505
Share of the roll
2.15%
Search a name on the Loving County rollEvery county, with the method

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

The biggest leases in Loving County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 2,725), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Loving County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Loving County, by oil

Anadarko E&P Onshore leads

  1. Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC707 leases61Mbbl
  2. Pdeh LLC325 leases21Mbbl
  3. WPX Energy Permian, LLC507 leases17Mbbl
  4. EOG Resources, Inc.293 leases16Mbbl
  5. Cog Operating LLC134 leases6.6Mbbl
  6. XTO Energy Inc.16 leases6Mbbl
  7. Mewbourne Oil Company148 leases6Mbbl
  8. Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC83 leases5.7Mbbl

Fields in Loving County, by oil

Phantom (Wolfcamp) leads

  1. Phantom (Wolfcamp)1,983 leases · District 08 · Field 71052900121Mbbl
  2. Sandbar (Bone Spring)605 leases · District 08 · Field 8054450042Mbbl
  3. Two Georges (Bone Spring)70 leases · District 08 · Field 921000508.2Mbbl
  4. Moore-Hooper (Wlfcmp\penn Cons)12 leases · District 08 · Field 6271869074.3kbbl
  5. Grice (Delaware)7 leases · District 08 · Field 3692450049.9kbbl
  6. Mason, N. (Delaware Sand)2 leases · District 08 · Field 5810150049kbbl
  7. Red Bluff (Consolidated)5 leases · District 08 · Field 7516145029.9kbbl
  8. Dimmitt (Delaware Cons)8 leases · District 08 · Field 2485360011.6kbbl

More operators here

OperatorPetro-Hunt Permian, LLC83OperatorAdmiral Permian Operating LLC21OperatorCivitas Permian Operating, LLC37OperatorMatador Production Company55
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Recent drilling permits in Loving County

Counties near Loving County (number = producing leases)

CountyWinkler844CountyWard1,660CountyReeves4,472CountyEctor1,063CountyCulberson1,180CountyAndrews2,098CountyCrane933CountyGaines490CountyJeff DavisCountyPecos1,362