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Martin County, Texas oil and gas

  • 260,866,753bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 3,874producing leases
  • 12,647wells on the map
  • 1,113drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Martin County

Map of Martin County, Texas, with 12,647 oil and gas wells and 1,113 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations1,113Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells8,718On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing1,468Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged2,461The 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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12,647 wells with a location on the state's map (8,718 producing, 1,468 not producing, 2,461 plugged) and 1,113 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Stanton · Newest drilling permits in Martin County · Wells by ZIP code

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

Martin County reported 261 million barrels of oil and 799 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 1st of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

260,866,753bbl 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
3,874of 5,139 on record
Operators
50
Fields
27
Top operator
Diamondback E&P LLC

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Martin County · RRC district 08
Gas, last 12 months
798,978,796 mcf
Share of Texas oil
13%
Wells on record
12,647on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Martin County

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

261M bbl through Jul 2026, against 256M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 23M bbl.

Oil output in Martin County held steady over the last 12 months261M bbl through Jul 2026, against 256M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 23M bbl.Oil, bbl per month05M10M15M20M25MPeak 23M (Dec 25)20M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Martin County held steady over the last 12 months261M bbl through Jul 2026, against 256M bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 23M bbl.Oil, bbl per month05M10M15M20M25MPeak 23M (Dec 25)20M'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Martin County rose 11% over the last 12 months

799M mcf through Jul 2026, against 722M mcf a year earlier. Peak May 2026: 71M mcf.

Gas output in Martin County rose 11% over the last 12 months799M mcf through Jul 2026, against 722M mcf a year earlier. Peak May 2026: 71M mcf.Gas, mcf per month025M50M75MPeak 71M (May 26)70M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Martin County rose 11% over the last 12 months799M mcf through Jul 2026, against 722M mcf a year earlier. Peak May 2026: 71M mcf.Gas, mcf per month025M50M75MPeak 71M (May 26)70M'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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Martin 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 261,448,801 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2025, at 754,811,068 mcf.

Martin County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025261,448,801754,811,068
2024252,492,914663,408,572
2023224,843,261547,751,990
2022192,408,986446,071,352
2021167,610,923347,376,459
2020147,750,820296,927,508
2019135,476,730227,406,422
201896,268,918148,847,013
201760,451,671104,847,175
201650,631,58892,998,594
201543,415,26783,179,869
201433,665,86067,251,067
201327,906,36652,936,505
201223,033,36340,417,730
201117,172,23029,196,241
201012,358,83722,137,525
200910,396,74818,469,602
20088,932,29913,682,503
20076,125,15811,196,714
20065,222,3469,872,361
20054,830,7389,104,731
20044,466,9988,730,439
20034,201,9888,347,194
20024,284,9588,841,426
20014,453,9839,303,598
20004,419,2749,180,669
19994,388,7119,245,706
19984,695,8219,716,523
19974,999,6299,735,806
19964,989,64510,280,894
19955,411,36311,098,267
19945,763,16112,446,786
19936,108,15912,492,912

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.

Martin County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Martin County: 186,497 royalty records on the roll

At least 808 of the 186,497 royalty-interest records on Martin County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (0.43%). 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
186,497
Still titled to an estate, at least
808
Share of the roll
0.43%
Search a name on the Martin County rollEvery county, with the method

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

The biggest leases in Martin County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 3,874), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Martin County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Martin County, by oil

Diamondback E&P leads

  1. Diamondback E&P LLC1,614 leases127Mbbl
  2. Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.1,007 leases62Mbbl
  3. XTO Energy Inc.78 leases16Mbbl
  4. Ovintiv USA Inc.318 leases15Mbbl
  5. Occidental Permian Ltd.47 leases7.1Mbbl
  6. SM Energy Company40 leases6.7Mbbl
  7. Oxyrock Operating, LLC151 leases6.1Mbbl
  8. Cog Operating LLC121 leases5.2Mbbl

Fields in Martin County, by oil

Spraberry (Trend Area) leads

  1. Spraberry (Trend Area)3,680 leases · District 08 · Field 85280300252Mbbl
  2. Emma (Barnett Shale)19 leases · District 08 · Field 288990403.8Mbbl
  3. Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc74 leases · District 08 · Field 852803011.7Mbbl
  4. Kiva (Dev)4 leases · District 08 · Field 49790500126kbbl
  5. Lowe (Atoka)15 leases · District 08 · Field 5525603089.5kbbl
  6. Comanche Bluff (Silurian)2 leases · District 08 · Field 1986835051.8kbbl
  7. Ackerly (Dean Sand)26 leases · District 8A · Field 0044820031.7kbbl
  8. Breedlove5 leases · District 08 · Field 1175100121.8kbbl

More operators here

OperatorCivitas Permian Operating, LLC39OperatorBirch Operations, Inc.46OperatorCutbow Operating, LLC65OperatorHibernia Resources IV, LLC31
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Recent drilling permits in Martin County

Counties near Martin County (number = producing leases)

CountyHoward2,159CountyDawson508CountyMidland3,547CountyGlasscock2,014CountyAndrews2,098CountyBorden266CountyEctor1,063CountyGaines490CountyMitchell262CountyLynn30