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Matagorda County, Texas oil and gas

  • 248,684bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 114producing leases
  • 524wells on the map
  • 10drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Matagorda County

Map of Matagorda County, Texas, with 524 oil and gas wells and 10 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations10Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells196On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing199Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged129The 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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524 wells with a location on the state's map (196 producing, 199 not producing, 129 plugged) and 10 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Bay City · Markham · Palacios · Van Vleck · Newest drilling permits in Matagorda County · Wells by ZIP code

Matagorda County reported 248,684 barrels of oil and 5.2 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 130th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

248,684bbl oil, last 12 months−12% 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
114of 364 on record
Operators
30
Fields
71

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Matagorda County · RRC district 03
Gas, last 12 months
5,162,373 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
525on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Matagorda County

Oil output in Matagorda County fell 12% over the last 12 months

249k bbl through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 36.4k bbl.

Oil output in Matagorda County fell 12% over the last 12 months249k bbl through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 36.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 36.4k (Dec 21)18.9k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Matagorda County fell 12% over the last 12 months249k bbl through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 36.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 36.4k (Dec 21)18.9k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Matagorda County fell 14% over the last 12 months

5.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 6M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 819k mcf.

Gas output in Matagorda County fell 14% over the last 12 months5.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 6M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 819k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 819k (Oct 21)400k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Matagorda County fell 14% over the last 12 months5.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 6M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 819k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 819k (Oct 21)400k'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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Matagorda 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 2002, at 2,073,679 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2000, at 50,273,753 mcf.

Matagorda County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025268,1065,737,775
2024293,9926,127,218
2023374,8567,382,999
2022389,9667,966,836
2021430,9489,878,376
2020499,19910,742,623
2019338,0726,511,034
2018413,5309,595,631
2017396,7639,389,325
2016429,31412,298,089
2015587,99116,868,458
2014638,27020,471,119
2013668,84519,826,189
2012779,36322,272,543
2011979,42426,018,665
20101,008,77429,167,868
20091,082,42939,907,862
20081,417,09245,343,136
20071,218,00336,081,175
20061,225,11640,036,863
20051,192,62030,807,536
20041,286,00526,919,200
20031,950,84931,703,135
20022,073,67938,017,071
20011,597,69244,096,258
20001,618,03250,273,753
19991,140,74139,339,892
19981,861,74232,549,617
1997865,55112,111,302
1996873,10014,623,664
1995983,18616,472,417
19941,000,08120,053,338
19931,079,31920,125,259

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.

Matagorda County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Matagorda County: 4,069 royalty records on the roll

At least 74 of the 4,069 royalty-interest records on Matagorda County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.82%). 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
4,069
Still titled to an estate, at least
74
Share of the roll
1.82%

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

The biggest leases in Matagorda County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 114, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Matagorda County