Texas county · RRC district 03
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
- 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.
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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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/counties/matagorda-county-tx">Matagorda County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>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.
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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
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
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- 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.
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.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>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.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 268,106 | 5,737,775 |
| 2024 | 293,992 | 6,127,218 |
| 2023 | 374,856 | 7,382,999 |
| 2022 | 389,966 | 7,966,836 |
| 2021 | 430,948 | 9,878,376 |
| 2020 | 499,199 | 10,742,623 |
| 2019 | 338,072 | 6,511,034 |
| 2018 | 413,530 | 9,595,631 |
| 2017 | 396,763 | 9,389,325 |
| 2016 | 429,314 | 12,298,089 |
| 2015 | 587,991 | 16,868,458 |
| 2014 | 638,270 | 20,471,119 |
| 2013 | 668,845 | 19,826,189 |
| 2012 | 779,363 | 22,272,543 |
| 2011 | 979,424 | 26,018,665 |
| 2010 | 1,008,774 | 29,167,868 |
| 2009 | 1,082,429 | 39,907,862 |
| 2008 | 1,417,092 | 45,343,136 |
| 2007 | 1,218,003 | 36,081,175 |
| 2006 | 1,225,116 | 40,036,863 |
| 2005 | 1,192,620 | 30,807,536 |
| 2004 | 1,286,005 | 26,919,200 |
| 2003 | 1,950,849 | 31,703,135 |
| 2002 | 2,073,679 | 38,017,071 |
| 2001 | 1,597,692 | 44,096,258 |
| 2000 | 1,618,032 | 50,273,753 |
| 1999 | 1,140,741 | 39,339,892 |
| 1998 | 1,861,742 | 32,549,617 |
| 1997 | 865,551 | 12,111,302 |
| 1996 | 873,100 | 14,623,664 |
| 1995 | 983,186 | 16,472,417 |
| 1994 | 1,000,081 | 20,053,338 |
| 1993 | 1,079,319 | 20,125,259 |
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.
1,948,761mcf gas−8%
1,051,920mcf gas−29%
21,289bbl oil+97%
11,752bbl oiln/a
9,323bbl oil−6%
- NAOMI JENSEN UNIT
03-301157Bruington Operating II, LLCPalacios (Melbourn E-3 Seg C)
189,862mcf gasn/a
188,363mcf gas0%
186,792mcf gasn/a
183,850mcf gas−25%
7,049bbl oil−13%
5,961bbl oil−11%
5,348bbl oil−12%
5,160bbl oil+52%
112,130mcf gas−49%
3,976bbl oil+44%
90,290mcf gas−5%
3,453bbl oil+43%
3,316bbl oil+5%
3,130bbl oil+11%
71,029mcf gas−28%
69,545mcf gas−4%
2,951bbl oil+1%
66,857mcf gas−1%
2,778bbl oil+50%
63,697mcf gas+1%
Showing 25 of 114, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Matagorda County, by oil
Hilcorp Energy leads
- Hilcorp Energy Company10 leases84.8kbbl
- Tag Operating Company, Inc.1 lease21.3kbbl
- Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.11 leases19.1kbbl
- Texian Operating Company, LLC12 leases18.5kbbl
- Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC3 leases17.8kbbl
- Goldking Minerals Mgmt, L.L.C.4 leases12.3kbbl
- Orx Resources, L.L.C.2 leases8,802bbl
- Magnum Producing, LP3 leases8,060bbl
Fields in Matagorda County, by oil
Lightning (Tex-Miss Cons) leads
- Lightning (Tex-Miss Cons)2 leases · District 03 · Field 5355960082.1kbbl
- Caney (Lewis Sand)1 lease · District 03 · Field 1530366621.3kbbl
- Sugar Valley (Truitt)1 lease · District 03 · Field 8696085011.8kbbl
- Markham N.-Bay City,n(cornelius)1 lease · District 03 · Field 575783429,323bbl
- Coconut (Anomalina 4)2 leases · District 03 · Field 192851009,026bbl
- Bay City (7500 Frio)2 leases · District 03 · Field 062873018,476bbl
- Lucky (10,000)1 lease · District 03 · Field 554688177,888bbl
- Duncan Slough (Frio Cons.)6 leases · District 03 · Field 265060503,521bbl
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Recent drilling permits in Matagorda County
SMITH, LEWIS EDWIN ET AL #4
new drill · Underground Services Markham,llc · Matagorda County
Permit 0913910 · Mar 9, 2026
BOONIE JENSEN #1
recompletion · Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc. · Matagorda County
Permit 0911812 · Nov 19, 2025
H. SMITH #1
new drill · Underground Services Markham,llc · Matagorda County
Permit 0911471 · Oct 30, 2025
ANDERSON #1
recompletion · Magnum Producing, LP · Matagorda County
Permit 0910613 · Sep 23, 2025
BUNK #1
recompletion · Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC · Matagorda County
Permit 0909087 · Jul 14, 2025
JENSEN #1
new drill · Bruington Operating II, LLC · Matagorda County
Permit 0908778 · Jun 26, 2025