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Menard County, Texas oil and gas

  • 39,553bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 36producing leases
  • 210wells on the map
  • 2drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Menard County

Map of Menard County, Texas, with 210 oil and gas wells and 2 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells142On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing34Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged34The 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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210 wells with a location on the state's map (142 producing, 34 not producing, 34 plugged) and 2 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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

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

Menard County reported 39,553 barrels of oil and 1,608 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 177th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

39,553bbl oil, last 12 months−6% 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
36of 70 on record
Operators
13
Fields
25

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Menard County · RRC district 7C
Gas, last 12 months
1,608 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
210on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Menard County

Oil output in Menard County fell 6% over the last 12 months

39.6k bbl through Jul 2026, against 42.2k bbl a year earlier. Peak Sep 2021: 5,827 bbl.

Oil output in Menard County fell 6% over the last 12 months39.6k bbl through Jul 2026, against 42.2k bbl a year earlier. Peak Sep 2021: 5,827 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,0004,0006,000Peak 5,827 (Sep 21)3,04720222023202420252026
Oil output in Menard County fell 6% over the last 12 months39.6k bbl through Jul 2026, against 42.2k bbl a year earlier. Peak Sep 2021: 5,827 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,0004,0006,000Peak 5,827 (Sep 21)3,047'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Menard County fell 13% over the last 12 months

1,608 mcf through Jul 2026, against 1,842 mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2022: 1,096 mcf.

Gas output in Menard County fell 13% over the last 12 months1,608 mcf through Jul 2026, against 1,842 mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2022: 1,096 mcf.Gas, mcf per month02505007501,0001,250Peak 1,096 (Jan 22)18320222023202420252026
Gas output in Menard County fell 13% over the last 12 months1,608 mcf through Jul 2026, against 1,842 mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2022: 1,096 mcf.Gas, mcf per month02505007501,0001,250Peak 1,096 (Jan 22)183'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.

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Menard 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 2012, at 232,743 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1998, at 435,171 mcf.

Menard County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202539,4661,848
202446,7292,202
202352,9672,683
202263,0544,561
202170,13513,561
202079,42121,520
201996,96315,423
201895,79627,339
2017105,39345,051
2016118,28419,901
2015159,89021,103
2014157,61655,575
2013193,972152,702
2012232,743129,797
2011199,352155,100
2010145,50922,571
2009145,85527,971
2008150,67848,461
2007119,67068,141
2006117,24174,083
2005132,502111,645
2004148,34457,651
2003167,878112,221
2002143,818142,713
2001138,657232,662
2000124,299358,564
1999139,478420,699
1998164,244435,171
1997148,376210,221
199690,269124,255
199588,657291,175
1994112,440326,337
1993135,865259,549

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.

The biggest leases in Menard County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 36, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Menard County