Texas county · RRC district 7C
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
- 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.
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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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/counties/menard-county-tx">Menard County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>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
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
- Top operator
- Tri-Force Operating, L.L.C.
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- 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.
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.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>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.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39,466 | 1,848 |
| 2024 | 46,729 | 2,202 |
| 2023 | 52,967 | 2,683 |
| 2022 | 63,054 | 4,561 |
| 2021 | 70,135 | 13,561 |
| 2020 | 79,421 | 21,520 |
| 2019 | 96,963 | 15,423 |
| 2018 | 95,796 | 27,339 |
| 2017 | 105,393 | 45,051 |
| 2016 | 118,284 | 19,901 |
| 2015 | 159,890 | 21,103 |
| 2014 | 157,616 | 55,575 |
| 2013 | 193,972 | 152,702 |
| 2012 | 232,743 | 129,797 |
| 2011 | 199,352 | 155,100 |
| 2010 | 145,509 | 22,571 |
| 2009 | 145,855 | 27,971 |
| 2008 | 150,678 | 48,461 |
| 2007 | 119,670 | 68,141 |
| 2006 | 117,241 | 74,083 |
| 2005 | 132,502 | 111,645 |
| 2004 | 148,344 | 57,651 |
| 2003 | 167,878 | 112,221 |
| 2002 | 143,818 | 142,713 |
| 2001 | 138,657 | 232,662 |
| 2000 | 124,299 | 358,564 |
| 1999 | 139,478 | 420,699 |
| 1998 | 164,244 | 435,171 |
| 1997 | 148,376 | 210,221 |
| 1996 | 90,269 | 124,255 |
| 1995 | 88,657 | 291,175 |
| 1994 | 112,440 | 326,337 |
| 1993 | 135,865 | 259,549 |
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.
6,006bbl oil−13%
5,730bbl oil+22%
4,994bbl oil−23%
3,680bbl oil−1%
2,745bbl oil+21%
1,886bbl oil−22%
1,691bbl oil−14%
1,597bbl oil+7%
1,416bbl oil+66%
1,209bbl oil+29%
1,186bbl oil−5%
1,126bbl oil+181%
1,124bbl oil−13%
611bbl oil−24%
591bbl oil+2%
584bbl oil+12%
572bbl oiln/a
512bbl oil+6%
503bbl oil+2%
436bbl oil+3%
362bbl oil−57%
357bbl oil−51%
317bbl oil−52%
286bbl oil−2%
210bbl oil−89%
Showing 25 of 36, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Menard County, by oil
Tri-Force Operating leads
Fields in Menard County, by oil
John P (Ellenburger) leads
- John P (Ellenburger)3 leases · District 7C · Field 469095007,392bbl
- Celery (Cook Sand)1 lease · District 7C · Field 166430756,006bbl
- Tuckmar, South (3700 Sand)1 lease · District 7C · Field 916637505,730bbl
- Ferris (Consolidated King-Hope)2 leases · District 7C · Field 307201754,271bbl
- Little Dog (Camar)2 leases · District 7C · Field 539575002,762bbl
- Danny Mae (Lower Cisco "A")3 leases · District 7C · Field 230725002,003bbl
- Lela (Gunsight)3 leases · District 7C · Field 530393001,989bbl
- Menard, W. (Harkey)1 lease · District 7C · Field 604183001,597bbl
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Recent drilling permits in Menard County
ALDA DAVIS #2
recompletion · Geosurveys, Inc. · Menard County
Permit 0916842 · Jul 10, 2026
ODIORNE #1
new drill · Production Operators of TX, LLC · Menard County
Permit 0908867 · Jun 27, 2025
TERRELL #1
new drill · Live Oak Production, LLC · Menard County
Permit 0895085 · Nov 6, 2023