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Montgomery County, Texas oil and gas

  • 615,707bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 58producing leases
  • 834wells on the map
  • 0drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Montgomery County

Map of Montgomery County, Texas, with 834 oil and gas wells and 0 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells409On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing106Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged319The 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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834 wells with a location on the state's map (409 producing, 106 not producing, 319 plugged) and 0 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/montgomery-county-tx">Montgomery County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Conroe · Cut and Shoot · Magnolia · New Caney · Oak Ridge North · Panorama Village · Patton Village · Pinehurst · Porter Heights · Roman Forest · Shenandoah · Splendora · The Woodlands · Willis · Woodbranch · Newest drilling permits in Montgomery County · Wells by ZIP code

Montgomery County reported 615,707 barrels of oil and 1.3 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 89th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

615,707bbl oil, last 12 months−7% 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
58of 273 on record
Operators
9
Fields
17

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This county

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Montgomery County · RRC district 03
Gas, last 12 months
1,328,035 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
834on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Montgomery County

Oil output in Montgomery County fell 7% over the last 12 months

616k bbl through Jul 2026, against 661k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 71.7k bbl.

Oil output in Montgomery County fell 7% over the last 12 months616k bbl through Jul 2026, against 661k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 71.7k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75kPeak 71.7k (Dec 21)48.6k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Montgomery County fell 7% over the last 12 months616k bbl through Jul 2026, against 661k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 71.7k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75kPeak 71.7k (Dec 21)48.6k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Montgomery County fell 21% over the last 12 months

1.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 301k mcf.

Gas output in Montgomery County fell 21% over the last 12 months1.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 301k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400kPeak 301k (Oct 21)102k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Montgomery County fell 21% over the last 12 months1.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 301k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400kPeak 301k (Oct 21)102k'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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Montgomery 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 1996, at 2,075,104 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1998, at 71,508,226 mcf.

Montgomery County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025662,0321,526,921
2024629,2061,827,590
2023720,3212,089,435
2022742,8912,423,708
2021777,6123,164,922
2020843,3453,566,033
2019881,2074,112,072
2018854,6513,765,352
2017873,7313,991,033
2016849,5504,689,895
20151,026,3456,156,496
20141,057,2866,082,396
20131,031,3226,779,184
20121,056,1136,661,905
20111,142,5537,103,805
20101,137,5308,062,915
20091,242,3998,857,059
20081,205,4548,034,768
2007964,0099,414,544
2006882,75110,853,436
2005898,72911,503,136
20041,046,54814,422,940
20031,112,26017,306,312
20021,095,70721,932,683
20011,234,96326,650,358
20001,347,71526,465,114
19991,576,53140,514,457
19981,856,64971,508,226
19971,969,85343,045,290
19962,075,10424,010,796
19951,983,13023,392,285
19941,792,43621,534,823
19931,994,72621,218,501

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.

Montgomery County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Montgomery County: 9,260 royalty records on the roll

At least 95 of the 9,260 royalty-interest records on Montgomery County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.03%). 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
9,260
Still titled to an estate, at least
95
Share of the roll
1.03%

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

The biggest leases in Montgomery County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 58, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Montgomery County