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Newton County, Texas oil and gas

  • 598,018bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 85producing leases
  • 258wells on the map
  • 7drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Newton County

Map of Newton County, Texas, with 258 oil and gas wells and 7 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations7Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells122On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing103Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged33The 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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258 wells with a location on the state's map (122 producing, 103 not producing, 33 plugged) and 7 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/newton-county-tx">Newton County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

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

Newton County reported 598,018 barrels of oil and 2.7 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 90th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

598,018bbl oil, last 12 months+46% 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
85of 198 on record
Operators
20
Fields
23

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Newton County · RRC district 03
Gas, last 12 months
2,748,372 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
258on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Newton County

Oil output in Newton County rose 46% over the last 12 months

598k bbl through Jul 2026, against 410k bbl a year earlier. Peak Jan 2022: 78k bbl.

Oil output in Newton County rose 46% over the last 12 months598k bbl through Jul 2026, against 410k bbl a year earlier. Peak Jan 2022: 78k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60k80kPeak 78k (Jan 22)65.5k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Newton County rose 46% over the last 12 months598k bbl through Jul 2026, against 410k bbl a year earlier. Peak Jan 2022: 78k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60k80kPeak 78k (Jan 22)65.5k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Newton County rose 95% over the last 12 months

2.7M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.4M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2022: 313k mcf.

Gas output in Newton County rose 95% over the last 12 months2.7M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.4M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2022: 313k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400kPeak 313k (Jan 22)297k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Newton County rose 95% over the last 12 months2.7M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.4M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2022: 313k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400kPeak 313k (Jan 22)297k'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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Newton 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 1994, at 3,225,008 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1994, at 24,682,033 mcf.

Newton County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025468,3301,808,083
2024487,8611,737,094
2023665,8042,135,317
2022799,7773,022,474
2021807,3382,968,289
2020623,8412,304,667
2019661,8232,890,173
2018673,5753,072,331
2017681,9453,550,499
2016730,1414,459,951
2015794,6635,473,209
2014785,2446,333,351
2013865,5386,536,823
20121,088,7949,147,987
2011979,89612,392,533
2010798,9598,283,724
2009695,0524,070,417
2008767,1053,746,777
2007896,5076,234,791
20061,020,0956,493,731
2005684,6993,625,015
2004731,2083,605,979
2003660,1263,512,270
2002679,1354,748,429
2001949,9096,710,601
2000857,8625,115,058
1999757,8365,315,562
1998989,4788,175,878
19971,382,99412,414,916
19962,214,20417,862,708
19952,434,75019,815,702
19943,225,00824,682,033
19932,085,22314,626,020

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.

Newton County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Newton County: 3,058 royalty records on the roll

At least 83 of the 3,058 royalty-interest records on Newton County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (2.71%). 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
3,058
Still titled to an estate, at least
83
Share of the roll
2.71%

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

The biggest leases in Newton County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 85, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Newton County