Texas county · RRC district 03
Orange County, Texas oil and gas
- 357,929bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 55producing leases
- 440wells on the map
- 2drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Orange County
- Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells144On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing169Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged127The 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.
440 wells with a location on the state's map (144 producing, 169 not producing, 127 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/orange-county-tx">Orange County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Bridge City · Mauriceville · Orange · Pinehurst · Vidor · West Orange · Newest drilling permits in Orange County · Wells by ZIP code
Orange County reported 357,929 barrels of oil and 1.7 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 109th 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
- 55of 161 on record
- Operators
- 12
- Fields
- 24
- Top operator
- Olipdp II, LLC
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 1,723,812 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 440on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Orange County
Oil output in Orange County fell 5% over the last 12 months
358k bbl through Jul 2026, against 376k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 44.5k bbl.
Gas output in Orange County held steady over the last 12 months
1.7M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 225k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Orange 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 1993, at 3,212,033 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1994, at 20,983,755 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 383,505 | 1,771,122 |
| 2024 | 382,481 | 1,848,399 |
| 2023 | 421,766 | 2,163,313 |
| 2022 | 457,772 | 2,171,539 |
| 2021 | 466,174 | 2,489,508 |
| 2020 | 476,734 | 2,241,913 |
| 2019 | 682,943 | 5,026,791 |
| 2018 | 749,631 | 5,989,106 |
| 2017 | 713,314 | 5,448,361 |
| 2016 | 796,439 | 8,291,712 |
| 2015 | 1,213,425 | 14,043,449 |
| 2014 | 1,296,883 | 15,424,858 |
| 2013 | 1,465,232 | 16,328,454 |
| 2012 | 1,278,706 | 14,008,622 |
| 2011 | 1,191,689 | 11,779,468 |
| 2010 | 1,218,818 | 11,993,062 |
| 2009 | 1,126,015 | 10,326,793 |
| 2008 | 967,103 | 8,845,188 |
| 2007 | 1,092,569 | 9,812,071 |
| 2006 | 834,243 | 10,908,934 |
| 2005 | 965,655 | 13,862,930 |
| 2004 | 1,069,012 | 17,870,636 |
| 2003 | 1,046,772 | 14,671,214 |
| 2002 | 1,021,666 | 13,204,302 |
| 2001 | 1,125,144 | 11,252,924 |
| 2000 | 1,107,660 | 8,941,186 |
| 1999 | 1,153,110 | 9,701,430 |
| 1998 | 1,599,213 | 14,244,899 |
| 1997 | 2,147,443 | 20,201,424 |
| 1996 | 2,222,715 | 19,597,595 |
| 1995 | 2,309,710 | 16,931,801 |
| 1994 | 2,816,990 | 20,983,755 |
| 1993 | 3,212,033 | 20,564,143 |
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.
Orange County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll
Mineral owners in Orange County: 3,456 royalty records on the roll
At least 55 of the 3,456 royalty-interest records on Orange County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.59%). 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
- 3,456
- Still titled to an estate, at least
- 55
- Share of the roll
- 1.59%
SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Orange County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.
The biggest leases in Orange County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
55,266bbl oil+7%
38,085bbl oil−38%
24,178bbl oil−37%
15,908bbl oil−7%
355,319mcf gas+13%
15,187bbl oil−18%
9,147bbl oil−12%
208,676mcf gasn/a
7,705bbl oil+112%
5,970bbl oil+41%
136,838mcf gas+68%
5,760bbl oil−6%
4,522bbl oil+6%
- HARRIS
03-259428STS Petroleum LLCPeveto (9600)
98,728mcf gas−6%
3,934bbl oil−9%
3,788bbl oil−5%
3,556bbl oil−47%
81,900mcf gas−11%
2,889bbl oil+13%
64,578mcf gas−2%
60,189mcf gas−9%
2,339bbl oil−13%
2,222bbl oil−14%
2,211bbl oil−11%
2,128bbl oil−20%
Showing 25 of 55, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Orange County, by oil
Olipdp II leads
Fields in Orange County, by oil
Round Bunch (Hackberry) leads
- Round Bunch (Hackberry)1 lease · District 03 · Field 7853522062.9kbbl
- Southwest Riverside (Hackberry)1 lease · District 03 · Field 8482250055.3kbbl
- Orange17 leases · District 03 · Field 6748400142.6kbbl
- Dupont, East (Mid Hackberry)1 lease · District 03 · Field 2669950038.1kbbl
- South Phoenix Lake (Hackberry)2 leases · District 03 · Field 8473850024.3kbbl
- Dupont (Mid Hackberry)1 lease · District 03 · Field 2669750024.2kbbl
- Adams Ranch (Yegua Ey-9)1 lease · District 03 · Field 0065097518.8kbbl
- Morgan Bluff (Hackberry)2 leases · District 03 · Field 6286850017.8kbbl
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Recent drilling permits in Orange County
POWELL GROUP #1
new drill · Bruington Operating II, LLC · Orange County
Permit 0917101 · Jul 16, 2026
STATE-DARNEILLE #1
new drill · Block T Operating (Texas), LLC · Orange County
Permit 0911148 · Oct 20, 2025
NORTH LAKEVIEW #1
new drill · Ballard Exploration Company,inc. · Orange County
Permit 0901553 · Jul 29, 2024
TEN MILE #1
new drill · Atoka Operating, Inc. · Orange County
Permit 0895283 · Nov 17, 2023