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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

Map of Orange County, Texas, with 440 oil and gas wells and 2 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • 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.

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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

357,929bbl oil, last 12 months−5% 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
55of 161 on record
Operators
12
Fields
24
Top operator
Olipdp II, LLC

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Where it sits

This county

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Orange County · RRC district 03
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.

Oil output in Orange County fell 5% over the last 12 months358k bbl through Jul 2026, against 376k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 44.5k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 44.5k (Dec 21)25.5k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Orange County fell 5% over the last 12 months358k bbl through Jul 2026, against 376k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 44.5k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 44.5k (Dec 21)25.5k'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Orange County held steady over the last 12 months1.7M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 225k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200k250kPeak 225k (Aug 21)128k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Orange County held steady over the last 12 months1.7M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 225k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200k250kPeak 225k (Aug 21)128k'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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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.

Orange County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025383,5051,771,122
2024382,4811,848,399
2023421,7662,163,313
2022457,7722,171,539
2021466,1742,489,508
2020476,7342,241,913
2019682,9435,026,791
2018749,6315,989,106
2017713,3145,448,361
2016796,4398,291,712
20151,213,42514,043,449
20141,296,88315,424,858
20131,465,23216,328,454
20121,278,70614,008,622
20111,191,68911,779,468
20101,218,81811,993,062
20091,126,01510,326,793
2008967,1038,845,188
20071,092,5699,812,071
2006834,24310,908,934
2005965,65513,862,930
20041,069,01217,870,636
20031,046,77214,671,214
20021,021,66613,204,302
20011,125,14411,252,924
20001,107,6608,941,186
19991,153,1109,701,430
19981,599,21314,244,899
19972,147,44320,201,424
19962,222,71519,597,595
19952,309,71016,931,801
19942,816,99020,983,755
19933,212,03320,564,143

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.

Showing 25 of 55, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Orange County