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Pecos County, Texas oil and gas

  • 23,409,321bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 1,362producing leases
  • 8,043wells on the map
  • 225drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Pecos County

Map of Pecos County, Texas, with 8,043 oil and gas wells and 225 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations225Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells4,726On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing1,782Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged1,535The 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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8,043 wells with a location on the state's map (4,726 producing, 1,782 not producing, 1,535 plugged) and 225 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Fort Stockton · Iraan · Newest drilling permits in Pecos County · Wells by ZIP code

Pecos County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin

Pecos County reported 23 million barrels of oil and 97 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 22nd of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

23,409,321bbl oil, last 12 months−2% 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
1,362of 2,780 on record
Operators
130
Fields
213
Top operator
Continental Resources, Inc.

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Pecos CountyPecosUptonCranePecos County
Pecos County · RRC district 08
Gas, last 12 months
97,490,714 mcf
Share of Texas oil
1.2%
Wells on record
8,062on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Pecos County

Oil output in Pecos County held steady over the last 12 months

23M bbl through Jul 2026, against 24M bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2022: 3M bbl.

Oil output in Pecos County held steady over the last 12 months23M bbl through Jul 2026, against 24M bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2022: 3M bbl.Oil, bbl per month01M2M3MPeak 3M (Nov 22)1.9M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Pecos County held steady over the last 12 months23M bbl through Jul 2026, against 24M bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2022: 3M bbl.Oil, bbl per month01M2M3MPeak 3M (Nov 22)1.9M'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Pecos County held steady over the last 12 months

97M mcf through Jul 2026, against 98M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 12M mcf.

Gas output in Pecos County held steady over the last 12 months97M mcf through Jul 2026, against 98M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 12M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13MPeak 12M (Oct 21)8.7M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Pecos County held steady over the last 12 months97M mcf through Jul 2026, against 98M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 12M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13MPeak 12M (Oct 21)8.7M'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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Pecos 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 2020, at 39,749,629 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1994, at 322,432,278 mcf.

Pecos County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202523,530,616100,780,263
202426,330,254100,207,491
202329,573,380118,146,771
202232,624,222131,796,499
202134,741,703135,226,286
202039,749,629128,751,995
201936,643,664121,639,839
201826,204,841105,261,286
201716,656,675100,438,038
201613,519,72996,883,414
201511,361,530106,873,921
20149,955,539115,523,252
20139,747,433127,394,910
20129,790,907145,959,904
201110,039,362179,971,521
201010,992,144220,041,271
200911,982,505240,663,847
200812,488,426223,386,082
200712,132,697178,435,300
200611,770,544159,552,589
200511,297,359159,619,167
20049,783,712166,782,593
20039,553,227199,043,583
20029,426,304214,475,602
200110,591,447226,667,227
200013,528,729250,666,864
199916,866,962257,864,207
199821,402,989256,044,824
199723,359,010256,545,206
199623,007,135262,100,619
199522,930,853275,714,794
199422,164,857322,432,278
199321,270,175309,658,003

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 Pecos County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 1,362), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Pecos County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Pecos County, by oil

Continental Resources leads

  1. Continental Resources, Inc.49 leases5.8Mbbl
  2. Diamondback E&P LLC146 leases5.3Mbbl
  3. Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC1 lease4.8Mbbl
  4. XTO Energy Inc.129 leases2.2Mbbl
  5. Swordfish Energy Operating, LLC32 leases701kbbl
  6. VTX Energy Operating, LLC38 leases661kbbl
  7. Blue Arrow Operating, LLC28 leases630kbbl
  8. MBX Operating LLC36 leases462kbbl

Fields in Pecos County, by oil

Hoefs T-K (Wolfcamp) leads

  1. Hoefs T-K (Wolfcamp)245 leases · District 08 · Field 419115009Mbbl
  2. Phantom (Wolfcamp)87 leases · District 08 · Field 710529005.1Mbbl
  3. Yates2 leases · District 08 · Field 992950014.8Mbbl
  4. Ruppel (Woodford)10 leases · District 08 · Field 789538001.7Mbbl
  5. Wolfbone (Trend Area)117 leases · District 08 · Field 983598001.6Mbbl
  6. Sandbar (Bone Spring)17 leases · District 08 · Field 80544500285kbbl
  7. Toborg28 leases · District 08 · Field 90286001110kbbl
  8. Fort Stockton15 leases · District 08 · Field 3212400157.4kbbl

More operators here

OperatorCrescent Energy Operating, LLC16OperatorGordy Oil Company38OperatorHalcon Operating Co., Inc.24OperatorMongoose Energy, LLC18
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Recent drilling permits in Pecos County

Counties near Pecos County (number = producing leases)

CountyCrane933CountyTerrell531CountyWard1,660CountyUpton2,727CountyReeves4,472CountyBrewsterCountyEctor1,063CountyWinkler844CountyCrockett5,371CountyReagan2,173