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Polk County, Texas oil and gas

  • 494,129bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 193producing leases
  • 532wells on the map
  • 6drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Polk County

Map of Polk County, Texas, with 532 oil and gas wells and 6 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations6Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells244On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing176Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged112The 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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532 wells with a location on the state's map (244 producing, 176 not producing, 112 plugged) and 6 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/polk-county-tx">Polk County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Corrigan · Livingston · Onalaska · West Livingston · Newest drilling permits in Polk County · Wells by ZIP code

Polk County reported 494,129 barrels of oil and 7.3 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 97th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

494,129bbl oil, last 12 months−18% 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
193of 409 on record
Operators
23
Fields
48
Top operator
Eqv Operating LLC

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Polk County · RRC district 03
Gas, last 12 months
7,277,931 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
534on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Polk County

Oil output in Polk County fell 18% over the last 12 months

494k bbl through Jul 2026, against 605k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 80.9k bbl.

Oil output in Polk County fell 18% over the last 12 months494k bbl through Jul 2026, against 605k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 80.9k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100kPeak 80.9k (Mar 22)42.8k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Polk County fell 18% over the last 12 months494k bbl through Jul 2026, against 605k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 80.9k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100kPeak 80.9k (Mar 22)42.8k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Polk County fell 7% over the last 12 months

7.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 7.8M mcf a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 1M mcf.

Gas output in Polk County fell 7% over the last 12 months7.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 7.8M mcf a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1M (Apr 22)549k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Polk County fell 7% over the last 12 months7.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 7.8M mcf a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1M (Apr 22)549k'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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Polk 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 1997, at 4,105,125 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1997, at 56,918,374 mcf.

Polk County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025550,0948,115,996
2024670,6288,067,994
2023804,0679,890,742
2022760,06610,531,624
2021788,25212,465,150
2020826,39717,948,832
20191,113,42027,616,417
20181,194,23136,090,797
20171,338,16335,416,310
20161,543,06437,943,184
20151,483,44031,903,103
20141,551,51329,695,166
20131,606,04425,549,692
20121,624,51222,856,886
20111,769,98122,539,224
20101,569,97521,036,564
20091,934,44725,048,586
20082,277,42029,862,786
20071,795,68328,711,466
20061,373,67325,999,755
20051,072,01822,890,358
20041,291,79932,456,367
20031,325,55833,184,464
20021,387,73930,829,593
20011,785,49940,381,220
20002,414,17150,245,846
19992,529,89346,160,409
19983,145,48850,620,694
19974,105,12556,918,374
19963,079,31941,883,289
19952,234,78329,226,830
19941,331,11716,850,350
19931,077,80811,255,812

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.

Polk County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Polk County: 19,149 royalty records on the roll

At least 243 of the 19,149 royalty-interest records on Polk County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.27%). 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
19,149
Still titled to an estate, at least
243
Share of the roll
1.27%

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

The biggest leases in Polk County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 193), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Polk County