Texas county · RRC district 03
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
- 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.
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
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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- 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.
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.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>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.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 550,094 | 8,115,996 |
| 2024 | 670,628 | 8,067,994 |
| 2023 | 804,067 | 9,890,742 |
| 2022 | 760,066 | 10,531,624 |
| 2021 | 788,252 | 12,465,150 |
| 2020 | 826,397 | 17,948,832 |
| 2019 | 1,113,420 | 27,616,417 |
| 2018 | 1,194,231 | 36,090,797 |
| 2017 | 1,338,163 | 35,416,310 |
| 2016 | 1,543,064 | 37,943,184 |
| 2015 | 1,483,440 | 31,903,103 |
| 2014 | 1,551,513 | 29,695,166 |
| 2013 | 1,606,044 | 25,549,692 |
| 2012 | 1,624,512 | 22,856,886 |
| 2011 | 1,769,981 | 22,539,224 |
| 2010 | 1,569,975 | 21,036,564 |
| 2009 | 1,934,447 | 25,048,586 |
| 2008 | 2,277,420 | 29,862,786 |
| 2007 | 1,795,683 | 28,711,466 |
| 2006 | 1,373,673 | 25,999,755 |
| 2005 | 1,072,018 | 22,890,358 |
| 2004 | 1,291,799 | 32,456,367 |
| 2003 | 1,325,558 | 33,184,464 |
| 2002 | 1,387,739 | 30,829,593 |
| 2001 | 1,785,499 | 40,381,220 |
| 2000 | 2,414,171 | 50,245,846 |
| 1999 | 2,529,893 | 46,160,409 |
| 1998 | 3,145,488 | 50,620,694 |
| 1997 | 4,105,125 | 56,918,374 |
| 1996 | 3,079,319 | 41,883,289 |
| 1995 | 2,234,783 | 29,226,830 |
| 1994 | 1,331,117 | 16,850,350 |
| 1993 | 1,077,808 | 11,255,812 |
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.
702,350mcf gas−27%
25,732bbl oil+6%
569,899mcf gas+17%
503,975mcf gas−1%
19,559bbl oiln/a
18,760bbl oil−18%
16,568bbl oil+192%
15,243bbl oil+50%
319,789mcf gasn/a
12,932bbl oil+8%
12,467bbl oil−8%
275,646mcf gas−9%
261,945mcf gas−1%
255,258mcf gasn/a
212,232mcf gas+2%
194,219mcf gas+16%
8,105bbl oiln/a
7,850bbl oil−46%
176,599mcf gas−8%
176,044mcf gas−13%
7,337bbl oiln/a
7,186bbl oil−1%
166,144mcf gas−11%
6,729bbl oil−9%
6,618bbl oil−9%
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
Operators in Polk County, by oil
Tala Energy leads
Fields in Polk County, by oil
Double A Wells, N (Austin Chalk) leads
- Double A Wells, N (Austin Chalk)41 leases · District 03 · Field 25646100146kbbl
- Jazz (Wilcox Deep)48 leases · District 03 · Field 4599547054.1kbbl
- Livingston (Wilcox)10 leases · District 03 · Field 5419355046.6kbbl
- Camp Ruby (Hockley 3000)2 leases · District 03 · Field 1510925029kbbl
- Double A Wells (Woodbine)31 leases · District 03 · Field 2564510028.5kbbl
- Segno, Deep2 leases · District 03 · Field 8214100128.3kbbl
- Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800)4 leases · District 06 · Field 1219350027.4kbbl
- Padgett (Yegua 5 Sand)1 lease · District 03 · Field 6830420015.2kbbl
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Recent drilling permits in Polk County
WING, SARAH F. #80
recompletion · Prime Operating Company · Polk County
Permit 0913208 · Feb 6, 2026
KIRBY WEST 'C' #3
recompletion · Arcadia Operating, LLC · Polk County
Permit 0911077 · Oct 22, 2025
PIXLEY #1
recompletion · H.e.r. Operating, LLC · Polk County
Permit 0908706 · Sep 10, 2025
BULL RUN UNIT #1
new drill · Arcadia Operating, LLC · Polk County
Permit 0906463 · Mar 12, 2025
KIRBY LUMBER CO. #5R
recompletion · Arcadia Operating, LLC · Polk County
Permit 0905664 · Feb 5, 2025
TOMCAT #1
new drill · Ventex Operating Corp. · Polk County
Permit 0904475 · Dec 16, 2024