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Potter County, Texas oil and gas

  • 7,815,055mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 525producing leases
  • 1,356wells on the map
  • 14drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Potter County

Map of Potter County, Texas, with 1,356 oil and gas wells and 14 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations14Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells983On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing251Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged122The 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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1,356 wells with a location on the state's map (983 producing, 251 not producing, 122 plugged) and 14 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Amarillo · Newest drilling permits in Potter County · Wells by ZIP code

Potter County is one of the 26 counties of the Granite Wash

Potter County reported 7.8 million mcf of gas and 183,543 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 80th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

7,815,055mcf gas, last 12 months−31% 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
525of 659 on record
Operators
13
Fields
11

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This county

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Potter County · RRC district 10
Oil, last 12 months
183,543 bbl
Share of Texas gas
<0.1%
Wells on record
1,358on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Potter County

Gas output in Potter County fell 31% over the last 12 months

7.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 11M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2024: 1M mcf.

Gas output in Potter County fell 31% over the last 12 months7.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 11M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2024: 1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1M (Aug 24)516k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Potter County fell 31% over the last 12 months7.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 11M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2024: 1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1M (Aug 24)516k'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Potter County fell 11% over the last 12 months

184k bbl through Jul 2026, against 206k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 34.4k bbl.

Oil output in Potter County fell 11% over the last 12 months184k bbl through Jul 2026, against 206k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 34.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 34.4k (Aug 21)17.8k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Potter County fell 11% over the last 12 months184k bbl through Jul 2026, against 206k bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 34.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 34.4k (Aug 21)17.8k'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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Potter 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 2018, at 1,115,091 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1994, at 35,995,271 mcf.

Potter County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025189,21310,397,766
2024232,0119,941,011
2023270,8988,714,216
2022318,9229,202,406
2021361,3709,533,982
2020449,96810,663,415
2019826,10710,663,335
20181,115,0918,867,211
2017859,0089,202,766
2016666,24210,513,737
20151,107,52711,495,844
2014321,8949,372,941
2013174,2149,385,890
2012162,41510,596,972
2011151,41011,569,962
2010144,54912,318,896
2009161,61013,454,651
2008205,67215,209,888
2007173,42316,745,854
2006175,79218,214,378
2005144,72616,580,673
2004143,32719,761,771
2003137,66919,264,020
2002163,55519,911,175
2001207,01322,438,660
2000292,86825,233,045
1999223,71426,724,230
1998227,68629,184,854
1997242,20828,726,848
1996343,12529,121,081
1995359,07132,964,822
1994268,51935,995,271
1993276,67935,502,379

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 Potter County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 525), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Potter County