Texas county · RRC district 02
Refugio County, Texas oil and gas
- 2,043,055bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 130producing leases
- 2,090wells on the map
- 48drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Refugio County
- Drilling locations48Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells1,093On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing404Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged593The 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.
2,090 wells with a location on the state's map (1,093 producing, 404 not producing, 593 plugged) and 48 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/refugio-county-tx">Refugio County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Refugio · Woodsboro · Newest drilling permits in Refugio County · Wells by ZIP code
Refugio County reported 2 million barrels of oil and 4.8 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 49th of 225 Texas counties by oil.
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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
- 130of 665 on record
- Operators
- 19
- Fields
- 82
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 4,802,907 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.1%
- Wells on record
- 2,091on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Refugio County
Oil output in Refugio County fell 18% over the last 12 months
2M bbl through Jul 2026, against 2.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak May 2025: 244k bbl.
Gas output in Refugio County fell 17% over the last 12 months
4.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2023: 2.4M mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Refugio 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 6,846,390 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2006, at 48,032,136 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,373,861 | 5,432,788 |
| 2024 | 2,322,502 | 6,123,412 |
| 2023 | 2,337,099 | 14,197,195 |
| 2022 | 1,957,117 | 18,576,623 |
| 2021 | 1,686,775 | 6,803,430 |
| 2020 | 1,968,188 | 7,365,052 |
| 2019 | 2,164,972 | 8,784,849 |
| 2018 | 2,288,978 | 9,610,108 |
| 2017 | 2,315,045 | 9,480,565 |
| 2016 | 2,607,283 | 9,476,030 |
| 2015 | 2,959,580 | 11,413,306 |
| 2014 | 3,264,127 | 15,437,808 |
| 2013 | 3,437,734 | 16,552,284 |
| 2012 | 3,402,279 | 15,603,111 |
| 2011 | 3,638,936 | 18,135,293 |
| 2010 | 3,916,482 | 24,387,150 |
| 2009 | 3,733,853 | 28,555,177 |
| 2008 | 3,651,549 | 36,082,712 |
| 2007 | 3,807,834 | 41,121,539 |
| 2006 | 4,374,305 | 48,032,136 |
| 2005 | 4,956,975 | 45,506,926 |
| 2004 | 5,425,583 | 36,765,677 |
| 2003 | 4,649,137 | 36,354,123 |
| 2002 | 4,280,682 | 38,092,783 |
| 2001 | 3,996,224 | 45,464,417 |
| 2000 | 3,967,082 | 41,500,989 |
| 1999 | 3,782,176 | 43,874,507 |
| 1998 | 4,345,777 | 39,066,990 |
| 1997 | 4,796,957 | 39,529,496 |
| 1996 | 5,196,656 | 41,132,586 |
| 1995 | 5,674,844 | 38,394,215 |
| 1994 | 6,084,757 | 43,032,660 |
| 1993 | 6,846,390 | 47,199,476 |
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.
Refugio County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll
Mineral owners in Refugio County: 1,662 royalty records on the roll
At least 59 of the 1,662 royalty-interest records on Refugio County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (3.55%). 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
- 1,662
- Still titled to an estate, at least
- 59
- Share of the roll
- 3.55%
SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Refugio County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.
The biggest leases in Refugio County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
636,580bbl oil−10%
256,439bbl oil−24%
176,209bbl oil−49%
94,961bbl oil−14%
73,015bbl oil−13%
52,061bbl oil−24%
49,825bbl oil+22%
46,737bbl oil+91%
43,569bbl oil−17%
27,856bbl oil−9%
26,579bbl oil−23%
23,004bbl oil−16%
22,162bbl oil−2%
22,121bbl oil−17%
21,271bbl oil−11%
20,888bbl oil−3%
20,194bbl oil−4%
17,818bbl oil+11%
15,165bbl oil−15%
15,024bbl oil+14%
14,575bbl oil+87%
339,378mcf gasn/a
14,135bbl oil−9%
- MEOC-MELLON-STATE UNIT
284,675mcf gasn/a
11,833bbl oil+9%
Showing 25 of 130, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Refugio County, by oil
Hilcorp Energy leads
- Hilcorp Energy Company42 leases1.2Mbbl
- T-C Oil Company, LLC37 leases670kbbl
- Dorchester Operating Company LLC4 leases30.3kbbl
- Greta Operating Company LLC13 leases27.9kbbl
- San Isidro Development Co, L. C.6 leases15kbbl
- Dallas Petroleum Group, LLC1 lease14.6kbbl
- Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.3 leases13.9kbbl
- South Texas Operating Company2 leases13.5kbbl
Fields in Refugio County, by oil
Tom Oconnor (5800) leads
- Tom Oconnor (5800)1 lease · District 02 · Field 90534863637kbbl
- Lake Pasture (H-440 Sand)4 leases · District 02 · Field 51512912466kbbl
- Tom Oconnor (4400)3 leases · District 02 · Field 90534325105kbbl
- Lake Pasture (H-434)2 leases · District 02 · Field 5151290297.3kbbl
- Greta (4400)12 leases · District 02 · Field 3686778079.6kbbl
- Tom Oconnor (5200, East)6 leases · District 02 · Field 9053452570.3kbbl
- McFaddin (4400)1 lease · District 02 · Field 5937162952.1kbbl
- Tom Oconnor2 leases · District 02 · Field 9053400151.5kbbl
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Recent drilling permits in Refugio County
OCONNOR, THOMAS, -C- #102
new drill · Hilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County
Permit 0919951 · Nov 5, 2026
OCONNOR, THOMAS, -C- #101
new drill · Hilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County
Permit 0919950 · Nov 5, 2026
OCONNOR, THOMAS, -C- #100
new drill · Hilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County
Permit 0919949 · Nov 5, 2026
OCONNOR, THOMAS, -C- #99
new drill · Hilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County
Permit 0919952 · Nov 5, 2026
O'CONNOR -H- #H 37
recompletion · T-C Oil Company, LLC · Refugio County
Permit 0919747 · Oct 28, 2026
CLAY PASTURE -E- STATE UNIT #1
recompletion · T-C Oil Company, LLC · Refugio County
Permit 0918995 · Oct 2, 2026