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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

Map of Refugio County, Texas, with 2,090 oil and gas wells and 48 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • 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.

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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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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.

County dossier

2,043,055bbl 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
130of 665 on record
Operators
19
Fields
82

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This county

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Refugio County · RRC district 02
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.

Oil output in Refugio County fell 18% over the last 12 months2M bbl through Jul 2026, against 2.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak May 2025: 244k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200k250kPeak 244k (May 25)179k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Refugio County fell 18% over the last 12 months2M bbl through Jul 2026, against 2.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak May 2025: 244k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200k250kPeak 244k (May 25)179k'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Refugio County fell 17% over the last 12 months4.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2023: 2.4M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.4M (Jan 23)231k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Refugio County fell 17% over the last 12 months4.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jan 2023: 2.4M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.4M (Jan 23)231k'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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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.

Refugio County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20252,373,8615,432,788
20242,322,5026,123,412
20232,337,09914,197,195
20221,957,11718,576,623
20211,686,7756,803,430
20201,968,1887,365,052
20192,164,9728,784,849
20182,288,9789,610,108
20172,315,0459,480,565
20162,607,2839,476,030
20152,959,58011,413,306
20143,264,12715,437,808
20133,437,73416,552,284
20123,402,27915,603,111
20113,638,93618,135,293
20103,916,48224,387,150
20093,733,85328,555,177
20083,651,54936,082,712
20073,807,83441,121,539
20064,374,30548,032,136
20054,956,97545,506,926
20045,425,58336,765,677
20034,649,13736,354,123
20024,280,68238,092,783
20013,996,22445,464,417
20003,967,08241,500,989
19993,782,17643,874,507
19984,345,77739,066,990
19974,796,95739,529,496
19965,196,65641,132,586
19955,674,84438,394,215
19946,084,75743,032,660
19936,846,39047,199,476

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.

Showing 25 of 130, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Refugio County