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Runnels County, Texas oil and gas

  • 115,257bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 131producing leases
  • 742wells on the map
  • 13drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Runnels County

Map of Runnels County, Texas, with 742 oil and gas wells and 13 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations13Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells313On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing175Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged254The 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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742 wells with a location on the state's map (313 producing, 175 not producing, 254 plugged) and 13 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Ballinger · Winters · Newest drilling permits in Runnels County · Wells by ZIP code

Runnels County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin

Runnels County reported 115,257 barrels of oil and 293,239 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 150th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

115,257bbl oil, last 12 months−28% 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
131of 356 on record
Operators
45
Fields
86

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This county

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Runnels County · RRC district 7C
Gas, last 12 months
293,239 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
742on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Runnels County

Oil output in Runnels County fell 28% over the last 12 months

115k bbl through Jul 2026, against 160k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 23.6k bbl.

Oil output in Runnels County fell 28% over the last 12 months115k bbl through Jul 2026, against 160k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 23.6k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15k20k25kPeak 23.6k (Mar 22)7,34020222023202420252026
Oil output in Runnels County fell 28% over the last 12 months115k bbl through Jul 2026, against 160k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 23.6k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15k20k25kPeak 23.6k (Mar 22)7,340'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Runnels County fell 19% over the last 12 months

293k mcf through Jul 2026, against 361k mcf a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 48.9k mcf.

Gas output in Runnels County fell 19% over the last 12 months293k mcf through Jul 2026, against 361k mcf a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 48.9k mcf.Gas, mcf per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 48.9k (Apr 22)7,05820222023202420252026
Gas output in Runnels County fell 19% over the last 12 months293k mcf through Jul 2026, against 361k mcf a year earlier. Peak Apr 2022: 48.9k mcf.Gas, mcf per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 48.9k (Apr 22)7,058'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.

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Runnels 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 1994, at 1,046,146 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2007, at 3,829,581 mcf.

Runnels County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025140,712339,460
2024185,045410,213
2023202,171406,962
2022238,624495,116
2021261,431562,229
2020269,465545,675
2019339,196918,703
2018354,332987,734
2017372,5251,046,861
2016390,9671,207,864
2015446,8431,405,674
2014497,9671,792,433
2013547,7482,173,150
2012523,1422,312,404
2011495,7612,743,334
2010540,1003,074,760
2009596,0083,436,358
2008722,3753,580,909
2007752,0003,829,581
2006751,3823,357,695
2005519,2112,274,018
2004462,5511,650,815
2003543,5702,051,834
2002598,1792,117,852
2001643,8661,694,005
2000708,6172,226,868
1999809,4402,740,015
1998798,9142,934,432
1997877,7962,952,513
1996978,1432,431,822
19951,043,6482,639,796
19941,046,1462,716,735
1993978,2772,536,796

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.

Runnels County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Runnels County: 1,231 royalty records on the roll

At least 32 of the 1,231 royalty-interest records on Runnels County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (2.60%). 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
1,231
Still titled to an estate, at least
32
Share of the roll
2.60%

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

The biggest leases in Runnels County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 131, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Runnels County