Texas county · RRC district 7C
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
- 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.
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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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
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
- Top operator
- Hardrock Resources Inc.
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- 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.
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.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>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.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140,712 | 339,460 |
| 2024 | 185,045 | 410,213 |
| 2023 | 202,171 | 406,962 |
| 2022 | 238,624 | 495,116 |
| 2021 | 261,431 | 562,229 |
| 2020 | 269,465 | 545,675 |
| 2019 | 339,196 | 918,703 |
| 2018 | 354,332 | 987,734 |
| 2017 | 372,525 | 1,046,861 |
| 2016 | 390,967 | 1,207,864 |
| 2015 | 446,843 | 1,405,674 |
| 2014 | 497,967 | 1,792,433 |
| 2013 | 547,748 | 2,173,150 |
| 2012 | 523,142 | 2,312,404 |
| 2011 | 495,761 | 2,743,334 |
| 2010 | 540,100 | 3,074,760 |
| 2009 | 596,008 | 3,436,358 |
| 2008 | 722,375 | 3,580,909 |
| 2007 | 752,000 | 3,829,581 |
| 2006 | 751,382 | 3,357,695 |
| 2005 | 519,211 | 2,274,018 |
| 2004 | 462,551 | 1,650,815 |
| 2003 | 543,570 | 2,051,834 |
| 2002 | 598,179 | 2,117,852 |
| 2001 | 643,866 | 1,694,005 |
| 2000 | 708,617 | 2,226,868 |
| 1999 | 809,440 | 2,740,015 |
| 1998 | 798,914 | 2,934,432 |
| 1997 | 877,796 | 2,952,513 |
| 1996 | 978,143 | 2,431,822 |
| 1995 | 1,043,648 | 2,639,796 |
| 1994 | 1,046,146 | 2,716,735 |
| 1993 | 978,277 | 2,536,796 |
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.
9,003bbl oil−38%
8,301bbl oil−33%
7,196bbl oil−22%
5,146bbl oil−37%
5,078bbl oil+21%
3,683bbl oil−7%
3,447bbl oil+39%
3,279bbl oil+26%
2,980bbl oil−28%
2,563bbl oil−55%
2,413bbl oil−20%
2,131bbl oil+177%
2,112bbl oil−20%
2,028bbl oil−22%
2,001bbl oil−7%
1,827bbl oil−10%
1,729bbl oil+4%
1,604bbl oil+18%
1,539bbl oil−25%
1,511bbl oil+1%
1,459bbl oil−45%
1,449bbl oil−7%
1,374bbl oil−33%
1,346bbl oil−57%
1,346bbl oil−26%
Showing 25 of 131, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Runnels County, by oil
Hardrock Resources leads
- Hardrock Resources Inc.8 leases19.7kbbl
- Cedar Oil Company9 leases18.4kbbl
- L.c.s. Production Company8 leases9,504bbl
- Koko Skadi, LLC7 leases7,019bbl
- Arcadian Mineral Development,llc2 leases4,544bbl
- Purvis Operating Co.2 leases4,488bbl
- Sands Energy LLC6 leases3,661bbl
- Golden Oil and Ranch, LLC4 leases3,644bbl
Fields in Runnels County, by oil
WFM (Goen Lime) leads
- WFM (Goen Lime)4 leases · District 7C · Field 9426215017kbbl
- Fennell (Goen)3 leases · District 7C · Field 306194269,038bbl
- Cree-Sykes (Gardner, Upper)6 leases · District 7C · Field 216465687,352bbl
- Fennell (Cisco Reef)3 leases · District 7C · Field 306192846,472bbl
- Dorman, West (Jennings)3 leases · District 7C · Field 254685005,486bbl
- Wingate, West (Gray)2 leases · District 7C · Field 980066004,507bbl
- The Trinity (Odom)2 leases · District 7C · Field 892522604,488bbl
- Cockatoo (Gardner)5 leases · District 7C · Field 192705004,263bbl
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Recent drilling permits in Runnels County
HIRT #1
recompletion · Mission Energy Inc. · Runnels County
Permit 0919268 · Oct 19, 2026
EVANS #3A
new drill · Nodding Donkey Resources LLC · Runnels County
Permit 0917722 · Aug 12, 2026
RICHARD #1
re-entry · Cedar Oil Company · Runnels County
Permit 0917607 · Aug 6, 2026
SE-196 #1
new drill · Enterprise Products Operatingllc · Runnels County
Permit 0915655 · May 19, 2026
FORMAN #1
re-entry · Quail Well Service, Inc. · Runnels County
Permit 0913051 · Jan 26, 2026
FENNELL #605
re-entry · Cedar Oil Company · Runnels County
Permit 0911449 · Oct 29, 2025