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Shelby County, Texas oil and gas

  • 124,951,730mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 558producing leases
  • 833wells on the map
  • 67drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Shelby County

Map of Shelby County, Texas, with 833 oil and gas wells and 67 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations67Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells540On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing221Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged72The 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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833 wells with a location on the state's map (540 producing, 221 not producing, 72 plugged) and 67 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Center · Tenaha · Timpson · Newest drilling permits in Shelby County · Wells by ZIP code

Shelby County is one of the 10 counties of the Haynesville/Bossier Shale

Shelby County reported 125 million mcf of gas and 19,867 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 27th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

124,951,730mcf gas, last 12 months+54% 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
558of 862 on record
Operators
23
Fields
30
Top operator
Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC

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Shelby CountyShelbyPanolaSan AugustineNacogdochesSabineRuskShelby County
Shelby County · RRC district 06
Oil, last 12 months
19,867 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.9%
Wells on record
837on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Shelby County

Gas output in Shelby County rose 54% over the last 12 months

125M mcf through Jul 2026, against 81M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 13M mcf.

Gas output in Shelby County rose 54% over the last 12 months125M mcf through Jul 2026, against 81M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 13M mcf.Gas, mcf per month05M10M15MPeak 13M (Mar 26)11M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Shelby County rose 54% over the last 12 months125M mcf through Jul 2026, against 81M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 13M mcf.Gas, mcf per month05M10M15MPeak 13M (Mar 26)11M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Shelby County fell 12% over the last 12 months

19.9k bbl through Jul 2026, against 22.5k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 3,896 bbl.

Oil output in Shelby County fell 12% over the last 12 months19.9k bbl through Jul 2026, against 22.5k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 3,896 bbl.Oil, bbl per month01,0002,0003,0004,000Peak 3,896 (Oct 23)2,59520222023202420252026
Oil output in Shelby County fell 12% over the last 12 months19.9k bbl through Jul 2026, against 22.5k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 3,896 bbl.Oil, bbl per month01,0002,0003,0004,000Peak 3,896 (Oct 23)2,595'22'23'24'25'26

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

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Shelby 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 2009, at 528,277 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2011, at 123,054,054 mcf.

Shelby County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202521,15491,905,988
202424,53377,145,116
202332,97988,752,540
202231,96587,075,683
202133,65485,520,457
202042,05171,544,362
201953,89075,898,854
201862,99848,646,985
201767,38855,294,000
201677,07973,255,403
201584,21576,603,360
2014116,87184,439,010
2013128,54993,786,809
2012161,799110,615,036
2011233,186123,054,054
2010523,49583,555,648
2009528,27771,950,762
2008326,24766,417,216
2007342,81045,619,476
2006251,84536,740,634
2005255,43440,203,306
2004233,52040,527,453
2003175,92826,430,369
2002136,72825,756,740
2001124,64525,609,775
200092,13316,085,120
199952,6059,636,349
199865,0638,561,342
199754,4588,528,255
199667,51910,042,144
199564,3359,141,790
199474,6188,533,464
199377,8978,516,615

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.

Shelby County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Shelby County: 29,202 royalty records on the roll

At least 63 of the 29,202 royalty-interest records on Shelby County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (0.22%). 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
29,202
Still titled to an estate, at least
63
Share of the roll
0.22%
Search a name on the Shelby County rollEvery county, with the method

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

The biggest leases in Shelby County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 558), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Shelby County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Shelby County, by gas

Silver Hill Energy Operating leads

  1. Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC43 leases48Mmcf
  2. Adamas Energy LLC57 leases29Mmcf
  3. Apex Natural Gas, LLC8 leases19Mmcf
  4. XTO Energy Inc.108 leases18Mmcf
  5. Rockcliff Energy Operating III20 leases7.3Mmcf
  6. Ellora Energy Inc.61 leases1.5Mmcf
  7. Sheridan Production Co III, LLC63 leases1Mmcf
  8. Brookston Energy, Inc.42 leases944kmcf

Fields in Shelby County, by gas

Carthage (Haynesville Shale) leads

  1. Carthage (Haynesville Shale)197 leases · District 06 · Field 16032300121Mmcf
  2. Huxley (6100)96 leases · District 06 · Field 439408502.5Mmcf
  3. Joaquin (Travis Peak)69 leases · District 06 · Field 465979001.2Mmcf
  4. Angie (James Lime)51 leases · District 06 · Field 02870300858kmcf
  5. Stockman (Cotton Valley)40 leases · District 06 · Field 86233300765kmcf
  6. Bridges, E. (James Lime)24 leases · District 06 · Field 11920300502kmcf
  7. Carthage, Se (CV)4 leases · District 06 · Field 16039300166kmcf
  8. Angie,(pettet)8 leases · District 06 · Field 02870400138kmcf

More operators here

OperatorBuckhorn Operating LLC41OperatorEqv Operating LLC44OperatorHibbard Energy, LP32OperatorExco Operating Company, LP7
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Recent drilling permits in Shelby County

Counties near Shelby County (number = producing leases)

CountySan Augustine454CountyPanola4,581CountyNacogdoches983CountySabine16CountyRusk2,176CountyAngelina139CountyHarrison2,219CountyCherokee436CountyGregg1,120CountyTyler236