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Somervell County, Texas oil and gas

  • 2,075,649mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 67producing leases
  • 113wells on the map
  • 0drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Somervell County

Map of Somervell County, Texas, with 113 oil and gas wells and 0 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells67On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing45Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged1The 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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113 wells with a location on the state's map (67 producing, 45 not producing, 1 plugged) and 0 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Glen Rose · Newest drilling permits in Somervell County · Wells by ZIP code

Somervell County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale

Somervell County reported 2.1 million mcf of gas and 1,461 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 123rd of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

2,075,649mcf gas, last 12 months−3% 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
67of 113 on record
Operators
3
Fields
3

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Somervell County · RRC district 7B
Oil, last 12 months
1,461 bbl
Share of Texas gas
<0.1%
Wells on record
113on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Somervell County

Gas output in Somervell County held steady over the last 12 months

2.1M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2.1M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jun 2022: 349k mcf.

Gas output in Somervell County held steady over the last 12 months2.1M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2.1M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jun 2022: 349k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400kPeak 349k (Jun 22)168k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Somervell County held steady over the last 12 months2.1M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2.1M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jun 2022: 349k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400kPeak 349k (Jun 22)168k'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Somervell County fell 32% over the last 12 months

1,461 bbl through Jul 2026, against 2,144 bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2022: 516 bbl.

Oil output in Somervell County fell 32% over the last 12 months1,461 bbl through Jul 2026, against 2,144 bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2022: 516 bbl.Oil, bbl per month0200400600Peak 516 (Nov 22)26620222023202420252026
Oil output in Somervell County fell 32% over the last 12 months1,461 bbl through Jul 2026, against 2,144 bbl a year earlier. Peak Nov 2022: 516 bbl.Oil, bbl per month0200400600Peak 516 (Nov 22)266'22'23'24'25'26

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

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Somervell 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 2011, at 17,431 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2011, at 10,296,390 mcf.

Somervell County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20251,8002,097,429
20241,5422,291,910
20232,1142,649,991
20222,4563,433,959
20212,5462,573,478
20203,5793,060,377
20193,5153,610,893
20184,3344,112,782
20174,1074,522,865
20163,0793,918,525
20153,0123,548,234
20144,8995,239,301
20136,3136,176,147
201210,9577,895,418
201117,43110,296,390
201012,5638,074,387
200911,9167,132,748
200810,3304,775,220
20076,5684,310,873
2006812622,497
20050124,056
2004012,443
2003018,211
2002017,578
2001019,476
2000020,908
1999018,767
1998020,423
1997020,477
1996024,653
1995025,992
1994035,273
1993023,543

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.

The biggest leases in Somervell County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 67, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.