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Starr County, Texas oil and gas

  • 17,275,666mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 857producing leases
  • 1,896wells on the map
  • 12drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Starr County

Map of Starr County, Texas, with 1,896 oil and gas wells and 12 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations12Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells888On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing849Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged159The 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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1,896 wells with a location on the state's map (888 producing, 849 not producing, 159 plugged) and 12 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Escobares · La Grulla · Las Lomas · Rio Grande City · Roma · Roma-Los Saenz · Newest drilling permits in Starr County · Wells by ZIP code

Starr County reported 17 million mcf of gas and 382,303 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 65th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

17,275,666mcf gas, last 12 months−7% 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
857of 1,815 on record
Operators
32
Fields
136

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Starr County · RRC district 04
Oil, last 12 months
382,303 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.1%
Wells on record
1,896on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Starr County

Gas output in Starr County fell 7% over the last 12 months

17M mcf through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 2.1M mcf.

Gas output in Starr County fell 7% over the last 12 months17M mcf through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 2.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.1M (Aug 21)1.4M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Starr County fell 7% over the last 12 months17M mcf through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 2.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.1M (Aug 21)1.4M'22'23'24'25'26

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

382k bbl through Jul 2026, against 433k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 52.6k bbl.

Oil output in Starr County fell 12% over the last 12 months382k bbl through Jul 2026, against 433k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 52.6k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 52.6k (Mar 22)27.7k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Starr County fell 12% over the last 12 months382k bbl through Jul 2026, against 433k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 52.6k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 52.6k (Mar 22)27.7k'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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Starr 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 2003, at 3,082,245 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1996, at 189,220,218 mcf.

Starr County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025431,41917,990,615
2024429,01218,950,401
2023485,39321,231,288
2022504,66923,388,292
2021484,97325,443,366
2020574,28729,139,769
2019740,80234,070,930
2018913,19836,107,638
2017858,79438,205,383
2016884,24540,855,663
20151,071,16149,878,354
20141,321,08755,337,631
20131,380,81663,412,040
20121,656,69376,193,553
20111,717,35482,525,144
20101,924,05195,172,839
20092,439,123117,971,475
20082,559,800129,902,220
20072,367,586122,104,487
20062,197,450120,459,292
20052,395,071129,542,236
20042,368,352142,812,568
20033,082,245172,392,708
20023,080,367175,649,104
20012,506,725148,803,826
20002,846,264129,876,136
19991,928,388125,172,064
19981,898,748146,577,495
19971,656,323172,240,135
19961,616,036189,220,218
19951,523,719178,515,810
19941,474,739135,022,649
19931,592,42696,549,328

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 Starr County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 857), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Starr County