Texas county · RRC district 7C
Sutton County, Texas oil and gas
- 12,666,197mcf gas in the last 12 months
- 4,825producing leases
- 6,443wells on the map
- 13drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Sutton County
- Drilling locations13Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells4,874On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing1,437Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged132The 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.
6,443 wells with a location on the state's map (4,874 producing, 1,437 not producing, 132 plugged) and 13 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.
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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/counties/sutton-county-tx">Sutton County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Sonora · Newest drilling permits in Sutton County · Wells by ZIP code
Sutton County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin
Sutton County reported 13 million mcf of gas and 32,939 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 72nd of 197 Texas counties by gas.
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
- 4,825of 6,399 on record
- Operators
- 19
- Fields
- 35
- Top operator
- Upp Operating, LLC
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- Oil, last 12 months
- 32,939 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 6,443on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Sutton County
Gas output in Sutton County fell 8% over the last 12 months
13M mcf through Jul 2026, against 14M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1.5M mcf.
Oil output in Sutton County fell 11% over the last 12 months
32.9k bbl through Jul 2026, against 36.8k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 4,890 bbl.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Sutton 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 1993, at 213,780 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2007, at 89,053,103 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34,394 | 13,602,818 |
| 2024 | 38,885 | 14,013,583 |
| 2023 | 45,675 | 15,926,947 |
| 2022 | 46,730 | 17,125,455 |
| 2021 | 50,643 | 18,202,670 |
| 2020 | 57,584 | 18,874,361 |
| 2019 | 66,403 | 21,024,226 |
| 2018 | 65,234 | 23,855,404 |
| 2017 | 83,582 | 25,965,116 |
| 2016 | 89,064 | 28,676,120 |
| 2015 | 98,432 | 31,416,272 |
| 2014 | 107,705 | 34,033,269 |
| 2013 | 148,413 | 38,317,310 |
| 2012 | 187,390 | 45,455,468 |
| 2011 | 101,869 | 52,010,001 |
| 2010 | 111,464 | 59,973,241 |
| 2009 | 104,277 | 69,628,116 |
| 2008 | 100,080 | 83,292,519 |
| 2007 | 93,524 | 89,053,103 |
| 2006 | 97,113 | 89,010,116 |
| 2005 | 82,963 | 84,553,721 |
| 2004 | 85,001 | 83,754,763 |
| 2003 | 87,868 | 76,431,921 |
| 2002 | 95,029 | 69,610,119 |
| 2001 | 91,023 | 63,817,122 |
| 2000 | 82,568 | 58,144,694 |
| 1999 | 87,893 | 55,394,830 |
| 1998 | 91,070 | 58,628,351 |
| 1997 | 85,726 | 61,750,068 |
| 1996 | 84,765 | 65,676,811 |
| 1995 | 97,040 | 73,156,348 |
| 1994 | 125,661 | 72,969,533 |
| 1993 | 213,780 | 66,019,197 |
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 Sutton County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
3,918bbl oil−45%
36,625mcf gas+6%
31,956mcf gas−29%
28,477mcf gas−34%
27,395mcf gas−4%
25,072mcf gas0%
22,570mcf gas−18%
22,316mcf gas+125%
918bbl oil−3%
21,339mcf gas−5%
21,002mcf gas+14%
20,993mcf gas−1%
20,475mcf gas−12%
20,366mcf gas+50%
20,233mcf gas−6%
19,531mcf gas+6%
837bbl oil−8%
19,236mcf gas+7%
18,829mcf gas−4%
800bbl oil−14%
18,409mcf gas−37%
18,159mcf gas0%
18,064mcf gas−31%
17,184mcf gas−5%
17,127mcf gas−6%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 4,825), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Sutton County, by gas
Upp Operating leads
- Upp Operating, LLC4,311 leases12Mmcf
- Robert C. Brower, LLC292 leases474kmcf
- Henry Petroleum LLC56 leases132kmcf
- Toc Energy Resources, LLC55 leases81.6kmcf
- Extex Operating Company36 leases72.1kmcf
- Johnson & Lindley, LLC3 leases56.6kmcf
- Rocking R Investments, Inc.5 leases52.4kmcf
- Red Stag Operating, LLC13 leases40.7kmcf
Fields in Sutton County, by gas
Sawyer (Canyon) leads
- Sawyer (Canyon)3,687 leases · District 7C · Field 812673339.6Mmcf
- Sonora (Canyon Upper)678 leases · District 7C · Field 846465001.3Mmcf
- Sawyer (Strawn, North)186 leases · District 7C · Field 81267691824kmcf
- Whitehead (Strawn)64 leases · District 7C · Field 96929600215kmcf
- Phyllis Sonora (Canyon Lower)50 leases · District 7C · Field 7128530079kmcf
- Denison (Strawn)33 leases · District 7C · Field 2425366665kmcf
- Frances Hill (Penn)3 leases · District 01 · Field 3251950056.6kmcf
- Fawcett (Wolfcamp)17 leases · District 7C · Field 3042450048.3kmcf
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Recent drilling permits in Sutton County
SHURLEY #152
recompletion · Upp Operating, LLC · Sutton County
Permit 0912136 · Dec 15, 2025
DAVIS 'A' #12
recompletion · Upp Operating, LLC · Sutton County
Permit 0912134 · Dec 12, 2025
FIELDS 15 #17
recompletion · Upp Operating, LLC · Sutton County
Permit 0911861 · Nov 21, 2025
FIELDS 14 #11
recompletion · Upp Operating, LLC · Sutton County
Permit 0911859 · Nov 21, 2025
CANYON RANCH 114 #19S
recompletion · Upp Operating, LLC · Sutton County
Permit 0910916 · Oct 15, 2025
PFLUGER 104 #14
recompletion · Upp Operating, LLC · Sutton County
Permit 0910917 · Oct 14, 2025