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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

Map of Sutton County, Texas, with 6,443 oil and gas wells and 13 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • 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.

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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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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

12,666,197mcf gas, last 12 months−8% 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
4,825of 6,399 on record
Operators
19
Fields
35
Top operator
Upp Operating, LLC

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Sutton County · RRC district 7C
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.

Gas output in Sutton County fell 8% over the last 12 months13M mcf through Jul 2026, against 14M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1.5M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.5M (Aug 21)1.1M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Sutton County fell 8% over the last 12 months13M mcf through Jul 2026, against 14M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 1.5M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.5M (Aug 21)1.1M'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Oil output in Sutton County fell 11% over the last 12 months32.9k bbl through Jul 2026, against 36.8k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 4,890 bbl.Oil, bbl per month01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000Peak 4,890 (Dec 21)2,57820222023202420252026
Oil output in Sutton County fell 11% over the last 12 months32.9k bbl through Jul 2026, against 36.8k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 4,890 bbl.Oil, bbl per month01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000Peak 4,890 (Dec 21)2,578'22'23'24'25'26

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

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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.

Sutton County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202534,39413,602,818
202438,88514,013,583
202345,67515,926,947
202246,73017,125,455
202150,64318,202,670
202057,58418,874,361
201966,40321,024,226
201865,23423,855,404
201783,58225,965,116
201689,06428,676,120
201598,43231,416,272
2014107,70534,033,269
2013148,41338,317,310
2012187,39045,455,468
2011101,86952,010,001
2010111,46459,973,241
2009104,27769,628,116
2008100,08083,292,519
200793,52489,053,103
200697,11389,010,116
200582,96384,553,721
200485,00183,754,763
200387,86876,431,921
200295,02969,610,119
200191,02363,817,122
200082,56858,144,694
199987,89355,394,830
199891,07058,628,351
199785,72661,750,068
199684,76565,676,811
199597,04073,156,348
1994125,66172,969,533
1993213,78066,019,197

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.

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

Recent drilling permits in Sutton County