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Taylor County, Texas oil and gas

  • 257,698bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 159producing leases
  • 743wells on the map
  • 47drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Taylor County

Map of Taylor County, Texas, with 743 oil and gas wells and 47 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations47Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells360On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing174Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged209The 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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743 wells with a location on the state's map (360 producing, 174 not producing, 209 plugged) and 47 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Abilene · Merkel · Potosi · Tye · Newest drilling permits in Taylor County · Wells by ZIP code

Taylor County reported 257,698 barrels of oil and 73,547 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 129th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

257,698bbl oil, last 12 months−4% 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
159of 324 on record
Operators
56
Fields
68

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Taylor County · RRC district 7B
Gas, last 12 months
73,547 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
743on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Taylor County

Oil output in Taylor County fell 4% over the last 12 months

258k bbl through Jul 2026, against 269k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 28.9k bbl.

Oil output in Taylor County fell 4% over the last 12 months258k bbl through Jul 2026, against 269k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 28.9k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30kPeak 28.9k (Mar 22)20.7k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Taylor County fell 4% over the last 12 months258k bbl through Jul 2026, against 269k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 28.9k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30kPeak 28.9k (Mar 22)20.7k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Taylor County fell 13% over the last 12 months

73.5k mcf through Jul 2026, against 84.8k mcf a year earlier. Peak Sep 2021: 16.8k mcf.

Gas output in Taylor County fell 13% over the last 12 months73.5k mcf through Jul 2026, against 84.8k mcf a year earlier. Peak Sep 2021: 16.8k mcf.Gas, mcf per month05,00010k15k20kPeak 16.8k (Sep 21)5,68220222023202420252026
Gas output in Taylor County fell 13% over the last 12 months73.5k mcf through Jul 2026, against 84.8k mcf a year earlier. Peak Sep 2021: 16.8k mcf.Gas, mcf per month05,00010k15k20kPeak 16.8k (Sep 21)5,682'22'23'24'25'26

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

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Taylor 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 1997, at 1,089,860 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 793,741 mcf.

Taylor County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025263,87476,959
2024265,68387,909
2023292,275107,109
2022305,255122,414
2021332,744158,600
2020348,353176,681
2019352,713164,345
2018405,618224,397
2017421,309146,294
2016387,492112,041
2015385,967162,729
2014425,388164,011
2013418,492155,728
2012394,547210,988
2011412,962223,065
2010408,689284,365
2009393,283252,214
2008456,143183,056
2007479,006178,095
2006508,912176,577
2005536,243231,469
2004556,128234,994
2003574,953272,643
2002605,066354,953
2001661,066398,365
2000674,287383,396
1999676,109472,684
1998883,439673,569
19971,089,860658,364
1996943,382551,168
1995823,511543,324
1994860,456632,248
1993997,170793,741

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.

Taylor County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Taylor County: 3,454 royalty records on the roll

At least 110 of the 3,454 royalty-interest records on Taylor County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (3.18%). 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
3,454
Still titled to an estate, at least
110
Share of the roll
3.18%

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

The biggest leases in Taylor County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 159), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Taylor County