Texas county · RRC district 03
Waller County, Texas oil and gas
- 77,204bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 49producing leases
- 458wells on the map
- 2drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Waller County
- Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells132On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing197Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged129The 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.
458 wells with a location on the state's map (132 producing, 197 not producing, 129 plugged) and 2 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/waller-county-tx">Waller County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Brookshire · Hempstead · Pine Island · Prairie View · Waller · Newest drilling permits in Waller County · Wells by ZIP code
Waller County reported 77,204 barrels of oil and 729,988 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 160th of 225 Texas counties by oil.
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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
- 49of 165 on record
- Operators
- 11
- Fields
- 8
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 729,988 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 459on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Waller County
Oil output in Waller County held steady over the last 12 months
77.2k bbl through Jul 2026, against 77.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak Jun 2022: 15.7k bbl.
Gas output in Waller County fell 42% over the last 12 months
730k mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.3M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2024: 153k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Waller 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 2004, at 1,510,952 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 17,394,047 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70,536 | 921,454 |
| 2024 | 82,692 | 1,665,462 |
| 2023 | 112,175 | 1,019,615 |
| 2022 | 135,264 | 1,173,243 |
| 2021 | 125,502 | 1,190,656 |
| 2020 | 119,311 | 1,100,796 |
| 2019 | 168,376 | 1,364,266 |
| 2018 | 227,152 | 1,552,736 |
| 2017 | 290,921 | 1,849,719 |
| 2016 | 294,007 | 2,234,207 |
| 2015 | 332,754 | 2,853,840 |
| 2014 | 412,300 | 3,321,069 |
| 2013 | 430,245 | 3,189,920 |
| 2012 | 489,617 | 2,789,431 |
| 2011 | 453,802 | 4,052,340 |
| 2010 | 528,961 | 5,071,334 |
| 2009 | 583,484 | 7,370,719 |
| 2008 | 739,923 | 9,028,546 |
| 2007 | 912,484 | 8,774,006 |
| 2006 | 1,044,714 | 6,430,191 |
| 2005 | 1,200,022 | 5,352,498 |
| 2004 | 1,510,952 | 6,994,814 |
| 2003 | 1,505,705 | 7,386,820 |
| 2002 | 1,067,037 | 7,168,509 |
| 2001 | 1,101,548 | 6,929,594 |
| 2000 | 1,321,190 | 8,274,197 |
| 1999 | 1,139,117 | 7,592,384 |
| 1998 | 169,210 | 9,292,437 |
| 1997 | 87,044 | 9,857,337 |
| 1996 | 53,415 | 10,739,327 |
| 1995 | 57,858 | 12,430,680 |
| 1994 | 70,847 | 14,988,764 |
| 1993 | 66,470 | 17,394,047 |
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 Waller County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
12,723bbl oil−15%
12,394bbl oil+14%
4,808bbl oil−45%
110,373mcf gas+10%
3,773bbl oiln/a
87,434mcf gas+101%
82,910mcf gas+7%
3,286bbl oil+20%
73,262mcf gas−7%
2,846bbl oil−10%
2,597bbl oil+21%
2,227bbl oil−24%
2,176bbl oil+5%
35,782mcf gas−94%
32,789mcf gas+3%
1,192bbl oil−13%
27,703mcf gas+6%
23,710mcf gas−1%
23,355mcf gas+22%
23,222mcf gas+7%
22,658mcf gas−10%
21,521mcf gas−16%
906bbl oil+108%
742bbl oil+30%
735bbl oil+4%
Showing 25 of 49, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Waller County, by oil
Walter Oil & Gas leads
- Walter Oil & Gas Corporation1 lease22.4kbbl
- Escondido Petroleum Company, Inc5 leases17.4kbbl
- Geosouthern Energy Corporation4 leases15.7kbbl
- Triangle Three Resources L.L.C.3 leases8,801bbl
- Hilcorp Energy Company27 leases4,520bbl
- Enhanced Energy Partners Corp2 leases3,850bbl
- Nupower Energy, LLC2 leases2,810bbl
- R.t.c. Resources, L.P.1 lease2,597bbl
Fields in Waller County, by oil
Brookshire leads
- Brookshire18 leases · District 03 · Field 1230600149.1kbbl
- Brookshire (6800 Sand)1 lease · District 03 · Field 1230666622.4kbbl
- Katy (Wilcox Cons.)24 leases · District 03 · Field 482788504,061bbl
- Raccoon Bend (Gutowsky)1 lease · District 03 · Field 741063203,286bbl
- Raccoon Bend (Paine)1 lease · District 03 · Field 74106720564bbl
- Katy (II-A L)1 lease · District 03 · Field 48278608374bbl
- Katy (Cook Mountain 2)2 leases · District 03 · Field 4827812085bbl
- Howth (Wilcox, Lower)1 lease · District 03 · Field 4306250110bbl
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Recent drilling permits in Waller County
KURATTI #10
new drill · Paloma Operating, LLC · Waller County
Permit 0919511 · Oct 20, 2026
KURATTI #9
new drill · Paloma Operating, LLC · Waller County
Permit 0912436 · Jan 14, 2026
HARDY, RUFUS -B- #33
recompletion · Enhanced Energy Partners Corp · Waller County
Permit 0902678 · Sep 17, 2024
WHITT BAINS #1
new drill · 4 Boots Oil Company, LLC · Waller County
Permit 0499358 · Sep 7, 2000