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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

Map of Waller County, Texas, with 458 oil and gas wells and 2 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • 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.

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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.

County dossier

77,204bbl oil, last 12 months0% 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
49of 165 on record
Operators
11
Fields
8

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Waller County · RRC district 03
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.

Oil output in Waller County held steady over the last 12 months77.2k bbl through Jul 2026, against 77.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak Jun 2022: 15.7k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15k20kPeak 15.7k (Jun 22)8,63220222023202420252026
Oil output in Waller County held steady over the last 12 months77.2k bbl through Jul 2026, against 77.1k bbl a year earlier. Peak Jun 2022: 15.7k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15k20kPeak 15.7k (Jun 22)8,632'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Waller County fell 42% over the last 12 months730k mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.3M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2024: 153k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200kPeak 153k (Mar 24)61.5k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Waller County fell 42% over the last 12 months730k mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.3M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2024: 153k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200kPeak 153k (Mar 24)61.5k'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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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.

Waller County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202570,536921,454
202482,6921,665,462
2023112,1751,019,615
2022135,2641,173,243
2021125,5021,190,656
2020119,3111,100,796
2019168,3761,364,266
2018227,1521,552,736
2017290,9211,849,719
2016294,0072,234,207
2015332,7542,853,840
2014412,3003,321,069
2013430,2453,189,920
2012489,6172,789,431
2011453,8024,052,340
2010528,9615,071,334
2009583,4847,370,719
2008739,9239,028,546
2007912,4848,774,006
20061,044,7146,430,191
20051,200,0225,352,498
20041,510,9526,994,814
20031,505,7057,386,820
20021,067,0377,168,509
20011,101,5486,929,594
20001,321,1908,274,197
19991,139,1177,592,384
1998169,2109,292,437
199787,0449,857,337
199653,41510,739,327
199557,85812,430,680
199470,84714,988,764
199366,47017,394,047

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.

Showing 25 of 49, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Waller County