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Wheeler County, Texas oil and gas

  • 49,923,337mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 1,437producing leases
  • 2,805wells on the map
  • 4drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Wheeler County

Map of Wheeler County, Texas, with 2,805 oil and gas wells and 4 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations4Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,637On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing820Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged348The 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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2,805 wells with a location on the state's map (1,637 producing, 820 not producing, 348 plugged) and 4 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Shamrock · Wheeler · Newest drilling permits in Wheeler County · Wells by ZIP code

Wheeler County is one of the 26 counties of the Granite Wash

Wheeler County reported 50 million mcf of gas and 1.3 million barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 40th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

49,923,337mcf gas, last 12 months−6% 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
1,437of 2,592 on record
Operators
50
Fields
63
Top operator
Unbridled Resources, LLC

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Wheeler CountyWheelerGrayHemphillRobertsWheeler County
Wheeler County · RRC district 10
Oil, last 12 months
1,317,870 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.4%
Wells on record
3,098on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Wheeler County

Gas output in Wheeler County fell 6% over the last 12 months

50M mcf through Jul 2026, against 53M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 6M mcf.

Gas output in Wheeler County fell 6% over the last 12 months50M mcf through Jul 2026, against 53M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 6M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02M4M6MPeak 6M (Aug 21)4.6M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Wheeler County fell 6% over the last 12 months50M mcf through Jul 2026, against 53M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 6M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02M4M6MPeak 6M (Aug 21)4.6M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Wheeler County fell 10% over the last 12 months

1.3M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 189k bbl.

Oil output in Wheeler County fell 10% over the last 12 months1.3M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 189k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 189k (Aug 21)99.7k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Wheeler County fell 10% over the last 12 months1.3M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 189k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 189k (Aug 21)99.7k'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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Wheeler 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 2012, at 16,782,148 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2012, at 270,404,832 mcf.

Wheeler County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20251,396,92251,040,147
20241,601,84756,845,554
20231,817,46460,126,488
20221,999,21161,799,283
20212,210,70169,479,013
20202,541,64278,645,938
20193,076,60993,776,170
20184,050,993117,306,598
20174,053,613119,508,743
20165,073,442142,404,010
20157,245,208177,685,444
201411,577,904229,620,991
201316,258,325268,910,731
201216,782,148270,404,832
201110,867,409259,428,683
20105,800,845205,241,605
20093,652,523157,124,871
20082,623,854155,540,263
20071,904,946122,577,559
20061,813,81395,357,518
20051,418,43663,606,263
2004838,96338,491,960
2003530,24228,887,791
2002524,61331,162,060
2001591,69135,507,451
2000565,29336,729,612
1999614,06341,127,338
1998757,93846,360,878
1997704,11943,453,960
1996734,25341,719,338
1995738,34145,045,954
1994807,36245,671,350
1993889,45943,061,170

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.

Wheeler County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Wheeler County: 44,776 royalty records on the roll

At least 452 of the 44,776 royalty-interest records on Wheeler County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.01%). 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
44,776
Still titled to an estate, at least
452
Share of the roll
1.01%
Search a name on the Wheeler County rollEvery county, with the method

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

The biggest leases in Wheeler County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 1,437), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Wheeler County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Wheeler County, by gas

Unbridled Resources leads

  1. Unbridled Resources, LLC378 leases19Mmcf
  2. Presidio Petroleum LLC295 leases9.8Mmcf
  3. Mmgl Txph, LLC169 leases7.1Mmcf
  4. Formentera Operations LLC164 leases6.5Mmcf
  5. Validus Energy II Midcon LLC2 leases2.1Mmcf
  6. Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC44 leases1.6Mmcf
  7. Mustang Fuel Corporation19 leases786kmcf
  8. Mountainside Energy Operating, L11 leases474kmcf

Fields in Wheeler County, by gas

Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons) leads

  1. Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons)458 leases · District 10 · Field 8612525020Mmcf
  2. Mills Ranch (Granite Wash Cons.)202 leases · District 10 · Field 616912356.6Mmcf
  3. Buffalo Wallow (Granite Wash)67 leases · District 10 · Field 131472854.6Mmcf
  4. Frye Ranch (Consolidated)72 leases · District 10 · Field 331512004Mmcf
  5. West Park (Granite Wash)57 leases · District 10 · Field 965372752.7Mmcf
  6. Wheeler N.e. (Granite Wash)54 leases · District 10 · Field 967853002.2Mmcf
  7. Allison-Britt (12350)31 leases · District 10 · Field 018125001.2Mmcf
  8. B & B (Granite Wash)22 leases · District 10 · Field 046605001.1Mmcf

More operators here

OperatorSandlot Oil & Gas LLC7OperatorExxcel Production Company5OperatorArcadia Energy Resources, LLC1OperatorBce-Mach III LLC56
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Recent drilling permits in Wheeler County

Counties near Wheeler County (number = producing leases)

CountyHemphill1,801CountyCollingsworth274CountyGray1,146CountyRoberts776CountyDonley4CountyLipscomb1,393CountyChildress1CountyCarson536CountyHallCountyOchiltree1,066