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Willacy County, Texas oil and gas

  • 132,164bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 46producing leases
  • 416wells on the map
  • 1drilling location in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Willacy County

Map of Willacy County, Texas, with 416 oil and gas wells and 1 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells175On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing84Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged157The 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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416 wells with a location on the state's map (175 producing, 84 not producing, 157 plugged) and 1 drilling location 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/willacy-county-tx">Willacy County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Lasara · Lyford · Raymondville · Sebastian · Newest drilling permits in Willacy County · Wells by ZIP code

Willacy County reported 132,164 barrels of oil and 999,068 mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 145th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

132,164bbl oil, last 12 months+3% 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
46of 166 on record
Operators
7
Fields
20

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Willacy County · RRC district 04
Gas, last 12 months
999,068 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Wells on record
416on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Willacy County

Oil output in Willacy County held steady over the last 12 months

132k bbl through Jul 2026, against 129k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 24.1k bbl.

Oil output in Willacy County held steady over the last 12 months132k bbl through Jul 2026, against 129k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 24.1k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15k20k25kPeak 24.1k (Mar 22)10.6k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Willacy County held steady over the last 12 months132k bbl through Jul 2026, against 129k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 24.1k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15k20k25kPeak 24.1k (Mar 22)10.6k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Willacy County fell 8% over the last 12 months

999k mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.1M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 252k mcf.

Gas output in Willacy County fell 8% over the last 12 months999k mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.1M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 252k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300kPeak 252k (Aug 21)58.1k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Willacy County fell 8% over the last 12 months999k mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.1M mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 252k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300kPeak 252k (Aug 21)58.1k'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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Willacy 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 2005, at 1,185,428 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1996, at 48,788,117 mcf.

Willacy County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025120,4621,131,869
2024156,3351,149,335
2023186,8421,409,407
2022230,7852,263,312
2021211,3852,822,862
2020187,2422,954,384
2019223,1073,680,461
2018200,4513,950,736
2017236,6515,033,627
2016283,5185,418,756
2015397,0075,504,331
2014424,9079,280,131
2013407,8758,362,653
2012463,26011,613,969
2011613,81717,463,641
2010766,66024,083,799
2009829,13324,225,477
2008840,81125,506,489
2007899,89828,302,212
2006848,22824,832,919
20051,185,42828,218,174
2004950,77927,711,933
2003620,30618,611,931
2002588,54920,372,379
2001542,28626,729,277
2000536,61429,684,054
1999603,71538,202,539
1998690,88247,786,670
1997725,34545,808,136
1996659,23848,788,117
1995654,39132,521,310
1994764,27519,306,301
1993883,44410,777,651

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 Willacy County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 46, ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Willacy County