Texas county · RRC district 04
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
- 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.
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.
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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
- 46of 166 on record
- Operators
- 7
- Fields
- 20
- Top operator
- Citation Oil & Gas Corp.
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- 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.
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.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>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.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120,462 | 1,131,869 |
| 2024 | 156,335 | 1,149,335 |
| 2023 | 186,842 | 1,409,407 |
| 2022 | 230,785 | 2,263,312 |
| 2021 | 211,385 | 2,822,862 |
| 2020 | 187,242 | 2,954,384 |
| 2019 | 223,107 | 3,680,461 |
| 2018 | 200,451 | 3,950,736 |
| 2017 | 236,651 | 5,033,627 |
| 2016 | 283,518 | 5,418,756 |
| 2015 | 397,007 | 5,504,331 |
| 2014 | 424,907 | 9,280,131 |
| 2013 | 407,875 | 8,362,653 |
| 2012 | 463,260 | 11,613,969 |
| 2011 | 613,817 | 17,463,641 |
| 2010 | 766,660 | 24,083,799 |
| 2009 | 829,133 | 24,225,477 |
| 2008 | 840,811 | 25,506,489 |
| 2007 | 899,898 | 28,302,212 |
| 2006 | 848,228 | 24,832,919 |
| 2005 | 1,185,428 | 28,218,174 |
| 2004 | 950,779 | 27,711,933 |
| 2003 | 620,306 | 18,611,931 |
| 2002 | 588,549 | 20,372,379 |
| 2001 | 542,286 | 26,729,277 |
| 2000 | 536,614 | 29,684,054 |
| 1999 | 603,715 | 38,202,539 |
| 1998 | 690,882 | 47,786,670 |
| 1997 | 725,345 | 45,808,136 |
| 1996 | 659,238 | 48,788,117 |
| 1995 | 654,391 | 32,521,310 |
| 1994 | 764,275 | 19,306,301 |
| 1993 | 883,444 | 10,777,651 |
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.
40,802bbl oil+36%
23,015bbl oil−8%
11,810bbl oil+15%
9,368bbl oil+503%
155,462mcf gas+21%
5,438bbl oil+19%
5,252bbl oil−5%
107,458mcf gas+27%
4,245bbl oil−33%
4,220bbl oil+15%
3,303bbl oil+81%
2,981bbl oil−1%
2,964bbl oil−14%
62,852mcf gas+34%
2,508bbl oil+25%
57,264mcf gas+22%
54,803mcf gas+21%
52,735mcf gas+5%
2,084bbl oil+29%
46,294mcf gas+34%
1,945bbl oil−26%
40,927mcf gas+10%
39,579mcf gas−25%
39,512mcf gas−1%
39,310mcf gas−10%
Showing 25 of 46, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Willacy County, by oil
Citation Oil & Gas leads
Fields in Willacy County, by oil
Willamar, West leads
- Willamar, West2 leases · District 04 · Field 9749800145kbbl
- Willamar4 leases · District 04 · Field 9749100139kbbl
- Riggan (F-8)1 lease · District 04 · Field 766690509,368bbl
- Willamar (Graben A-1 SD., N.)1 lease · District 04 · Field 974910835,438bbl
- Willamar (Graben 5090)1 lease · District 04 · Field 974913405,252bbl
- Willamar (Miocene 5400, East)1 lease · District 04 · Field 974916004,220bbl
- LA Sal Vieja (Frio Cons)10 leases · District 04 · Field 510110503,072bbl
- LA Sal Vieja (Deep)5 leases · District 04 · Field 510110292,538bbl
More operators here
Every operator in Willacy County →Recent drilling permits in Willacy County
YTURRIA RR #54RR
new drill · Texas Oil and Gas Operating, LLC · Willacy County
Permit 0910272 · Sep 11, 2025
YTURRIA #51
new drill · Texas Oil and Gas Operating, LLC · Willacy County
Permit 0889398 · Apr 12, 2023