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Wilson County, Texas oil and gas

  • 4,590,608bbl oil in the last 12 months
  • 298producing leases
  • 1,018wells on the map
  • 36drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Wilson County

Map of Wilson County, Texas, with 1,018 oil and gas wells and 36 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations36Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells597On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing173Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged248The 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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1,018 wells with a location on the state's map (597 producing, 173 not producing, 248 plugged) and 36 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/wilson-county-tx">Wilson County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Wells near a town: Floresville · La Vernia · Poth · Stockdale · Newest drilling permits in Wilson County · Wells by ZIP code

Wilson County is one of the 27 counties of the Eagle Ford Shale

Wilson County reported 4.6 million barrels of oil and 2.2 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 40th of 225 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier

4,590,608bbl oil, last 12 months+7% 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
298of 457 on record
Operators
45
Fields
47

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This county

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Wilson County · RRC district 01
Gas, last 12 months
2,210,777 mcf
Share of Texas oil
0.2%
Wells on record
1,064on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Wilson County

Oil output in Wilson County rose 7% over the last 12 months

4.6M bbl through Jul 2026, against 4.3M bbl a year earlier. Peak Jun 2025: 468k bbl.

Oil output in Wilson County rose 7% over the last 12 months4.6M bbl through Jul 2026, against 4.3M bbl a year earlier. Peak Jun 2025: 468k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0100k200k300k400k500kPeak 468k (Jun 25)351k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Wilson County rose 7% over the last 12 months4.6M bbl through Jul 2026, against 4.3M bbl a year earlier. Peak Jun 2025: 468k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0100k200k300k400k500kPeak 468k (Jun 25)351k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Wilson County rose 11% over the last 12 months

2.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jun 2025: 232k mcf.

Gas output in Wilson County rose 11% over the last 12 months2.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jun 2025: 232k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200k250kPeak 232k (Jun 25)195k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Wilson County rose 11% over the last 12 months2.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jun 2025: 232k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200k250kPeak 232k (Jun 25)195k'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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Wilson 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 2025, at 4,773,453 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2025, at 2,173,379 mcf.

Wilson County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20254,773,4532,173,379
20243,869,5661,858,696
20233,669,7381,727,302
20222,612,2881,252,414
20212,005,2841,080,403
20202,289,7161,219,116
20192,158,1311,240,204
20181,296,978679,523
20171,396,261689,882
20161,650,505801,103
20152,396,196904,891
20143,783,6721,443,583
20133,918,8251,551,471
20122,599,2481,130,543
20111,309,852419,943
2010295,761108,169
2009233,64140,721
2008283,61653,702
2007273,89030,072
2006292,05546,315
2005284,40228,174
2004282,33824,758
2003336,94749,042
2002331,55557,643
2001377,69672,609
2000435,96258,144
1999544,296104,232
1998570,818147,899
1997611,140118,788
1996672,496257,374
1995850,292349,225
19941,028,714224,344
19931,400,921296,493

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.

Wilson County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Wilson County: 18,308 royalty records on the roll

At least 132 of the 18,308 royalty-interest records on Wilson County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (0.72%). 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
18,308
Still titled to an estate, at least
132
Share of the roll
0.72%

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

The biggest leases in Wilson County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 298), ranked by output value.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Recent drilling permits in Wilson County