Texas county · RRC district 08
Winkler County, Texas oil and gas
- 27,744,652bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 844producing leases
- 5,832wells on the map
- 243drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Winkler County
- Drilling locations243Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells2,921On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing1,073Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged1,838The 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.
5,832 wells with a location on the state's map (2,921 producing, 1,073 not producing, 1,838 plugged) and 243 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/winkler-county-tx">Winkler County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Kermit · Wink · Newest drilling permits in Winkler County · Wells by ZIP code
Winkler County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin
Winkler County reported 28 million barrels of oil and 83 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 16th of 225 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier
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
- 844of 1,685 on record
- Operators
- 76
- Fields
- 97
- Top operator
- WPX Energy Permian, LLC
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 83,000,451 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 1.4%
- Wells on record
- 5,839on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Winkler County
Oil output in Winkler County rose 22% over the last 12 months
28M bbl through Jul 2026, against 23M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2025: 2.8M bbl.
Gas output in Winkler County rose 33% over the last 12 months
83M mcf through Jul 2026, against 62M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2025: 9.3M mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Winkler 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 26,503,025 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2025, at 76,823,412 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26,503,025 | 76,823,412 |
| 2024 | 20,944,332 | 51,476,799 |
| 2023 | 19,092,548 | 50,896,654 |
| 2022 | 20,320,204 | 54,083,584 |
| 2021 | 21,941,314 | 47,812,558 |
| 2020 | 22,587,501 | 54,513,802 |
| 2019 | 23,968,237 | 55,124,108 |
| 2018 | 17,638,714 | 40,949,599 |
| 2017 | 10,292,120 | 25,436,775 |
| 2016 | 6,057,749 | 20,797,788 |
| 2015 | 5,326,484 | 24,463,298 |
| 2014 | 4,636,095 | 26,763,909 |
| 2013 | 4,133,427 | 26,614,460 |
| 2012 | 3,354,637 | 26,410,593 |
| 2011 | 2,862,579 | 27,753,813 |
| 2010 | 2,819,415 | 31,469,342 |
| 2009 | 3,057,625 | 33,637,330 |
| 2008 | 3,218,357 | 37,975,041 |
| 2007 | 3,417,496 | 38,233,115 |
| 2006 | 3,496,297 | 37,588,952 |
| 2005 | 3,378,103 | 39,417,790 |
| 2004 | 3,580,330 | 43,461,341 |
| 2003 | 4,211,328 | 46,117,677 |
| 2002 | 4,235,547 | 45,396,899 |
| 2001 | 4,083,441 | 48,337,126 |
| 2000 | 4,244,230 | 49,064,461 |
| 1999 | 4,353,716 | 50,416,583 |
| 1998 | 4,767,079 | 51,233,397 |
| 1997 | 5,146,506 | 58,637,365 |
| 1996 | 4,815,943 | 68,624,316 |
| 1995 | 4,379,851 | 74,291,264 |
| 1994 | 4,386,405 | 60,700,553 |
| 1993 | 4,447,561 | 61,091,964 |
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.
Winkler County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll
Mineral owners in Winkler County: 47,599 royalty records on the roll
At least 1,886 of the 47,599 royalty-interest records on Winkler County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (3.96%). 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
- 47,599
- Still titled to an estate, at least
- 1,886
- Share of the roll
- 3.96%
SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Winkler County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.
The biggest leases in Winkler County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
736,634bbl oil−16%
438,653bbl oil+23%
408,423bbl oiln/a
387,763bbl oiln/a
329,515bbl oiln/a
326,324bbl oil−45%
282,043bbl oiln/a
280,235bbl oiln/a
280,196bbl oil−21%
279,611bbl oiln/a
275,749bbl oiln/a
268,395bbl oiln/a
268,193bbl oiln/a
267,654bbl oil−20%
242,418bbl oiln/a
241,791bbl oil−17%
239,461bbl oiln/a
224,953bbl oil−14%
224,488bbl oiln/a
220,484bbl oil−12%
217,273bbl oiln/a
216,456bbl oiln/a
216,183bbl oiln/a
211,923bbl oiln/a
209,629bbl oiln/a
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 844), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Winkler County, by oil
WPX Energy Permian leads
- WPX Energy Permian, LLC122 leases5Mbbl
- Permian Resources Operating, LLC19 leases4.2Mbbl
- Continental Resources, Inc.40 leases3.9Mbbl
- Apache Corporation51 leases3Mbbl
- Pdeh LLC37 leases1.7Mbbl
- Boyd & McWilliams Operating, LLC9 leases1.4Mbbl
- Blackbeard Operating, LLC52 leases1.1Mbbl
- Mewbourne Oil Company21 leases1.1Mbbl
Fields in Winkler County, by oil
Phantom (Wolfcamp) leads
- Phantom (Wolfcamp)303 leases · District 08 · Field 7105290019Mbbl
- Keystone (Wolfcamp)38 leases · District 08 · Field 491298582.1Mbbl
- Keystone (Consolidated)17 leases · District 08 · Field 49129150996kbbl
- Ruppel (Woodford)15 leases · District 08 · Field 78953800853kbbl
- Monahans, North (Clearfork)39 leases · District 08 · Field 62417110792kbbl
- Two Georges (Bone Spring)27 leases · District 08 · Field 92100050750kbbl
- Kermit69 leases · District 08 · Field 49038001382kbbl
- Monahans (Clear Fork)2 leases · District 08 · Field 62415083218kbbl
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Recent drilling permits in Winkler County
SEALY RANCH #6903H
new drill · horizontal · Halcon Operating Co., Inc. · Winkler County
Permit 0919639 · Nov 13, 2026
CAMPBELL, SETH #80
recompletion · Hilcorp Energy Company · Winkler County
Permit 0920009 · Nov 10, 2026
BAIRD, W. E. #1258
recompletion · Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC · Winkler County
Permit 0919947 · Nov 5, 2026
UTL ROYAL 4331A #01H
new drill · horizontal · Continental Resources, Inc. · Winkler County
Permit 0919759 · Oct 30, 2026
BAIRD, W. E. #1909
new drill · Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC · Winkler County
Permit 0919568 · Oct 26, 2026
BAIRD, W. E. #1228
new drill · Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC · Winkler County
Permit 0919559 · Oct 26, 2026