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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

Map of Winkler County, Texas, with 5,832 oil and gas wells and 243 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • 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.

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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

27,744,652bbl oil, last 12 months+22% 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
844of 1,685 on record
Operators
76
Fields
97

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This county

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Winkler County · RRC district 08
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.

Oil output in Winkler County rose 22% over the last 12 months28M bbl through Jul 2026, against 23M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2025: 2.8M bbl.Oil, bbl per month01M2M3MPeak 2.8M (Aug 25)2M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Winkler County rose 22% over the last 12 months28M bbl through Jul 2026, against 23M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2025: 2.8M bbl.Oil, bbl per month01M2M3MPeak 2.8M (Aug 25)2M'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Winkler County rose 33% over the last 12 months83M mcf through Jul 2026, against 62M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2025: 9.3M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10MPeak 9.3M (Jul 25)6.6M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Winkler County rose 33% over the last 12 months83M mcf through Jul 2026, against 62M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2025: 9.3M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10MPeak 9.3M (Jul 25)6.6M'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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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.

Winkler County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
202526,503,02576,823,412
202420,944,33251,476,799
202319,092,54850,896,654
202220,320,20454,083,584
202121,941,31447,812,558
202022,587,50154,513,802
201923,968,23755,124,108
201817,638,71440,949,599
201710,292,12025,436,775
20166,057,74920,797,788
20155,326,48424,463,298
20144,636,09526,763,909
20134,133,42726,614,460
20123,354,63726,410,593
20112,862,57927,753,813
20102,819,41531,469,342
20093,057,62533,637,330
20083,218,35737,975,041
20073,417,49638,233,115
20063,496,29737,588,952
20053,378,10339,417,790
20043,580,33043,461,341
20034,211,32846,117,677
20024,235,54745,396,899
20014,083,44148,337,126
20004,244,23049,064,461
19994,353,71650,416,583
19984,767,07951,233,397
19975,146,50658,637,365
19964,815,94368,624,316
19954,379,85174,291,264
19944,386,40560,700,553
19934,447,56161,091,964

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.

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

Recent drilling permits in Winkler County