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Wise County, Texas oil and gas

  • 151,197,583mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 3,744producing leases
  • 5,625wells on the map
  • 45drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Wise County

Map of Wise County, Texas, with 5,625 oil and gas wells and 45 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations45Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells3,724On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing1,179Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged722The 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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5,625 wells with a location on the state's map (3,724 producing, 1,179 not producing, 722 plugged) and 45 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Alvord · Aurora · Boyd · Briar · Bridgeport · Chico · Decatur · Fairview · Newark · New Fairview · Rhome · Runaway Bay · Newest drilling permits in Wise County · Wells by ZIP code

Wise County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale

Wise County reported 151 million mcf of gas and 442,449 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 24th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

151,197,583mcf gas, last 12 months+5% 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
3,744of 5,375 on record
Operators
81
Fields
79
Top operator
BKV Barnett, LLC

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Wise CountyWiseJackClayCookeMontagueDentonWise County
Wise County · RRC district 09
Oil, last 12 months
442,449 bbl
Share of Texas gas
1.1%
Wells on record
5,682on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Wise County

Gas output in Wise County rose 5% over the last 12 months

151M mcf through Jul 2026, against 144M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2023: 14M mcf.

Gas output in Wise County rose 5% over the last 12 months151M mcf through Jul 2026, against 144M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2023: 14M mcf.Gas, mcf per month05M10M15MPeak 14M (Mar 23)12M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Wise County rose 5% over the last 12 months151M mcf through Jul 2026, against 144M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2023: 14M mcf.Gas, mcf per month05M10M15MPeak 14M (Mar 23)12M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Wise County fell 12% over the last 12 months

442k bbl through Jul 2026, against 502k bbl a year earlier. Peak Jun 2023: 78.1k bbl.

Oil output in Wise County fell 12% over the last 12 months442k bbl through Jul 2026, against 502k bbl a year earlier. Peak Jun 2023: 78.1k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60k80kPeak 78.1k (Jun 23)30.4k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Wise County fell 12% over the last 12 months442k bbl through Jul 2026, against 502k bbl a year earlier. Peak Jun 2023: 78.1k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60k80kPeak 78.1k (Jun 23)30.4k'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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Wise 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 2014, at 1,555,327 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2013, at 271,342,439 mcf.

Wise County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025519,273149,183,356
2024462,191146,656,121
2023685,426160,361,080
2022529,550156,700,350
2021445,834158,311,442
2020464,531165,935,038
2019595,569183,423,088
2018625,681185,702,580
2017612,515193,027,008
2016769,489217,294,469
20151,146,357246,213,004
20141,555,327268,694,985
20131,527,660271,342,439
20121,449,222256,535,939
20111,373,026256,115,866
20101,284,396235,084,799
20091,339,968222,274,824
20081,389,108217,473,880
20071,179,224191,926,702
20061,094,707170,269,940
20051,042,037176,840,215
2004940,633179,868,283
2003968,852169,874,846
2002880,757134,591,885
2001708,649113,611,707
2000689,37994,723,142
1999690,14174,133,643
1998741,45972,897,119
1997776,88770,070,616
1996883,35069,108,478
1995979,30666,062,127
19941,141,54767,891,758
19931,119,44471,752,649

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.

Wise County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Wise County: 151,912 royalty records on the roll

At least 868 of the 151,912 royalty-interest records on Wise County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (0.57%). 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
151,912
Still titled to an estate, at least
868
Share of the roll
0.57%
Search a name on the Wise County rollEvery county, with the method

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

The biggest leases in Wise County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 3,744), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Wise County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Wise County, by gas

BKV Barnett leads

  1. BKV Barnett, LLC1,942 leases94Mmcf
  2. Eagleridge Operating, LLC342 leases13Mmcf
  3. BKV Barnett II, LLC192 leases12Mmcf
  4. Lime Rock Resources IV-A, L.P.88 leases7.6Mmcf
  5. BKV North Texas, LLC89 leases6.4Mmcf
  6. Scout Energy Management LLC294 leases4.3Mmcf
  7. Lakota Energy, Ltd.81 leases3.6Mmcf
  8. Texxol Operating Company, Inc.115 leases2.7Mmcf

Fields in Wise County, by gas

Newark, East (Barnett Shale) leads

  1. Newark, East (Barnett Shale)2,456 leases · District 09 · Field 65280200142Mmcf
  2. Boonsville (Bend Congl., Gas)816 leases · District 09 · Field 105745205.9Mmcf
  3. Morris (Consolidated Congl.)93 leases · District 09 · Field 62970700553kmcf
  4. Alvord, South (Atoka)30 leases · District 09 · Field 02148083231kmcf
  5. Chico, West (Conglomerate 5700)29 leases · District 09 · Field 17634462195kmcf
  6. Cap Yates (Consolidated Congl.)30 leases · District 09 · Field 15463184192kmcf
  7. Alvord (Caddo Conglomerate)14 leases · District 09 · Field 02143355107kmcf
  8. Risch, East (Caddo Congl.)8 leases · District 09 · Field 768717506,438mcf

More operators here

OperatorHawkbend LLC81OperatorAtlas Operating LLC24OperatorUpp Operating, LLC22OperatorGreat American Resources Inc.48
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Recent drilling permits in Wise County

Counties near Wise County (number = producing leases)

CountyJack1,192CountyDenton2,370CountyParker1,087CountyMontague1,256CountyTarrant3,447CountyCooke688CountyPalo Pinto721CountyClay306CountyHood538CountyDallas56