Texas county · RRC district 09
Young County, Texas oil and gas
- 664,652bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 771producing leases
- 4,499wells on the map
- 26drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Young County
- Drilling locations26Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells2,159On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing768Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged1,572The 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.
4,499 wells with a location on the state's map (2,159 producing, 768 not producing, 1,572 plugged) and 26 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/young-county-tx">Young County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Graham · Olney · Newest drilling permits in Young County · Wells by ZIP code
Young County reported 664,652 barrels of oil and 1.8 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 85th 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
- 771of 1,439 on record
- Operators
- 151
- Fields
- 196
- Top operator
- Ridge Oil Company
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 1,843,402 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 4,581on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Young County
Oil output in Young County fell 6% over the last 12 months
665k bbl through Jul 2026, against 706k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 73k bbl.
Gas output in Young County fell 12% over the last 12 months
1.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2.1M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2023: 190k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Young 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 1993, at 2,478,062 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1993, at 6,102,253 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 693,050 | 2,031,212 |
| 2024 | 731,691 | 2,129,326 |
| 2023 | 752,091 | 1,916,756 |
| 2022 | 802,585 | 1,837,650 |
| 2021 | 789,220 | 1,866,098 |
| 2020 | 808,401 | 1,971,584 |
| 2019 | 902,770 | 2,278,111 |
| 2018 | 939,635 | 2,382,316 |
| 2017 | 940,321 | 2,496,263 |
| 2016 | 963,777 | 2,463,494 |
| 2015 | 1,098,882 | 2,796,062 |
| 2014 | 1,321,771 | 2,888,058 |
| 2013 | 1,255,021 | 2,654,660 |
| 2012 | 1,229,502 | 2,842,252 |
| 2011 | 1,155,552 | 2,729,612 |
| 2010 | 1,210,808 | 2,675,984 |
| 2009 | 1,285,654 | 2,865,227 |
| 2008 | 1,348,378 | 3,114,237 |
| 2007 | 1,239,658 | 3,158,799 |
| 2006 | 1,276,103 | 3,312,775 |
| 2005 | 1,256,607 | 3,471,974 |
| 2004 | 1,343,746 | 3,715,052 |
| 2003 | 1,417,539 | 3,753,858 |
| 2002 | 1,509,741 | 3,997,201 |
| 2001 | 1,537,957 | 4,341,271 |
| 2000 | 1,715,738 | 4,719,402 |
| 1999 | 1,744,721 | 4,388,548 |
| 1998 | 1,874,029 | 4,542,914 |
| 1997 | 2,003,055 | 4,932,445 |
| 1996 | 2,110,633 | 5,237,405 |
| 1995 | 2,212,441 | 5,257,728 |
| 1994 | 2,315,239 | 5,508,960 |
| 1993 | 2,478,062 | 6,102,253 |
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 Young County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
79,736bbl oil−11%
22,385bbl oil+67%
- MARSHALL
09-07800Walsh & Watts, Inc.Daws
16,231bbl oil−52%
12,400bbl oil−24%
12,042bbl oil−22%
9,980bbl oil−10%
9,826bbl oil−2%
9,360bbl oil−1%
8,709bbl oil−7%
8,675bbl oil+108%
7,852bbl oil+26%
7,651bbl oil+5%
7,173bbl oil+2%
6,824bbl oil−10%
6,512bbl oiln/a
6,084bbl oiln/a
6,083bbl oil−19%
5,561bbl oil−15%
5,221bbl oil−7%
4,783bbl oiln/a
4,707bbl oil−2%
4,299bbl oil+108%
4,261bbl oil+14%
4,221bbl oil−28%
4,116bbl oil−27%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 771), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Young County, by oil
Ridge Oil leads
- Ridge Oil Company8 leases103kbbl
- Stovall Operating Co.37 leases41.2kbbl
- S.b. Street Operating, Inc.16 leases27.6kbbl
- Gannett Operating LLC12 leases26.6kbbl
- SKY Resources, Inc.3 leases22.6kbbl
- Rogers Drilling Co., Inc.12 leases21.2kbbl
- Borderline Operating Corp.11 leases20.6kbbl
- JMH Production, LLC3 leases19.4kbbl
Fields in Young County, by oil
Young County Regular leads
- Young County Regular374 leases · District 09 · Field 99480001253kbbl
- I.m.u. (Caddo Cons.)9 leases · District 09 · Field 44112075106kbbl
- Jean, NW. (Caddo)13 leases · District 09 · Field 4600933336.2kbbl
- Ed Bishop (Mississippian)2 leases · District 09 · Field 2747260018.6kbbl
- Daws1 lease · District 09 · Field 2352900116.2kbbl
- Lupton-McLester7 leases · District 09 · Field 5578800112.8kbbl
- Young County Regular (Gas)34 leases · District 09 · Field 9948049810.6kbbl
- Y-B (Gunsight, Upper)10 leases · District 09 · Field 9916850010.6kbbl
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Recent drilling permits in Young County
DAWS 759 #1
new drill · Keating Energy, Inc. · Young County
Permit 0919598 · Oct 29, 2026
S HUGHES UNIT #8
new drill · Ruthson Energy, Inc. · Young County
Permit 0919678 · Oct 28, 2026
MCKINLEY #112
new drill · Tomsha LLC · Young County
Permit 0918602 · Sep 21, 2026
MCKINLEY #111
new drill · Tomsha LLC · Young County
Permit 0918601 · Sep 14, 2026
LOVING RANCH #11
new drill · Borderline Operating Corp. · Young County
Permit 0918000 · Aug 24, 2026
S HUGHES UNIT #7
new drill · Ruthson Energy, Inc. · Young County
Permit 0917925 · Aug 24, 2026