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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

Map of Young County, Texas, with 4,499 oil and gas wells and 26 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • 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.

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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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Wells near a town: Graham · Olney · Newest drilling permits in Young County · Wells by ZIP code

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

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.

County dossier

664,652bbl oil, last 12 months−6% 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
771of 1,439 on record
Operators
151
Fields
196
Top operator
Ridge Oil Company

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Young County · RRC district 09
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.

Oil output in Young County fell 6% over the last 12 months665k bbl through Jul 2026, against 706k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 73k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75kPeak 73k (Mar 22)51.2k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Young County fell 6% over the last 12 months665k bbl through Jul 2026, against 706k bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 73k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75kPeak 73k (Mar 22)51.2k'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Young County fell 12% over the last 12 months1.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2.1M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2023: 190k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200kPeak 190k (Dec 23)142k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Young County fell 12% over the last 12 months1.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2.1M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2023: 190k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200kPeak 190k (Dec 23)142k'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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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.

Young County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025693,0502,031,212
2024731,6912,129,326
2023752,0911,916,756
2022802,5851,837,650
2021789,2201,866,098
2020808,4011,971,584
2019902,7702,278,111
2018939,6352,382,316
2017940,3212,496,263
2016963,7772,463,494
20151,098,8822,796,062
20141,321,7712,888,058
20131,255,0212,654,660
20121,229,5022,842,252
20111,155,5522,729,612
20101,210,8082,675,984
20091,285,6542,865,227
20081,348,3783,114,237
20071,239,6583,158,799
20061,276,1033,312,775
20051,256,6073,471,974
20041,343,7463,715,052
20031,417,5393,753,858
20021,509,7413,997,201
20011,537,9574,341,271
20001,715,7384,719,402
19991,744,7214,388,548
19981,874,0294,542,914
19972,003,0554,932,445
19962,110,6335,237,405
19952,212,4415,257,728
19942,315,2395,508,960
19932,478,0626,102,253

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.

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

Recent drilling permits in Young County