Texas county · RRC district 01
Zavala County, Texas oil and gas
- 6,338,969bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 319producing leases
- 939wells on the map
- 36drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Zavala County
- Drilling locations36Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells662On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing138Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged139The 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.
939 wells with a location on the state's map (662 producing, 138 not producing, 139 plugged) and 36 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/zavala-county-tx">Zavala County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Batesville · Crystal City · La Pryor · Newest drilling permits in Zavala County · Wells by ZIP code
Zavala County is one of the 27 counties of the Eagle Ford Shale
Zavala County reported 6.3 million barrels of oil and 11 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 35th 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
- 319of 452 on record
- Operators
- 37
- Fields
- 37
- Top operator
- Exco Operating Company, LP
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 11,142,839 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.3%
- Wells on record
- 941on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Zavala County
Oil output in Zavala County fell 29% over the last 12 months
6.3M bbl through Jul 2026, against 9M bbl a year earlier. Peak Aug 2024: 896k bbl.
Gas output in Zavala County fell 22% over the last 12 months
11M mcf through Jul 2026, against 14M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2024: 1.4M mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Zavala 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 2015, at 10,208,998 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2024, at 14,449,751 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,646,857 | 12,794,081 |
| 2024 | 9,236,651 | 14,449,751 |
| 2023 | 9,044,661 | 9,986,312 |
| 2022 | 7,529,381 | 7,729,763 |
| 2021 | 7,196,768 | 8,460,993 |
| 2020 | 6,858,595 | 6,468,437 |
| 2019 | 7,196,667 | 8,656,486 |
| 2018 | 6,151,898 | 6,541,274 |
| 2017 | 6,553,481 | 7,070,402 |
| 2016 | 8,155,940 | 6,781,316 |
| 2015 | 10,208,998 | 6,527,486 |
| 2014 | 6,947,041 | 4,893,344 |
| 2013 | 5,218,584 | 3,836,395 |
| 2012 | 3,205,690 | 1,956,785 |
| 2011 | 852,113 | 957,685 |
| 2010 | 421,205 | 927,949 |
| 2009 | 419,423 | 944,745 |
| 2008 | 600,181 | 1,506,074 |
| 2007 | 968,756 | 1,812,095 |
| 2006 | 772,925 | 1,318,451 |
| 2005 | 859,967 | 1,396,153 |
| 2004 | 566,996 | 1,586,196 |
| 2003 | 346,032 | 1,837,641 |
| 2002 | 301,019 | 2,063,829 |
| 2001 | 378,717 | 2,451,042 |
| 2000 | 493,783 | 2,362,685 |
| 1999 | 471,045 | 3,253,722 |
| 1998 | 388,661 | 3,653,065 |
| 1997 | 525,013 | 4,532,068 |
| 1996 | 695,589 | 4,913,040 |
| 1995 | 940,870 | 4,640,907 |
| 1994 | 1,510,956 | 6,706,174 |
| 1993 | 2,715,956 | 8,501,486 |
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 Zavala County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
620,400bbl oil−19%
485,100bbl oil−48%
343,081bbl oil−21%
256,763bbl oil−31%
225,335bbl oiln/a
213,244bbl oil−30%
199,961bbl oil−27%
141,210bbl oil−23%
136,402bbl oil−15%
115,792bbl oil−32%
87,944bbl oil−11%
75,584bbl oil−53%
75,308bbl oil−26%
69,511bbl oil−11%
67,407bbl oil−13%
66,172bbl oil−27%
62,547bbl oil−35%
61,063bbl oil−57%
58,078bbl oil−50%
56,755bbl oil−44%
56,416bbl oil−52%
53,029bbl oil−39%
50,866bbl oil−18%
49,913bbl oiln/a
47,928bbl oil−1%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 319), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Zavala County, by oil
Exco Operating Company leads
- Exco Operating Company, LP95 leases3.3Mbbl
- Buffco Production Inc.14 leases911kbbl
- Trinity Operating (Usg), LLC38 leases690kbbl
- CML Exploration, LLC52 leases479kbbl
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC2 leases260kbbl
- U.S. Energy Development Corp9 leases222kbbl
- Formentera Operations LLC6 leases60.7kbbl
- Etoco, L.P.1 lease53kbbl
Fields in Zavala County, by oil
Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford) leads
- Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)184 leases · District 01 · Field 120182005.7Mbbl
- Pearsall (Austin Chalk)26 leases · District 01 · Field 69981125392kbbl
- Pearsall (Buda, S.)27 leases · District 01 · Field 6998137576.4kbbl
- Pena Creek (Georgetown)14 leases · District 01 · Field 7041121072.7kbbl
- Spinach (Elaine)1 lease · District 01 · Field 8518830016.4kbbl
- Elaine, W. (San Miguel)2 leases · District 01 · Field 282305004,036bbl
- Independence, West (Olmos)1 lease · District 01 · Field 443663002,973bbl
- Jetero (San Miguel)1 lease · District 01 · Field 463152002,847bbl
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Recent drilling permits in Zavala County
SOUTHWEST STAR #1H
new drill · horizontal · Gulftex Energy, LLC · Zavala County
Permit 0919584 · Nov 12, 2026
DYNAMO #N731HP
new drill · horizontal · Formentera Operations LLC · Zavala County
Permit 0919655 · Oct 28, 2026
HARGROVE A-LACKEY (AW) #1H
new drill · horizontal · Buffco Production Inc. · Zavala County
Permit 0919363 · Oct 22, 2026
HOLDSWORTH C #3H
new drill · horizontal · Rosewood Resources, Inc. · Zavala County
Permit 0918910 · Sep 28, 2026
HOLDSWORTH C #2H
new drill · horizontal · Rosewood Resources, Inc. · Zavala County
Permit 0918909 · Sep 28, 2026
HOLDSWORTH C #1H
new drill · horizontal · Rosewood Resources, Inc. · Zavala County
Permit 0918908 · Sep 28, 2026