RRC field 79905001 · District 01
Salt Flat
The Salt Flat field reported 110,876 barrels of oil and 31,161 mcf of gas in the last 12 months.
Field dossier
- Producing leases
- 118of 195 on record
- Operators
- 27
- Counties
- 1
- Biggest operator
- B. J. P. Operating
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 31,161 mcf
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Wells in the Salt Flat field
- Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells668On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing133Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged184The state's wellbore record says plugged
Each dot is a well on a lease the Railroad Commission lists in the Salt Flat field, where its map puts it, or a drilling permit filed for the field in the last 24 months. Wells of other fields are not on this map. The picture is about 28 miles across. The white counties are the ones with a well or drilling permit of the field on the map. 66 more wells have no location on the state's map. Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and drilling permit files, US Census Bureau county outlines, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/fields/salt-flat-79905001"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/field-wells/salt-flat-79905001.svg" alt="Map of the wells of the Salt Flat field, Texas: 985 wells and 2 recent drilling locations, in a picture about 28 miles across." width="1000" height="951" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0"></a>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/fields/salt-flat-79905001">Oil and gas wells of the Salt Flat field, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Five years of output in Salt Flat
Oil output in the Salt Flat field held steady over the last 12 months
111k bbl through Jul 2026, against 112k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2023: 20k bbl.
Gas output in the Salt Flat field held steady over the last 12 months
31.2k mcf through Jul 2026, against 31.1k mcf a year earlier. Peak Aug 2021: 2,665 mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, field 79905001, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
Leases in the Salt Flat field
Under each volume: change on the year before.
12,074bbl oil−4%
6,346bbl oil−12%
4,743bbl oil+34%
4,116bbl oil+38%
3,423bbl oil−8%
3,405bbl oil+11%
3,365bbl oil+16%
3,286bbl oil−14%
3,009bbl oil+6%
2,397bbl oil+135%
2,124bbl oil+62%
2,097bbl oil−4%
2,081bbl oil−2%
1,920bbl oil+15%
1,855bbl oil−4%
1,769bbl oil−9%
1,720bbl oil−7%
1,572bbl oil+1%
1,461bbl oil+25%
1,409bbl oil+103%
1,398bbl oil+9%
1,381bbl oil−12%
1,369bbl oil−10%
1,314bbl oil−52%
1,305bbl oil−9%
Showing 25 of 118, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who operates here, and where
Operators, by oil
B. J. P. Operating leads
Recent drilling permits in the Salt Flat field
WRIGHT, J. D. #7R
re-entry · Left Behind Recovery, LLC · Caldwell County
Permit 0915888 · Jun 5, 2026
TILLER, J. R. -C- #3B
new drill · Buonadonna Oil LLC · Caldwell County
Permit 0912264 · Dec 22, 2025
GONZALES WELL #1
new drill · Cavalier Oil & Gas, Inc. · Guadalupe County
Permit 0898354 · Mar 26, 2024
DICKERSON, CLAUDE #2B
new drill · SGB Oil LLC · Caldwell County
Permit 0896693 · Jan 25, 2024