RRC field 80473744 · District 08
Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany)
The Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany) field reported 1.4 million barrels of oil and 7.9 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months.
Field dossier
- Producing leases
- 18of 27 on record
- Operators
- 1
- Counties
- 1
- Biggest operator
- Blackbeard Operating, LLC
Own minerals in this field?
Where the field sits
This county
- Gas, last 12 months
- 7,865,234 mcf
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany)
Oil output in the Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany) field fell 7% over the last 12 months
1.4M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak Jan 2026: 168k bbl.
Gas output in the Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany) field fell 8% over the last 12 months
7.8M mcf through Jul 2026, against 8.5M mcf a year earlier. Peak May 2025: 786k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, field 80473744, through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026.
Leases in the Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany) field
Under each volume: change on the year before.
916,379bbl oil−24%
109,393bbl oiln/a
106,123bbl oiln/a
76,231bbl oiln/a
60,579bbl oiln/a
22,410bbl oiln/a
20,951bbl oil−25%
19,513bbl oil−29%
8,807bbl oiln/a
8,143bbl oiln/a
6,366bbl oil−25%
3,492bbl oil−28%
2,910bbl oil−31%
2,485bbl oil−37%
2,485bbl oil−9%
2,473bbl oil−13%
1,046bbl oil−16%
956bbl oil+5%
Showing 18 of 18, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Recent drilling permits in the Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany) field
ES VEDRA #8200H
new drill · horizontal · Blackbeard Operating, LLC · Crane County
Permit 0915760 · May 21, 2026
ES VEDRA #8201H
new drill · horizontal · Blackbeard Operating, LLC · Crane County
Permit 0915759 · May 21, 2026
WADDELL TR A #5433H
new drill · horizontal · Blackbeard Operating, LLC · Crane County
Permit 0915562 · May 13, 2026
WADDELL TR A #5193H
new drill · horizontal · Blackbeard Operating, LLC · Crane County
Permit 0910581 · Sep 23, 2025
ES VEDRA #8401H
new drill · horizontal · Blackbeard Operating, LLC · Crane County
Permit 0910588 · Sep 22, 2025
WADDELL TR A #5199H
new drill · horizontal · Blackbeard Operating, LLC · Crane County
Permit 0910575 · Sep 22, 2025