Jefferson County, Texas oil and gas production (2025)

Jefferson County, Texas reported 315,873 barrels of oil and condensate and 1,347,811 mcf of gas in 2025, from 32 operators on 103 leases. Reported lease production 1993 to 2026.

Annual production

Sum of monthly lease reports (PDQ) for this county. Oil and condensate in barrels; gas and casinghead gas in mcf.

Year	Oil	Condensate	Gas	Casinghead
2026	102,963	77,159	763,935	110,644
2025	223,424	92,449	1,142,528	205,283
2024	256,850	111,086	1,382,681	172,199
2023	325,212	111,032	1,631,820	178,316
2022	356,109	177,815	2,916,898	216,216
2021	383,948	180,523	2,414,663	245,541
2020	398,595	208,848	3,042,083	340,701
2019	519,563	289,396	4,518,134	456,427
2018	619,083	408,343	6,399,318	483,176
2017	694,941	683,245	9,382,766	586,370
2016	671,735	860,562	11,945,176	789,635
2015	748,865	943,797	12,383,636	754,065
2014	1,089,191	1,178,362	16,864,055	983,372
2013	1,203,399	1,392,768	25,539,814	1,197,068
2012	820,739	2,054,650	38,724,795	1,056,645
2011	828,065	3,566,290	55,222,859	1,494,466
2010	894,624	7,075,565	107,724,449	1,665,642
2009	894,179	3,730,323	65,967,773	1,600,361
2008	900,396	3,231,057	58,547,760	1,643,433
2007	1,091,536	2,974,068	58,151,127	1,796,707
2006	841,452	1,974,915	39,733,210	1,329,918
2005	845,467	1,969,893	39,964,950	1,678,514
2004	715,101	1,239,024	28,103,863	937,040
2003	787,913	891,039	23,243,664	1,467,011
2002	943,367	618,452	27,864,131	1,403,095
2001	917,217	1,114,678	40,273,321	1,360,879
2000	932,409	1,549,156	46,850,571	2,082,198
1999	808,259	1,103,851	33,479,283	1,718,134
1998	774,448	1,690,187	33,077,599	976,753
1997	1,036,678	2,546,550	28,561,709	1,139,552
1996	1,073,722	1,706,431	20,355,110	1,226,303
1995	1,187,626	456,581	10,849,225	1,226,568
1994	1,455,517	338,321	8,808,317	1,407,363
1993	1,509,083	333,631	9,873,884	1,681,880

Top operators in Jefferson County, 2025

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent (6 mcf of gas = 1 barrel).

#	Operator	Oil and condensate (bbl)	Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1	HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	66,322	492,579
2	BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.	50,080	539,119
3	WHITE MARLIN OPERATING CO, LLC	25,816	101,255
4	GEPARD ENERGY INC	32,336	11,317
5	FORT APACHE ENERGY, INC.	22,045	22,444
6	OLIPDP II, LLC	20,077	11,366
7	RHEACO OIL COMPANY, LTD.	20,322	0
8	MILESTONE OPERATING, INC.	13,765	36,128
9	KINGWOOD EXPLORATION LLC	17,319	0
10	S & S OPERATING COMPANY, INC.	11,669	0
11	ZACHRY EXPLORATION, LLC	344	57,346
12	COSTA ENERGY, LLC	4,162	24,271
13	ORX RESOURCES, L.L.C.	200	37,345
14	SHOCO PRODUCTION LLC	5,905	526
15	WAGNER OIL COMPANY	2,931	11,357
16	PULS OPERATING COMPANY	4,372	718
17	MAGNUM PRODUCING, LP	4,376	0
18	19TH HOLE PRODUCTION, LLC	3,928	0
19	REO OPERATING LLC	2,764	0
20	US ECOLOGY WINNIE, LLC	2,296	0
21	VESTIGE ENERGY, LLC	2,025	0
22	ETOCO, L.P.	732	0
23	TRI CITY OIL CO., LLC	677	0
24	WHITE STRIDE LLC	426	1,469
25	5P OPERATING, LLC	573	433

Top leases in Jefferson County, 2025

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent (6 mcf of gas = 1 barrel).

#	Lease	Oil and condensate (bbl)	Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1	MCFADDIN BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.	23,474	250,426
2	STATE TRACT 29 BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.	21,719	252,044
3	SUN FEE HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	9,699	190,671
4	SUN-HARDER A HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	6,345	150,467
5	FITZHUGH-BURRELL FORT APACHE ENERGY, INC.	22,045	22,444
6	THOMAS, E., MRS. ET AL HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	19,071	22,677
7	SABCO FOLTS WHITE MARLIN OPERATING CO, LLC	12,649	57,291
8	MCFADDIN TRUST GEPARD ENERGY INC	16,889	5,910
9	MCFADDIN STATE GEPARD ENERGY INC	15,447	5,407
10	KEELAND GAS UNIT HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	10,035	36,665
11	GLADYS CITY RHEACO OIL COMPANY, LTD.	13,728	0
12	SONNY V OLIPDP II, LLC	11,600	4,375
13	WALTER CO. HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	4,987	33,061
14	CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT ZACHRY EXPLORATION, LLC	344	57,346
15	MMK OLIPDP II, LLC	8,477	6,991
16	MCDERMOND, F. HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	8,460	5,875
17	FOLTS, W. H. ET AL WHITE MARLIN OPERATING CO, LLC	6,033	17,875
18	JEFFERSON LAND CO. A/C #1 MILESTONE OPERATING, INC.	6,290	5,384
19	GRAHAM TRUST HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	1,922	31,495
20	G. W. BROWN UNIT ORX RESOURCES, L.L.C.	200	37,345
21	BROUSSARD & HERBERT WHITE MARLIN OPERATING CO, LLC	1,967	24,959
22	CLARK RHEACO OIL COMPANY, LTD.	5,605	0
23	BLAUW-PAETZ SHOCO PRODUCTION LLC	5,034	62
24	MANESS GAS UNIT WAGNER OIL COMPANY	2,898	11,357
25	SUNSET UNIT HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY	2,315	13,530

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SELECT *, count(*) OVER () AS total FROM (SELECT CASE WHEN regexp_full_match(trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)), '[0-9]{6}') THEN trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)) END AS id, any_value(trim(OPERATOR_NAME)) AS name, coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_OIL_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) + coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_COND_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) AS oil, coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_GAS_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) + coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_CSGD_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) AS gas FROM pdq.og_county_lease_cycle WHERE COUNTY_NO = '245' AND CYCLE_YEAR_MONTH__num BETWEEN 202501 AND 202512 AND CASE WHEN regexp_full_match(trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)), '[0-9]{6}') THEN trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)) END IS NOT NULL GROUP BY 1) WHERE oil + gas > 0 ORDER BY oil + gas / 6 DESC, name LIMIT 25

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Source: Texas Railroad Commission public data, snapshot 603326e5c7bf.