King County, Texas oil and gas production (2025)

King County, Texas reported 1,291,216 barrels of oil and condensate and 191,550 mcf of gas in 2025, from 21 operators on 104 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	620,874	0	774	56,174
2025	1,291,216	0	2,446	189,104
2024	1,321,870	0	3,160	150,290
2023	1,294,789	0	17,344	149,483
2022	1,398,706	8	58,365	142,809
2021	1,349,877	38	66,051	190,228
2020	1,475,446	40	75,187	203,762
2019	1,807,858	240	136,008	268,293
2018	1,872,614	316	156,531	252,099
2017	1,991,453	362	193,350	167,534
2016	2,016,079	298	251,339	192,694
2015	1,777,893	1,008	310,791	188,424
2014	1,368,466	1,147	422,810	146,600
2013	1,301,635	2,024	365,975	197,356
2012	1,373,920	2,745	435,147	99,593
2011	1,405,273	3,720	563,480	63,119
2010	1,547,089	4,091	455,471	69,202
2009	1,847,523	4,617	481,182	211,634
2008	1,959,252	6,709	761,444	103,294
2007	2,040,060	14,280	1,183,478	112,278
2006	2,243,357	19,065	1,319,231	108,375
2005	2,055,985	11,924	2,037,256	119,597
2004	2,209,993	22,113	2,030,069	162,630
2003	2,607,932	11,023	1,781,454	263,346
2002	2,766,992	16,381	2,385,950	204,225
2001	2,874,552	25,416	3,169,606	229,126
2000	2,815,102	20,148	3,724,533	235,217
1999	2,654,599	10,459	2,693,742	247,482
1998	2,998,623	10,450	2,347,907	300,578
1997	3,623,585	12,345	1,874,692	396,239
1996	4,058,575	3,889	1,126,516	427,305
1995	4,486,066	2,748	1,095,985	629,030
1994	4,814,808	4,609	1,217,391	544,129
1993	5,767,062	6,206	1,335,828	624,583

Top operators in King County, 2025

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

#	Operator	Oil and condensate (bbl)	Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1	HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC	817,920	39,571
2	MEDDERS OIL COMPANY, INC.	170,490	920
3	BURNETT OIL CO., INC.	76,998	0
4	ATLAS OPERATING LLC	41,921	144,401
5	GUNN OIL COMPANY	46,690	0
6	NEW HEIGHT ENERGY, LLC	36,779	1,852
7	BUCK WHEAT RESOURCES, L.P.	28,769	0
8	SOJOURNER DRILLING CORPORATION	25,206	0
9	CITATION OIL & GAS CORP.	11,324	2,360
10	SALIDA EXPLORATION, LLC	9,384	0
11	S.B. STREET OPERATING, INC.	8,397	0
12	MWL ENERGY LLC	7,347	0
13	SCHALK OIL COMPANY, INC.	3,058	0
14	PATTON EXPLORATION, INC.	2,487	0
15	CLEAR FORK, INCORPORATED	1,775	0
16	PARAGON OIL & GAS, LLC	1,611	0
17	COVENANT OPERATING, LLC	492	0
18	WILD HORSE ENERGY	0	2,446
19	J & M SWD, LLC	254	0
20	COOPER OIL & GAS, LLC	242	0
21	GREAT AMERICAN RESOURCES INC.	72	0

Top leases in King County, 2025

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

#	Lease	Oil and condensate (bbl)	Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1	BURNETT RANCH CO2 FLOOD "PA1" HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC	559,082	20,111
2	BURNETT AWM RR HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC	149,973	0
3	FORKS SOUTH BALT UNIT MEDDERS OIL COMPANY, INC.	72,134	120
4	KATZ (STRAWN) UNIT ATLAS OPERATING LLC	41,921	144,401
5	PITCHFORK BALT WATERFLOOD UNIT MEDDERS OIL COMPANY, INC.	38,980	120
6	BATEMAN TRUST EST. ACCOUNT NO. 1 NEW HEIGHT ENERGY, LLC	32,348	0
7	BURNETT, S. B. ESTATE "D" HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC	30,546	1,466
8	FORKS DDD MEDDERS OIL COMPANY, INC.	27,205	120
9	SPRINGER WILSON 192 BUCK WHEAT RESOURCES, L.P.	27,048	0
10	A.W.M. BURNETT OIL CO., INC.	22,489	0
11	SALLIE LEE GUNN OIL COMPANY	19,634	0
12	BURNETT/GUNN AWM "D" BURNETT OIL CO., INC.	18,030	0
13	BURNETT, S. B. ESTATE "GG" HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC	17,262	2,412
14	BURNETT, S. B. ESTATE "RRR" HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC	14,771	2,936
15	PITCHFORK NB GUNN OIL COMPANY	15,069	0
16	AWM "E" BURNETT OIL CO., INC.	14,151	0
17	PITCHFORK TTTT MEDDERS OIL COMPANY, INC.	11,551	80
18	6666-PITCHFORK UNIT BURNETT OIL CO., INC.	10,134	0
19	SPRINGER "A" SOJOURNER DRILLING CORPORATION	8,149	0
20	HARDWICK S.B. STREET OPERATING, INC.	7,377	0
21	BURNETT, S. B. ESTATE "RRR" HIGH RIVER RES OPERATING, LLC	5,812	799
22	FORKS CCC 12-10-99 MEDDERS OIL COMPANY, INC.	5,843	120
23	PITCHFORK OOO MEDDERS OIL COMPANY, INC.	5,664	120
24	BURNETT, S. B. ESTATE "D" CITATION OIL & GAS CORP.	5,278	1,746
25	PITCHFORK YYY MEDDERS OIL COMPANY, INC.	5,228	120

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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 = '269' 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.