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Starr County, Texas oil and gas production (2025)

Starr County, Texas reported 431,720 barrels of oil and condensate and 17,991,711 mcf of gas in 2025, from 40 operators on 945 leases. Reported lease production 1993 to 2026.

1993: 1,592,977 bbl1994: 1,479,636 bbl1995: 1,526,408 bbl1996: 1,616,253 bbl1997: 1,658,386 bbl1998: 1,897,371 bbl1999: 1,928,388 bbl2000: 2,864,195 bbl2001: 2,516,896 bbl2002: 3,091,064 bbl2003: 3,090,664 bbl2004: 2,373,342 bbl2005: 2,396,346 bbl2006: 2,197,450 bbl2007: 2,367,686 bbl2008: 2,559,800 bbl2009: 2,439,123 bbl2010: 1,924,051 bbl2011: 1,717,354 bbl2012: 1,656,693 bbl2013: 1,380,816 bbl2014: 1,321,087 bbl2015: 1,071,161 bbl2016: 884,245 bbl2017: 858,794 bbl2018: 913,198 bbl2019: 740,802 bbl2020: 574,287 bbl2021: 484,973 bbl2022: 504,677 bbl2023: 485,437 bbl2024: 429,012 bbl2025: 431,720 bbl2026: 214,448 bbl19932026

Annual production

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

YearOilCondensateGasCasinghead
2026105,494108,9549,658,491251,579
2025216,786214,93417,564,978426,733
2024220,220208,79218,607,704342,697
2023239,742245,69520,884,980379,074
2022255,553249,12422,933,082461,467
2021194,462290,51125,011,066432,300
2020245,817328,47028,558,253581,516
2019341,690399,11233,371,903699,027
2018492,634420,56435,010,0491,097,589
2017377,990480,80437,171,5691,033,814
2016331,064553,18139,825,6721,029,991
2015417,613653,54847,218,6982,659,656
2014518,097802,99054,069,8641,267,767
2013409,003971,81362,407,2831,004,757
2012351,3381,305,35575,328,441865,112
2011364,7561,352,59881,658,407866,737
2010331,8031,592,24894,409,494763,345
2009346,5292,092,594117,209,212762,263
2008392,7892,167,011129,064,138838,082
2007462,7851,904,901120,961,5851,146,457
2006524,0291,673,421119,583,492944,458
2005611,6711,784,675128,084,7491,465,243
2004594,6671,778,675141,198,6201,665,966
2003701,0222,389,642171,240,3651,198,863
2002880,6472,210,417174,127,2951,547,192
2001935,9771,580,919147,188,8731,620,646
20001,750,6011,113,594126,654,9143,247,971
1999844,6881,083,700123,564,1611,607,903
1998620,4401,276,931144,656,4231,917,155
1997475,7391,182,647170,753,1741,492,049
1996417,4651,198,788187,588,3001,628,358
1995477,0441,049,364176,993,8271,525,875
1994591,231888,405133,504,4971,520,885
1993647,137945,84095,175,3411,362,584

Top operators in Starr County, 2025

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

#OperatorOil and condensate (bbl)Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1MERIT ENERGY COMPANY167,4819,486,331
2HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY19,3721,393,164
3WAGNER OIL COMPANY21,8601,239,881
4KILLAM OIL CO., LTD.33,1431,086,981
5SMITH PRODUCTION INC.10,564782,590
6MORTIMER PRODUCTION COMPANY75,994365,729
7VARAS ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY,5,109608,263
8ROYAL PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC.9,468535,974
9FLETCHER OPERATING, LLC2,185534,549
10FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC5,544497,234
11ORX RESOURCES, L.L.C.1,950300,819
12STARR OPERATING, LLC30,066129,840
13TREK RESOURCES, INC.456218,353
14KAISER-FRANCIS OIL COMPANY1,738187,900
15MUELLER EXPLORATION, INC.1,112156,658
16TRAP ROCK OIL, LTD.12,26064,436
17OVERTON PARK OIL & GAS LP76668,416
18TEXAS INDEPENDENT EXPLOR LTD.6,88026,958
19TRIAD O&G, LLC6,26318,777
20TRANSPACIFIC ENERGY, LLC10452,870
21ESCUDO OIL & GAS, LLC3,78527,663
22PETROVYBE OPCO LLC23845,758
23HYDROCARBON OPERATING, INC.044,766
24SOUTHERN TEJAS ASSET GROUP LLC2,28424,514
25LAKESHORE OPERATING, LLC13435,941

Top leases in Starr County, 2025

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

#LeaseOil and condensate (bbl)Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1SLICK ESTATE ROYAL PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC.7,033390,674
2YZAGUIRRE MERIT ENERGY COMPANY30,381104,709
3HALL, J. F. STATE KILLAM OIL CO., LTD.18,62791,640
4THOMAS-RIFE GAS UNIT MERIT ENERGY COMPANY1,776189,206
5GARZA, A. M. - STATE MERIT ENERGY COMPANY0192,631
6PLAINS CAPITAL MORTIMER PRODUCTION COMPANY28,9259,096
7SLICK, T. B. ESTATE MERIT ENERGY COMPANY3,350159,767
8STARRPRO MINERALS DGU WAGNER OIL COMPANY1,620168,688
9MARGO STARR OPERATING, LLC19,61148,106
10SLICK, T. B. ESTATE MERIT ENERGY COMPANY25,4677,063
11SLICK ESTATE ROYAL PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC.2,435141,692
12OLIVARES, A. KILLAM OIL CO., LTD.392147,411
13VILLA KAISER-FRANCIS OIL COMPANY131145,412
14GARCIA HEIRS MUELLER EXPLORATION, INC.1,009138,345
15USA MERIT ENERGY COMPANY0143,114
16CARDENAS, R.R. SMITH PRODUCTION INC.1,264135,519
17BENTSEN BROS. - STATE MERIT ENERGY COMPANY0137,325
18BENTSEN BROS. - STATE MERIT ENERGY COMPANY0137,253
19G. E. NEBLETT ET AL GAS UNIT MERIT ENERGY COMPANY1,054122,149
20GUTIERREZ NO. 3 MORTIMER PRODUCTION COMPANY19,6926,776
21SLICK, T. B. ESTATE MERIT ENERGY COMPANY2,544105,609
22USA MERIT ENERGY COMPANY0116,844
23COOPER FOUNDATION VARAS ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY,1,782105,182
24SLICK, T. B. ESTATE MERIT ENERGY COMPANY1,083107,918
25FNB MISSION MERIT ENERGY COMPANY848106,991

Texas oil and gas production by county · Oil and gas companies in Texas

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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 = '427' 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.