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Zapata County, Texas oil and gas production (2025)

Zapata County, Texas reported 49,870 barrels of oil and condensate and 43,453,593 mcf of gas in 2025, from 38 operators on 2,559 leases. Reported lease production 1993 to 2026.

1993: 338,663 bbl1994: 331,245 bbl1995: 295,604 bbl1996: 278,907 bbl1997: 410,670 bbl1998: 365,264 bbl1999: 309,763 bbl2000: 370,405 bbl2001: 303,417 bbl2002: 266,157 bbl2003: 230,848 bbl2004: 261,687 bbl2005: 347,767 bbl2006: 350,936 bbl2007: 347,337 bbl2008: 387,327 bbl2009: 450,252 bbl2010: 306,305 bbl2011: 199,739 bbl2012: 178,374 bbl2013: 198,995 bbl2014: 205,146 bbl2015: 176,722 bbl2016: 145,680 bbl2017: 120,755 bbl2018: 120,523 bbl2019: 113,363 bbl2020: 78,056 bbl2021: 75,161 bbl2022: 71,770 bbl2023: 59,321 bbl2024: 46,394 bbl2025: 49,870 bbl2026: 32,596 bbl19932026

Annual production

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

YearOilCondensateGasCasinghead
202615,11317,48324,593,91116,061
202519,07930,79143,424,20029,393
202416,17530,21943,226,13520,586
202322,79436,52748,614,89939,938
202232,09839,67255,780,97174,663
202128,59446,56759,113,82261,032
202025,75752,29965,434,11851,207
201955,53657,82769,610,738154,671
201864,18056,34373,651,497179,234
201763,04057,71580,916,482163,576
201675,91469,76686,657,698238,845
2015105,76070,96297,595,727199,999
2014124,80380,343110,468,42920,906
2013102,73696,259122,246,34379,354
201239,764138,610151,177,22636,850
201127,285172,454186,255,36026,027
201022,309283,996227,125,82925,360
200918,882431,370273,407,08421,730
200834,043353,284330,894,46122,367
200745,336302,001328,903,81531,523
200637,229313,707324,327,03126,278
200534,061313,706315,795,93531,210
200434,470227,217311,346,47440,620
200335,476195,372282,589,61344,368
200243,712222,445280,897,51139,111
200148,941254,476300,392,76766,529
200055,501314,904319,349,31774,574
199941,596268,167289,650,37863,841
199851,836313,428324,622,56666,684
199762,148348,522342,457,37370,560
199672,565206,342318,747,24180,258
199571,542224,062290,161,93278,908
199465,089266,156304,558,80576,185
199378,163260,500289,830,416102,980

Top operators in Zapata County, 2025

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

#OperatorOil and condensate (bbl)Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY16,24030,624,617
2MERIT ENERGY COMPANY1,2813,745,598
3SMITH PRODUCTION INC.9,0502,181,980
4PALEO OIL COMPANY LLC1731,440,739
5BORDERTOWN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC1,5331,150,400
6VARAS ENERGY OPERATING COMPANY,1,2371,047,671
7BLOCK "T" PETROLEUM, INC.0851,347
8VANTAGE OPERATING II, LLC0466,616
9BEEHIVE OPERATING, LLC0298,048
10VANTAGE OPERATING, LLC187262,928
11KILLAM OIL CO., LTD.594194,974
12ENCINA RESOURCES, LLC0185,477
13MAGNUM PRODUCING, LP0135,437
14SUE-ANN OPERATING, L.C.16,95329,393
15FLETCHER OPERATING, LLC63125,383
16ATLAS OPERATING LLC0113,606
17WAGNER OIL COMPANY0100,467
18ALTALAY STX LLC085,927
19COLUMBUS ENERGY, LLC8868,960
20MORTIMER PRODUCTION COMPANY49159,581
21ARETE OPERATING COMPANY, LLC054,829
22ARETE OPERATING COMPANY II, LLC047,511
23MARWELL PETROLEUM LTD PARTNRSHIP041,940
24TD NATURAL RESOURCES LLC041,637
25PROLINE ENERGY RESOURCES INC519,171

Top leases in Zapata County, 2025

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

#LeaseOil and condensate (bbl)Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1ZACHRY, H. B. COMPANY BLOCK "T" PETROLEUM, INC.0320,961
2GUERRA, M HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0246,840
3ZACHRY, H. B. COMPANY BLOCK "T" PETROLEUM, INC.0237,990
4HINOJOSA, G. G. BLOCK "T" PETROLEUM, INC.0228,746
5VILLARREAL HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0205,442
6LEONARDO HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0180,258
7VELA HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY426174,858
8DE MARTINEZ, M. HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0172,952
9VIOLETA RANCH HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0162,713
10URIBE, S. HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0159,940
11HAYNES HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0157,577
12HAYNES-NORTH HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0156,685
13SLATOR RANCH SMITH PRODUCTION INC.55150,772
14SLATOR RANCH BORDERTOWN ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC1,391140,505
15GUTIERREZ, J. M. "C" HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY334143,542
16CUELLAR, MARIA HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0138,019
17CAVAZOS HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0136,737
18MARSHALL, S. G. HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0127,001
19MECOM, J. W. PALEO OIL COMPANY LLC53119,560
20TREVINO, ALBERTO HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0117,623
21TREVINO HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0115,508
22LOS MESQUITES HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0115,429
23VIOLETA RANCH HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY0114,698
24VIDAURRI-STATE GAS UNIT NO. 2 HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY32114,169
25JENNINGS, J. D. SUE-ANN OPERATING, L.C.14,88224,900

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 = '505' 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.