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COUNTIES · PERMIAN BASIN · DISTRICT 8A · CODE 501

Yoakum County, Texas

The RRC's county figures put Yoakum County at 24,337,393 bbl of oil and 58,620,882 Mcf of gas in the twelve months through August 2026; oil is down 7% on the twelve months before.

477 leases under 60 operators had production in those months.

Yoakum County permitting is running 12 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (36 total, up 16% on the prior quarter). 1 was issued in the past week.

Occidental Permian Ltd. leads with 53 permits in the past 12 months, one of 10 operators active in the county.

2 operators filed a first Yoakum County permit in the past year.

Median permitted depth over the past year is 6,000 ft (prior year: 9,000 ft); 77% of the past year's permits are horizontal.

The county has 2,502 active disposal and injection permits of 4,169 on file, with 269M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through September 2025.

1 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.1.

7,691 drilling permits have been issued in Yoakum County since 1977.

7,691 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Nov 5, 2026

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5,606
active wells · 10,358 on file
60
producing operators, 12 months
477
producing leases, 12 months
24.3M
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026 · −7%
58.6M
Mcf gas, same 12 months · −1%

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · NO. 21 IN OIL AND NO. 39 IN GAS OF 219 PRODUCING TEXAS COUNTIES

Yoakum County oil and gas production

RRC COUNTY FIGURES · THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas operators report production by lease, and the Railroad Commission totals it by county. Where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas.

12 months through Aug 2026 24,337,393 · prior 12 26,116,593(-7%)

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Latest months

MonthOilGas
Aug 20262,079,245 bbl4,997,371 Mcf
Jul 20262,009,778 bbl5,278,360 Mcf
Jun 20261,985,097 bbl4,955,810 Mcf
May 20262,074,160 bbl4,858,287 Mcf
Apr 20262,042,445 bbl4,729,363 Mcf
Mar 20262,120,557 bbl4,858,112 Mcf
Feb 20261,875,607 bbl4,377,949 Mcf
Jan 20261,989,934 bbl4,891,551 Mcf
Dec 20252,066,179 bbl4,848,839 Mcf
Nov 20252,011,951 bbl4,953,115 Mcf
Oct 20252,059,354 bbl4,933,989 Mcf
Sep 20252,023,086 bbl4,938,136 Mcf

Operators by production

12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

  1. Occidental Permian Ltd.38 leases

    8.6M bbl · 10.8M Mcf

  2. Riley Permian Operating Co, LLC59 leases

    4.96M bbl · 15.4M Mcf

  3. Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.132 leases

    3.64M bbl · 17.6M Mcf

  4. Ring Energy, Inc.64 leases

    2.48M bbl · 7.78M Mcf

  5. OXY USA WTP LP2 leases

    1.56M bbl · 2.47M Mcf

  6. Hilcorp Energy Company21 leases

    1.5M bbl · 2.78M Mcf

  7. Amtex Energy, Inc.4 leases

    385K bbl · 297K Mcf

  8. Sixess Energy, LLC6 leases

    187K bbl · 1.1M Mcf

60 operators had production here in the twelve months. Each month is credited to the operator that reported it; ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel.

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Largest leases

477 LEASES WITH PRODUCTION · 12 MONTHS THROUGH AUG 2026

LeaseOperatorFieldOil, 12 moGas, 12 mo
Denver UnitOil 18910Occidental Permian Ltd.Wasson4,199,895 bbl5,811,999 Mcf
Wasson Odc UnitOil 60000Occidental Permian Ltd.Wasson1,861,136 bbl3,033,070 Mcf
Willard UnitOil 19308OXY USA WTP LPWasson1,562,491 bbl2,473,797 Mcf
Bennett Ranch UnitOil 19151Occidental Permian Ltd.Wasson1,291,908 bbl1,101,712 Mcf
Roberts UnitOil 19212Hilcorp Energy CompanyWasson420,313 bbl1,160,425 Mcf
Cornell UnitOil 19453Hilcorp Energy CompanyWasson481,396 bbl702,433 Mcf
Huckleberry-McMasters 730-771Oil 71213Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCPlatang (San Andres)373,648 bbl1,006,433 Mcf
Hoss 605Oil 71150Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCPlatang (San Andres)336,249 bbl897,745 Mcf
Rip Wheeler 705-668Oil 71249Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCPlatang (San Andres)293,412 bbl1,100,850 Mcf
Yoakum Wasson Clearfork UnitOil 63523Occidental Permian Ltd.Wasson 72397,377 bbl189,908 Mcf
Knotted Rope 670-703Oil 71378Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCPlatang (San Andres)249,758 bbl785,100 Mcf
Madcap 731-706Oil 71006Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCPlatang (San Andres)220,863 bbl892,302 Mcf
Mahoney, H. O.Oil 7572Hilcorp Energy CompanyWasson238,590 bbl674,438 Mcf
Miller 732 BOil 71185Amtex Energy, Inc.Platang (San Andres)298,019 bbl229,031 Mcf
Cattle Drive 665Oil 70835Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCPlatang (San Andres)215,720 bbl468,324 Mcf

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent, 6 Mcf to the barrel. A lease in two counties is listed with its share in this one.

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Wells by status

10,358 WELLBORES ON FILE

  1. Producing

    3,412

  2. Plugged

    2,834

  3. Injection

    2,158

  4. Shut In

    1,088

  5. Not on schedule

    649

  6. Spudded

    88

  7. Permitted

    42

  8. Temp Abandoned

    37

From the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Other sites count the RRC's map locations, which include dry holes and locations this file does not hold, so their totals differ.

Wells spudded, by year

HorizontalVertical and directional

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Drilling permits

Window30 days90 days180 days365 days
36
permits issued, 90d
+16%
vs prior 90d (31)
6
operators filing
75%
horizontal
7,635
avg permitted depth, ft

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER

Permits issued by month

LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 148 · prior 12 50(+196%)

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Operators by permits, last 12 months

By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.

OperatorPermitsWells
Occidental Permian Ltd.534,581
Riley Permian Operating Co, LLC46275
OXY USA WTP LP13895
Texland Petroleum, L.P.1382
Ring Energy, Inc.10158
Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.7625
Amtex Energy, Inc.314
Hilcorp Energy Company21,512
McClure Oil Company, Inc.164
Tall City Brine LLC10

Full operator directory: 392 operators have filed a permit here since 1977 →

New entrants, last 12 months

Operators whose first permit in Yoakum County came in the last year. 2 in total.

Permit types, 90d

TypeWindowPriorAll time
Drill26176,278
Recompletion10101,272
Field transfer0417

What the types mean →

Formations in completed wells

RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS

Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Yoakum County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →

Fewer than ten wells in Yoakum County report the Strawn, so it is below this table's cutoff. Back to the formation →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrsMedian top, ftP10–P90
San Andres6,2661364,5554,373–5,088
Yates3,2211083,1002,800–3,334
Grayburg1,569234,2654,096–4,472
Rustler1,538172,3422,147–2,566
Santa Rosa1,327881,100400–2,200
Clear Fork1,088206,2905,970–6,762
Queen978153,8553,614–4,078
Glorieta959235,9445,730–6,113
Tubb32827,3146,888–7,608
Seven Rivers28313,2583,072–3,572
Wichita-Albany25527,9377,696–8,304
Wolfcamp23309,0128,688–9,636
Devonian113011,85211,132–12,414
Mississippian111011,12210,650–11,897
Woodford90011,81811,032–13,037

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

2,502
active UIC permits of 4,169
9.15M
permitted bbl/day, active
269M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Sep 2025
reported through

Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Yoakum County →

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

USGS catalog, Texas

Seismicity, last 2 years

1
M2+ events in the area
M3.1
largest

Monthly counts, magnitudes, and every recent event in the area →

Events are not tagged with a county; this counts M2+ events inside the bounding box of the county’s located permits, padded 0.1°. About TexNet →

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorLease / wellDepthAPI
919543Nov 7, 2026Nov 5, 2026Ring Energy, Inc.Bruce Gentry Jr 598-647 E #14XHH6,05050137744
919527Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Ring Energy, Inc.Bruce Gentry Jr 598-647 D #13XHH6,05050137743
919758Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Ring Energy, Inc.Booms Farm 710 - 727 B #2XHH5,50050137745
919491Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026Ring Energy, Inc.Bruce Gentry Jr 598-647 CC #12XHH6,05050137742
919319Oct 22, 2026Oct 20, 2026Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCJeremiah Johnson 667-706 #3XHH9,00050137741
919213Oct 16, 2026Oct 14, 2026Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCCat Ballou 573-546 #6XHH9,00050137740
919062Oct 10, 2026Oct 8, 2026Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCCassidy 575 #1W12,00050137737
919189Oct 9, 2026Oct 7, 2026Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCGus McCrae 671 #1W13,00050137739
919022Oct 8, 2026Oct 6, 2026Riley Permian Operating Co, LLCHuckleberry-McMasters 730-771 #4XHH9,00050137738
919049Oct 8, 2026Oct 6, 2026Occidental Permian Ltd.Bennett Ranch Unit #4352H5,65050134870

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Questions about Yoakum County

How many drilling permits were issued in Yoakum County in the last 12 months?

149 permits were issued in Yoakum County in the last 12 months, up 171% from 55 in the 12 months before. 77% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Nov 5, 2026. 7,691 are on file since 1977.

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Who is the most active operator in Yoakum County?

By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Occidental Permian Ltd. is the most active operator in Yoakum County, with 53 of 149, followed by Riley Permian Operating Co, LLC (46) and OXY USA WTP LP (13). 6 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.

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How many oil and gas wells are in Yoakum County?

10,358 wells are on file in Yoakum County, including 5,606 active, 2,834 plugged, and 42 permitted and not yet drilled. 776 are horizontal. The active wells are under 63 operators.

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How much oil and gas does Yoakum County produce?

The Railroad Commission's county figures show 24.3 million barrels of oil and 58.6 million Mcf of gas in Yoakum County in the 12 months through August 2026, from 477 leases under 60 operators. Texas operators report production by lease; where a lease lies in more than one county, the split between them is the RRC's.

Production by month in Yoakum County →

Who are the largest producers in Yoakum County?

By oil and gas produced in Yoakum County in the 12 months through August 2026, the largest operator is Occidental Permian Ltd., with 8.6 million barrels of oil and 10.8 million Mcf of gas from 38 leases, followed by Riley Permian Operating Co, LLC and Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.. 60 operators had production here in those months.

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How much water is injected in Yoakum County?

269 million barrels of water were injected in Yoakum County in the 12 months through September 2025, reported on form H-10. 2,502 of the county's 4,169 disposal and injection permits are active.

Disposal and injection in Yoakum County →

What formations are drilled in Yoakum County?

Completion filings for wells in Yoakum County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the San Andres (6,266 wells, median top 4,555 ft), the Yates (3,221 wells, median top 3,100 ft), and the Grayburg (1,569 wells, median top 4,265 ft).

Formations in Yoakum County →

What basin is Yoakum County in?

Petrora lists Yoakum County in the Permian Basin. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 8A.

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Have there been earthquakes in Yoakum County?

1 earthquake of magnitude 2 or more was located in the area of Yoakum County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.1.

Earthquakes in Yoakum County →

About this data

Oil and gas are the Railroad Commission's county figures from its Production Data Query, through Aug 2026: Texas files production by lease, and where a lease lies in more than one county the split is the RRC's. Nothing here is estimated by Petrora. Wells from the RRC wellbore file and the permit record. Drilling permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, rebuilt nightly into per-county figures; windows are on the date issued. Disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports at the last settled month; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog inside the county's located-permit footprint.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/tx/yoakum?days=90, documented in the API reference.