Texas county · RRC district 01
Caldwell County
Caldwell County reported 738,397 barrels of oil and 31,153 mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 80th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #80 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 376of 630 on record
- Operators
- 53
- Fields
- 18
- Top operator
- Texas Petroleum Investment Co.
Own minerals in Caldwell County?
Upload a royalty check stub or a phone photo. We compare each month with the Jul 2026 state numbers for the leases below.
Where it sits
This county
- Gas, last 12 months
- 31,153 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 630
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Caldwell County
Oil output in Caldwell County fell 11% over the last 12 months
738k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 827k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2023, 95.7k bbl.
Gas output in Caldwell County held steady over the last 12 months
31.2k mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 31.1k mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 2,679 mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query, county totals of every lease. Reported through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026. The newest month is often revised as operators file late.
Leases
The biggest leases in Caldwell County
60,211bbl oil−14% on the year before
28,520bbl oil−1% on the year before
27,313bbl oil−12% on the year before
24,918bbl oil−9% on the year before
23,550bbl oil+1% on the year before
23,110bbl oil−15% on the year before
21,843bbl oil−14% on the year before
20,736bbl oil−5% on the year before
20,695bbl oil−32% on the year before
19,669bbl oil−20% on the year before
17,332bbl oil−21% on the year before
15,628bbl oil−11% on the year before
14,326bbl oil−29% on the year before
13,802bbl oil−4% on the year before
13,252bbl oil+2% on the year before
12,132bbl oil−4% on the year before
11,698bbl oil−28% on the year before
11,068bbl oil−25% on the year before
10,856bbl oil−10% on the year before
10,306bbl oil−16% on the year before
10,211bbl oil−4% on the year before
10,034bbl oil−11% on the year before
9,751bbl oil−19% on the year before
9,298bbl oil−12% on the year before
9,099bbl oil−22% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 376 producing leases).
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Caldwell County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Caldwell County, by oil
Texas Petroleum Investment leads
- Texas Petroleum Investment Co.33 producing leases here320kbbl
- Texian Operating Company, LLC20 producing leases here202kbbl
- B. J. P. Operating20 producing leases here34kbbl
- Delray Oil, Inc.5 producing leases here18.9kbbl
- Gauge Oil Company23 producing leases here18.9kbbl
- RBR Operating, Inc.1 producing lease here13.3kbbl
- L. S. K. L. Oil Co.2 producing leases here13kbbl
- Eighty-Six Oil Company, Inc.9 producing leases here12kbbl
Fields in Caldwell County, by oil
Luling-Branyon leads
- Luling-Branyon84 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 55679001363kbbl
- Salt Flat (Edwards)24 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 79905003204kbbl
- Salt Flat118 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 79905001110kbbl
- Spiller7 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 8516700119.2kbbl
- Dunlap24 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 2662000117kbbl
- Lytton Springs28 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 5605400116.8kbbl
- Salt Flat, West22 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 799121009,331bbl
- Buchanan27 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 128490018,156bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Caldwell County
JOHNSON #1A
new drill · Excel Operating, LLC · Caldwell County
Permit 0918387 · Sep 3, 2026
YOUNG-CLARK UNIT #1H
recompletion · horizontal · Hamilton, Clay · Caldwell County
Permit 0916843 · Jul 7, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Caldwell County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 80 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 376
- Operators
- 53
If you inherited mineral rights in Caldwell County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Texas Petroleum Investment Co., among 53 operators with producing leases.
Each lease has a name, a Railroad Commission district and a lease number. Your check stub prints them, or a version of them. Search the name on your stub, open the lease, and compare the “oil sold” and “gas sold” volumes for the month with the barrels and mcf on your stub.
We hold 630 leases in Caldwell County, of which 376 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.