Texas Oil and Gas Production Data: RRC Records and Public Samples (2026)

Texas oil and gas production data is public, but using it well is not as simple as downloading one clean spreadsheet.

The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) publishes production information, well records, permits, GIS data, and regulatory documents across several systems. For a landman, operator, mineral buyer, engineer, or analyst, the hard part is usually not whether the data exists. The hard part is knowing which source to use, what each source means, how current it is, and how to connect production to wells, operators, counties, and maps.

EnergyNetWatch uses Texas as a core public sample because Texas is both commercially important and technically messy. The public Texas data sample shows rounded monthly production totals, county context, operator rows, and masked well examples based on real EnergyNetWatch records. The full app adds current records where available, unmasked well histories, exports, maps, decline curve analysis, economics, alerts, and saved workflows.

What Texas RRC Production Data Includes

The RRC Production Data Query system, often called PDQ, provides oil and gas production information by lease, field, operator, district, or county from January 1993 forward. The RRC states that the production information comes directly from reports filed by operators.

That point matters. Texas production data is not a modeled commercial estimate. It starts with state regulatory reporting. But the reporting structure determines what you can and cannot safely conclude from the raw data.

The most important nuance is that Texas production is generally reported by lease rather than individual well. The RRC explains that monthly production from an oil lease may include production from multiple wells on the same lease, while gas leases contain one gas well per lease. That is a major reason Texas well-level production analysis requires source-specific handling.

For search, reporting, and analysis, Texas data users often need to connect:

Why Texas Production Data Can Be Confusing

Texas is one of the best public oil and gas data states, but that does not mean every workflow is easy.

Lease-Level Reporting

If a Texas oil lease has several wells, the reported monthly production can represent the lease total. That is useful for lease-level production reporting, but it complicates well-level DCA, offset comparisons, and single-well economics.

In practical terms, two analysts can both be using public RRC data and still produce different well-level views depending on how they allocate, join, or filter the source records.

Lag and Revisions

Texas production data is also time-sensitive. The RRC explains that production reports are due at the end of the month for the previous month, creating a two-month lag for online production information. The RRC also notes that production information is a snapshot in time and can change as revised, corrected, or delinquent reports arrive.

That is why a serious data product needs to show the latest included month and avoid pretending that a public production table is a real-time operational feed.

Exports and Bulk Access

PDQ is useful for lookup workflows, but it is not a full analytics workspace. The RRC FAQ notes that PDQ query results cannot be downloaded or exported directly through the query interface, though users can copy smaller results and access production database dumps through other RRC data products.

For teams doing repeated analysis, that creates a workflow gap: the data is public, but the repeatable process of searching, joining, exporting, mapping, and analyzing it is where time disappears.

How EnergyNetWatch Presents Texas Oil and Gas Production Data

The public Texas sample is designed to show what normalized Texas context looks like without publishing the full app database.

The sample includes:

• rounded monthly oil and gas totals
• selected county rows
• selected operator summary rows
• masked well examples
• latest included public production month
• state source method notes

The key distinction is simple: the public page is based on real EnergyNetWatch records, but values are rounded, masked, and intentionally lagged for public display.

Current Texas public sample values:

Rounded Texas production trend shown publicly:

Representative public sample rows:

The Texas coverage page explains the broader source status and dataset parity. The public data sample shows a state dashboard view. The app is where current records, exports, maps, full histories, and analysis workflows live.

What App Access Adds for Texas Data

Texas users usually need more than a static public sample when they are making decisions.

EnergyNetWatch app access is designed for workflows like:

• finding wells by operator, county, API, or basin
• reviewing full monthly production histories
• mapping wells and activity areas
• exporting normalized records
• comparing operators across counties
• reviewing permits and production together
• running decline curve analysis and economics workflows
• saving watchlists and recurring analysis

The source data is public. The value is in making it searchable, connected, current where available, and usable without rebuilding the same joins every month.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Texas oil and gas production data public?

Yes. Texas RRC production data is public regulatory data. The challenge is not availability. The challenge is source structure, lag, lease-level reporting, exports, and joining production to wells, operators, and maps.

Is Texas production reported by well?

Not always in the way users expect. The RRC explains that oil production is reported by lease, and an oil lease may include multiple wells. This matters for well-level analysis.

Why does Texas production data lag?

Operators report production after the production month ends, and the RRC notes a two-month lag for online production information. Reports can also be revised or corrected later.

What does the EnergyNetWatch public Texas page show?

It shows a rounded, masked, intentionally lagged public sample based on real EnergyNetWatch Texas records. It is designed to demonstrate coverage, source handling, and workflow shape without publishing the full database.

Sources

• Texas RRC Production Data Query FAQ
• Texas RRC oil and gas research resources
• Texas RRC oil and gas well records