Barnett
The Barnett footprint produced 7.5 MMbbl of oil and 792.3 Bcf of natural gas in 2025. 34,927 producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.
- 1.7% of the natural gas produced in the United States, 2025.
- Natural gas production fell 2% in 2025 from 2024.
Production
- filling in (est. · provisional) . Hatching marks our estimate of the volume still to be filed. That estimate draws on our own production forecast. This estimate is published as our best figure. No miss stands against it. It updates as filings arrive
- estimated . Hatching marks our estimate. In the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider it is our estimate of each whole month, built on any filings already in. Beyond the last filings it is our forecast.
In this view, hatching marks our estimate, and in the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider, the chart continues only the bands it has drawn. Each band continues as our estimate, from any filings already in and then from our forecast, built by summing our per-well forecasts. The method behind each well is recorded with the forecast. The forward months cover existing wells only. How our methods work
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 98.4% Reported by the official source by well
- 1.6% Reported by the official source as a lease total, split across the lease's wells. The regional total shown is the reported number, to rounding.
Every cubic foot through June 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1993 to June 2026.
- filling in (est. · provisional) . Hatching marks our estimate of the volume still to be filed. That estimate draws on our own production forecast. This estimate is published as our best figure. No miss stands against it. It updates as filings arrive
- estimated . Hatching marks our estimate. In the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider it is our estimate of each whole month, built on any filings already in. Beyond the last filings it is our forecast.
In this view, hatching marks our estimate, and in the most recent months that is volume still to be filed. Past the divider, the chart continues only the bands it has drawn. Each band continues as our estimate, from any filings already in and then from our forecast, built by summing our per-well forecasts. The method behind each well is recorded with the forecast. The forward months cover existing wells only. How our methods work
All from what the source published. All held at well grain.
How the volume breaks down
- 41.2% Reported by the official source by well
- 58.8% Reported by the official source as a lease total, split across the lease's wells. The regional total shown is the reported number, to rounding.
Every barrel through June 2026 starts from what the official source published for those months. Measured over January 1993 to June 2026.
The bands group wells by when they first produced.
About this chart
The stack shows what is holding today's rate up and how much of it is new drilling. In the reported months the bands draw the filings already in. The months still filling in are marked.
Texas reports production two ways: for an oil lease or unit, and for an individual gas well. A figure reported for a lease or unit is divided among the wells it covers, and every Texas barrel is labeled reported or allocated. How well-level Texas production is built
Annual table (full history)
best estimate incl. allocated
| Year | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.5 | 792 |
| 2024 | 7.7 | 806 |
| 2023 | 8.1 | 869 |
| 2022 | 8.3 | 905 |
| 2021 | 8.3 | 925 |
| 2020 | 8.6 | 1,008 |
| 2019 | 10.0 | 1,120 |
| 2018 | 10.4 | 1,223 |
| 2017 | 11.1 | 1,322 |
| 2016 | 12.7 | 1,487 |
| 2015 | 16.7 | 1,699 |
| 2014 | 20.9 | 1,901 |
| 2013 | 20.7 | 2,041 |
| 2012 | 20.9 | 2,183 |
| 2011 | 20.7 | 2,149 |
| 2010 | 16.5 | 1,962 |
| 2009 | 15.5 | 1,887 |
| 2008 | 16.2 | 1,720 |
| 2007 | 14.4 | 1,212 |
| 2006 | 13.7 | 827 |
| 2005 | 13.4 | 612 |
| 2004 | 13.8 | 489 |
| 2003 | 13.9 | 413 |
| 2002 | 14.2 | 336 |
| 2001 | 14.8 | 254 |
| 2000 | 15.7 | 204 |
| 1999 | 15.7 | 169 |
| 1998 | 17.4 | 168 |
| 1997 | 18.8 | 168 |
| 1996 | 19.5 | 171 |
| 1995 | 20.6 | 168 |
| 1994 | 21.6 | 169 |
| 1993 | 23.0 | 175 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Monthly table (last 24 months)
| Month | Oil (Mbbl) | Gas produced (MMcf) |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 533.5 | 63,725 |
| 2026-07 | 579.7 | 65,779 |
| 2026-06 | 568.6 | 64,189 |
| 2026-05 | 613.0 | 65,790 |
| 2026-04 | 585.4 | 63,429 |
| 2026-03 | 613.8 | 64,717 |
| 2026-02 | 574.6 | 57,087 |
| 2026-01 | 552.2 | 61,836 |
| 2025-12 | 617.6 | 65,573 |
| 2025-11 | 596.3 | 64,277 |
| 2025-10 | 620.2 | 67,347 |
| 2025-09 | 622.1 | 65,859 |
| 2025-08 | 638.8 | 67,994 |
| 2025-07 | 655.4 | 67,950 |
| 2025-06 | 631.9 | 65,871 |
| 2025-05 | 650.0 | 67,990 |
| 2025-04 | 626.5 | 65,522 |
| 2025-03 | 637.1 | 67,233 |
| 2025-02 | 572.0 | 60,005 |
| 2025-01 | 638.0 | 66,705 |
| 2024-12 | 644.7 | 68,136 |
| 2024-11 | 611.5 | 65,853 |
| 2024-10 | 649.7 | 68,300 |
| 2024-09 | 625.2 | 66,071 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Barnett, data through September 2026.
Well map
- Oil 81,957
- Natural gas 41,081
- Undetermined 5,318
About this map
Undetermined means not enough signal to settle it. Producing wells are the ones that reported oil or gas in the trailing 12 months per region.
Type curves
11 of the drawn cohorts’ wells are not in these curves yet: each is still producing and joins its curve once it carries a forecast.
11 of the drawn cohorts’ wells are not in these curves yet: each is still producing and joins its curve once it carries a forecast.
best estimate incl. allocated
Average production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced.
How these curves are built
Average daily production per well, for wells grouped by when they first produced. Includes every well of the cohort that is old enough at each month, except wells that are still active but not yet covered by our forecasts; those are left out of both the reported and forecast parts until they are. Wells that are shut in or have stopped producing count as zero, so the average reflects the whole group drawn, not just survivors. Rates are calendar-day (volume ÷ days in month). The cumulative axis accumulates those same monthly averages at the average month length. Months not yet fully reported are excluded. The 2010-2014 curve draws those years as one group. The chart opens on average daily rate against months on production, the rate on a log scale. The view control switches to rate against cumulative production per well, on the same log rate scale, or to cumulative production per well against months on production, on a linear scale. Every view draws the same cohorts from the same production history. Each cohort is solid through the last month all the wells in its curve sit inside fully reported data. Past it the dashed curve carries the same wells forward, on our forecast where a well’s own record ends, for up to five years. A dashed curve runs as far as at least nine in ten of its wells are accounted for. A well that is old enough but shut in still counts, as zero. The measured months are what these wells reported. In the forward months each well counts its own reported figure for each month it has one, our forecast for each month it has only that, and zero for the rest. The forward average counts every well in the curve. The drawn forecast runs up to five years past the measured months. Line thickness tracks how many wells each curve is drawn from. 35,562 wells are counted here but not shown on the age axis: they started producing in 1995 or earlier, too close to the start of our records for their region to verify their true age.
Cohort summary table
| First produced | Wells in curve | Peak oil (bbl/d per well) | Month-12 oil (bbl/d per well) | Cum oil in series (Mbbl per well) | Peak gas (Mcf/d per well) | Month-12 gas (Mcf/d per well) | Cum gas in series (Bcf per well) | Months in series | Wells old enough at last month in series | Forecast months drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 158 | 7.7 | — | 0.2 | 664 | — | 0.0 | 1 | 100% | 60 |
| 2025 | 163 | 26.3 | — | 4.2 | 1,650 | — | 0.3 | 9 | 100% | 60 |
| 2024 | 170 | 19.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 1,176 | 622 | 0.4 | 21 | 100% | 60 |
| 2023 | 200 | 21.9 | 6 | 6.3 | 772 | 436 | 0.4 | 33 | 100% | 60 |
| 2022 | 213 | 18.8 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 1,311 | 568 | 0.7 | 45 | 100% | 60 |
| 2021 | 179 | 9.4 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 982 | 405 | 0.5 | 57 | 100% | 60 |
| 2020 | 126 | 9.7 | 5.4 | 8.2 | 617 | 322 | 0.5 | 69 | 100% | 60 |
| 2019 | 255 | 11.8 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 432 | 219 | 0.4 | 81 | 100% | 60 |
| 2018 | 295 | 9.4 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 676 | 312 | 0.5 | 93 | 100% | 60 |
| 2017 | 277 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 492 | 223 | 0.4 | 105 | 100% | 60 |
| 2016 | 274 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 625 | 273 | 0.5 | 117 | 100% | 60 |
| 2015 | 568 | 12.8 | 4.5 | 7.6 | 567 | 270 | 0.5 | 129 | 100% | 60 |
| 2010-2014 | 12,784 | 18.7 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 817 | 387 | 0.8 | 141 | 100% | 60 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Source: CommoVision · Barnett type curves, per-well production by first-production cohort.
Top operators in the Barnett, 2025 best estimate incl. allocated
Top operators in the Barnett, 2025: full table
| Operator | Oil (Mbbl/d, 2025) | Gas produced (MMcf/d, 2025) | Share of output |
|---|---|---|---|
| BKV Barnett | 0.5 | 572.5 | 23.4% |
| TEP Barnett USA | 0.0 | 447.6 | 18.1% |
| BKV Corporation | 0.0 | 236.6 | 9.6% |
| EagleRidge Operating | 0.3 | 165.8 | 6.9% |
| UPP Operating | 0.0 | 105.4 | 4.3% |
| Javelin Energy Partners (January to November) | 0.0 | 114.4 | 4.2% |
| Diversified Energy Company | 0.1 | 98.7 | 4.1% |
| EOG Resources | 0.7 | 77.7 | 3.5% |
| Bedrock Production (January to September) | 0.1 | 111.5 | 3.4% |
| Lime Rock Resources IV-A | 0.6 | 65.2 | 3.0% |
| 792 other operators | 18.0 | 212.1 | 19.4% |
| Without a named operator | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.1% |
Mbbl/d = thousand barrels per day · MMcf/d = million cubic feet per day (units).
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Top counties by 2025 production best estimate incl. allocated
| County | Oil (MMbbl) | Gas produced (Bcf) | Share of 2025 output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrant County, Texas | 0 | 277.6 | 33.2% |
| Wise County, Texas | 0.5 | 149.2 | 18.2% |
| Denton County, Texas | 0.2 | 130.7 | 15.7% |
| Johnson County, Texas | 0 | 89.8 | 10.7% |
| Montague County, Texas | 1 | 30.1 | 4.3% |
Share of output counts oil and gas together, gas at its market-value weight.
Recent permitting
About this chart
Approvals of every permit type per month, the 24 months to Oct 2026. The last bar is Oct 2026 through October 29, 2026 (27 so far), drawn hatched. Of the 295 approved in the 365 days to October 29, 2026, 228 are permits to drill a new well, 57 are recompletion permits, 9 are permits to deepen, sidetrack or re-enter existing wells and 1 is another permit type. Permits to drill a new well: 228 in the 365 days to October 29, 2026 and 58 in the last 90 days of that window. How permits are counted.
Most permits 365 days to October 29, 2026
- In the Barnett footprint, 295 well permits were approved in the 365 days to October 29, 2026. Of those, 77 came in the last 90 days of that window. The latest approval on record is dated October 29, 2026.
- Of the 295 approved in the 365 days to October 29, 2026, 228 are permits to drill a new well, 57 are recompletion permits, 9 are permits to deepen, sidetrack or re-enter existing wells and 1 is another permit type. Permits to drill a new well: 228 in the 365 days to October 29, 2026 and 58 in the last 90 days of that window.
Well permits approved per month: full table
| Month | Permits approved |
|---|---|
| Oct 2026 (through October 29, 2026) | 27 |
| Sep 2026 | 24 |
| Aug 2026 | 26 |
| Jul 2026 | 24 |
| Jun 2026 | 30 |
| May 2026 | 25 |
| Apr 2026 | 25 |
| Mar 2026 | 25 |
| Feb 2026 | 19 |
| Jan 2026 | 22 |
| Dec 2025 | 23 |
| Nov 2025 | 22 |
| Oct 2025 | 27 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 |
| Aug 2025 | 25 |
| Jul 2025 | 25 |
| Jun 2025 | 18 |
| May 2025 | 16 |
| Apr 2025 | 19 |
| Mar 2025 | 27 |
| Feb 2025 | 16 |
| Jan 2025 | 10 |
| Dec 2024 | 29 |
| Nov 2024 | 9 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Active drilling rigs
Interactive chart. Focus it and use the left and right arrow keys to read each week, Page Up and Page Down to move a year, Home and End for the ends of the series. The full figures are also in the table below.
- In the Barnett, 2 drilling rigs were active in the week to October 30, 2026 (unchanged from a year earlier).
- Since Oct 2016, the weekly count peaked at 5 in Jun 2017.
- Rig locations are rolled up to this supply area's footprint, and no rig counts toward two areas.
Average active rigs per month: full table
| Month | Oil-directed | Gas-directed | Miscellaneous | All rigs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 (through October 30, 2026) | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 |
| Jun 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Apr 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 0.4 | 1 | 0 | 1.4 |
| Nov 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 2025 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2025 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 2025 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Apr 2025 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2025 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 2025 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 2025 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Dec 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 2024 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Source: CommoVision (commovision.com)
Formations
A cross-section through the Barnett, drawn across Wise County.
6 formations along a 24-mile line, north to south.
Every depth drawn here is our own estimate, built from the curated formation tops of Texas wells across the basin. The pale ribbon along each boundary shows how certain that depth is. Where the ribbon is wider, the depth is less certain.
How these sections are built
Each section follows one straight line across its county, and the map beside it shows where that line runs.
West is on the left.
The depth of each formation along the line is estimated from the depths at which Texas wells across the basin met that formation, as recorded in their completion reports.
A formation is drawn where enough wells along the line place it and where it stands clear of the formation above or below.
Key numbers
Two ways to count these wells
Well counts are shown on two independent bases: rock-evidenced (a formation assignment backed by formation evidence on the well’s own record: the operator’s filing, its directional survey, or a published stratigraphic pick) alongside the total footprint (every well inside the area’s footprint definition). The two overlap heavily, but neither contains the other: rock evidence follows the formation wherever it was drilled, including outside the footprint. See the methodology for why we don’t infer play membership.
What we cover here
Each row names the grain a region’s production is held at. Where a source publishes at a coarser grain, the page says so.
| Data | Grain | Since | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas production | well | 1993-01 | ~100% of EIA |
Benchmark cells compare our series with the EIA’s published estimates.
About the EIA comparison
The two are produced differently: the EIA estimates from a survey of the largest operators and a model built to anticipate late filings, while the series compared here are rebuilt from the source’s own records as they arrive. Recent months can differ without either being wrong; the methodology page explains both methods.
Coverage rows for the Barnett are regenerated at every build from the same catalog of sources the data is built from.
What the data shows
- The Barnett footprint produced 7.5 MMbbl of oil and 792.3 Bcf of natural gas in 2025.
- Natural gas production in the Barnett footprint peaked in 2012 at 2.18 Tcf; 2025 output of 792.3 Bcf ran at 36% of that peak.
- 18,099 wells carry a rock-evidenced Barnett formation assignment (a rock lens). The footprint is a separate geographic lens holding 135,094 wells of all formations and trajectories; the two overlap heavily but neither contains the other.
- 34,927 producing wells tracked, trailing 12 months per region.
The 27-county Barnett footprint (CommoVision definition)
| Texas county | Tier |
|---|---|
| Tarrant | Core Barnett Shale |
| Johnson | Core Barnett Shale |
| Wise | Core Barnett Shale |
| Denton | Core Barnett Shale |
| Parker | Core Barnett Shale |
| Hood | Core Barnett Shale |
| Somervell | Core Barnett Shale |
| Ellis | Core Barnett Shale |
| Hill | Core Barnett Shale |
| Bosque | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Erath | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Palo Pinto | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Jack | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Montague | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Clay | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Cooke | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Dallas | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Comanche | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Eastland | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Stephens | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Young | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Archer | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Hamilton | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Coryell | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Shackelford | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Throckmorton | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
| Callahan | Surrounding Fort Worth Basin |
Our county-based supply-region definition: the 9 core Barnett Shale counties plus the surrounding Fort Worth Basin / Bend Arch producers. Not an EIA DPR region.
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