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By Brad Caponigro, Founder · Last updated Dec 2025
Production data through Dec 2025
as of Dec 2025
as of Dec 2025
as of Dec 2025
as of Dec 2025
Over the twelve most recent reported months, San Joaquin County wells produced about 23.4 million Mcf of gas — an average of 64,199 Mcf per day. That output comes from roughly 101 active wells, with 47 permitted locations on file. The latest six months are running below the prior six, the profile of a position weighted toward legacy production. Operators filed 47 drilling permits in the county over the trailing 24 months.
0 barrels of oil, Jan 2025 → Dec 2025
23,432,704 Mcf of natural gas, Jan 2025 → Dec 2025
Rates shown as barrels of oil per day and Mcf of natural gas per day, computed from monthly totals reported to CA CalGEM WellSTAR (monthly production CSV bulk export). Jan 2020 through Dec 2025. Download CSV · See methodology.
| Month | Oil (Bbl) | Gas (Mcf) |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2020 | 0 | 7,152,196 |
| Feb 2020 | 0 | 2,680,502 |
| Mar 2020 | 0 | 823,113 |
| Apr 2020 | 0 | 963,891 |
| May 2020 | 0 | 371,804 |
| Jun 2020 | 0 | 715,410 |
| Jul 2020 | 0 | 2,391,179 |
| Aug 2020 | 0 | 1,780,519 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 1,517,854 |
| Oct 2020 | 0 | 1,582,748 |
| Nov 2020 | 0 | 2,455,282 |
| Dec 2020 | 0 | 6,944,501 |
| Jan 2021 | 0 | 4,193,869 |
| Feb 2021 | 0 | 8,010,420 |
| Mar 2021 | 0 | 1,857,727 |
| Apr 2021 | 0 | 243,652 |
| May 2021 | 0 | 86,475 |
| Jun 2021 | 0 | 989,047 |
| Jul 2021 | 0 | 3,063,207 |
| Aug 2021 | 0 | 2,951,418 |
| Sep 2021 | 0 | 2,833,666 |
| Oct 2021 | 0 | 4,795,999 |
| Nov 2021 | 0 | 2,033,822 |
| Dec 2021 | 0 | 4,668,420 |
| Jan 2022 | 0 | 3,133,813 |
| Feb 2022 | 0 | 6,317,705 |
| Mar 2022 | 0 | 2,769,832 |
| Apr 2022 | 0 | 995,886 |
| May 2022 | 0 | 1,368,610 |
| Jun 2022 | 0 | 1,149,147 |
| Jul 2022 | 0 | 2,605,255 |
| Aug 2022 | 0 | 6,205,250 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 | 1,934,698 |
| Oct 2022 | 0 | 4,765,073 |
| Nov 2022 | 0 | 1,413,308 |
| Dec 2022 | 0 | 2,735,851 |
| Jan 2023 | 0 | 3,725,407 |
| Feb 2023 | 0 | 8,074,005 |
| Mar 2023 | 0 | 2,683,055 |
| Apr 2023 | 0 | 263,685 |
| May 2023 | 0 | 84,686 |
| Jun 2023 | 0 | 890,306 |
| Jul 2023 | 0 | 1,893,566 |
| Aug 2023 | 0 | 1,698,111 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 | 1,108,812 |
| Oct 2023 | 0 | 1,628,653 |
| Nov 2023 | 0 | 2,467,268 |
| Dec 2023 | 0 | 1,364,719 |
| Jan 2024 | 0 | 4,950,620 |
| Feb 2024 | 0 | 3,448,239 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 | 2,035,968 |
| Apr 2024 | 0 | 522,854 |
| May 2024 | 0 | 370,504 |
| Jun 2024 | 0 | 149,892 |
| Jul 2024 | 0 | 1,998,532 |
| Aug 2024 | 0 | 1,265,350 |
| Sep 2024 | 0 | 934,064 |
| Oct 2024 | 0 | 976,723 |
| Nov 2024 | 0 | 1,871,304 |
| Dec 2024 | 0 | 958,794 |
| Jan 2025 | 0 | 5,483,908 |
| Feb 2025 | 0 | 5,071,468 |
| Mar 2025 | 0 | 1,361,996 |
| Apr 2025 | 0 | 855,750 |
| May 2025 | 0 | 308,227 |
| Jun 2025 | 0 | 1,277,767 |
| Jul 2025 | 0 | 819,721 |
| Aug 2025 | 0 | 2,022,356 |
| Sep 2025 | 0 | 1,835,665 |
| Oct 2025 | 0 | 566,919 |
| Nov 2025 | 0 | 2,479,783 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | 1,349,144 |
| Operator | Parent | Ticker | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | — | Private | — |
| Lodi Gas Storage, L.L.C. | — | Private | — |
| California Resources Production Corporation | — | Private | — |
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Recent permit activity: 47 new drilling permits in the last 24 months.
We also buy overriding royalty interests (ORRIs) and non-participating royalty interests (NPRIs) in San Joaquin County — common for tracts under leases held by major operators with carried-out royalty structures.
Yes. San Joaquin County is on our active buy list. We buy mineral interests, royalty interests, NPRI, and ORRI on both producing and non-producing tracts targeting the Mcdonald Island and Lodi formations.
The most active operators we track in San Joaquin County include Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Lodi Gas Storage, L.L.C., California Resources Production Corporation. We regularly buy interests held under leases with these operators.
San Joaquin County sits in the San Joaquin Basin, where the primary target is conventional heavy oil. Here we underwrite the Mcdonald Island and Lodi formations.
Last-six-month volumes in San Joaquin County are running below the prior six months, which is typical of an area weighted toward legacy production rather than fresh drilling. Offer values still reflect the remaining decline curve and any nearby permits.
Yes — 47 new drilling permits were filed in San Joaquin County in the last 24 months. Recent permit activity is one of the inputs we weigh when sizing an offer on undeveloped or PDP-only acreage.
Yes. San Joaquin County is on our active buy list. We respond to offer requests within 48 hours and underwrite both producing and non-producing tracts.
Closings on San Joaquin County mineral rights typically take 7 to 30 days from the date you accept our offer, depending on title complexity. We handle county-level title work, PSA drafting, mineral deed preparation, and notary coordination at our expense.
Just a tract description (abstract or survey, section/township/range, or a legal description from your deed) and any recent royalty check stubs if the interest is producing. You do not need to gather deeds or title opinions up front.
San Joaquin County sits in the San Joaquin Basin, where operators are targeting conventional heavy oil. Activity is led by names like Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Lodi Gas Storage, L.L.C., California Resources Production Corporation, and new drilling continues to shape the play across the Mcdonald Island and Lodi formations.
If you hold mineral rights, royalty interests, NPRI, or ORRI anywhere in the county, we'd like to put a written offer in front of you. Every offer we send is funded from our own balance sheet — there's no auction, no broker markup, and no third-party capital waiting to approve the deal.
San Joaquin County is on our active buy list. Recent production reflects more legacy decline than new completions, but we still underwrite producing tracts and review unleased acreage case by case.
Production has softened over the last six months compared with the prior six — typical of a county with more legacy production than fresh drilling.