Texas county · RRC district 04
Aransas County
Aransas County reported 1.3 million mcf of gas and 25,245 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 139th of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #139 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 14of 91 on record
- Operators
- 4
- Fields
- 6
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
Own minerals in Aransas 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
- Oil, last 12 months
- 25,245 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 91
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Aransas County
Gas output in Aransas County fell 37% over the last 12 months
1.3M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 2M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 284k mcf.
Oil output in Aransas County fell 36% over the last 12 months
25.2k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 39.5k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 11.5k bbl.
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 Aransas County
717,986mcf gas−37% on the year before
169,426mcf gas−15% on the year before
138,766mcf gas−12% on the year before
4,197bbl oil+3% on the year before
87,567mcf gas−20% on the year before
65,034mcf gas+15% on the year before
21,602mcf gas−69% on the year before
9,348mcf gas+30% on the year before
5,161mcf gasno full prior year
3,300mcf gas−51% on the year before
120bbl oil−50% on the year before
97bbl oil−24% on the year before
634mcf gas+91% on the year before
350mcf gas−18% on the year before
Showing 14 of 14.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Aransas County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Aransas County, by gas
Hilcorp Energy leads
Fields in Aransas County, by gas
ST. Charles (Frio Cons., Lower) leads
- ST. Charles (Frio Cons., Lower)4 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 79609375953kmcf
- Virginia (Frio Cons.)5 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 93972025208kmcf
- ST. Charles (Frio Cons., Upper)2 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 79609378109kmcf
- Fulton Beach (B-3-8)1 producing lease here · District 04 · Field 332975503,300mcf
More operators here
Search this county →Recent drilling permits in Aransas County
No drilling permits in Aransas County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Aransas County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 184 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 14
- Operators
- 4
If you inherited mineral rights in Aransas County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hilcorp Energy Company, among 4 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 91 leases in Aransas County, of which 14 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.