Texas county · RRC district 03
Brazoria County
Brazoria County reported 1.9 million barrels of oil and 3.7 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 52nd of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #52 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 115of 395 on record
- Operators
- 30
- Fields
- 61
- Top operator
- Denbury Onshore, LLC
Own minerals in Brazoria 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
- 3,735,603 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 395
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Brazoria County
Oil output in Brazoria County fell 10% over the last 12 months
1.9M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 2.1M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2022, 260k bbl.
Gas output in Brazoria County rose 10% over the last 12 months
3.7M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 3.4M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 1.1M 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 Brazoria County
1,467,789bbl oil−8% on the year before
60,896bbl oil−21% on the year before
37,169bbl oil−6% on the year before
596,508mcf gas+25% on the year before
512,065mcf gas+11% on the year before
21,546bbl oilno full prior year
20,299bbl oil−28% on the year before
16,057bbl oil−11% on the year before
321,428mcf gas+109% on the year before
301,716mcf gas+723% on the year before
286,603mcf gas+3% on the year before
10,797bbl oil−15% on the year before
211,365mcf gas+15% on the year before
8,701bbl oil−18% on the year before
8,591bbl oil−18% on the year before
195,747mcf gas+36% on the year before
7,411bbl oil−14% on the year before
6,993bbl oil−11% on the year before
6,095bbl oil−3% on the year before
135,501mcf gas+68% on the year before
4,996bbl oil−18% on the year before
4,978bbl oil+97% on the year before
115,354mcf gas+2% on the year before
4,610bbl oil+17% on the year before
4,260bbl oil+4% on the year before
Showing 25 of 115.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Brazoria County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Brazoria County, by oil
Denbury Onshore leads
- Denbury Onshore, LLC2 producing leases here1.5Mbbl
- Sue-Ann Operating, L.c.4 producing leases here65.4kbbl
- Cimarron Engineering, LLC2 producing leases here45.2kbbl
- Hilcorp Energy Company42 producing leases here39.1kbbl
- Kaler Energy Corp.2 producing leases here31.1kbbl
- Goldking Minerals Mgmt, L.L.C.1 producing lease here21.5kbbl
- Tri-C Resources Partners I, LLC1 producing lease here15.2kbbl
- STS Petroleum LLC3 producing leases here14.6kbbl
Fields in Brazoria County, by oil
Hastings, West leads
- Hastings, West2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 396030011.5Mbbl
- West Columbia New3 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 9651700149.4kbbl
- Pegasus Gulf Coast (Grubbs)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 7029221039kbbl
- Old Ocean (Larsen)17 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 6701190023.4kbbl
- West Columbia5 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 9650200121.9kbbl
- Alvin, North (8100)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 0211040021.5kbbl
- Rattlesnake Mound (Big Gas Sand)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 7482130020.3kbbl
- Lochridge3 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 5426800116.2kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Brazoria County
BENNETT ESTATE #27
new drill · HG Operating LLC · Brazoria County
Permit 0917877 · Sep 22, 2026
ELDER #1
new drill · Chisos, Ltd. · Brazoria County
Permit 0918321 · Sep 4, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Brazoria County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 52 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.1%
- Producing leases
- 115
- Operators
- 30
If you inherited mineral rights in Brazoria County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Denbury Onshore, LLC, among 30 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 395 leases in Brazoria County, of which 115 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.