Texas county · RRC district 03
Brazos County
Brazos County reported 4.7 million barrels of oil and 5.9 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 39th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #39 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 537of 746 on record
- Operators
- 27
- Fields
- 17
- Top operator
- Wildfire Energy Operating LLC
Own minerals in Brazos 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
- 5,908,477 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.2%
- Leases on record
- 746
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Brazos County
Oil output in Brazos County rose 9% over the last 12 months
4.7M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 4.4M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Feb 2026, 589k bbl.
Gas output in Brazos County fell 9% over the last 12 months
5.9M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 6.5M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 922k 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 Brazos County
207,166bbl oil−9% on the year before
134,759bbl oilno full prior year
128,715bbl oilno full prior year
122,899bbl oilno full prior year
114,368bbl oilno full prior year
113,568bbl oilno full prior year
111,537bbl oilno full prior year
109,063bbl oilno full prior year
104,017bbl oilno full prior year
95,245bbl oilno full prior year
93,754bbl oilno full prior year
68,383bbl oilno full prior year
66,291bbl oilno full prior year
62,986bbl oil−22% on the year before
61,280bbl oil−30% on the year before
59,907bbl oil−29% on the year before
57,145bbl oilno full prior year
51,567bbl oil−26% on the year before
51,498bbl oil−39% on the year before
50,469bbl oil−35% on the year before
45,444bbl oilno full prior year
44,283bbl oil−18% on the year before
42,869bbl oil−23% on the year before
42,279bbl oil−18% on the year before
40,665bbl oil−23% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 537 producing leases).
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Brazos County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Brazos County, by oil
Wildfire Energy Operating leads
- Wildfire Energy Operating LLC348 producing leases here4.4Mbbl
- Vess Oil Corporation16 producing leases here298kbbl
- CML Exploration, LLC17 producing leases here117kbbl
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC71 producing leases here43.5kbbl
- Holley Oil Company, LLC8 producing leases here28.2kbbl
- Redbud E & P, Inc.7 producing leases here17.7kbbl
- Trailblazer Energy Resources,llc3 producing leases here16.9kbbl
- Northfield Enterprises, Inc.4 producing leases here14.2kbbl
Fields in Brazos County, by oil
Aguila Vado (Eagleford) leads
- Aguila Vado (Eagleford)131 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 008705002.1Mbbl
- Giddings (Eagleford)62 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 347336101.1Mbbl
- Madisonville, W. (Woodbine -A-)93 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 565995001Mbbl
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)103 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 34733500260kbbl
- Kurten (Woodbine)12 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 50424900215kbbl
- Giddings (Buda)59 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 34733600134kbbl
- Kurten (Buda)35 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 50424500113kbbl
- Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)16 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 3477355039.8kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Brazos County
No drilling permits in Brazos County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Brazos County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 39 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.2%
- Producing leases
- 537
- Operators
- 27
If you inherited mineral rights in Brazos County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Wildfire Energy Operating LLC, among 27 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 746 leases in Brazos County, of which 537 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.