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Texas county · RRC district 7B

Brown County

Brown County reported 51,520 barrels of oil and 517,182 mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 170th of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #170 of 224 for oil

51,520bbl oil, last 12 months−13% vs prior year
Producing leases
379of 721 on record
Operators
42
Fields
45

Own minerals in Brown 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

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Brown County · RRC district 7B
Gas, last 12 months
517,182 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Leases on record
721
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Brown County

Monthly totals for every lease the Railroad Commission places in this county. Oil is in barrels (bbl), gas in thousand cubic feet (mcf).

Oil output in Brown County fell 13% over the last 12 months

51.5k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 59.1k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 6,765 bbl.

Oil output in Brown County fell 13% over the last 12 months51.5k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 59.1k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 6,765 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,500Peak 6,765 (Mar 22)3,07120222023202420252026
Oil output in Brown County fell 13% over the last 12 months51.5k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 59.1k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 6,765 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,500Peak 6,765 (Mar 22)3,071'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Brown County fell 5% over the last 12 months

517k mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 544k mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 58.5k mcf.

Gas output in Brown County fell 5% over the last 12 months517k mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 544k mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 58.5k mcf.Gas, mcf per month020k40k60kPeak 58.5k (Jul 22)39.5k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Brown County fell 5% over the last 12 months517k mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 544k mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 58.5k mcf.Gas, mcf per month020k40k60kPeak 58.5k (Jul 22)39.5k'22'23'24'25'26

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 Brown County

Ranked by what they produced in the last 12 months. Sort, filter by operator or field, and open any lease for its month-by-month ledger.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 379 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 Brown County

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Your royalty check comes from the operator. These are the ones with the most output here.

Recent drilling permits in Brown County

For owners

Minerals in Brown County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
170 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
379
Operators
42

If you inherited mineral rights in Brown County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Southwest Gas Systems, Inc., among 42 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 721 leases in Brown County, of which 379 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.