Texas county · RRC district 06
Cherokee County
Cherokee County reported 13 million mcf of gas and 263,334 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 69th of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #69 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 434of 657 on record
- Operators
- 32
- Fields
- 52
- Top operator
- Sabine Energy Inc.
Own minerals in Cherokee 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
- 263,334 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 657
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Cherokee County
Gas output in Cherokee County fell 22% over the last 12 months
13M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 17M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 2.1M mcf.
Oil output in Cherokee County fell 20% over the last 12 months
263k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 328k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2024, 50k 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 Cherokee County
57,713bbl oilno full prior year
1,299,691mcf gasno full prior year
934,855mcf gasno full prior year
635,713mcf gas−32% on the year before
624,822mcf gas−12% on the year before
562,109mcf gas−24% on the year before
20,027bbl oilno full prior year
391,480mcf gas−17% on the year before
366,277mcf gas−14% on the year before
306,582mcf gas−21% on the year before
255,729mcf gas−9% on the year before
10,140bbl oil−16% on the year before
229,549mcf gas−10% on the year before
229,356mcf gas−15% on the year before
8,814bbl oil−20% on the year before
171,389mcf gas−5% on the year before
6,227bbl oil+85% on the year before
142,616mcf gasno full prior year
140,296mcf gas−11% on the year before
5,959bbl oil+291% on the year before
133,917mcf gas−11% on the year before
124,164mcf gas−22% on the year before
5,104bbl oil+23% on the year before
116,660mcf gas−8% on the year before
110,438mcf gas−7% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 434 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 Cherokee County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Cherokee County, by gas
Sabine Energy leads
- Sabine Energy Inc.6 producing leases here4.4Mmcf
- Valence Operating Company21 producing leases here1.8Mmcf
- Diversified Production LLC53 producing leases here1.6Mmcf
- Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC77 producing leases here1.3Mmcf
- Jamex, Inc.9 producing leases here1Mmcf
- Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.40 producing leases here626kmcf
- Fortune Resources LLC23 producing leases here559kmcf
- Atlas Operating LLC35 producing leases here520kmcf
Fields in Cherokee County, by gas
Overton (Cotton Valley Sand) leads
- Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)79 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 678491509Mmcf
- Doyle Creek (Travis Peak)63 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 259985001.2Mmcf
- White Oak Creek (Travis Peak)75 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 96970600867kmcf
- Decker Switch (Travis Peak)12 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 23857500328kmcf
- Southern Pine (Travis Peak)27 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 84742500273kmcf
- Rusk, Se. (Pettit)3 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 78959300176kmcf
- Overton (Travis Peak)4 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 67849500146kmcf
- Neches (Woodbine)15 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 6476366669.1kmcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Cherokee County
BLACKWELL 13 #1
new drill · Neches Bend Resources, LLC · Cherokee County
Permit 0918196 · Aug 26, 2026
BARNES 3 #1
recompletion · Faulconer Energy, LLC · Cherokee County
Permit 0916574 · Jun 23, 2026
VALLIER-SESSIONS #1H
recompletion · horizontal · Maximus Operating, Ltd. · Cherokee County
Permit 0911304 · Jun 12, 2026
MINA #7
new drill · Wmo Oil, LLC · Cherokee County
Permit 0916072 · Jun 3, 2026
MEGALODON #1
new drill · Caturus Energy, LLC · Cherokee County
Permit 0914940 · Apr 21, 2026
RUCKER 1 #1
recompletion · Faulconer Energy, LLC · Cherokee County
Permit 0913901 · Mar 10, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Cherokee County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 128 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 434
- Operators
- 32
If you inherited mineral rights in Cherokee County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Sabine Energy Inc., among 32 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 657 leases in Cherokee County, of which 434 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.