Texas county · RRC district 09
Clay County
Clay County reported 478,228 barrels of oil and 1.3 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 98th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #98 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 307of 496 on record
- Operators
- 78
- Fields
- 101
- Top operator
- Quail Ridge Operating LLC
Own minerals in Clay 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
- 1,310,916 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 496
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Clay County
Oil output in Clay County rose 11% over the last 12 months
478k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 429k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2025, 59.6k bbl.
Gas output in Clay County rose 59% over the last 12 months
1.3M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 827k mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2026, 180k 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 Clay County
105,186bbl oilno full prior year
44,813bbl oil−24% on the year before
23,361bbl oil−13% on the year before
18,855bbl oil−34% on the year before
- ROSS
09-34378Felty Drilling Co. IncRoss
8,707bbl oilno full prior year
8,260bbl oilno full prior year
8,150bbl oil+39% on the year before
6,114bbl oilno full prior year
- AVIS
09-34082Felty Drilling Co. IncRoss
5,519bbl oil−27% on the year before
5,012bbl oil+1% on the year before
4,582bbl oil−13% on the year before
4,458bbl oil−13% on the year before
4,273bbl oil−19% on the year before
4,195bbl oilno full prior year
4,175bbl oil0% on the year before
3,922bbl oil+53% on the year before
3,367bbl oil−8% on the year before
77,576mcf gas−21% on the year before
3,094bbl oil+6% on the year before
3,082bbl oil−4% on the year before
3,072bbl oil−9% on the year before
3,060bbl oil−7% on the year before
3,016bbl oil−11% on the year before
2,857bbl oil0% on the year before
2,604bbl oil+47% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 307 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 Clay County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Clay County, by oil
Quail Ridge Operating leads
- Quail Ridge Operating LLC3 producing leases here108kbbl
- Muirfield Exploration, Ltd.10 producing leases here58.4kbbl
- Bridwell Oil Co.14 producing leases here47.2kbbl
- Willowbend Investments, Inc.12 producing leases here30.2kbbl
- Felty Drilling Co. Inc3 producing leases here15.3kbbl
- Extech Operating, LLC5 producing leases here13.1kbbl
- Covenant Operating, LLC13 producing leases here12.9kbbl
- DRY Creek Operating, LLC3 producing leases here12.4kbbl
Fields in Clay County, by oil
Newark, East (Barnett Shale) leads
- Newark, East (Barnett Shale)8 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 65280200112kbbl
- Clay County Regular93 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 1870700197.1kbbl
- Keeton (Bennett Sand)2 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 4848110053.1kbbl
- Sanzenbacher (Miss.)1 producing lease here · District 09 · Field 8100733318.9kbbl
- Ross3 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 7837000115.3kbbl
- Buffalo Springs9 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 1312800115.3kbbl
- Joy (Strawn)14 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 4737256814.4kbbl
- Deer Creek (Israel 5000)11 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 2394170012.4kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Clay County
JOHNNY RINGGOLD #1
new drill · Extech Operating, LLC · Clay County
Permit 0918532 · Sep 14, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Clay County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 98 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 307
- Operators
- 78
If you inherited mineral rights in Clay County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Quail Ridge Operating LLC, among 78 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 496 leases in Clay County, of which 307 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.