Texas county · RRC district 8A
Cottle County
Cottle County reported 130,930 barrels of oil and 1.2 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 144th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #144 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 71of 119 on record
- Operators
- 8
- Fields
- 11
- Top operator
- Gunn Oil Company
Own minerals in Cottle 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
- 1,169,266 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 119
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Cottle County
Oil output in Cottle County held steady over the last 12 months
131k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 134k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2023, 16.2k bbl.
Gas output in Cottle County fell 22% over the last 12 months
1.2M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2022, 166k 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 Cottle County
26,055bbl oil−11% on the year before
18,786bbl oil+22% on the year before
16,219bbl oil−6% on the year before
10,703bbl oil+479% on the year before
8,684bbl oil+10% on the year before
7,250bbl oil−3% on the year before
4,444bbl oil−17% on the year before
4,320bbl oil−17% on the year before
4,075bbl oil−36% on the year before
85,914mcf gas−11% on the year before
85,196mcf gas−4% on the year before
3,543bbl oil−34% on the year before
- SWENSON
8A-66138PetexProthro (Canyon)
3,415bbl oil−16% on the year before
3,180bbl oil+10% on the year before
69,365mcf gas−9% on the year before
69,026mcf gas−2% on the year before
64,101mcf gas−5% on the year before
2,738bbl oil−26% on the year before
2,667bbl oil−20% on the year before
59,829mcf gas−10% on the year before
56,747mcf gas−6% on the year before
2,393bbl oil0% on the year before
54,281mcf gas−14% on the year before
53,620mcf gas0% on the year before
1,762bbl oil−19% on the year before
Showing 25 of 71.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Cottle County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Cottle County, by oil
Gunn Oil leads
- Gunn Oil Company13 producing leases here107kbbl
- Wagner Oil Company28 producing leases here8,380bbl
- MWL Energy LLC1 producing lease here4,320bbl
- Petex25 producing leases here3,533bbl
- Daylight Petroleum LLC1 producing lease here3,180bbl
- Burgundy Oil & Gas, Inc.1 producing lease here2,393bbl
- Beaver Oil & Gas Operating, LLC1 producing lease here449bbl
Fields in Cottle County, by oil
Stescott (Canyon) leads
- Stescott (Canyon)7 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 8602080079.1kbbl
- Prothro (Canyon)8 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 7328930035.7kbbl
- Broken Bone (Congl.)19 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 121505003,754bbl
- Moon Camp (Conglomerate)2 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 626972003,243bbl
- Whalen (Silver Bow II)1 producing lease here · District 8A · Field 966927253,180bbl
- Jack Grimm (Congl.)1 producing lease here · District 8A · Field 453105002,393bbl
- VCG (Congl.)5 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 928145001,343bbl
- Rhombochasm (Bend Conglomerate)25 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 76251025118bbl
More operators here
Search this county →Recent drilling permits in Cottle County
EUNICE #1
new drill · Gunn Oil Company · Cottle County
Permit 0909562 · Jul 30, 2025
DELWIN-JETT #2
new drill · West Texas Crude Energy LLC · Cottle County
Permit 0907181 · Apr 8, 2025
'THOMPSON' #2
new drill · West Texas Crude Energy LLC · Cottle County
Permit 0903333 · Oct 18, 2024
HOWARD SMITH #1
new drill · Gunn Oil Company · Cottle County
Permit 0902778 · Sep 20, 2024
'THOMPSON' #1
new drill · West Texas Crude Energy LLC · Cottle County
Permit 0901160 · Jul 15, 2024
FARMLAND RESERVE #1
new drill · Gunn Oil Company · Cottle County
Permit 0896737 · Jan 24, 2024
For owners
Minerals in Cottle County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 144 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 71
- Operators
- 8
If you inherited mineral rights in Cottle County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Gunn Oil Company, among 8 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 119 leases in Cottle County, of which 71 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.