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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

130,930bbl oil, last 12 months−2% vs prior year
Producing leases
71of 119 on record
Operators
8
Fields
11
Top operator
Gunn Oil Company

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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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Cottle County · RRC district 8A
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

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 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.

Oil output in Cottle County held steady over the last 12 months131k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 134k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2023, 16.2k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15k20kPeak 16.2k (Jan 23)9,36220222023202420252026
Oil output in Cottle County held steady over the last 12 months131k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 134k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2023, 16.2k bbl.Oil, bbl per month05,00010k15k20kPeak 16.2k (Jan 23)9,362'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Cottle County fell 22% over the last 12 months1.2M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2022, 166k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200kPeak 166k (May 22)88.5k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Cottle County fell 22% over the last 12 months1.2M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2022, 166k mcf.Gas, mcf per month050k100k150k200kPeak 166k (May 22)88.5k'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 Cottle 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 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

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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.