Texas county · RRC district 08
Culberson County
Culberson County reported 48 million barrels of oil and 587 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 13th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #13 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 1,176of 1,486 on record
- Operators
- 14
- Fields
- 9
- Top operator
- Coterra Energy Operating Co.
Own minerals in Culberson 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
- 587,157,924 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 2.4%
- Leases on record
- 1,486
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Culberson County
Oil output in Culberson County held steady over the last 12 months
48M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 49M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2025, 4.8M bbl.
Gas output in Culberson County rose 9% over the last 12 months
587M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 537M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2025, 55M 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 Culberson County
3,470,124mcf gasno full prior year
125,907bbl oil+61% on the year before
2,897,658mcf gasno full prior year
2,827,619mcf gasno full prior year
2,803,853mcf gasno full prior year
2,448,188mcf gasno full prior year
2,290,586mcf gasno full prior year
2,196,003mcf gasno full prior year
2,038,412mcf gasno full prior year
2,030,763mcf gasno full prior year
2,017,374mcf gasno full prior year
1,930,939mcf gasno full prior year
1,869,000mcf gasno full prior year
1,867,527mcf gasno full prior year
1,835,522mcf gasno full prior year
1,820,786mcf gasno full prior year
1,820,767mcf gasno full prior year
1,753,556mcf gasno full prior year
1,707,099mcf gasno full prior year
1,703,162mcf gas+17% on the year before
1,692,841mcf gas+20% on the year before
1,688,718mcf gasno full prior year
1,665,028mcf gasno full prior year
1,658,940mcf gasno full prior year
1,656,281mcf gas+33% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 1,176 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 Culberson County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Culberson County, by oil
Coterra Energy Operating leads
- Coterra Energy Operating Co.474 producing leases here27Mbbl
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc.371 producing leases here16Mbbl
- Conocophillips Company70 producing leases here3.2Mbbl
- Capitan Energy, Incorporated67 producing leases here910kbbl
- BPX Operating Company30 producing leases here464kbbl
- Permian Resources Operating, LLC44 producing leases here458kbbl
- Cog Operating LLC68 producing leases here233kbbl
- Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC28 producing leases here178kbbl
Fields in Culberson County, by oil
Ford, West (Wolfcamp) leads
- Ford, West (Wolfcamp)949 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 3191380042Mbbl
- Sandbar (Bone Spring)148 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 805445004.9Mbbl
- Derby (Bone Spring)50 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 24366100746kbbl
- Phantom (Wolfcamp)16 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 71052900150kbbl
- Ford, West (4100)4 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 3191350032.8kbbl
- Geraldine (Delaware 3400)3 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 3452920029.2kbbl
- Matthews (Canyon Cons.)1 producing lease here · District 08 · Field 583272001,780bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Culberson County
STATE MAGE 21-4 B #10H
new drill · horizontal · Coterra Energy Operating Co. · Culberson County
Permit 0917889 · Aug 19, 2026
STATE MAGE 21-4 A #9H
new drill · horizontal · Coterra Energy Operating Co. · Culberson County
Permit 0917886 · Aug 19, 2026
STATE LUCKY DEBONAIR UNIT #8H
new drill · horizontal · Coterra Energy Operating Co. · Culberson County
Permit 0917876 · Aug 14, 2026
STATE LUCKY DEBONAIR UNIT #7H
new drill · horizontal · Coterra Energy Operating Co. · Culberson County
Permit 0917875 · Aug 14, 2026
STATE LUCKY DEBONAIR UNIT #6H
new drill · horizontal · Coterra Energy Operating Co. · Culberson County
Permit 0917874 · Aug 14, 2026
STATE LUCKY DEBONAIR UNIT #5H
new drill · horizontal · Coterra Energy Operating Co. · Culberson County
Permit 0917873 · Aug 14, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Culberson County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 13 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 2.4%
- Producing leases
- 1,176
- Operators
- 14
If you inherited mineral rights in Culberson County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Coterra Energy Operating Co., among 14 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 1,486 leases in Culberson County, of which 1,176 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.