Texas county · RRC district 09
Denton County
Denton County reported 130 million mcf of gas and 147,971 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 26th of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #26 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 2,370of 3,215 on record
- Operators
- 28
- Fields
- 12
- Top operator
- BKV Barnett, LLC
Own minerals in Denton 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
- 147,971 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- 1.0%
- Leases on record
- 3,215
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Denton County
Gas output in Denton County rose 4% over the last 12 months
130M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 126M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2022, 12M mcf.
Oil output in Denton County fell 37% over the last 12 months
148k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 235k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2022, 51k 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 Denton County
1,822,677mcf gasno full prior year
1,425,138mcf gasno full prior year
1,423,517mcf gasno full prior year
1,261,430mcf gasno full prior year
1,260,928mcf gasno full prior year
1,091,159mcf gasno full prior year
976,222mcf gasno full prior year
964,648mcf gasno full prior year
853,234mcf gasno full prior year
740,148mcf gasno full prior year
734,447mcf gasno full prior year
719,649mcf gasno full prior year
703,531mcf gasno full prior year
703,117mcf gas−18% on the year before
685,228mcf gasno full prior year
657,506mcf gasno full prior year
635,024mcf gasno full prior year
606,602mcf gas−14% on the year before
604,312mcf gasno full prior year
592,975mcf gasno full prior year
583,580mcf gas−14% on the year before
573,996mcf gasno full prior year
567,972mcf gasno full prior year
535,766mcf gas−12% on the year before
534,459mcf gasno full prior year
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 2,370 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 Denton County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Denton County, by gas
BKV Barnett leads
- BKV Barnett, LLC1,344 producing leases here83Mmcf
- Eagleridge Operating, LLC359 producing leases here18Mmcf
- Lime Rock Resources IV-A, L.P.327 producing leases here14Mmcf
- BKV Barnett II, LLC174 producing leases here9Mmcf
- BKV North Texas, LLC40 producing leases here2.3Mmcf
- Lakota Energy, Ltd.13 producing leases here1000kmcf
- Hillwood O & G Operating Co LP12 producing leases here727kmcf
- Upp Operating, LLC5 producing leases here509kmcf
Fields in Denton County, by gas
Newark, East (Barnett Shale) leads
- Newark, East (Barnett Shale)2,279 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 65280200129Mmcf
- Boonsville (Bend Congl., Gas)51 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 10574520813kmcf
- Gas Finders (Congl.)28 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 34128300124kmcf
- Hunter Creek (Conglomerate)1 producing lease here · District 09 · Field 4370750011.4kmcf
- Monteath (Atoka, Upper)1 producing lease here · District 09 · Field 625801003,312mcf
- Bolivar2 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 1027500111mcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Denton County
ADAMS-DAY HEIRS (SA) #1H
recompletion · horizontal · BKV Barnett, LLC · Denton County
Permit 0918558 · Sep 18, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Denton County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 142 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 2,370
- Operators
- 28
If you inherited mineral rights in Denton County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is BKV Barnett, LLC, among 28 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 3,215 leases in Denton County, of which 2,370 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.