Texas county · RRC district 05
Ellis County
Ellis County reported 1.3 million mcf of gas and 9 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 140th of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #140 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 35of 56 on record
- Operators
- 5
- Fields
- 2
- Top operator
- Tep Barnett USA, LLC
Own minerals in Ellis 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
- 9 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 56
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Ellis County
Gas output in Ellis County fell 13% over the last 12 months
1.3M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 192k mcf.
Oil output in Ellis County rose 125% over the last 12 months
9 bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 4 bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2026, 5 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 Ellis County
103,875mcf gas0% on the year before
85,636mcf gas−4% on the year before
72,283mcf gas−1% on the year before
61,502mcf gas−14% on the year before
55,409mcf gas+177% on the year before
54,692mcf gas−8% on the year before
52,211mcf gas−17% on the year before
51,996mcf gas+58% on the year before
51,718mcf gas−31% on the year before
48,226mcf gas+26% on the year before
46,033mcf gas−6% on the year before
44,445mcf gas−14% on the year before
41,014mcf gas−21% on the year before
38,208mcf gas+3% on the year before
36,046mcf gas+1% on the year before
35,703mcf gas−7% on the year before
34,108mcf gas−11% on the year before
33,433mcf gas−15% on the year before
32,240mcf gas−9% on the year before
31,715mcf gas−45% on the year before
31,228mcf gas−17% on the year before
29,790mcf gas−10% on the year before
27,740mcf gas−1% on the year before
26,359mcf gas−10% on the year before
25,611mcf gas−1% on the year before
Showing 25 of 35.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Ellis County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Ellis County, by gas
Tep Barnett USA leads
Fields in Ellis County, by gas
Newark, East (Barnett Shale) leads
More operators here
Search this county →Recent drilling permits in Ellis County
No drilling permits in Ellis County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Ellis County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 216 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 35
- Operators
- 5
If you inherited mineral rights in Ellis County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Tep Barnett USA, LLC, among 5 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 56 leases in Ellis County, of which 35 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.