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Texas county · RRC district 05

Freestone County

Freestone County reported 64 million mcf of gas and 56,332 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 38th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier · #38 of 197 for gas

64,482,573mcf gas, last 12 months+12% vs prior year
Producing leases
2,718of 3,392 on record
Operators
30
Fields
68

Own minerals in Freestone 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

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Freestone County · RRC district 05
Oil, last 12 months
56,332 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.5%
Leases on record
3,392
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Freestone County

Monthly totals for every lease the Railroad Commission places in this county. Oil is in barrels (bbl), gas in thousand cubic feet (mcf).

Gas output in Freestone County rose 12% over the last 12 months

64M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 57M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2026, 6.1M mcf.

Gas output in Freestone County rose 12% over the last 12 months64M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 57M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2026, 6.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5MPeak 6.1M (May 26)6M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Freestone County rose 12% over the last 12 months64M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 57M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2026, 6.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5MPeak 6.1M (May 26)6M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Freestone County rose 7% over the last 12 months

56.3k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 52.5k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2024, 7,357 bbl.

Oil output in Freestone County rose 7% over the last 12 months56.3k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 52.5k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2024, 7,357 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,500Peak 7,357 (Dec 24)5,32020222023202420252026
Oil output in Freestone County rose 7% over the last 12 months56.3k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 52.5k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2024, 7,357 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,500Peak 7,357 (Dec 24)5,320'22'23'24'25'26

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 Freestone 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 150 (the 150 largest of 2,718 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 Freestone County

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Your royalty check comes from the operator. These are the ones with the most output here.

Recent drilling permits in Freestone County

For owners

Minerals in Freestone County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
168 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
2,718
Operators
30

If you inherited mineral rights in Freestone County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hilcorp Energy Company, among 30 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 3,392 leases in Freestone County, of which 2,718 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.