Texas county · RRC district 03
Hardin County
Hardin County reported 663,665 barrels of oil and 2.1 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 84th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier
- Producing leases
- 255of 463 on record
- Operators
- 41
- Fields
- 70
- Top operator
- Union Gas Operating Company
Own minerals in Hardin County?
Where it sits
This county
- Gas, last 12 months
- 2,071,331 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- Vickers (Wilcox Middle)
Five years of output in Hardin County
Oil output in Hardin County fell 13% over the last 12 months
664k bbl through Jul 2026, against 762k bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 80.8k bbl.
Gas output in Hardin County fell 19% over the last 12 months
2.1M mcf through Jul 2026, against 2.6M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 336k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026.
The biggest leases in Hardin County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
45,776bbl oil−11%
37,154bbl oil+2%
30,455bbl oil+16%
21,777bbl oil−3%
506,170mcf gas−10%
20,335bbl oil−10%
20,070bbl oil−21%
15,860bbl oil−20%
13,040bbl oil−25%
12,402bbl oil−39%
12,010bbl oil+2%
10,468bbl oil−61%
10,011bbl oil+65%
- COLINE V
03-25734C.f.o., Inc.Batson New
8,918bbl oiln/a
8,610bbl oil−15%
8,610bbl oil−15%
7,972bbl oil−4%
7,913bbl oil−15%
181,931mcf gas−42%
163,027mcf gas−2%
6,921bbl oil−6%
6,089bbl oil+26%
6,064bbl oil+7%
4,985bbl oil−45%
4,772bbl oil+79%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 255), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Hardin County, by oil
Union Gas Operating leads
- Union Gas Operating Company21 leases107kbbl
- Foundation Energy Management LLC16 leases102kbbl
- Radco Operations, L.P.50 leases87.8kbbl
- Saratoga Production Company LLC17 leases59.9kbbl
- Porter, James W. Special1 lease37.2kbbl
- Wagner Oil Company6 leases33.2kbbl
- Arrowhead Operating Inc.16 leases25.3kbbl
- Whitehead Resources, Ltd.4 leases23.1kbbl
Fields in Hardin County, by oil
Sour Lake leads
- Sour Lake64 leases · District 03 · Field 84693001115kbbl
- Vickers (Wilcox Middle)17 leases · District 03 · Field 9366812096.5kbbl
- Batson Old25 leases · District 03 · Field 0612900175.1kbbl
- Saratoga15 leases · District 03 · Field 8105700157.3kbbl
- Batson New32 leases · District 03 · Field 0611500156.3kbbl
- Silsbee (Y-2)1 lease · District 03 · Field 8358440630.5kbbl
- Silsbee (2)3 leases · District 03 · Field 8358488522.5kbbl
- Saratoga, West11 leases · District 03 · Field 8106300120.1kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Hardin County
ARRIOLA FEE #199
new drill · Whitehead Resources, Ltd. · Hardin County
Permit 0918913 · Sep 25, 2026
OSPREY #1
new drill · Stroud Petroleum, Inc. · Hardin County
Permit 0918876 · Sep 25, 2026
ARRIOLA FEE #197
new drill · Whitehead Resources, Ltd. · Hardin County
Permit 0917815 · Aug 14, 2026
ARRIOLA FEE #195
re-entry · Whitehead Resources, Ltd. · Hardin County
Permit 0914835 · Apr 16, 2026
ARRIOLA FEE #196
new drill · Whitehead Resources, Ltd. · Hardin County
Permit 0914487 · Apr 6, 2026
ARRIOLA FEE #194
new drill · Whitehead Resources, Ltd. · Hardin County
Permit 0914275 · Mar 24, 2026