Texas county · RRC district 8A
Hockley County
Hockley County reported 8.7 million barrels of oil and 7.2 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 31st of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #31 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 381of 473 on record
- Operators
- 61
- Fields
- 44
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
Own minerals in Hockley 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
- 7,218,687 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.4%
- Leases on record
- 473
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Hockley County
Oil output in Hockley County fell 7% over the last 12 months
8.7M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 9.4M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 925k bbl.
Gas output in Hockley County rose 24% over the last 12 months
7.2M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2026, 918k 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 Hockley County
1,018,856bbl oil−12% on the year before
868,261bbl oil−6% on the year before
697,640bbl oil−9% on the year before
489,443bbl oil−7% on the year before
452,200bbl oil−10% on the year before
383,626bbl oil−13% on the year before
350,219bbl oil−14% on the year before
336,292bbl oil−12% on the year before
318,265bbl oil−1% on the year before
263,261bbl oil0% on the year before
262,103bbl oil−11% on the year before
248,556bbl oil−2% on the year before
216,173bbl oil−6% on the year before
167,217bbl oil−8% on the year before
132,644bbl oil−5% on the year before
115,324bbl oil+23% on the year before
111,412bbl oil−4% on the year before
107,700bbl oil−3% on the year before
91,696bbl oil−8% on the year before
88,611bbl oil−12% on the year before
77,752bbl oil−6% on the year before
73,750bbl oil+20% on the year before
61,641bbl oil−18% on the year before
58,810bbl oil−5% on the year before
54,402bbl oil−12% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 381 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 Hockley County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Hockley County, by oil
Hilcorp Energy leads
- Hilcorp Energy Company33 producing leases here2.5Mbbl
- Occidental Permian EOR, LLC7 producing leases here2.1Mbbl
- Bce-Mach III LLC11 producing leases here1.3Mbbl
- OXY USA EOR, LLC1 producing lease here868kbbl
- Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC11 producing leases here289kbbl
- Texland Petroleum, L.P.39 producing leases here284kbbl
- Beryl Oil and Gas, LP1 producing lease here263kbbl
- Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.41 producing leases here238kbbl
Fields in Hockley County, by oil
Slaughter leads
- Slaughter31 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 839910013.9Mbbl
- Levelland115 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 534110012.7Mbbl
- Tstar (Abo)5 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 91621001483kbbl
- Linker (Clear Fork)24 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 53759333443kbbl
- Illusion Lake (San Andres)1 producing lease here · District 8A · Field 44313666263kbbl
- Hamilton (Clearfork)26 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 38455500185kbbl
- Leeper (Glorieta)18 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 52916500161kbbl
- Smyer20 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 84345001149kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Hockley County
LINKER (LOWER CLEARFORK) UNIT #511
new drill · Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC · Hockley County
Permit 0918691 · Sep 21, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Hockley County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 31 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.4%
- Producing leases
- 381
- Operators
- 61
If you inherited mineral rights in Hockley County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hilcorp Energy Company, among 61 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 473 leases in Hockley County, of which 381 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.