Texas county · RRC district 06
Houston County
Houston County reported 270,169 barrels of oil and 1.8 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 123rd of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #123 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 135of 295 on record
- Operators
- 20
- Fields
- 33
- Top operator
- Trailblazer Energy Resources,llc
Own minerals in Houston 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
- 1,841,196 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 295
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Houston County
Oil output in Houston County fell 26% over the last 12 months
270k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 367k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2024, 41.6k bbl.
Gas output in Houston County fell 14% over the last 12 months
1.8M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 2.1M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 280k 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 Houston County
46,636bbl oil−24% on the year before
28,414bbl oil−8% on the year before
12,009bbl oil−18% on the year before
11,454bbl oil−37% on the year before
10,361bbl oil−24% on the year before
9,897bbl oil+9% on the year before
197,751mcf gas+31% on the year before
7,833bbl oil+7% on the year before
7,234bbl oil+20% on the year before
6,748bbl oil+1% on the year before
6,646bbl oil−4% on the year before
4,633bbl oil−7% on the year before
4,224bbl oil0% on the year before
3,924bbl oil+31% on the year before
3,916bbl oil−62% on the year before
3,891bbl oil−23% on the year before
3,805bbl oil−42% on the year before
79,140mcf gas−5% on the year before
3,336bbl oil−9% on the year before
75,726mcf gas+255% on the year before
74,029mcf gas−20% on the year before
3,089bbl oil−25% on the year before
2,869bbl oil−2% on the year before
66,384mcf gas−5% on the year before
57,614mcf gas+67% on the year before
Showing 25 of 135.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Houston County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Houston County, by oil
Parten Operating leads
- Parten Operating Inc.18 producing leases here51.9kbbl
- Trailblazer Energy Resources,llc24 producing leases here50.8kbbl
- Kodiak Oil & Gas, Inc.1 producing lease here46.6kbbl
- Rusk Energy Operating LLC5 producing leases here42.1kbbl
- Maximus Operating, Ltd.2 producing leases here17.3kbbl
- Big Creek Operating Company LLC10 producing leases here13.6kbbl
- Interstate Explorations LLC2 producing leases here12.2kbbl
- HD Operating Co, LLC8 producing leases here11.2kbbl
Fields in Houston County, by oil
Trinity leads
- Trinity6 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 9124400188.7kbbl
- Eastham State Farm (Glenrose)20 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 2734750032kbbl
- FT. Trinidad,s.(ottos Sand)3 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 3217582526kbbl
- Navarro Crossing (Woodbine,up)4 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 6460575021.2kbbl
- Fort Trinidad, W.(dexter)2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 3219120013.4kbbl
- Fort Trinidad (Dexter)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 3215611112kbbl
- Mapleton (Durst SD.)3 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 5731666610.3kbbl
- Fort Trinidad (Glen Rose, Upper)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 321568523,240bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Houston County
SHELLY #2
recompletion · Empire Texas Operating LLC · Houston County
Permit 0918740 · Sep 21, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Houston County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 123 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 135
- Operators
- 20
If you inherited mineral rights in Houston County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Trailblazer Energy Resources,llc, among 20 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 295 leases in Houston County, of which 135 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.