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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

270,169bbl oil, last 12 months−26% vs prior year
Producing leases
135of 295 on record
Operators
20
Fields
33

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

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Houston County · RRC district 06
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

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

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.

Oil output in Houston County fell 26% over the last 12 months270k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 367k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2024, 41.6k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 41.6k (Aug 24)18.5k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Houston County fell 26% over the last 12 months270k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 367k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2024, 41.6k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 41.6k (Aug 24)18.5k'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Houston County fell 14% over the last 12 months1.8M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 2.1M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 280k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300kPeak 280k (Aug 21)126k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Houston County fell 14% over the last 12 months1.8M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 2.1M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 280k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300kPeak 280k (Aug 21)126k'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 Houston 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 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

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

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.