Texas county · RRC district 05
Limestone County
Limestone County reported 19 million mcf of gas and 61,159 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 61st of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #61 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 1,053of 1,332 on record
- Operators
- 20
- Fields
- 39
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
Own minerals in Limestone 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
- Oil, last 12 months
- 61,159 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- 0.1%
- Leases on record
- 1,332
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Limestone County
Gas output in Limestone County fell 5% over the last 12 months
19M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 20M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 2.3M mcf.
Oil output in Limestone County fell 16% over the last 12 months
61.2k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 72.6k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2023, 8,417 bbl.
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 Limestone County
416,390mcf gas−26% on the year before
225,526mcf gas−3% on the year before
8,704bbl oil−13% on the year before
176,832mcf gas−10% on the year before
173,255mcf gas−10% on the year before
163,849mcf gas+134% on the year before
6,315bbl oil−24% on the year before
104,327mcf gas+261% on the year before
102,616mcf gas−18% on the year before
95,734mcf gas−18% on the year before
95,643mcf gas−7% on the year before
90,702mcf gas−10% on the year before
3,801bbl oil−1% on the year before
83,677mcf gas+11% on the year before
80,428mcf gas−2% on the year before
3,318bbl oil−2% on the year before
76,285mcf gas+40% on the year before
75,793mcf gas+74% on the year before
70,288mcf gas−11% on the year before
70,025mcf gas+55% on the year before
69,451mcf gas+14% on the year before
2,932bbl oil−13% on the year before
68,238mcf gas−3% on the year before
68,137mcf gas+2% on the year before
67,981mcf gas+4% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 1,053 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 Limestone County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Limestone County, by gas
Hilcorp Energy leads
- Hilcorp Energy Company578 producing leases here12Mmcf
- Diversified Production LLC254 producing leases here4.5Mmcf
- 1789 Management, LLC84 producing leases here856kmcf
- Stroud Petroleum, Inc.11 producing leases here253kmcf
- Lodestone Operating, Inc.32 producing leases here165kmcf
- Valence Operating Company8 producing leases here120kmcf
- Hilltex Operating Company, LLC28 producing leases here98.5kmcf
- Craton Operating LLC9 producing leases here89.9kmcf
Fields in Limestone County, by gas
Farrar (Cotton Valley Lime) leads
- Farrar (Cotton Valley Lime)307 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 303213007.7Mmcf
- Freestone (CV-Bossier Cons.)314 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 329502856Mmcf
- Personville, N (CV Consolidated)194 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 707944752.7Mmcf
- Bald Prairie (CV Consolidated)20 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 05189550386kmcf
- Oletha (Travis Peak)42 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 67102620364kmcf
- Personville (Travis Peak)13 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 70792666295kmcf
- Bear Grass (Cotton Valley Cons)9 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 06476300286kmcf
- Personville (Cotton Valley)11 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 70792200167kmcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Limestone County
NM 1011 #1 H
new drill · horizontal · Southwest Operating, Inc.-Tyler · Limestone County
Permit 0918728 · Sep 22, 2026
CP# 26-152 CATHODIC PROTECTION #42
new drill · Atmos Pipeline - Texas · Limestone County
Permit 0918565 · Sep 16, 2026
CARPENTER GAS UNIT II #20H
recompletion · horizontal · Hilcorp Energy Company · Limestone County
Permit 0918183 · Sep 14, 2026
ROBERT SHAW GAS UNIT NO. 1 #1
recompletion · Hilcorp Energy Company · Limestone County
Permit 0918004 · Aug 24, 2026
W. O. STONE GAS UNIT NO. 1 #17
recompletion · Hilcorp Energy Company · Limestone County
Permit 0916743 · Jun 26, 2026
STANDLEY GAS UNIT NO. 1 #5H
recompletion · horizontal · Hilcorp Energy Company · Limestone County
Permit 0914828 · Apr 20, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Limestone County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 164 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 1,053
- Operators
- 20
If you inherited mineral rights in Limestone County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hilcorp Energy Company, 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 1,332 leases in Limestone County, of which 1,053 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.