Texas county · RRC district 02
Live Oak County
Live Oak County reported 22 million barrels of oil and 153 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 23rd of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #23 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 942of 1,432 on record
- Operators
- 50
- Fields
- 94
- Top operator
- Burlington Resources O & G Co LP
Own minerals in Live Oak 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
- 153,242,715 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 1.1%
- Leases on record
- 1,432
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Live Oak County
Oil output in Live Oak County held steady over the last 12 months
22M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 22M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2024, 2.4M bbl.
Gas output in Live Oak County rose 16% over the last 12 months
153M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 132M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Apr 2026, 15M 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 Live Oak County
685,595bbl oil+110% on the year before
395,500bbl oilno full prior year
362,036bbl oilno full prior year
348,556bbl oilno full prior year
339,457bbl oil−24% on the year before
264,552bbl oil+53% on the year before
258,772bbl oilno full prior year
243,544bbl oilno full prior year
236,817bbl oilno full prior year
227,231bbl oilno full prior year
216,313bbl oilno full prior year
204,332bbl oilno full prior year
201,099bbl oilno full prior year
199,362bbl oilno full prior year
196,827bbl oilno full prior year
4,539,907mcf gasno full prior year
194,339bbl oilno full prior year
193,416bbl oilno full prior year
193,263bbl oilno full prior year
192,603bbl oilno full prior year
188,429bbl oilno full prior year
184,708bbl oilno full prior year
175,946bbl oilno full prior year
175,598bbl oilno full prior year
4,046,524mcf gasno full prior year
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 942 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 Live Oak County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Live Oak County, by oil
Burlington Resources O & G Co leads
- Burlington Resources O & G Co LP404 producing leases here16Mbbl
- Verdun Oil & Gas LLC87 producing leases here2.3Mbbl
- Crescent Energy Operating, LLC38 producing leases here1.7Mbbl
- Marathon Oil Ef LLC212 producing leases here1.4Mbbl
- Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC6 producing leases here376kbbl
- Merit Energy Company1 producing lease here339kbbl
- Warwick-Artemis, LLC2 producing leases here55.3kbbl
- McGowan Working Partners, Inc.5 producing leases here34.2kbbl
Fields in Live Oak County, by oil
Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) leads
- Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)317 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 2713575012Mbbl
- Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)433 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 869506009.3Mbbl
- Sugarkane (Austin Chalk)25 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 86950300667kbbl
- Sinor Nest (Lower Wilcox)1 producing lease here · District 02 · Field 83750500339kbbl
- Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)1 producing lease here · District 01 · Field 2713570060.7kbbl
- Lucille (Hockley, Upper)3 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 5544050024.7kbbl
- Redmar (Pettus)1 producing lease here · District 02 · Field 7546326518.1kbbl
- Jacob2 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 4545900115kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Live Oak County
MCNEILL RANCH #1
new drill · Paloma Operating, LLC · Live Oak County
Permit 0918872 · Sep 25, 2026
WHITSETT-TAYLOR-MASS SA D #1
new drill · horizontal · Marathon Oil Ef LLC · Live Oak County
Permit 0918399 · Sep 21, 2026
WHITSETT-TAYLOR-MASS SA C #1
new drill · horizontal · Marathon Oil Ef LLC · Live Oak County
Permit 0918398 · Sep 21, 2026
WHITSETT-TAYLOR-MASS SA B #1
new drill · horizontal · Marathon Oil Ef LLC · Live Oak County
Permit 0918391 · Sep 21, 2026
WHITSETT-TAYLOR-MASS SA A #1
new drill · horizontal · Marathon Oil Ef LLC · Live Oak County
Permit 0918390 · Sep 21, 2026
WILKINS, ET AL #1
new drill · Sandalwood Exploration, L.P. · Live Oak County
Permit 0918664 · Sep 17, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Live Oak County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 23 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 1.1%
- Producing leases
- 942
- Operators
- 50
If you inherited mineral rights in Live Oak County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Burlington Resources O & G Co LP, among 50 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 1,432 leases in Live Oak County, of which 942 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.