Texas county · RRC district 08
Mitchell County
Mitchell County reported 3.7 million barrels of oil and 4.4 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 42nd of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #42 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 263of 393 on record
- Operators
- 54
- Fields
- 34
- Top operator
- Bayswater Operating Company LLC
Own minerals in Mitchell 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
- 4,421,595 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.2%
- Leases on record
- 393
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Mitchell County
Oil output in Mitchell County fell 9% over the last 12 months
3.7M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 4.1M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2025, 442k bbl.
Gas output in Mitchell County rose 56% over the last 12 months
4.4M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 2.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Nov 2025, 465k 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 Mitchell County
507,258bbl oil−9% on the year before
309,533bbl oil+45% on the year before
212,508bbl oilno full prior year
202,036bbl oil−7% on the year before
183,629bbl oilno full prior year
179,881bbl oilno full prior year
177,771bbl oil+48% on the year before
172,507bbl oil−5% on the year before
133,462bbl oilno full prior year
128,123bbl oil−3% on the year before
123,660bbl oilno full prior year
117,578bbl oil−64% on the year before
110,556bbl oilno full prior year
92,963bbl oilno full prior year
79,102bbl oil+1% on the year before
72,505bbl oilno full prior year
62,504bbl oil−64% on the year before
62,232bbl oil−65% on the year before
57,221bbl oil−65% on the year before
51,491bbl oil−38% on the year before
44,962bbl oil−71% on the year before
44,395bbl oil−38% on the year before
41,715bbl oil−15% on the year before
36,651bbl oil−4% on the year before
31,259bbl oil−6% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 263 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 Mitchell County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Mitchell County, by oil
Bayswater Operating Company leads
- Bayswater Operating Company LLC16 producing leases here1.8Mbbl
- Bce-Mach III LLC22 producing leases here828kbbl
- Saguaro Petroleum, LLC6 producing leases here335kbbl
- Basa Resources, Inc.15 producing leases here242kbbl
- Grayrock Energy II, LLC2 producing leases here129kbbl
- Schlachter Operating Corporation19 producing leases here54.1kbbl
- GTG Operating, LLC1 producing lease here41.7kbbl
- Americo Energy Resources, LLC3 producing leases here40.4kbbl
Fields in Mitchell County, by oil
Spraberry (Trend Area) leads
- Spraberry (Trend Area)17 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 852803001.8Mbbl
- Westbrook23 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 96563001856kbbl
- A & S (Miss.)8 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 00206500337kbbl
- Iatan, East Howard25 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 44148500280kbbl
- Turner-Gregory (Clear Fork)25 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 91903333117kbbl
- Sharon Ridge (1700)52 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 8271049893.1kbbl
- Coleman Ranch16 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 1954100159.6kbbl
- Iatan (San Andres)3 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 4414750024.2kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Mitchell County
FOSTER, MARY #22
reclass · Basa Resources, Inc. · Mitchell County
Permit 0918712 · Sep 21, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Mitchell County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 42 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.2%
- Producing leases
- 263
- Operators
- 54
If you inherited mineral rights in Mitchell County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Bayswater Operating Company LLC, among 54 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 393 leases in Mitchell County, of which 263 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.