Texas county · RRC district 03
Montgomery County
Montgomery County reported 614,052 barrels of oil and 1.3 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 88th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #88 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 62of 273 on record
- Operators
- 8
- Fields
- 17
- Top operator
- Highmark Energy Operating, LLC
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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
- 1,326,947 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 273
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Montgomery County
Oil output in Montgomery County fell 7% over the last 12 months
614k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 661k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 71.7k bbl.
Gas output in Montgomery County fell 21% over the last 12 months
1.3M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.7M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 301k 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 Montgomery County
511,630bbl oil−6% on the year before
52,364bbl oil−9% on the year before
- BALDWIN
03-15046Eros Operating LLCKuhlman
14,658bbl oil−28% on the year before
160,327mcf gas−12% on the year before
106,645mcf gas−37% on the year before
97,830mcf gas+50% on the year before
64,107mcf gas+48% on the year before
2,541bbl oil−9% on the year before
59,001mcf gas−14% on the year before
47,442mcf gas−12% on the year before
2,003bbl oil−51% on the year before
41,171mcf gas+15% on the year before
39,611mcf gas+5% on the year before
38,160mcf gas+26% on the year before
1,273bbl oil−10% on the year before
25,996mcf gas−7% on the year before
1,043bbl oil−11% on the year before
18,829mcf gas−7% on the year before
15,649mcf gas+97% on the year before
14,335mcf gas+27% on the year before
14,100mcf gas−50% on the year before
12,890mcf gas−15% on the year before
12,063mcf gas−42% on the year before
11,887mcf gas−57% on the year before
10,385mcf gas−24% on the year before
Showing 25 of 62.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Montgomery County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Montgomery County, by oil
Highmark Energy Operating leads
- Highmark Energy Operating, LLC19 producing leases here515kbbl
- Daylight Petroleum LLC29 producing leases here74.5kbbl
- Eros Operating LLC1 producing lease here14.7kbbl
- MBX Operating LLC1 producing lease here2,541bbl
- Raven Forest Operating, LLC5 producing leases here2,315bbl
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC3 producing leases here12bbl
- Magnum Producing, LP1 producing lease here10bbl
Fields in Montgomery County, by oil
Conroe leads
- Conroe16 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 20211001515kbbl
- Lake Creek (Chase)4 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 5142125054.7kbbl
- Kuhlman1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 5036600114.7kbbl
- Pinehurst (Chase)3 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 7164705012kbbl
- Lake Creek (Wilcox Lower)8 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 514219372,917bbl
- Pinehurst (Wilcox Cons.)8 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 716472802,696bbl
- Lake Creek (Wilcox Consolidated)6 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 514219352,207bbl
- Raven Forest (11300)2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 74870500328bbl
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For owners
Minerals in Montgomery County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 88 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 62
- Operators
- 8
If you inherited mineral rights in Montgomery County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Highmark Energy Operating, LLC, among 8 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 273 leases in Montgomery County, of which 62 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.