Texas county · RRC district 03
Newton County
Newton County reported 482,920 barrels of oil and 2.3 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 97th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #97 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 82of 199 on record
- Operators
- 20
- Fields
- 22
- Top operator
- Theron Energy Operating, LLC
Own minerals in Newton 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
- 2,278,334 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 199
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Newton County
Oil output in Newton County rose 18% over the last 12 months
483k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 410k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2022, 78k bbl.
Gas output in Newton County rose 61% over the last 12 months
2.3M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.4M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2022, 313k 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 Newton County
75,276bbl oil−43% on the year before
904,115mcf gasno full prior year
33,477bbl oil−37% on the year before
8,605bbl oil−17% on the year before
200,245mcf gas+5% on the year before
7,629bbl oil+12% on the year before
170,402mcf gas+68% on the year before
152,203mcf gas−42% on the year before
5,817bbl oil−25% on the year before
5,281bbl oil−26% on the year before
116,814mcf gas−12% on the year before
4,701bbl oil+8% on the year before
4,652bbl oil−14% on the year before
106,553mcf gasno full prior year
3,900bbl oil+6% on the year before
3,713bbl oil−21% on the year before
3,521bbl oil−44% on the year before
3,355bbl oil+3% on the year before
3,309bbl oil+11% on the year before
- BURNS
03-23505HD Operating Co, LLCNewton
2,834bbl oil−60% on the year before
2,594bbl oil+2% on the year before
- VASTAR
03-23734HD Operating Co, LLCNewton
2,540bbl oil−40% on the year before
2,536bbl oil+52% on the year before
- NEWTON
03-24266HD Operating Co, LLCNewton
2,349bbl oil−29% on the year before
54,580mcf gas+28% on the year before
Showing 25 of 82.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Newton County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Newton County, by oil
Theron Energy Operating leads
- Theron Energy Operating, LLC3 producing leases here208kbbl
- Foundation Energy Management LLC2 producing leases here109kbbl
- Zarvona Energy LLC10 producing leases here48.1kbbl
- Arcadia Energy Resources, LLC12 producing leases here26.6kbbl
- HD Operating Co, LLC14 producing leases here21.9kbbl
- Prime Operating Company4 producing leases here16.4kbbl
- Indian Exploration, Inc.5 producing leases here10.5kbbl
- Rockstar Production, LLC11 producing leases here9,055bbl
Fields in Newton County, by oil
Magnolia Springs (Austin Chalk) leads
- Magnolia Springs (Austin Chalk)11 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 56785500255kbbl
- Newton, N. (Kurth Sand)2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 65395125109kbbl
- Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800)36 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 1219350043.2kbbl
- Newton14 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 6539300121.9kbbl
- Camptown (6720 Sand)2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 1519062510.2kbbl
- Quicksand Creek (Wilcox 10,500)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 737404065,817bbl
- Long Prairie (12300)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 547125004,912bbl
- Clay Point, South (Wilcox)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 187397004,701bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Newton County
No drilling permits in Newton County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Newton County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 97 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 82
- Operators
- 20
If you inherited mineral rights in Newton County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Theron Energy Operating, 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 199 leases in Newton County, of which 82 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.