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Texas county · RRC district 08

Reeves County

Reeves County reported 169 million barrels of oil and 1.17 billion mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 4th of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #4 of 224 for oil

169,469,016bbl oil, last 12 months−7% vs prior year
Producing leases
4,475of 5,748 on record
Operators
78
Fields
64

Own minerals in Reeves 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

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Reeves County · RRC district 08
Gas, last 12 months
1,172,421,677 mcf
Share of Texas oil
8.4%
Leases on record
5,748
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Reeves County

Monthly totals for every lease the Railroad Commission places in this county. Oil is in barrels (bbl), gas in thousand cubic feet (mcf).

Oil output in Reeves County fell 7% over the last 12 months

169M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 182M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2024, 16M bbl.

Oil output in Reeves County fell 7% over the last 12 months169M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 182M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2024, 16M bbl.Oil, bbl per month05M10M15M20MPeak 16M (May 24)13M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Reeves County fell 7% over the last 12 months169M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 182M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2024, 16M bbl.Oil, bbl per month05M10M15M20MPeak 16M (May 24)13M'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Reeves County held steady over the last 12 months

1.2B mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.2B mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2025, 109M mcf.

Gas output in Reeves County held steady over the last 12 months1.2B mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.2B mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2025, 109M mcf.Gas, mcf per month025M50M75M100M125MPeak 109M (May 25)98M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Reeves County held steady over the last 12 months1.2B mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.2B mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2025, 109M mcf.Gas, mcf per month025M50M75M100M125MPeak 109M (May 25)98M'22'23'24'25'26

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 Reeves County

Ranked by what they produced in the last 12 months. Sort, filter by operator or field, and open any lease for its month-by-month ledger.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 4,475 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 Reeves County

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Your royalty check comes from the operator. These are the ones with the most output here.

Recent drilling permits in Reeves County

For owners

Minerals in Reeves County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
4 of 224
Share of Texas oil
8.4%
Producing leases
4,475
Operators
78

If you inherited mineral rights in Reeves County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is BPX Operating Company, among 78 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 5,748 leases in Reeves County, of which 4,475 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.