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
- Producing leases
- 4,475of 5,748 on record
- Operators
- 78
- Fields
- 64
- Top operator
- BPX Operating Company
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
- 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
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.
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.
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
1,501,629bbl oilno full prior year
1,386,061bbl oilno full prior year
649,236bbl oil−31% on the year before
614,187bbl oilno full prior year
599,726bbl oil−29% on the year before
517,860bbl oilno full prior year
509,763bbl oil+4% on the year before
500,064bbl oilno full prior year
481,429bbl oil−46% on the year before
450,672bbl oil−28% on the year before
417,002bbl oil−14% on the year before
385,438bbl oil−26% on the year before
370,837bbl oilno full prior year
357,335bbl oil−54% on the year before
353,999bbl oilno full prior year
352,432bbl oil−53% on the year before
350,489bbl oilno full prior year
346,764bbl oilno full prior year
343,546bbl oilno full prior year
337,405bbl oil−42% on the year before
331,549bbl oil−9% on the year before
324,595bbl oilno full prior year
319,102bbl oil−51% on the year before
316,388bbl oilno full prior year
315,311bbl oil−21% on the year before
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
Operators in Reeves County, by oil
Permian Resources Operating leads
- Permian Resources Operating, LLC657 producing leases here25Mbbl
- BPX Operating Company429 producing leases here23Mbbl
- Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC425 producing leases here20Mbbl
- VTX Energy Operating, LLC218 producing leases here11Mbbl
- EOG Resources, Inc.303 producing leases here8Mbbl
- Coterra Energy Operating Co.222 producing leases here7.5Mbbl
- Noble Energy Inc159 producing leases here7.1Mbbl
- Crescent Energy Operating, LLC183 producing leases here6.5Mbbl
Fields in Reeves County, by oil
Phantom (Wolfcamp) leads
- Phantom (Wolfcamp)2,927 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 71052900112Mbbl
- Wolfbone (Trend Area)622 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 9835980031Mbbl
- Hoefs T-K (Wolfcamp)237 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 4191150011Mbbl
- Sandbar (Bone Spring)162 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 805445008.8Mbbl
- Ford, West (Wolfcamp)173 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 319138005.4Mbbl
- Two Georges (Bone Spring)14 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 92100050191kbbl
- Collie (Delaware)12 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 1966520094.8kbbl
- Alpine High (Cons)167 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 0194250065kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Reeves County
TERRY #4
new drill · Perun Energy LLC · Reeves County
Permit 0918818 · Sep 21, 2026
TERRY #3
new drill · Perun Energy LLC · Reeves County
Permit 0918817 · Sep 21, 2026
TERRY #2
new drill · Perun Energy LLC · Reeves County
Permit 0918816 · Sep 21, 2026
TERRY #1
new drill · Perun Energy LLC · Reeves County
Permit 0918815 · Sep 21, 2026
ESPRESSO 0805A #01H
new drill · horizontal · Continental Resources, Inc. · Reeves County
Permit 0918717 · Sep 21, 2026
CAYENNE PEPPER WA #3H
new drill · horizontal · Perun Energy LLC · Reeves County
Permit 0918785 · Sep 18, 2026
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.