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Texas county · RRC district 06

Rusk County

Rusk County reported 77 million mcf of gas and 1.8 million barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 35th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier · #35 of 197 for gas

77,139,338mcf gas, last 12 months+28% vs prior year
Producing leases
2,176of 3,514 on record
Operators
79
Fields
78
Top operator
Sabine Energy Inc.

Own minerals in Rusk 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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Rusk County · RRC district 06
Oil, last 12 months
1,760,548 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.6%
Leases on record
3,514
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Rusk County

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

Gas output in Rusk County rose 28% over the last 12 months

77M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 60M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Nov 2021, 7.6M mcf.

Gas output in Rusk County rose 28% over the last 12 months77M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 60M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Nov 2021, 7.6M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02M4M6M8MPeak 7.6M (Nov 21)5.7M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Rusk County rose 28% over the last 12 months77M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 60M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Nov 2021, 7.6M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02M4M6M8MPeak 7.6M (Nov 21)5.7M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Rusk County rose 19% over the last 12 months

1.8M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2025, 167k bbl.

Oil output in Rusk County rose 19% over the last 12 months1.8M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2025, 167k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 167k (Oct 25)125k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Rusk County rose 19% over the last 12 months1.8M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2025, 167k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 167k (Oct 25)125k'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 Rusk 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 2,176 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 Rusk 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 Rusk County

For owners

Minerals in Rusk County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
54 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.1%
Producing leases
2,176
Operators
79

If you inherited mineral rights in Rusk County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Sabine Energy Inc., among 79 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 3,514 leases in Rusk County, of which 2,176 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.