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
- 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
- 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
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.
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.
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
279,898bbl oilno full prior year
4,394,355mcf gasno full prior year
3,860,136mcf gasno full prior year
3,839,427mcf gasno full prior year
3,196,603mcf gasno full prior year
2,853,309mcf gasno full prior year
2,621,324mcf gasno full prior year
2,301,841mcf gasno full prior year
2,260,384mcf gasno full prior year
1,377,857mcf gasno full prior year
1,328,542mcf gas−49% on the year before
1,310,660mcf gas−56% on the year before
927,483mcf gasno full prior year
888,347mcf gasno full prior year
713,102mcf gas−38% on the year before
28,236bbl oil−6% on the year before
523,180mcf gas−22% on the year before
500,651mcf gas+7% on the year before
492,132mcf gasno full prior year
487,895mcf gas−17% on the year before
480,348mcf gas+1% on the year before
19,010bbl oil−14% on the year before
429,358mcf gas−28% on the year before
425,888mcf gas−1% on the year before
420,123mcf gas−18% on the year before
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
Operators in Rusk County, by gas
Sabine Energy leads
- Sabine Energy Inc.204 producing leases here30Mmcf
- Buckhorn Operating LLC120 producing leases here10Mmcf
- Rfe Operating, LLC6 producing leases here7.4Mmcf
- Tgnr East Texas LLC218 producing leases here5.1Mmcf
- Tgnr East Texas II LLC197 producing leases here3.5Mmcf
- Diversified Production LLC78 producing leases here3.3Mmcf
- Fortune Resources LLC148 producing leases here2.7Mmcf
- Eqv Operating LLC115 producing leases here2.6Mmcf
Fields in Rusk County, by gas
Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) leads
- Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)974 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 6646127530Mmcf
- Henderson, E. (Cotton Valley)136 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 4035620013Mmcf
- Brachfield, S.e. (Cotton Valley)164 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 1118350012Mmcf
- Carthage (Haynesville Shale)24 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 160323009.8Mmcf
- Minden (Cotton Valley Cons.)253 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 617921117.8Mmcf
- Beckville (Cotton Valley)52 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 066485001.2Mmcf
- Henderson (Rusk Co. Pettit)14 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 40353426743kmcf
- Minden (Travis Peak Cons.)56 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 61792380418kmcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Rusk County
LOLLAR #1
new drill · Petro-Hunt, L.L.C. · Rusk County
Permit 0918782 · Sep 23, 2026
BERKSHIRE WEST (AW) #1H
new drill · horizontal · Rfe Operating, LLC · Rusk County
Permit 0918567 · Sep 18, 2026
BERKSHIRE EAST (AW) #1H
new drill · horizontal · Rfe Operating, LLC · Rusk County
Permit 0918413 · Sep 11, 2026
BLACKBURN #1
recompletion · Valence Operating Company · Rusk County
Permit 0917990 · Aug 24, 2026
BROWN SWD #1
new drill · Tanos Exploration IV, LLC · Rusk County
Permit 0917970 · Aug 20, 2026
HELVENSTON D CV (AW) #4H
new drill · horizontal · Sabine Energy Inc. · Rusk County
Permit 0917020 · Aug 14, 2026
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.