Texas county · RRC district 06
Smith County
Smith County reported 1.2 million barrels of oil and 14 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 64th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #64 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 667of 1,009 on record
- Operators
- 52
- Fields
- 77
- Top operator
- Valence Operating Company
Own minerals in Smith 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
- 14,008,382 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 1,009
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Smith County
Oil output in Smith County held steady over the last 12 months
1.2M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.1M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2023, 129k bbl.
Gas output in Smith County rose 13% over the last 12 months
14M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 12M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2022, 1.6M 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 Smith County
2,435,160mcf gasno full prior year
92,625bbl oil−3% on the year before
86,771bbl oilno full prior year
75,660bbl oilno full prior year
55,843bbl oil−23% on the year before
1,029,723mcf gasno full prior year
34,955bbl oil+2% on the year before
32,240bbl oil+52% on the year before
737,983mcf gas−37% on the year before
29,797bbl oil−10% on the year before
28,403bbl oil−52% on the year before
25,420bbl oil−14% on the year before
25,270bbl oil−8% on the year before
24,120bbl oil−16% on the year before
465,085mcf gas−36% on the year before
19,243bbl oil−9% on the year before
17,809bbl oil−15% on the year before
391,512mcf gas−31% on the year before
16,509bbl oil−7% on the year before
15,210bbl oil−46% on the year before
13,485bbl oil−22% on the year before
12,523bbl oil−2% on the year before
12,429bbl oil−25% on the year before
278,670mcf gas−7% on the year before
264,404mcf gas−29% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 667 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 Smith County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Smith County, by oil
Valence Operating leads
- Valence Operating Company49 producing leases here301kbbl
- Vess Oil Corporation4 producing leases here150kbbl
- Faulconer Energy, LLC289 producing leases here120kbbl
- Maximus Operating, Ltd.2 producing leases here90.8kbbl
- Diversified Production LLC90 producing leases here73.1kbbl
- Goldston Oil Corporation8 producing leases here69.1kbbl
- Linder, John Operating Co., LLC48 producing leases here68.6kbbl
- Culver & Cain Production LLC6 producing leases here58.2kbbl
Fields in Smith County, by oil
Girlie Caldwell (Goodland LM) leads
- Girlie Caldwell (Goodland LM)14 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 35060500272kbbl
- Overton (Travis Peak)42 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 67849500121kbbl
- Sand Flat2 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 8045900197.8kbbl
- Hitts Lake, North (Paluxy)3 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 4171650057.1kbbl
- Crow (Paluxy, Lower)1 producing lease here · District 06 · Field 2197141055.8kbbl
- Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley)29 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 1700805052.8kbbl
- Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)346 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 6784915047.5kbbl
- Loretta Rose (Paluxy)1 producing lease here · District 06 · Field 5493127035kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Smith County
No drilling permits in Smith County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Smith County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 64 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.1%
- Producing leases
- 667
- Operators
- 52
If you inherited mineral rights in Smith County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Valence Operating Company, among 52 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 1,009 leases in Smith County, of which 667 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.