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Texas county · RRC district 7B

Stephens County

Stephens County reported 1.3 million barrels of oil and 5.4 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 60th of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #60 of 224 for oil

1,256,786bbl oil, last 12 months−7% vs prior year
Producing leases
972of 1,717 on record
Operators
82
Fields
206

Own minerals in Stephens 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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Stephens County · RRC district 7B
Gas, last 12 months
5,416,482 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Leases on record
1,717
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Stephens 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 Stephens County fell 7% over the last 12 months

1.3M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.3M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 138k bbl.

Oil output in Stephens County fell 7% over the last 12 months1.3M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.3M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 138k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150kPeak 138k (Mar 22)100k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Stephens County fell 7% over the last 12 months1.3M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.3M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 138k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150kPeak 138k (Mar 22)100k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Stephens County fell 6% over the last 12 months

5.4M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 617k mcf.

Gas output in Stephens County fell 6% over the last 12 months5.4M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 617k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750kPeak 617k (Aug 21)415k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Stephens County fell 6% over the last 12 months5.4M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 617k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750kPeak 617k (Aug 21)415k'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 Stephens 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 972 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 Stephens 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 Stephens County

For owners

Minerals in Stephens County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
60 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.1%
Producing leases
972
Operators
82

If you inherited mineral rights in Stephens County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Basa Resources, Inc., among 82 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 1,717 leases in Stephens County, of which 972 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.