Texas county · RRC district 7C
Sutton County
Sutton County reported 12 million mcf of gas and 30,935 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 72nd of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #72 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 4,773of 6,399 on record
- Operators
- 19
- Fields
- 35
- Top operator
- Upp Operating, LLC
Own minerals in Sutton 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
- 30,935 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 6,399
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Sutton County
Gas output in Sutton County fell 15% over the last 12 months
12M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 14M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 1.5M mcf.
Oil output in Sutton County fell 16% over the last 12 months
30.9k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 36.8k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 4,890 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 Sutton County
4,085bbl oil−43% on the year before
36,062mcf gas−4% on the year before
32,679mcf gas−29% on the year before
27,953mcf gas−44% on the year before
27,503mcf gas−12% on the year before
25,456mcf gas−7% on the year before
22,920mcf gas−25% on the year before
21,567mcf gas−12% on the year before
21,547mcf gas−7% on the year before
894bbl oil−12% on the year before
20,609mcf gas−19% on the year before
20,471mcf gas+50% on the year before
20,387mcf gas−14% on the year before
870bbl oil−14% on the year before
20,280mcf gas+2% on the year before
19,763mcf gas−2% on the year before
836bbl oil−8% on the year before
19,343mcf gas+89% on the year before
18,957mcf gas−12% on the year before
18,449mcf gas−1% on the year before
18,438mcf gas−39% on the year before
18,249mcf gas−8% on the year before
17,775mcf gas−47% on the year before
17,188mcf gas−14% on the year before
17,132mcf gas−13% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 4,773 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 Sutton County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Sutton County, by gas
Upp Operating leads
- Upp Operating, LLC4,300 producing leases here12Mmcf
- Robert C. Brower, LLC255 producing leases here467kmcf
- Henry Petroleum LLC52 producing leases here128kmcf
- Extex Operating Company36 producing leases here81kmcf
- Toc Energy Resources, LLC56 producing leases here75kmcf
- Johnson & Lindley, LLC3 producing leases here56.5kmcf
- Rocking R Investments, Inc.5 producing leases here52.5kmcf
- Red Stag Operating, LLC13 producing leases here38.7kmcf
Fields in Sutton County, by gas
Sawyer (Canyon) leads
- Sawyer (Canyon)3,659 producing leases here · District 7C · Field 812673339.6Mmcf
- Sonora (Canyon Upper)660 producing leases here · District 7C · Field 846465001.3Mmcf
- Sawyer (Strawn, North)183 producing leases here · District 7C · Field 81267691826kmcf
- Whitehead (Strawn)63 producing leases here · District 7C · Field 96929600214kmcf
- Denison (Strawn)33 producing leases here · District 7C · Field 2425366673kmcf
- Phyllis Sonora (Canyon Lower)50 producing leases here · District 7C · Field 7128530072.6kmcf
- Frances Hill (Penn)3 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 3251950056.5kmcf
- Fawcett (Wolfcamp)17 producing leases here · District 7C · Field 3042450048.1kmcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Sutton County
No drilling permits in Sutton County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Sutton County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 180 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 4,773
- Operators
- 19
If you inherited mineral rights in Sutton County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Upp Operating, LLC, among 19 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 6,399 leases in Sutton County, of which 4,773 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.