Skip to content

Texas county · RRC district 10

Wheeler County

Wheeler County reported 50 million mcf of gas and 1.3 million barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 40th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier · #40 of 197 for gas

49,882,777mcf gas, last 12 months−6% vs prior year
Producing leases
1,448of 2,592 on record
Operators
51
Fields
65

Own minerals in Wheeler 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

Wheeler CountyWheelerGrayHemphillRobertsWheeler County
Wheeler County · RRC district 10
Oil, last 12 months
1,311,973 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.4%
Leases on record
2,592
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County fell 6% over the last 12 months

50M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 53M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 6M mcf.

Gas output in Wheeler County fell 6% over the last 12 months50M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 53M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 6M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02M4M6MPeak 6M (Aug 21)4.6M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Wheeler County fell 6% over the last 12 months50M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 53M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 6M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02M4M6MPeak 6M (Aug 21)4.6M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Wheeler County fell 11% over the last 12 months

1.3M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 189k bbl.

Oil output in Wheeler County fell 11% over the last 12 months1.3M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 189k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 189k (Aug 21)95.7k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Wheeler County fell 11% over the last 12 months1.3M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 189k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 189k (Aug 21)95.7k'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 Wheeler 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 1,448 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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler County

For owners

Minerals in Wheeler County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
58 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.1%
Producing leases
1,448
Operators
51

If you inherited mineral rights in Wheeler County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Unbridled Resources, LLC, among 51 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 2,592 leases in Wheeler County, of which 1,448 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.