Texas county · RRC district 09
Wise County
Wise County reported 151 million mcf of gas and 441,682 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 24th of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #24 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 3,746of 5,359 on record
- Operators
- 82
- Fields
- 80
- Top operator
- BKV Barnett, LLC
Own minerals in Wise 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
- 441,682 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- 1.1%
- Leases on record
- 5,359
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Wise County
Gas output in Wise County rose 4% over the last 12 months
151M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 144M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2023, 14M mcf.
Oil output in Wise County fell 12% over the last 12 months
442k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 502k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jun 2023, 78.1k 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 Wise County
1,512,363mcf gasno full prior year
1,460,734mcf gasno full prior year
1,234,473mcf gasno full prior year
1,170,484mcf gasno full prior year
986,261mcf gasno full prior year
924,159mcf gasno full prior year
797,291mcf gasno full prior year
764,172mcf gasno full prior year
741,979mcf gasno full prior year
708,788mcf gasno full prior year
698,586mcf gasno full prior year
655,110mcf gasno full prior year
648,479mcf gasno full prior year
644,431mcf gasno full prior year
633,971mcf gasno full prior year
626,549mcf gasno full prior year
590,522mcf gasno full prior year
580,351mcf gas−9% on the year before
579,371mcf gas+749% on the year before
573,746mcf gasno full prior year
566,808mcf gasno full prior year
538,007mcf gasno full prior year
526,906mcf gasno full prior year
522,848mcf gasno full prior year
518,796mcf gasno full prior year
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 3,746 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 Wise County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Wise County, by gas
BKV Barnett leads
- BKV Barnett, LLC1,943 producing leases here94Mmcf
- Eagleridge Operating, LLC336 producing leases here13Mmcf
- BKV Barnett II, LLC193 producing leases here12Mmcf
- Lime Rock Resources IV-A, L.P.89 producing leases here7.6Mmcf
- BKV North Texas, LLC92 producing leases here6.1Mmcf
- Scout Energy Management LLC293 producing leases here4.3Mmcf
- Lakota Energy, Ltd.81 producing leases here3.6Mmcf
- Texxol Operating Company, Inc.114 producing leases here2.8Mmcf
Fields in Wise County, by gas
Newark, East (Barnett Shale) leads
- Newark, East (Barnett Shale)2,462 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 65280200142Mmcf
- Boonsville (Bend Congl., Gas)810 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 105745205.9Mmcf
- Morris (Consolidated Congl.)93 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 62970700562kmcf
- Alvord, South (Atoka)30 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 02148083231kmcf
- Chico, West (Conglomerate 5700)29 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 17634462193kmcf
- Cap Yates (Consolidated Congl.)30 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 15463184190kmcf
- Alvord (Caddo Conglomerate)14 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 02143355109kmcf
- Tidwell (Strawn 4600)6 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 898897509,038mcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Wise County
MASON, ROSE 6 (AW) #6H
new drill · horizontal · BKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County
Permit 0918656 · Sep 24, 2026
MASON, ROSE 4 (AW) #4H
new drill · horizontal · BKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County
Permit 0918003 · Sep 24, 2026
FARLOW, J F GU A 5 (AW) #5H
recompletion · horizontal · BKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County
Permit 0918723 · Sep 21, 2026
DECATUR GU 3 1 (AW) #1H
recompletion · horizontal · BKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County
Permit 0918531 · Sep 14, 2026
MASON, ROSE 5 (AW) #5H
new drill · horizontal · BKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County
Permit 0918005 · Sep 11, 2026
MASON, ROSE 3 (AW) #3H
new drill · horizontal · BKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County
Permit 0918002 · Sep 11, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Wise County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 99 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 3,746
- Operators
- 82
If you inherited mineral rights in Wise County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is BKV Barnett, LLC, 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 5,359 leases in Wise County, of which 3,746 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.