Skip to content

Texas county · RRC district 03

Austin County

Austin County reported 13 million mcf of gas and 284,117 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 71st of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier · #71 of 197 for gas

12,647,438mcf gas, last 12 months+1% vs prior year
Producing leases
134of 206 on record
Operators
12
Fields
25

Own minerals in Austin 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

Austin CountyAustinFayetteWashingtonBurlesonLeeWallerGrimesColoradoFort BendAustin County
Austin County · RRC district 03
Oil, last 12 months
284,117 bbl
Share of Texas gas
<0.1%
Leases on record
206
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Austin 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 Austin County held steady over the last 12 months

13M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 13M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2025, 1.8M mcf.

Gas output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months13M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 13M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2025, 1.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Mar 25)851k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months13M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 13M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2025, 1.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Mar 25)851k'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months

284k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Apr 2022, 29k bbl.

Oil output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months284k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Apr 2022, 29k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30kPeak 29k (Apr 22)21.2k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Austin County held steady over the last 12 months284k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Apr 2022, 29k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30kPeak 29k (Apr 22)21.2k'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 Austin 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 134.

SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.

In Austin 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 Austin County

For owners

Minerals in Austin County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
118 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
134
Operators
12

If you inherited mineral rights in Austin County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Verdun Oil & Gas LLC, among 12 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 206 leases in Austin County, of which 134 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.