Texas county · RRC district 8A
Borden County
Borden County reported 14 million barrels of oil and 18 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 28th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #28 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 269of 360 on record
- Operators
- 50
- Fields
- 58
- Top operator
- Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC
Own minerals in Borden 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
- Gas, last 12 months
- 18,248,191 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.7%
- Leases on record
- 360
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Borden County
Oil output in Borden County rose 8% over the last 12 months
14M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 13M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2026, 1.6M bbl.
Gas output in Borden County rose 13% over the last 12 months
18M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 16M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2026, 1.8M mcf.
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 Borden County
1,583,533bbl oilno full prior year
586,759bbl oil−7% on the year before
522,339bbl oil+49% on the year before
477,806bbl oilno full prior year
469,520bbl oil+248% on the year before
425,555bbl oilno full prior year
360,938bbl oilno full prior year
331,227bbl oilno full prior year
295,074bbl oilno full prior year
291,362bbl oil−37% on the year before
267,778bbl oilno full prior year
259,405bbl oil+12% on the year before
256,925bbl oilno full prior year
231,866bbl oil−55% on the year before
225,844bbl oilno full prior year
220,997bbl oil+5% on the year before
201,956bbl oilno full prior year
192,011bbl oilno full prior year
189,581bbl oilno full prior year
188,118bbl oilno full prior year
178,378bbl oil−49% on the year before
174,469bbl oilno full prior year
174,029bbl oilno full prior year
171,792bbl oil−56% on the year before
162,343bbl oil−57% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 269 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 Borden County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Borden County, by oil
Highpeak Energy Holdings leads
- Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC35 producing leases here5.6Mbbl
- Surge Operating, LLC74 producing leases here5.1Mbbl
- Firebird Energy II LLC2 producing leases here1.9Mbbl
- Jo Mill Oil Company LLC2 producing leases here670kbbl
- Apache Corporation13 producing leases here454kbbl
- Crescent Energy Operating, LLC2 producing leases here229kbbl
- Yukon Exploration Operating, LLC10 producing leases here133kbbl
- Aviator Energy, LLC21 producing leases here87.1kbbl
Fields in Borden County, by oil
Spraberry (Trend Area) leads
- Spraberry (Trend Area)129 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 8528030013Mbbl
- Jo-Mill (Spraberry)22 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 46564750797kbbl
- Peg's Draw (Mississippian)12 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 7030650072.5kbbl
- Gopher Creek (Miss.)4 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 3588925070kbbl
- Reo (Jo Mill, Lower)4 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 7604350046.1kbbl
- Clayton Ranch, N. (Spraberry)8 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 1879070040.4kbbl
- Fluvanna3 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 3169000132kbbl
- Mesquite Creek (Miss.)4 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 6077645021.7kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Borden County
WINSTEP 31-9 B UNIT #L 6H
new drill · horizontal · Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC · Borden County
Permit 0918347 · Sep 4, 2026
WINSTEP 31-9 B UNIT #A 6H
new drill · horizontal · Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC · Borden County
Permit 0918348 · Sep 4, 2026
VERDEL 42-54 B UNIT #L 6H
new drill · horizontal · Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC · Borden County
Permit 0918209 · Sep 1, 2026
VERDEL 42-54 B UNIT #L 5H
new drill · horizontal · Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC · Borden County
Permit 0918208 · Sep 1, 2026
VERDEL 42-54 B UNIT #A 6H
new drill · horizontal · Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC · Borden County
Permit 0918204 · Sep 1, 2026
VERDEL 42-54 B UNIT #A 5H
new drill · horizontal · Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC · Borden County
Permit 0918201 · Aug 28, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Borden County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 28 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.7%
- Producing leases
- 269
- Operators
- 50
If you inherited mineral rights in Borden County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Highpeak Energy Holdings, LLC, among 50 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 360 leases in Borden County, of which 269 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.