Texas county · RRC district 03
Brazos County
Brazos County reported 4.7 million barrels of oil and 5.9 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 39th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier
- Producing leases
- 537of 746 on record
- Operators
- 27
- Fields
- 17
- Top operator
- Wildfire Energy Operating LLC
Own minerals in Brazos County?
Where it sits
This county
- Gas, last 12 months
- 5,908,477 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.2%
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- Aguila Vado (Eagleford)
Five years of output in Brazos County
Oil output in Brazos County rose 9% over the last 12 months
4.7M bbl through Jul 2026, against 4.4M bbl a year earlier. Peak Feb 2026: 589k bbl.
Gas output in Brazos County fell 9% over the last 12 months
5.9M mcf through Jul 2026, against 6.5M mcf a year earlier. Peak Jul 2022: 922k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026.
The biggest leases in Brazos County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
207,166bbl oil−9%
134,759bbl oiln/a
128,715bbl oiln/a
122,899bbl oiln/a
114,368bbl oiln/a
113,568bbl oiln/a
111,537bbl oiln/a
109,063bbl oiln/a
104,017bbl oiln/a
95,245bbl oiln/a
93,754bbl oiln/a
68,383bbl oiln/a
66,291bbl oiln/a
62,986bbl oil−22%
61,280bbl oil−30%
59,907bbl oil−29%
57,145bbl oiln/a
51,567bbl oil−26%
51,498bbl oil−39%
50,469bbl oil−35%
45,444bbl oiln/a
44,283bbl oil−18%
42,869bbl oil−23%
42,279bbl oil−18%
40,665bbl oil−23%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 537), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Brazos County, by oil
Wildfire Energy Operating leads
- Wildfire Energy Operating LLC348 leases4.4Mbbl
- Vess Oil Corporation16 leases298kbbl
- CML Exploration, LLC17 leases117kbbl
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC71 leases43.5kbbl
- Holley Oil Company, LLC8 leases28.2kbbl
- Redbud E & P, Inc.7 leases17.7kbbl
- Trailblazer Energy Resources,llc3 leases16.9kbbl
- Northfield Enterprises, Inc.4 leases14.2kbbl
Fields in Brazos County, by oil
Aguila Vado (Eagleford) leads
- Aguila Vado (Eagleford)131 leases · District 05 · Field 008705002.1Mbbl
- Giddings (Eagleford)62 leases · District 03 · Field 347336101.1Mbbl
- Madisonville, W. (Woodbine -A-)93 leases · District 03 · Field 565995001Mbbl
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)103 leases · District 03 · Field 34733500260kbbl
- Kurten (Woodbine)12 leases · District 03 · Field 50424900215kbbl
- Giddings (Buda)59 leases · District 03 · Field 34733600134kbbl
- Kurten (Buda)35 leases · District 03 · Field 50424500113kbbl
- Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)16 leases · District 03 · Field 3477355039.8kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Brazos County
PETERS #5RE
recompletion · horizontal · CML Exploration, LLC · Brazos County
Permit 0917710 · Sep 28, 2026
GOLDEN #1HA
new drill · horizontal · Wildfire Energy Operating LLC · Brazos County
Permit 0915332 · May 6, 2026
ORCA B WB #2H
new drill · horizontal · Wildfire Energy Operating LLC · Brazos County
Permit 0909228 · Aug 29, 2025
ORCA A WB #1H
new drill · horizontal · Wildfire Energy Operating LLC · Brazos County
Permit 0909227 · Aug 29, 2025
PORTERFIELD B #2HE
new drill · horizontal · Wildfire Energy Operating LLC · Brazos County
Permit 0909595 · Aug 4, 2025
FRIDEL #1
recompletion · horizontal · CML Exploration, LLC · Brazos County
Permit 0907005 · Apr 2, 2025