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Brooks County

Brooks County reported 5.9 million mcf of gas and 185,167 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 89th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier · #89 of 197 for gas

5,927,616mcf gas, last 12 months−18% vs prior year
Producing leases
216of 629 on record
Operators
22
Fields
65
Top operator
Hilcorp Energy Company

Own minerals in Brooks County?

Upload a royalty check stub or a phone photo. We compare each month with the Jul 2026 state numbers for the leases below.

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Where it sits

This county

Brooks CountyBrooksDuvalJim HoggKenedyKlebergBrooks County
Brooks County · RRC district 04
Oil, last 12 months
185,167 bbl
Share of Texas gas
<0.1%
Leases on record
629
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Brooks 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 Brooks County fell 18% over the last 12 months

5.9M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 7.2M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2023, 976k mcf.

Gas output in Brooks County fell 18% over the last 12 months5.9M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 7.2M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2023, 976k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 976k (Jan 23)435k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Brooks County fell 18% over the last 12 months5.9M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 7.2M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2023, 976k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 976k (Jan 23)435k'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Brooks County fell 19% over the last 12 months

185k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 229k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 30k bbl.

Oil output in Brooks County fell 19% over the last 12 months185k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 229k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 30k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 30k (Oct 21)12.1k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Brooks County fell 19% over the last 12 months185k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 229k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 30k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 30k (Oct 21)12.1k'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 Brooks 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 216 producing leases).

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

In Brooks 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.

Operators in Brooks County, by gas

Hilcorp Energy leads

  1. Hilcorp Energy Company59 producing leases here1.5Mmcf
  2. Merit Energy Company39 producing leases here764kmcf
  3. Wagner Oil Company10 producing leases here738kmcf
  4. Hughes, Dan A. Company, L.P.8 producing leases here607kmcf
  5. EOG Resources, Inc.5 producing leases here548kmcf
  6. Besco Operating, L.P.10 producing leases here294kmcf
  7. Paleo Oil Company LLC18 producing leases here291kmcf
  8. Wadi Operating, LLC5 producing leases here228kmcf

Fields in Brooks County, by gas

Tom East (13,800) leads

  1. Tom East (13,800)14 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 904809501.2Mmcf
  2. Rucias, N. (FB E)13 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 78831425689kmcf
  3. Kelsey (Vxkbg. Consol.)19 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 48630800459kmcf
  4. Viboras (Frio Cons.)3 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 93647126391kmcf
  5. Lopez Ranch (Consolidated)22 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 54895400389kmcf
  6. Kelsey (Frio Consol.)15 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 48630030223kmcf
  7. Home Run (Vicksburg Cons.)14 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 42403248219kmcf
  8. Ann Mag (Vicksburg Cons.)8 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 02971100181kmcf

More operators here

OperatorWadi Operating, LLC5OperatorMillennium Exploration Co. LLC4OperatorOmta Operating LLC10OperatorLogas Energy, LLC4
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Minerals in Brooks County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
137 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
216
Operators
22

If you inherited mineral rights in Brooks County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hilcorp Energy Company, among 22 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 629 leases in Brooks County, of which 216 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.