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Texas county · RRC district 7B

Callahan County

Callahan County reported 59,785 barrels of oil and 255,938 mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 165th of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #165 of 224 for oil

59,785bbl oil, last 12 months−19% vs prior year
Producing leases
121of 295 on record
Operators
55
Fields
44
Top operator
Petex

Own minerals in Callahan 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

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Callahan County · RRC district 7B
Gas, last 12 months
255,938 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Leases on record
295
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Callahan County

Monthly totals for every lease the Railroad Commission places in this county. Oil is in barrels (bbl), gas in thousand cubic feet (mcf).

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

59.8k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 74.1k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Nov 2021, 8,093 bbl.

Oil output in Callahan County fell 19% over the last 12 months59.8k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 74.1k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Nov 2021, 8,093 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,50010kPeak 8,093 (Nov 21)4,58120222023202420252026
Oil output in Callahan County fell 19% over the last 12 months59.8k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 74.1k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Nov 2021, 8,093 bbl.Oil, bbl per month02,5005,0007,50010kPeak 8,093 (Nov 21)4,581'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Callahan County fell 22% over the last 12 months

256k mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 326k mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 43.7k mcf.

Gas output in Callahan County fell 22% over the last 12 months256k mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 326k mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 43.7k mcf.Gas, mcf per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 43.7k (Oct 21)18.1k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Callahan County fell 22% over the last 12 months256k mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 326k mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 43.7k mcf.Gas, mcf per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 43.7k (Oct 21)18.1k'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 Callahan 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 121.

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

In Callahan 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 Callahan County

For owners

Minerals in Callahan County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
165 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
121
Operators
55

If you inherited mineral rights in Callahan County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Petex, among 55 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 295 leases in Callahan County, of which 121 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.