Texas county · RRC district 10
Carson County
Carson County reported 5.6 million mcf of gas and 85,426 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 91st of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #91 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 537of 851 on record
- Operators
- 41
- Fields
- 5
- Top operator
- High River Res Operating, LLC
Own minerals in Carson 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
- Oil, last 12 months
- 85,426 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 851
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Carson County
Gas output in Carson County fell 5% over the last 12 months
5.6M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2022, 649k mcf.
Oil output in Carson County fell 20% over the last 12 months
85.4k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 107k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2023, 13.3k bbl.
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 Carson County
13,212bbl oil−14% on the year before
6,066bbl oil−34% on the year before
4,571bbl oil−19% on the year before
3,287bbl oil−8% on the year before
3,281bbl oil+70% on the year before
74,665mcf gas−13% on the year before
73,177mcf gas−6% on the year before
70,352mcf gas−9% on the year before
68,688mcf gas−25% on the year before
64,589mcf gas−7% on the year before
63,055mcf gas+11% on the year before
57,923mcf gas−6% on the year before
56,914mcf gas0% on the year before
55,769mcf gas−3% on the year before
52,868mcf gas+29% on the year before
2,260bbl oil+15% on the year before
51,009mcf gas−1% on the year before
49,354mcf gas−1% on the year before
2,026bbl oil+6% on the year before
46,972mcf gas−6% on the year before
46,150mcf gas−17% on the year before
45,954mcf gas+226% on the year before
45,706mcf gas−1% on the year before
1,950bbl oil−5% on the year before
1,940bbl oil−14% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 537 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 Carson County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Carson County, by gas
High River Res Operating leads
- High River Res Operating, LLC249 producing leases here4.2Mmcf
- Pantera Energy Company81 producing leases here746kmcf
- Bce-Mach III LLC25 producing leases here280kmcf
- Red Line Company, Ltd.26 producing leases here97.3kmcf
- Makar Production Company6 producing leases here84kmcf
- Ponderosa TX Operating LLC16 producing leases here82.8kmcf
- Large Operating LLC35 producing leases here42.7kmcf
- 6A Production8 producing leases here39.2kmcf
Fields in Carson County, by gas
Panhandle, West leads
- Panhandle, West424 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 688310015.7Mmcf
- Panhandle Carson County Field106 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 68845001108kmcf
- Panhandle Hutchinson County Fld.2 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 6888700113.2kmcf
- Panhandle Potter County Field1 producing lease here · District 10 · Field 6891500111kmcf
- Panhandle, West (Red Cave)4 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 6883120011kmcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Carson County
No drilling permits in Carson County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Carson County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 155 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 537
- Operators
- 41
If you inherited mineral rights in Carson County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is High River Res Operating, LLC, among 41 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 851 leases in Carson County, of which 537 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.