Texas county · RRC district 8A
Cochran County
Cochran County reported 1.5 million barrels of oil and 1.6 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 57th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #57 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 170of 274 on record
- Operators
- 45
- Fields
- 18
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
Own minerals in Cochran 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
- 1,566,404 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 274
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Cochran County
Oil output in Cochran County fell 9% over the last 12 months
1.5M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.6M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 199k bbl.
Gas output in Cochran County fell 5% over the last 12 months
1.6M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.7M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2024, 204k 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 Cochran County
178,771bbl oil+1% on the year before
123,565bbl oil−14% on the year before
117,397bbl oil−13% on the year before
84,416bbl oil+9% on the year before
57,990bbl oil+3% on the year before
38,934bbl oil+1% on the year before
37,884bbl oil−1% on the year before
36,093bbl oilno full prior year
35,155bbl oil−7% on the year before
35,030bbl oil+22% on the year before
31,510bbl oil+4% on the year before
28,863bbl oilno full prior year
27,898bbl oil−32% on the year before
25,203bbl oil+18% on the year before
24,942bbl oil−16% on the year before
24,935bbl oil−8% on the year before
21,975bbl oil−8% on the year before
20,217bbl oil−15% on the year before
19,604bbl oil−56% on the year before
17,299bbl oilno full prior year
14,406bbl oil−25% on the year before
13,758bbl oil−21% on the year before
13,494bbl oil−21% on the year before
13,117bbl oil−7% on the year before
12,972bbl oil−24% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 170 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 Cochran County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Cochran County, by oil
Hilcorp Energy leads
- Hilcorp Energy Company8 producing leases here525kbbl
- Manzano, LLC31 producing leases here305kbbl
- Occidental Permian EOR, LLC1 producing lease here124kbbl
- Aviator Energy, LLC9 producing leases here86.4kbbl
- A.c.t. Operating Company6 producing leases here60kbbl
- Ctoc Energy, LLC2 producing leases here40.2kbbl
- Extex Operating Company15 producing leases here39.7kbbl
- Kimbell Operating Company2 producing leases here33.5kbbl
Fields in Cochran County, by oil
Levelland leads
- Levelland86 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 53411001560kbbl
- Slaughter25 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 83991001527kbbl
- Cochran (San Andres)25 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 19261666314kbbl
- Buckshot (4950)9 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 1296150023.8kbbl
- Cochran (Devonian)1 producing lease here · District 8A · Field 1926133311.5kbbl
- Bonanza, East (San Andres)5 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 1040750010.1kbbl
- Platang (San Andres)1 producing lease here · District 8A · Field 718236667,753bbl
- Landon1 producing lease here · District 8A · Field 518120016,208bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Cochran County
WHITEFACE UNIT #59W
reclass · Double Barrel Oil LLC · Cochran County
Permit 0918692 · Sep 21, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Cochran County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 57 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.1%
- Producing leases
- 170
- Operators
- 45
If you inherited mineral rights in Cochran County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hilcorp Energy Company, among 45 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 274 leases in Cochran County, of which 170 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.