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Texas county · RRC district 03

Colorado County

Colorado County reported 6.5 million mcf of gas and 270,582 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 86th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier · #86 of 197 for gas

6,493,312mcf gas, last 12 months−9% vs prior year
Producing leases
151of 365 on record
Operators
31
Fields
47

Own minerals in Colorado 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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Colorado County · RRC district 03
Oil, last 12 months
270,582 bbl
Share of Texas gas
<0.1%
Leases on record
365
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Colorado 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 Colorado County fell 9% over the last 12 months

6.5M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 7.1M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 1.2M mcf.

Gas output in Colorado County fell 9% over the last 12 months6.5M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 7.1M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 1.2M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1.2M (Jul 22)637k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Colorado County fell 9% over the last 12 months6.5M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 7.1M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 1.2M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1M1.3MPeak 1.2M (Jul 22)637k'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Colorado County rose 3% over the last 12 months

271k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 262k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 47.5k bbl.

Oil output in Colorado County rose 3% over the last 12 months271k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 262k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 47.5k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 47.5k (Jul 22)34.3k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Colorado County rose 3% over the last 12 months271k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 262k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2022, 47.5k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40k50kPeak 47.5k (Jul 22)34.3k'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 Colorado 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 151 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 Colorado 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 Colorado County

For owners

Minerals in Colorado County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
122 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
151
Operators
31

If you inherited mineral rights in Colorado County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Remora Management, LLC, among 31 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 365 leases in Colorado County, of which 151 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.