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Texas county · RRC district 09

Cooke County

Cooke County reported 785,141 barrels of oil and 8.5 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 77th of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #77 of 224 for oil

785,141bbl oil, last 12 months−5% vs prior year
Producing leases
686of 1,030 on record
Operators
55
Fields
98

Own minerals in Cooke 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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Cooke County · RRC district 09
Gas, last 12 months
8,512,940 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Leases on record
1,030
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Cooke 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 Cooke County fell 5% over the last 12 months

785k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 824k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2022, 89k bbl.

Oil output in Cooke County fell 5% over the last 12 months785k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 824k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2022, 89k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100kPeak 89k (Jan 22)56.5k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Cooke County fell 5% over the last 12 months785k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 824k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2022, 89k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100kPeak 89k (Jan 22)56.5k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Cooke County held steady over the last 12 months

8.5M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 8.4M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 995k mcf.

Gas output in Cooke County held steady over the last 12 months8.5M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 8.4M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 995k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 995k (Aug 21)738k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Cooke County held steady over the last 12 months8.5M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 8.4M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 995k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 995k (Aug 21)738k'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 Cooke 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 686 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 Cooke 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 Cooke County

For owners

Minerals in Cooke County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
77 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
686
Operators
55

If you inherited mineral rights in Cooke County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is EOG Resources, Inc., 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 1,030 leases in Cooke County, of which 686 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.