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Texas county · RRC district 8A

Dawson County

Dawson County reported 26 million barrels of oil and 18 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 19th of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #19 of 224 for oil

25,558,557bbl oil, last 12 months+41% vs prior year
Producing leases
505of 713 on record
Operators
76
Fields
75
Top operator
Hibernia Resources IV, LLC

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Where it sits

This county

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Dawson County · RRC district 8A
Gas, last 12 months
18,273,168 mcf
Share of Texas oil
1.3%
Leases on record
713
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Dawson 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 Dawson County rose 41% over the last 12 months

26M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 18M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2025, 2.4M bbl.

Oil output in Dawson County rose 41% over the last 12 months26M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 18M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2025, 2.4M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.4M (Dec 25)1.9M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Dawson County rose 41% over the last 12 months26M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 18M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2025, 2.4M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.4M (Dec 25)1.9M'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Dawson County rose 52% over the last 12 months

18M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 12M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2026, 1.7M mcf.

Gas output in Dawson County rose 52% over the last 12 months18M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 12M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2026, 1.7M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.7M (Mar 26)1.6M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Dawson County rose 52% over the last 12 months18M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 12M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2026, 1.7M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.7M (Mar 26)1.6M'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 Dawson 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 505 producing leases).

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

In Dawson 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.

Operators in Dawson County, by oil

Hibernia Resources IV leads

  1. Hibernia Resources IV, LLC41 producing leases here11Mbbl
  2. Ike Operating, LLC45 producing leases here5.8Mbbl
  3. Birch Operations, Inc.29 producing leases here3.4Mbbl
  4. Laguna Texas Resources, LLC36 producing leases here1.7Mbbl
  5. SM Energy Company16 producing leases here1.5Mbbl
  6. Apache Corporation14 producing leases here536kbbl
  7. Burleson Petroleum, Inc.9 producing leases here408kbbl
  8. Pbex-MCM Operating, LLC2 producing leases here297kbbl

Fields in Dawson County, by oil

Spraberry (Trend Area) leads

  1. Spraberry (Trend Area)266 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 8528030024Mbbl
  2. Welch20 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 96062001328kbbl
  3. Ackerly (Dean Sand)19 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 00448200142kbbl
  4. Deroen (Mississippian)20 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 2437730054.3kbbl
  5. Gin (Spraberry)10 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 3496175045.9kbbl
  6. Wells (Devonian)5 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 9620250043.9kbbl
  7. Spraberry, Deep (Spraberry, Lo.)8 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 8528250040.1kbbl
  8. Key West (Spraberry)10 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 4912550037.4kbbl

More operators here

OperatorOXY USA WTP EOR, LLC2OperatorDiamondback E&P LLC46OperatorWhite Rock Oil & Gas, LLC4OperatorJo Mill Oil Company LLC10
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Minerals in Dawson County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
19 of 224
Share of Texas oil
1.3%
Producing leases
505
Operators
76

If you inherited mineral rights in Dawson County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hibernia Resources IV, LLC, among 76 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 713 leases in Dawson County, of which 505 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.