Texas county · RRC district 03
Fayette County
Fayette County reported 4.5 million barrels of oil and 41 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 41st of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #41 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 655of 928 on record
- Operators
- 28
- Fields
- 37
- Top operator
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Own minerals in Fayette 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
- 41,019,129 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.2%
- Leases on record
- 928
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Fayette County
Oil output in Fayette County held steady over the last 12 months
4.5M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 4.4M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2023, 505k bbl.
Gas output in Fayette County fell 9% over the last 12 months
41M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 45M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Apr 2025, 4.7M 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 Fayette County
194,757bbl oilno full prior year
186,116bbl oilno full prior year
159,617bbl oilno full prior year
126,087bbl oilno full prior year
2,093,008mcf gasno full prior year
1,572,031mcf gas+27% on the year before
1,435,335mcf gas−46% on the year before
1,411,520mcf gasno full prior year
1,323,328mcf gasno full prior year
1,275,585mcf gasno full prior year
1,254,289mcf gasno full prior year
1,240,912mcf gas+24% on the year before
1,233,718mcf gasno full prior year
1,187,924mcf gasno full prior year
1,152,837mcf gasno full prior year
1,096,070mcf gasno full prior year
43,914bbl oil−53% on the year before
36,599bbl oil−34% on the year before
810,531mcf gas−41% on the year before
748,963mcf gasno full prior year
31,936bbl oil−31% on the year before
30,357bbl oil+18% on the year before
29,686bbl oil−39% on the year before
28,897bbl oil−39% on the year before
27,742bbl oil−42% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 655 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 Fayette County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Fayette County, by oil
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating leads
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC390 producing leases here3.4Mbbl
- FW Eagle Ford I, LLC48 producing leases here541kbbl
- Rosewood Resources, Inc.1 producing lease here160kbbl
- Geosouthern Operating II, LLC24 producing leases here158kbbl
- Paleo Oil Company LLC6 producing leases here79kbbl
- Mca Petroleum Corporation32 producing leases here40.6kbbl
- Redbud E & P, Inc.44 producing leases here40.4kbbl
- Tidal Petroleum, Inc.2 producing leases here28.2kbbl
Fields in Fayette County, by oil
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) leads
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)468 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 347335003.5Mbbl
- Southern Bay (Eagle Ford)40 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 84750500641kbbl
- Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)51 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 34773550154kbbl
- Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)3 producing leases here · District 01 · Field 2713570069.2kbbl
- Muldoon, SW. (Arnim Sand)5 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 6372720015.5kbbl
- Cypress Landing (Eagle Ford)5 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 2241850013.6kbbl
- Muldoon, SW. (Arnim-2)6 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 637274007,804bbl
- Giddings (Edwards, Gas)11 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 347336201,868bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Fayette County
PASSCHENDAELE #3H
new drill · horizontal · Verdun Oil & Gas LLC · Fayette County
Permit 0918823 · Sep 24, 2026
CANTIGNY #3H
new drill · horizontal · Verdun Oil & Gas LLC · Fayette County
Permit 0918820 · Sep 24, 2026
TEX ONE #H 01TK
new drill · horizontal · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · Fayette County
Permit 0918724 · Sep 21, 2026
KYLE TWO #H 02TK
new drill · horizontal · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · Fayette County
Permit 0918725 · Sep 21, 2026
KYLE FOUR #H 04TK
new drill · horizontal · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · Fayette County
Permit 0918726 · Sep 21, 2026
KONA SIX #H 06KO
new drill · horizontal · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · Fayette County
Permit 0918561 · Sep 15, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Fayette County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 41 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.2%
- Producing leases
- 655
- Operators
- 28
If you inherited mineral rights in Fayette County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC, among 28 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 928 leases in Fayette County, of which 655 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.