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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

4,491,926bbl oil, last 12 months+3% vs prior year
Producing leases
655of 928 on record
Operators
28
Fields
37

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

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Fayette County · RRC district 03
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

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 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.

Oil output in Fayette County held steady over the last 12 months4.5M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 4.4M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2023, 505k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0200k400k600kPeak 505k (Jul 23)338k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Fayette County held steady over the last 12 months4.5M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 4.4M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2023, 505k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0200k400k600kPeak 505k (Jul 23)338k'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Fayette County fell 9% over the last 12 months41M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 45M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Apr 2025, 4.7M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4M5MPeak 4.7M (Apr 25)3.1M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Fayette County fell 9% over the last 12 months41M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 45M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Apr 2025, 4.7M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4M5MPeak 4.7M (Apr 25)3.1M'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 Fayette 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 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

Your royalty check comes from the operator. These are the ones with the most output here.

Recent drilling permits in Fayette County

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.