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Texas county · RRC district 03

Fort Bend County

Fort Bend County reported 435,038 barrels of oil and 2.9 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 101st of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #101 of 224 for oil

435,038bbl oil, last 12 months−10% vs prior year
Producing leases
99of 258 on record
Operators
21
Fields
28

Own minerals in Fort Bend 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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Fort Bend County · RRC district 03
Gas, last 12 months
2,898,647 mcf
Share of Texas oil
<0.1%
Leases on record
258
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County fell 10% over the last 12 months

435k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 485k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 65k bbl.

Oil output in Fort Bend County fell 10% over the last 12 months435k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 485k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 65k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75kPeak 65k (Aug 21)34.5k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Fort Bend County fell 10% over the last 12 months435k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 485k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 65k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75kPeak 65k (Aug 21)34.5k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Fort Bend County held steady over the last 12 months

2.9M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 3M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 379k mcf.

Gas output in Fort Bend County held steady over the last 12 months2.9M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 3M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 379k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400kPeak 379k (Aug 21)238k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Fort Bend County held steady over the last 12 months2.9M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 3M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 379k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0100k200k300k400kPeak 379k (Aug 21)238k'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 Fort Bend 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 99.

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

In Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County

For owners

Minerals in Fort Bend County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
101 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
99
Operators
21

If you inherited mineral rights in Fort Bend County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is P.O.&G. Operating, LLC, among 21 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 258 leases in Fort Bend County, of which 99 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.