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
- Producing leases
- 99of 258 on record
- Operators
- 21
- Fields
- 28
- Top operator
- P.O.&G. Operating, LLC
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
- 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
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.
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.
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
59,546bbl oil+35% on the year before
50,179bbl oil−8% on the year before
36,636bbl oil+7% on the year before
33,700bbl oil−9% on the year before
29,097bbl oil−45% on the year before
448,980mcf gas−8% on the year before
17,580bbl oil−51% on the year before
15,088bbl oil+16% on the year before
13,476bbl oil−15% on the year before
12,847bbl oil+1% on the year before
12,663bbl oil−13% on the year before
12,579bbl oil−9% on the year before
11,410bbl oil−17% on the year before
10,769bbl oil+5% on the year before
240,477mcf gas−1% on the year before
9,076bbl oil−5% on the year before
8,763bbl oil+8% on the year before
7,236bbl oil−67% on the year before
6,775bbl oil−6% on the year before
153,884mcf gas+116% on the year before
4,953bbl oil−16% on the year before
115,550mcf gas−1% on the year before
107,583mcf gas−16% on the year before
107,516mcf gas−3% on the year before
4,363bbl oil+17% on the year before
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
Operators in Fort Bend County, by oil
P.O.&G. Operating leads
- P.O.&G. Operating, LLC13 producing leases here246kbbl
- McGowan Working Partners, Inc.2 producing leases here44.5kbbl
- Hilcorp Energy Company44 producing leases here40.4kbbl
- Lewis Operating Company2 producing leases here24.9kbbl
- CML Exploration, LLC5 producing leases here20.5kbbl
- Cobra Oil & Gas Corporation2 producing leases here19.5kbbl
- Horizon Prod. and Operating, LLC1 producing lease here12.6kbbl
- Hamman Oil & Refining Company2 producing leases here7,276bbl
Fields in Fort Bend County, by oil
Thompson leads
- Thompson10 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 89525001221kbbl
- Thompson, North1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 8952700133.7kbbl
- Cooley (Meek Sand)24 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 2038530027.6kbbl
- Clodine2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 1904800124.9kbbl
- Thompson, South3 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 8953000118.2kbbl
- Thompson, Se. (Frio)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 8953133317.6kbbl
- Cosmonaut (Lower Vicksburg)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 2089324015.1kbbl
- Riverstone (Yegua Ey-1)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 7705750012.6kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Fort Bend County
MOORE #10
recompletion · CML Exploration, LLC · Fort Bend County
Permit 0910496 · Sep 18, 2025
PANTHER #2
new drill · Delfin Operating, LLC · Fort Bend County
Permit 0894650 · Oct 24, 2023
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.