Texas county · RRC district 06
Franklin County
Franklin County reported 279,940 barrels of oil and 641,328 mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 119th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #119 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 38of 67 on record
- Operators
- 3
- Fields
- 11
- Top operator
- J.p. Oil Company, Inc.
Own minerals in Franklin 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
- 641,328 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 67
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Franklin County
Oil output in Franklin County fell 12% over the last 12 months
280k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 316k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 32.4k bbl.
Gas output in Franklin County fell 15% over the last 12 months
641k mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 753k mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2022, 84.1k 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 Franklin County
175,436bbl oil−14% on the year before
27,491bbl oil+12% on the year before
23,719bbl oil−13% on the year before
23,045bbl oil−9% on the year before
6,796bbl oil−14% on the year before
120,724mcf gas−16% on the year before
4,508bbl oil−23% on the year before
3,023bbl oilno full prior year
49,237mcf gas−14% on the year before
43,891mcf gas−16% on the year before
43,795mcf gas−21% on the year before
41,899mcf gas−16% on the year before
40,054mcf gas−22% on the year before
37,674mcf gas−16% on the year before
36,680mcf gas−16% on the year before
32,968mcf gas−4% on the year before
26,236mcf gas−16% on the year before
21,140mcf gas−16% on the year before
15,543mcf gas−16% on the year before
14,423mcf gas−16% on the year before
13,800mcf gas−16% on the year before
587bbl oil−3% on the year before
13,310mcf gas−21% on the year before
13,302mcf gas−16% on the year before
508bbl oil−13% on the year before
Showing 25 of 38.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Franklin County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Franklin County, by oil
J.p. Oil Company leads
Fields in Franklin County, by oil
Talco leads
- Talco2 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 88207001203kbbl
- New Hope (Elledge)1 producing lease here · District 06 · Field 6515730023.7kbbl
- New Hope1 producing lease here · District 06 · Field 6515700123kbbl
- W. A. Moncrief (Smackover)6 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 9420166620.5kbbl
- New Hope (Smackover)18 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 651578009,263bbl
- New Hope (Bacon Lime)1 producing lease here · District 06 · Field 651572006,796bbl
- New Hope (Hill Sand)1 producing lease here · District 06 · Field 651574004,508bbl
- MT. Vernon (Pettit)1 producing lease here · District 06 · Field 634523333,023bbl
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For owners
Minerals in Franklin County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 119 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 38
- Operators
- 3
If you inherited mineral rights in Franklin County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is J.p. Oil Company, Inc., among 3 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 67 leases in Franklin County, of which 38 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.