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Texas county · RRC district 8A

Gaines County

Gaines County reported 16 million barrels of oil and 15 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 27th of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #27 of 224 for oil

15,565,593bbl oil, last 12 months+5% vs prior year
Producing leases
480of 903 on record
Operators
91
Fields
133
Top operator
OXY USA Inc.

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Upload a royalty check stub or a phone photo. We compare each month with the Jul 2026 state numbers for the leases below.

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Where it sits

This county

Gaines CountyGainesYoakumDawsonTerryGaines County
Gaines County · RRC district 8A
Gas, last 12 months
14,943,150 mcf
Share of Texas oil
0.8%
Leases on record
903
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Gaines 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 Gaines County rose 5% over the last 12 months

16M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 15M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 1.5M bbl.

Oil output in Gaines County rose 5% over the last 12 months16M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 15M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 1.5M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.5M (Dec 21)1.4M20222023202420252026
Oil output in Gaines County rose 5% over the last 12 months16M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 15M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 1.5M bbl.Oil, bbl per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.5M (Dec 21)1.4M'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Gaines County fell 15% over the last 12 months

15M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2025, 1.8M mcf.

Gas output in Gaines County fell 15% over the last 12 months15M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2025, 1.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Jul 25)1.1M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Gaines County fell 15% over the last 12 months15M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2025, 1.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2MPeak 1.8M (Jul 25)1.1M'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 Gaines 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 480 producing leases).

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

In Gaines 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.

Operators in Gaines County, by oil

OXY USA leads

  1. OXY USA Inc.8 producing leases here7.4Mbbl
  2. Hilcorp Energy Company45 producing leases here1.9Mbbl
  3. OXY USA WTP LP1 producing lease here1.3Mbbl
  4. Bce-Mach III LLC33 producing leases here1.3Mbbl
  5. Crescent Energy Operating, LLC56 producing leases here451kbbl
  6. Occidental Permian Ltd.2 producing leases here396kbbl
  7. Parallel Petroleum LLC23 producing leases here340kbbl
  8. Citation Oil & Gas Corp.9 producing leases here199kbbl

Fields in Gaines County, by oil

Seminole (San Andres) leads

  1. Seminole (San Andres)6 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 822251427.4Mbbl
  2. Robertson, N. (Clear Fork 7100)20 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 773186661.6Mbbl
  3. Seminole, West2 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 822330011.3Mbbl
  4. Harris (San Andres)39 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 39342375606kbbl
  5. Cedar Lake8 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 16580001559kbbl
  6. Wasson 724 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 95431001402kbbl
  7. Riley, North5 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 76707001331kbbl
  8. Adair7 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 00570001306kbbl

More operators here

OperatorAtlas Operating LLC1OperatorGungoll, Carl E. Exploration LLC4OperatorWhite Rock Oil & Gas, LLC7OperatorJoint Resources Company7
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Minerals in Gaines County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
27 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.8%
Producing leases
480
Operators
91

If you inherited mineral rights in Gaines County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is OXY USA Inc., among 91 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 903 leases in Gaines County, of which 480 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.