Texas county · RRC district 8A
Hale County
Hale County reported 874,595 barrels of oil and 1.7 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 74th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #74 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 6of 15 on record
- Operators
- 2
- Fields
- 3
- Top operator
- Occidental Permian Ltd.
Own minerals in Hale 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
- 1,734,227 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 15
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Hale County
Oil output in Hale County fell 5% over the last 12 months
875k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 924k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jan 2022, 91.6k bbl.
Gas output in Hale County fell 7% over the last 12 months
1.7M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.9M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2025, 281k 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 Hale County
851,513bbl oil−6% on the year before
10,081bbl oil+47% on the year before
5,438bbl oil+67% on the year before
4,120bbl oil−12% on the year before
2,862bbl oil+112% on the year before
335bbl oilno full prior year
Showing 6 of 6.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Hale County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Hale County, by oil
Occidental Permian leads
Fields in Hale County, by oil
Anton-Irish leads
More operators here
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No drilling permits in Hale County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Hale County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 74 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 6
- Operators
- 2
If you inherited mineral rights in Hale County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Occidental Permian Ltd., among 2 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 15 leases in Hale County, of which 6 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.