Texas county · RRC district 05
Henderson County
Henderson County reported 239,376 barrels of oil and 5.4 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 133rd of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #133 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 284of 567 on record
- Operators
- 27
- Fields
- 34
- Top operator
- Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC
Own minerals in Henderson 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
- 5,418,180 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 567
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Henderson County
Oil output in Henderson County fell 21% over the last 12 months
239k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 301k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Sep 2024, 27.8k bbl.
Gas output in Henderson County held steady over the last 12 months
5.4M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.6M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 665k 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 Henderson County
63,489bbl oil−16% on the year before
40,862bbl oil−28% on the year before
31,670bbl oil−1% on the year before
12,442bbl oil−7% on the year before
10,958bbl oil−38% on the year before
6,646bbl oil−18% on the year before
151,016mcf gas+4% on the year before
6,203bbl oil+362% on the year before
4,295bbl oil+7% on the year before
95,220mcf gas+81% on the year before
3,579bbl oil−53% on the year before
82,418mcf gas−17% on the year before
75,699mcf gas+299% on the year before
72,415mcf gas+41% on the year before
67,566mcf gas−5% on the year before
66,514mcf gas−3% on the year before
60,782mcf gas+32% on the year before
2,475bbl oil−56% on the year before
53,065mcf gas−9% on the year before
2,272bbl oil−37% on the year before
52,605mcf gas+21% on the year before
50,076mcf gas−10% on the year before
49,984mcf gas+21% on the year before
49,865mcf gas+78% on the year before
2,115bbl oil−45% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 284 producing leases).
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Henderson County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Henderson County, by oil
Highmark Energy Operating leads
- Highmark Energy Operating, LLC16 producing leases here84.7kbbl
- Smackover Oil Treaters, Ltd.3 producing leases here82.1kbbl
- HD Operating Co, LLC21 producing leases here24.3kbbl
- Maximus Operating, Ltd.1 producing lease here11kbbl
- Southwest Operating, Inc.-Tyler4 producing leases here6,532bbl
- Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC190 producing leases here5,596bbl
- Ellis Exploration, Inc.7 producing leases here5,325bbl
- Fortune Resources LLC2 producing leases here3,142bbl
Fields in Henderson County, by oil
Cedar Creek, S. (Smackover) leads
- Cedar Creek, S. (Smackover)2 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 1655750075.9kbbl
- Fairway (Rodessa)3 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 3003580047.9kbbl
- Fairway (James Lime)11 producing leases here · District 06 · Field 3003520034.7kbbl
- Carroll Springs (Rodessa)23 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 1595462525.1kbbl
- Tom Burchard (Paluxy)1 producing lease here · District 05 · Field 9047250011kbbl
- Opelika6 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 674160015,898bbl
- Opelika (Rodessa)32 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 674164983,938bbl
- Tri-Cities (Cotton Valley)34 producing leases here · District 05 · Field 911011508bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Henderson County
No drilling permits in Henderson County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Henderson County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 133 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 284
- Operators
- 27
If you inherited mineral rights in Henderson County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC, among 27 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 567 leases in Henderson County, of which 284 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.