Texas county · RRC district 04
Hidalgo County
Hidalgo County reported 22 million mcf of gas and 298,766 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 56th of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #56 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 953of 1,821 on record
- Operators
- 29
- Fields
- 146
- Top operator
- Merit Energy Company
Own minerals in Hidalgo 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
- Oil, last 12 months
- 298,766 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- 0.2%
- Leases on record
- 1,821
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Hidalgo County
Gas output in Hidalgo County fell 9% over the last 12 months
22M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 24M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 3.1M mcf.
Oil output in Hidalgo County fell 10% over the last 12 months
299k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 331k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 40.2k bbl.
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 Hidalgo County
1,054,983mcf gasno full prior year
332,699mcf gas+1% on the year before
332,083mcf gas+243% on the year before
269,393mcf gas0% on the year before
225,611mcf gas+7% on the year before
203,626mcf gas+44% on the year before
200,627mcf gas−7% on the year before
199,327mcf gas−52% on the year before
191,988mcf gas−15% on the year before
178,471mcf gasno full prior year
164,492mcf gas−31% on the year before
152,010mcf gas−2% on the year before
5,893bbl oil−28% on the year before
130,248mcf gas+216% on the year before
127,150mcf gas+9% on the year before
124,688mcf gas−11% on the year before
121,645mcf gas+222% on the year before
118,910mcf gas−3% on the year before
113,499mcf gas+8% on the year before
111,667mcf gas−18% on the year before
110,856mcf gas−24% on the year before
110,429mcf gas+17% on the year before
109,956mcf gas−19% on the year before
109,136mcf gas−19% on the year before
108,050mcf gas−25% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 953 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 Hidalgo County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Hidalgo County, by gas
Merit Energy leads
- Merit Energy Company637 producing leases here14Mmcf
- Hilcorp Energy Company118 producing leases here2.9Mmcf
- Royal Production Company, Inc.5 producing leases here1.4Mmcf
- Dewbre Petroleum Corporation54 producing leases here1.1Mmcf
- Block "T" Petroleum, Inc.17 producing leases here493kmcf
- Vantage Operating, LLC6 producing leases here267kmcf
- Mountain V Texas, LLC12 producing leases here241kmcf
- Capital Star Oil & Gas, Inc.15 producing leases here201kmcf
Fields in Hidalgo County, by gas
Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.) leads
- Javelina (Vicksburg Cons.)179 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 458410505.6Mmcf
- McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V, N Cons115 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 587421581.9Mmcf
- McAllen-Pharr (Consolidated)45 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 587495001.5Mmcf
- Edinburg (8800)2 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 276083051.2Mmcf
- McAllen Ranch (Vksbg P-V,S Cons)52 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 58742342883kmcf
- Tabasco (Consolidated)41 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 88103100847kmcf
- McCook, Se (Vicksburg Deep)13 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 59083700839kmcf
- Flores (Vicksburg, Lower)23 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 31533500369kmcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Hidalgo County
EDINBURG UNIT #10
recompletion · Royal Production Company, Inc. · Hidalgo County
Permit 0918203 · Sep 3, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Hidalgo County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 116 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 953
- Operators
- 29
If you inherited mineral rights in Hidalgo County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Merit Energy Company, among 29 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 1,821 leases in Hidalgo County, of which 953 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.