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Texas county · RRC district 8A

Hockley County

Hockley County reported 8.7 million barrels of oil and 7.2 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 31st of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #31 of 224 for oil

8,703,191bbl oil, last 12 months−7% vs prior year
Producing leases
381of 473 on record
Operators
61
Fields
44

Own minerals in Hockley 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

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Hockley County · RRC district 8A
Gas, last 12 months
7,218,687 mcf
Share of Texas oil
0.4%
Leases on record
473
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Hockley 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 Hockley County fell 7% over the last 12 months

8.7M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 9.4M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 925k bbl.

Oil output in Hockley County fell 7% over the last 12 months8.7M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 9.4M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 925k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 925k (Dec 21)659k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Hockley County fell 7% over the last 12 months8.7M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 9.4M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 925k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 925k (Dec 21)659k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Hockley County rose 24% over the last 12 months

7.2M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2026, 918k mcf.

Gas output in Hockley County rose 24% over the last 12 months7.2M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2026, 918k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 918k (May 26)401k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Hockley County rose 24% over the last 12 months7.2M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.8M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2026, 918k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 918k (May 26)401k'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 Hockley 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 381 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 Hockley 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.

Recent drilling permits in Hockley County

For owners

Minerals in Hockley County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
31 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.4%
Producing leases
381
Operators
61

If you inherited mineral rights in Hockley County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hilcorp Energy Company, among 61 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 473 leases in Hockley County, of which 381 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.