Texas county · RRC district 8A
Kent County
Kent County reported 1.8 million barrels of oil and 3.8 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 53rd of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #53 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 124of 177 on record
- Operators
- 32
- Fields
- 44
- Top operator
- OXY USA WTP LP
Own minerals in Kent 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
- 3,760,830 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 177
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Kent County
Oil output in Kent County fell 17% over the last 12 months
1.8M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 2.1M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2023, 213k bbl.
Gas output in Kent County fell 25% over the last 12 months
3.8M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2024, 482k 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 Kent County
1,369,296bbl oil−18% on the year before
32,254bbl oil−25% on the year before
28,440bbl oil−2% on the year before
22,487bbl oil−5% on the year before
16,534bbl oil−41% on the year before
16,395bbl oil+3% on the year before
12,268bbl oil+191% on the year before
11,176bbl oil+3% on the year before
10,283bbl oil−8% on the year before
8,943bbl oil−23% on the year before
8,652bbl oil−6% on the year before
8,385bbl oil−3% on the year before
8,198bbl oil−73% on the year before
8,148bbl oil+3% on the year before
7,280bbl oil−3% on the year before
6,797bbl oil−11% on the year before
6,433bbl oil−24% on the year before
6,269bbl oil+35% on the year before
5,777bbl oil+14% on the year before
5,379bbl oil−8% on the year before
5,152bbl oil−14% on the year before
4,349bbl oil+58% on the year before
4,219bbl oil−10% on the year before
4,003bbl oil−30% on the year before
3,790bbl oil+122% on the year before
Showing 25 of 124.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Kent County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Kent County, by oil
OXY USA WTP leads
- OXY USA WTP LP1 producing lease here1.4Mbbl
- Sharp Image Energy, Inc.29 producing leases here102kbbl
- Sojourner Drilling Corporation12 producing leases here58.9kbbl
- Extex Operating Company6 producing leases here30.6kbbl
- Occidental Permian Ltd.1 producing lease here28.4kbbl
- Three Span Oil & Gas, Inc.6 producing leases here25.3kbbl
- Canan Mowrey Operating, LLC4 producing leases here22.2kbbl
- Basa Resources, Inc.4 producing leases here16.1kbbl
Fields in Kent County, by oil
Salt Creek leads
- Salt Creek1 producing lease here · District 8A · Field 798870011.4Mbbl
- Long-Hall (Tannehill)9 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 5465950066.6kbbl
- Double Mountain (Canyon Sand)12 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 2576240034.4kbbl
- Clairemont, East (Strawn)8 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 1843733330.4kbbl
- Fuller (Strawn -B- )1 producing lease here · District 8A · Field 3319066628.4kbbl
- Spires4 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 8521100126.3kbbl
- S.n.b. (Cisco)2 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 7931107525.4kbbl
- Michelle Kay (Cisco)10 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 6098920024.7kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Kent County
No drilling permits in Kent County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Kent County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 53 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.1%
- Producing leases
- 124
- Operators
- 32
If you inherited mineral rights in Kent County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is OXY USA WTP LP, among 32 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 177 leases in Kent County, of which 124 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.