Texas county · RRC district 09
Knox County
Knox County reported 81,647 barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 158th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #158 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 34of 85 on record
- Operators
- 20
- Fields
- 26
- Top operator
- Daylight Petroleum LLC
Own minerals in Knox 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
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 85
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- Knox City, North (Canyon)
Production
Five years of output in Knox County
Oil output in Knox County fell 8% over the last 12 months
81.6k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 88.9k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Sep 2022, 10.4k 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 Knox County
24,221bbl oil−5% on the year before
6,286bbl oil−19% on the year before
6,247bbl oil−31% on the year before
5,272bbl oil−1% on the year before
3,670bbl oil−13% on the year before
3,137bbl oil+6% on the year before
2,779bbl oil−18% on the year before
2,716bbl oil+16% on the year before
2,162bbl oilno full prior year
- HERTEL
09-29361PetexHertel (Tannehill)
1,867bbl oil+37% on the year before
1,847bbl oil−15% on the year before
1,733bbl oil+66% on the year before
1,668bbl oil−5% on the year before
1,630bbl oil+25% on the year before
1,596bbl oil−5% on the year before
1,375bbl oil−13% on the year before
1,296bbl oil−30% on the year before
1,292bbl oil−34% on the year before
1,113bbl oil+62% on the year before
1,067bbl oil−26% on the year before
1,039bbl oil−44% on the year before
995bbl oil−4% on the year before
860bbl oil−32% on the year before
814bbl oil+11% on the year before
655bbl oil−28% on the year before
Showing 25 of 34.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Knox County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Knox County, by oil
Daylight Petroleum leads
- Daylight Petroleum LLC3 producing leases here26.7kbbl
- Double M Petroproperties, Inc.4 producing leases here17.5kbbl
- Bridwell Oil Co.4 producing leases here10.7kbbl
- Teal Exploration, LLC1 producing lease here3,670bbl
- Petex2 producing leases here3,600bbl
- Great American Resources Inc.4 producing leases here3,245bbl
- M. E. Operating & Services, Inc.1 producing lease here2,779bbl
- Bbe Production, LLC2 producing leases here2,488bbl
Fields in Knox County, by oil
Knox City, North (Canyon) leads
- Knox City, North (Canyon)1 producing lease here · District 09 · Field 5000925024.2kbbl
- PF-Ellis (Caddo)2 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 680805009,423bbl
- Aurelia2 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 044125008,094bbl
- Knox City, West (Strawn)3 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 500145007,334bbl
- Little Giant (Tannehill)3 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 539725006,870bbl
- Goree, NW. (Tannehill)1 producing lease here · District 09 · Field 359875003,670bbl
- T-N-T (Tannehill)2 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 880223802,444bbl
- Fant (Congl., Lo.)1 producing lease here · District 09 · Field 301903002,162bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Knox County
No drilling permits in Knox County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Knox County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 158 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 34
- Operators
- 20
If you inherited mineral rights in Knox County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Daylight Petroleum LLC, among 20 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 85 leases in Knox County, of which 34 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.