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Lavaca County

Lavaca County reported 7.6 million barrels of oil and 33 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 32nd of 224 Texas counties by oil.

County dossier · #32 of 224 for oil

7,639,949bbl oil, last 12 months−11% vs prior year
Producing leases
601of 1,010 on record
Operators
44
Fields
120
Top operator
FW Eagle Ford I, LLC

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Upload a royalty check stub or a phone photo. We compare each month with the Jul 2026 state numbers for the leases below.

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Where it sits

This county

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Lavaca County · RRC district 02
Gas, last 12 months
32,744,024 mcf
Share of Texas oil
0.4%
Leases on record
1,010
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Lavaca 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 Lavaca County fell 11% over the last 12 months

7.6M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 8.6M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2025, 868k bbl.

Oil output in Lavaca County fell 11% over the last 12 months7.6M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 8.6M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2025, 868k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 868k (Mar 25)538k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Lavaca County fell 11% over the last 12 months7.6M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 8.6M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2025, 868k bbl.Oil, bbl per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 868k (Mar 25)538k'22'23'24'25'26

Gas output in Lavaca County held steady over the last 12 months

33M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 32M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2025, 3.8M mcf.

Gas output in Lavaca County held steady over the last 12 months33M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 32M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2025, 3.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4MPeak 3.8M (May 25)2.3M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Lavaca County held steady over the last 12 months33M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 32M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2025, 3.8M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4MPeak 3.8M (May 25)2.3M'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 Lavaca 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 601 producing leases).

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SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.

In Lavaca 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.

Operators in Lavaca County, by oil

FW Eagle Ford I leads

  1. FW Eagle Ford I, LLC256 producing leases here6.5Mbbl
  2. Matrix Petroleum, LLC11 producing leases here288kbbl
  3. EOG Resources, Inc.11 producing leases here263kbbl
  4. Capital Star Oil & Gas, Inc.100 producing leases here249kbbl
  5. Marathon Oil Ef LLC19 producing leases here170kbbl
  6. Modern Exploration, Inc.1 producing lease here59.4kbbl
  7. Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC2 producing leases here48.9kbbl
  8. MB Energy, LLC9 producing leases here19.5kbbl

Fields in Lavaca County, by oil

Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2) leads

  1. Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)300 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 271357507.3Mbbl
  2. Word (Austin Chalk)2 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 9876600787.6kbbl
  3. Mont (Wilcox 10,900)10 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 6251880077.7kbbl
  4. Mont (Wilcox 10640)3 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 6251865028.4kbbl
  5. Word, N. (Edwards)61 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 9876810028kbbl
  6. Hallettsville (Burns 9800)5 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 3824101014.6kbbl
  7. Provident City (Wilcox 9900 SD)1 producing lease here · District 02 · Field 7329349011.5kbbl
  8. Vienna (Wilcox, Middle U)8 producing leases here · District 02 · Field 937776648,940bbl

More operators here

OperatorFowler Oil & Gas LLC41OperatorMB Energy, LLC9OperatorMerit Energy Company43OperatorTrio Consulting & Management,llc6
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Minerals in Lavaca County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
32 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.4%
Producing leases
601
Operators
44

If you inherited mineral rights in Lavaca County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is FW Eagle Ford I, LLC, among 44 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 1,010 leases in Lavaca County, of which 601 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.