Texas county · RRC district 03
Lee County
Lee County reported 5.8 million barrels of oil and 9.2 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 37th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier
- Producing leases
- 499of 911 on record
- Operators
- 26
- Fields
- 17
- Top operator
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Own minerals in Lee County?
Where it sits
This county
- Gas, last 12 months
- 9,224,963 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.3%
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)
Five years of output in Lee County
Oil output in Lee County held steady over the last 12 months
5.8M bbl through Jul 2026, against 5.8M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 591k bbl.
Gas output in Lee County fell 5% over the last 12 months
9.2M mcf through Jul 2026, against 9.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2025: 926k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026.
The biggest leases in Lee County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
449,661bbl oiln/a
364,951bbl oiln/a
287,041bbl oiln/a
245,308bbl oil−39%
201,289bbl oiln/a
199,584bbl oiln/a
196,340bbl oiln/a
185,544bbl oil+18%
172,102bbl oiln/a
170,684bbl oiln/a
159,305bbl oiln/a
139,995bbl oil−50%
122,345bbl oiln/a
112,482bbl oil−39%
111,526bbl oil−56%
103,077bbl oil+130%
100,559bbl oil+25%
96,943bbl oil−39%
95,093bbl oiln/a
81,807bbl oil−37%
75,218bbl oil−39%
69,298bbl oiln/a
68,484bbl oil−60%
66,634bbl oil−50%
65,739bbl oil−42%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 499), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Lee County, by oil
Sage Natural Resources leads
- Sage Natural Resources LLC14 leases2.2Mbbl
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC285 leases2.1Mbbl
- EOG Resources, Inc.38 leases1.1Mbbl
- Wildfire Energy Operating LLC17 leases153kbbl
- Paleo Oil Company LLC7 leases119kbbl
- Ironbloom Operating, LLC6 leases98kbbl
- Leexus Oil LLC16 leases35kbbl
- Atlas Operating LLC15 leases19.5kbbl
Fields in Lee County, by oil
Giddings (Eagleford) leads
- Giddings (Eagleford)28 leases · District 03 · Field 347336102.4Mbbl
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)321 leases · District 03 · Field 347335002.3Mbbl
- Southern Bay (Eagle Ford)40 leases · District 03 · Field 847505001.1Mbbl
- Hooker Creek (Navarro A)47 leases · District 03 · Field 4249350014.3kbbl
- Giddings (Navarro, Oil)14 leases · District 03 · Field 347336246,084bbl
- Serbin (Taylor Sand)7 leases · District 03 · Field 822655005,205bbl
- Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)5 leases · District 03 · Field 347735503,137bbl
- Noack Cow Herd (3460)6 leases · District 03 · Field 656075002,491bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Lee County
LAGUNA A #1HE
new drill · horizontal · Wildfire Energy Operating LLC · Lee County
Permit 0917913 · Sep 10, 2026
LAGUNA B #2HE
new drill · horizontal · Wildfire Energy Operating LLC · Lee County
Permit 0917927 · Aug 21, 2026
NELDA #1H
recompletion · horizontal · Ironbloom Operating, LLC · Lee County
Permit 0917170 · Jul 16, 2026
BUCK TRAVIS TWO #H 02BT
new drill · horizontal · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · Lee County
Permit 0916801 · Jul 8, 2026
ALBERT LUECKE EF NORTH #1H
new drill · horizontal · Sage Natural Resources LLC · Lee County
Permit 0916816 · Jul 1, 2026
ALBERT LUECKE EF SOUTH #2H
new drill · horizontal · Sage Natural Resources LLC · Lee County
Permit 0916745 · Jul 1, 2026