Texas county · RRC district 08
Loving County
Loving County reported 172 million barrels of oil and 699 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 3rd of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #3 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 2,720of 3,708 on record
- Operators
- 40
- Fields
- 21
- Top operator
- Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC
Own minerals in Loving 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
- 698,683,999 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 8.5%
- Leases on record
- 3,708
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Loving County
Oil output in Loving County fell 4% over the last 12 months
172M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 178M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2024, 16M bbl.
Gas output in Loving County held steady over the last 12 months
699M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 690M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2025, 62M 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 Loving County
1,660,576bbl oilno full prior year
1,206,322bbl oilno full prior year
1,149,611bbl oil−37% on the year before
1,107,221bbl oilno full prior year
857,661bbl oilno full prior year
769,267bbl oilno full prior year
730,401bbl oilno full prior year
724,552bbl oilno full prior year
673,713bbl oilno full prior year
652,205bbl oilno full prior year
650,092bbl oilno full prior year
636,382bbl oil−54% on the year before
594,867bbl oilno full prior year
574,233bbl oil−47% on the year before
572,160bbl oil−49% on the year before
571,159bbl oilno full prior year
566,101bbl oil−45% on the year before
564,507bbl oil+588% on the year before
540,591bbl oil−30% on the year before
534,705bbl oil+322% on the year before
531,310bbl oil−35% on the year before
522,591bbl oilno full prior year
488,437bbl oil−54% on the year before
481,488bbl oil−44% on the year before
477,463bbl oil−27% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 2,720 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 Loving County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Loving County, by oil
Anadarko E&P Onshore leads
- Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC706 producing leases here63Mbbl
- Pdeh LLC322 producing leases here21Mbbl
- WPX Energy Permian, LLC505 producing leases here18Mbbl
- EOG Resources, Inc.297 producing leases here16Mbbl
- Cog Operating LLC135 producing leases here6.8Mbbl
- XTO Energy Inc.16 producing leases here6.2Mbbl
- Mewbourne Oil Company148 producing leases here6.1Mbbl
- Apache Corporation117 producing leases here5.9Mbbl
Fields in Loving County, by oil
Phantom (Wolfcamp) leads
- Phantom (Wolfcamp)1,978 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 71052900122Mbbl
- Sandbar (Bone Spring)599 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 8054450041Mbbl
- Two Georges (Bone Spring)66 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 921000508.3Mbbl
- Moore-Hooper (Wlfcmp\penn Cons)12 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 6271869071.7kbbl
- Mason, N. (Delaware Sand)2 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 5810150051.4kbbl
- Grice (Delaware)7 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 3692450051kbbl
- Red Bluff (Consolidated)5 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 7516145030.6kbbl
- Dimmitt (Delaware Cons)9 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 2485360015kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Loving County
WHITE OAK 53-2 I #4543H
new drill · horizontal · Pdeh LLC · Loving County
Permit 0918849 · Sep 25, 2026
WHITE OAK 53-2 E #4553H
new drill · horizontal · Pdeh LLC · Loving County
Permit 0918846 · Sep 25, 2026
LOS VAQUEROS UNIT 3 #153H
new drill · horizontal · Permian Resources Operating, LLC · Loving County
Permit 0918677 · Sep 24, 2026
LOS VAQUEROS UNIT 2 #1H
new drill · horizontal · Permian Resources Operating, LLC · Loving County
Permit 0918684 · Sep 24, 2026
WHITE OAK 53-2 J #4544H
new drill · horizontal · Pdeh LLC · Loving County
Permit 0918844 · Sep 24, 2026
WHITE OAK 53-2 H #4542H
new drill · horizontal · Pdeh LLC · Loving County
Permit 0918838 · Sep 24, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Loving County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 3 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 8.5%
- Producing leases
- 2,720
- Operators
- 40
If you inherited mineral rights in Loving County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC, among 40 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 3,708 leases in Loving County, of which 2,720 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.