Texas county · RRC district 08
Martin County
Martin County reported 258 million barrels of oil and 793 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 1st of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #1 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 3,887of 5,135 on record
- Operators
- 49
- Fields
- 26
- Top operator
- Diamondback E&P LLC
Own minerals in Martin 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
- 793,038,854 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 13%
- Leases on record
- 5,135
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Martin County
Oil output in Martin County held steady over the last 12 months
258M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 255M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2025, 23M bbl.
Gas output in Martin County rose 10% over the last 12 months
793M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 721M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2026, 70M 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 Martin County
2,812,875bbl oil−33% on the year before
2,484,597bbl oilno full prior year
2,274,495bbl oilno full prior year
2,061,904bbl oilno full prior year
2,003,367bbl oil+174% on the year before
1,856,668bbl oilno full prior year
1,369,707bbl oil+79% on the year before
1,326,576bbl oilno full prior year
1,302,583bbl oil+70% on the year before
1,233,423bbl oilno full prior year
1,194,654bbl oilno full prior year
1,174,209bbl oil+21% on the year before
1,117,213bbl oil+40% on the year before
1,109,825bbl oilno full prior year
1,084,936bbl oil−7% on the year before
1,074,958bbl oilno full prior year
1,055,843bbl oil−17% on the year before
1,016,351bbl oilno full prior year
1,016,178bbl oilno full prior year
1,002,035bbl oilno full prior year
998,877bbl oilno full prior year
975,430bbl oil−38% on the year before
962,911bbl oil−57% on the year before
959,872bbl oilno full prior year
877,959bbl oil−22% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 3,887 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 Martin County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Martin County, by oil
Diamondback E&P leads
- Diamondback E&P LLC1,600 producing leases here128Mbbl
- Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.993 producing leases here61Mbbl
- XTO Energy Inc.76 producing leases here16Mbbl
- Ovintiv USA Inc.317 producing leases here14Mbbl
- Occidental Permian Ltd.47 producing leases here7.4Mbbl
- SM Energy Company40 producing leases here6.8Mbbl
- Oxyrock Operating, LLC151 producing leases here5.8Mbbl
- Cog Operating LLC119 producing leases here5.3Mbbl
Fields in Martin County, by oil
Spraberry (Trend Area) leads
- Spraberry (Trend Area)3,689 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 85280300253Mbbl
- Emma (Barnett Shale)19 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 288990404.1Mbbl
- Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc74 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 852803011.7Mbbl
- Kiva (Dev)4 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 49790500137kbbl
- Lowe (Atoka)15 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 5525603090.2kbbl
- Comanche Bluff (Silurian)2 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 1986835053.2kbbl
- Ackerly (Dean Sand)28 producing leases here · District 8A · Field 0044820032.5kbbl
- Breedlove6 producing leases here · District 08 · Field 1175100124.1kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Martin County
GLASSCOCK-CASAGA 44H #8H
new drill · horizontal · Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. · Martin County
Permit 0918062 · Sep 28, 2026
GLASSCOCK-CASAGA 44G #7H
new drill · horizontal · Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. · Martin County
Permit 0918061 · Sep 28, 2026
GLASSCOCK-CASAGA 44E #5H
new drill · horizontal · Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. · Martin County
Permit 0918059 · Sep 28, 2026
DICKENSON W19I #9H
new drill · horizontal · Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. · Martin County
Permit 0917994 · Sep 28, 2026
DICKENSON W19H #8H
new drill · horizontal · Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. · Martin County
Permit 0917993 · Sep 28, 2026
DICKENSON W19G #7H
new drill · horizontal · Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. · Martin County
Permit 0917991 · Sep 28, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Martin County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 1 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 13%
- Producing leases
- 3,887
- Operators
- 49
If you inherited mineral rights in Martin County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Diamondback E&P LLC, among 49 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 5,135 leases in Martin County, of which 3,887 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.