Texas county · RRC district 03
Matagorda County
Matagorda County reported 243,437 barrels of oil and 5.1 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 131st of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #131 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 114of 364 on record
- Operators
- 30
- Fields
- 72
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
Own minerals in Matagorda 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
- 5,105,200 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 364
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Matagorda County
Oil output in Matagorda County fell 14% over the last 12 months
243k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 36.4k bbl.
Gas output in Matagorda County fell 15% over the last 12 months
5.1M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 6M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 819k 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 Matagorda County
1,971,417mcf gas−8% on the year before
1,104,094mcf gas−29% on the year before
20,058bbl oil+84% on the year before
11,857bbl oilno full prior year
9,483bbl oil−6% on the year before
196,147mcf gas0% on the year before
189,747mcf gas−25% on the year before
7,458bbl oil−13% on the year before
151,260mcf gasno full prior year
150,155mcf gasno full prior year
5,817bbl oil−20% on the year before
127,243mcf gas−49% on the year before
5,266bbl oil−12% on the year before
5,003bbl oil+52% on the year before
4,105bbl oil−46% on the year before
91,373mcf gas−5% on the year before
3,863bbl oil+31% on the year before
3,482bbl oil+43% on the year before
3,282bbl oil+2% on the year before
3,069bbl oil+5% on the year before
71,029mcf gas−28% on the year before
3,006bbl oil+1% on the year before
70,015mcf gas−4% on the year before
69,764mcf gas−12% on the year before
63,697mcf gas+1% on the year before
Showing 25 of 114.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Matagorda County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Matagorda County, by oil
Hilcorp Energy leads
- Hilcorp Energy Company10 producing leases here88kbbl
- Tag Operating Company, Inc.1 producing lease here20.1kbbl
- Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.11 producing leases here19.3kbbl
- Texian Operating Company, LLC12 producing leases here18.2kbbl
- Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC3 producing leases here18.1kbbl
- Goldking Minerals Mgmt, L.L.C.3 producing leases here16.6kbbl
- Orx Resources, L.L.C.2 producing leases here8,802bbl
- Dallas Petroleum Group, LLC2 producing leases here7,332bbl
Fields in Matagorda County, by oil
Lightning (Tex-Miss Cons) leads
- Lightning (Tex-Miss Cons)2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 5355960084.5kbbl
- Caney (Lewis Sand)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 1530366620.1kbbl
- Sugar Valley (Truitt)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 8696085011.9kbbl
- Markham N.-Bay City,n(cornelius)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 575783429,483bbl
- Coconut (Anomalina 4)2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 192851009,034bbl
- Bay City (7500 Frio)2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 062873018,072bbl
- Lucky (10,000)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 554688176,545bbl
- Duncan Slough (Frio Cons.)6 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 265060503,558bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Matagorda County
SMITH, LEWIS EDWIN ET AL #4
new drill · Underground Services Markham,llc · Matagorda County
Permit 0913910 · Mar 9, 2026
BOONIE JENSEN #1
recompletion · Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc. · Matagorda County
Permit 0911812 · Nov 19, 2025
H. SMITH #1
new drill · Underground Services Markham,llc · Matagorda County
Permit 0911471 · Oct 30, 2025
ANDERSON #1
recompletion · Magnum Producing, LP · Matagorda County
Permit 0910613 · Sep 23, 2025
BUNK #1
recompletion · Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC · Matagorda County
Permit 0909087 · Jul 14, 2025
JENSEN #1
new drill · Bruington Operating II, LLC · Matagorda County
Permit 0908778 · Jun 26, 2025
For owners
Minerals in Matagorda County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 131 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 114
- Operators
- 30
If you inherited mineral rights in Matagorda County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hilcorp Energy Company, among 30 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 364 leases in Matagorda County, of which 114 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.