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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

243,437bbl oil, last 12 months−14% vs prior year
Producing leases
114of 364 on record
Operators
30
Fields
72

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

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Matagorda County · RRC district 03
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

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 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.

Oil output in Matagorda County fell 14% over the last 12 months243k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 36.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 36.4k (Dec 21)13.5k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Matagorda County fell 14% over the last 12 months243k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 282k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2021, 36.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 36.4k (Dec 21)13.5k'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Matagorda County fell 15% over the last 12 months5.1M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 6M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 819k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 819k (Oct 21)343k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Matagorda County fell 15% over the last 12 months5.1M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 6M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 819k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0250k500k750k1MPeak 819k (Oct 21)343k'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 Matagorda 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 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

Your royalty check comes from the operator. These are the ones with the most output here.

Recent drilling permits in Matagorda County

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.