Texas county · RRC district 09
Montague County
Montague County reported 29 million mcf of gas and 898,217 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 51st of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #51 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 1,256of 1,746 on record
- Operators
- 83
- Fields
- 127
- Top operator
- EOG Resources, Inc.
Own minerals in Montague 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
- Oil, last 12 months
- 898,217 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- 0.2%
- Leases on record
- 1,746
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Montague County
Gas output in Montague County fell 5% over the last 12 months
29M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 31M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 3.5M mcf.
Oil output in Montague County fell 14% over the last 12 months
898k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2024, 115k bbl.
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 Montague County
34,664bbl oil−1% on the year before
28,336bbl oilno full prior year
26,308bbl oilno full prior year
20,265bbl oil+3% on the year before
17,293bbl oil−3% on the year before
16,053bbl oil−3% on the year before
13,811bbl oil−1% on the year before
12,897bbl oilno full prior year
11,342bbl oil−73% on the year before
10,698bbl oil−38% on the year before
9,990bbl oil−59% on the year before
9,654bbl oilno full prior year
8,840bbl oil−4% on the year before
8,750bbl oil+10% on the year before
8,350bbl oil−31% on the year before
8,237bbl oil+321% on the year before
7,799bbl oil−11% on the year before
7,473bbl oil−3% on the year before
7,401bbl oil−3% on the year before
7,327bbl oil+2% on the year before
7,141bbl oil+4% on the year before
7,119bbl oil−6% on the year before
6,759bbl oil0% on the year before
6,169bbl oil−7% on the year before
6,039bbl oil−11% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 1,256 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 Montague County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Montague County, by gas
EOG Resources leads
- EOG Resources, Inc.671 producing leases here22Mmcf
- Quail Ridge Operating LLC5 producing leases here2.1Mmcf
- Eagleridge Operating, LLC52 producing leases here2Mmcf
- Scout Energy Management LLC50 producing leases here1.5Mmcf
- BKV Barnett II, LLC26 producing leases here1.4Mmcf
- Eleon Operators, LLC8 producing leases here123kmcf
- Wise Production Company27 producing leases here113kmcf
- Felderhoff Production Company12 producing leases here89.6kmcf
Fields in Montague County, by gas
Newark, East (Barnett Shale) leads
- Newark, East (Barnett Shale)790 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 6528020029Mmcf
- ST. Jo Ridge (Barnett Shale)17 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 79656050325kmcf
- M P S (Ellenburger)6 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 5632266645kmcf
- Shirley (Caddo Congl.)8 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 8336915037.5kmcf
- Montague County Regular178 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 6252800132.8kmcf
- Gwe (Caddo Congl.)4 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 3358015029.8kmcf
- Hildreth13 producing leases here · District 09 · Field 41429001975mcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Montague County
SALMON D & E #33D
new drill · V & H Oil, L.P. · Montague County
Permit 0918221 · Sep 2, 2026
SALMON D & E #54E
new drill · V & H Oil, L.P. · Montague County
Permit 0918066 · Aug 31, 2026
SALMON D & E #53E
new drill · V & H Oil, L.P. · Montague County
Permit 0918064 · Aug 31, 2026
HARDY #1
new drill · Texxol Operating Company, Inc. · Montague County
Permit 0917911 · Aug 21, 2026
STORY #2
new drill · Kodiak Oil & Gas, Inc. · Montague County
Permit 0910050 · Aug 29, 2025
BEAR UNIT #3H
new drill · horizontal · Quail Ridge Operating LLC · Montague County
Permit 0903827 · Nov 6, 2024
For owners
Minerals in Montague County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 73 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 1,256
- Operators
- 83
If you inherited mineral rights in Montague County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is EOG Resources, Inc., among 83 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 1,746 leases in Montague County, of which 1,256 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.