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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

29,457,697mcf gas, last 12 months−5% vs prior year
Producing leases
1,256of 1,746 on record
Operators
83
Fields
127

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

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Montague County · RRC district 09
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

Monthly totals for every lease the Railroad Commission places in this county. Oil is in barrels (bbl), gas in thousand cubic feet (mcf).

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.

Gas output in Montague County fell 5% over the last 12 months29M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 31M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 3.5M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4MPeak 3.5M (Aug 21)2.5M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Montague County fell 5% over the last 12 months29M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 31M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 3.5M mcf.Gas, mcf per month01M2M3M4MPeak 3.5M (Aug 21)2.5M'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Oil output in Montague County fell 14% over the last 12 months898k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2024, 115k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100k125kPeak 115k (Jul 24)67.2k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Montague County fell 14% over the last 12 months898k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2024, 115k bbl.Oil, bbl per month025k50k75k100k125kPeak 115k (Jul 24)67.2k'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 Montague 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 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

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

Recent drilling permits in Montague County

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.