Texas county · RRC district 03
Montgomery County, Texas oil and gas
- 615,707bbl oil in the last 12 months
- 58producing leases
- 834wells on the map
- 0drilling locations in two years
Oil wells and drilling locations in Montgomery County
- Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells409On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing106Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged319The state's wellbore record says plugged
Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and permit files, US Census Bureau county outline, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), base map from USGS The National Map. A dot is a surface location; a horizontal well runs a mile or more from it.
834 wells with a location on the state's map (409 producing, 106 not producing, 319 plugged) and 0 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.
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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/counties/montgomery-county-tx">Montgomery County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>Wells near a town: Conroe · Cut and Shoot · Magnolia · New Caney · Oak Ridge North · Panorama Village · Patton Village · Pinehurst · Porter Heights · Roman Forest · Shenandoah · Splendora · The Woodlands · Willis · Woodbranch · Newest drilling permits in Montgomery County · Wells by ZIP code
Montgomery County reported 615,707 barrels of oil and 1.3 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 89th of 225 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier
August 2026 is still coming in. About 89% of Texas leases have reported it so far, so this page counts through July 2026 until it is fully reported.
- Producing leases
- 58of 273 on record
- Operators
- 9
- Fields
- 17
- Top operator
- Highmark Energy Operating, LLC
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- Gas, last 12 months
- 1,328,035 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Wells on record
- 834on leases with production reports
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Five years of output in Montgomery County
Oil output in Montgomery County fell 7% over the last 12 months
616k bbl through Jul 2026, against 661k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2021: 71.7k bbl.
Gas output in Montgomery County fell 21% over the last 12 months
1.3M mcf through Jul 2026, against 1.7M mcf a year earlier. Peak Oct 2021: 301k mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.
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</script>Montgomery County oil and gas production by year, 1993 to 2025
Every full year we hold, 1993 to 2025. The highest year for oil since 1993 was 1996, at 2,075,104 bbl. The highest year for gas was 1998, at 71,508,226 mcf.
| Year | Oilbbl | Gasmcf |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 662,032 | 1,526,921 |
| 2024 | 629,206 | 1,827,590 |
| 2023 | 720,321 | 2,089,435 |
| 2022 | 742,891 | 2,423,708 |
| 2021 | 777,612 | 3,164,922 |
| 2020 | 843,345 | 3,566,033 |
| 2019 | 881,207 | 4,112,072 |
| 2018 | 854,651 | 3,765,352 |
| 2017 | 873,731 | 3,991,033 |
| 2016 | 849,550 | 4,689,895 |
| 2015 | 1,026,345 | 6,156,496 |
| 2014 | 1,057,286 | 6,082,396 |
| 2013 | 1,031,322 | 6,779,184 |
| 2012 | 1,056,113 | 6,661,905 |
| 2011 | 1,142,553 | 7,103,805 |
| 2010 | 1,137,530 | 8,062,915 |
| 2009 | 1,242,399 | 8,857,059 |
| 2008 | 1,205,454 | 8,034,768 |
| 2007 | 964,009 | 9,414,544 |
| 2006 | 882,751 | 10,853,436 |
| 2005 | 898,729 | 11,503,136 |
| 2004 | 1,046,548 | 14,422,940 |
| 2003 | 1,112,260 | 17,306,312 |
| 2002 | 1,095,707 | 21,932,683 |
| 2001 | 1,234,963 | 26,650,358 |
| 2000 | 1,347,715 | 26,465,114 |
| 1999 | 1,576,531 | 40,514,457 |
| 1998 | 1,856,649 | 71,508,226 |
| 1997 | 1,969,853 | 43,045,290 |
| 1996 | 2,075,104 | 24,010,796 |
| 1995 | 1,983,130 | 23,392,285 |
| 1994 | 1,792,436 | 21,534,823 |
| 1993 | 1,994,726 | 21,218,501 |
SourceTexas Railroad Commission production records, added up by county and calendar year. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas. The year in progress is left out until it is complete.
Montgomery County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll
Mineral owners in Montgomery County: 9,260 royalty records on the roll
At least 95 of the 9,260 royalty-interest records on Montgomery County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.03%). We publish counts only. No owner’s name or address is on this page; to look for one family, search its name.
- Royalty-interest records, 2026 roll
- 9,260
- Still titled to an estate, at least
- 95
- Share of the roll
- 1.03%
SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Montgomery County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.
The biggest leases in Montgomery County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
508,890bbl oil−6%
51,901bbl oil−9%
- BALDWIN
03-15046Eros Operating LLCKuhlman
14,647bbl oil−19%
171,180mcf gas−12%
6,281bbl oil−26%
100,885mcf gas−37%
97,931mcf gas+50%
62,145mcf gas+48%
2,539bbl oil−9%
58,627mcf gas−14%
46,002mcf gas−12%
40,136mcf gas+26%
40,135mcf gas+15%
39,435mcf gas+5%
1,630bbl oil−51%
1,249bbl oil−10%
25,324mcf gas−7%
1,007bbl oil−11%
18,482mcf gas−7%
15,627mcf gas−50%
15,480mcf gas+97%
14,642mcf gas+27%
12,821mcf gas−15%
12,545mcf gas−42%
11,778mcf gas−53%
Showing 25 of 58, ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Montgomery County, by oil
Highmark Energy Operating leads
- Highmark Energy Operating, LLC18 leases513kbbl
- Daylight Petroleum LLC25 leases73.2kbbl
- Eros Operating LLC1 lease14.6kbbl
- Wheeler Operating Corporation1 lease6,281bbl
- MBX Operating LLC1 lease2,539bbl
- Raven Forest Operating, LLC5 leases1,993bbl
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC3 leases13bbl
- Magnum Producing, LP1 lease10bbl
Fields in Montgomery County, by oil
Conroe leads
- Conroe17 leases · District 03 · Field 20211001519kbbl
- Lake Creek (Chase)4 leases · District 03 · Field 5142125053.9kbbl
- Kuhlman1 lease · District 03 · Field 5036600114.6kbbl
- Pinehurst (Chase)3 leases · District 03 · Field 7164705011.8kbbl
- Lake Creek (Wilcox Lower)7 leases · District 03 · Field 514219372,799bbl
- Pinehurst (Wilcox Cons.)7 leases · District 03 · Field 716472802,525bbl
- Lake Creek (Wilcox Consolidated)4 leases · District 03 · Field 514219352,234bbl
- Raven Forest (11300)2 leases · District 03 · Field 74870500324bbl
Recent drilling permits in Montgomery County
CONROE FIELD UNIT #1634H
new drill · horizontal · Denbury Onshore, LLC · Montgomery County
Permit 0893171 · Nov 8, 2023
H.B. MOORE, ET AL -A- #1H
new drill · horizontal · Denbury Onshore, LLC · Montgomery County
Permit 0893143 · Nov 8, 2023