Texas county · RRC district 04
Nueces County
Nueces County reported 264,240 barrels of oil and 4.4 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 127th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #127 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 458of 969 on record
- Operators
- 38
- Fields
- 81
- Top operator
- Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC
Own minerals in Nueces 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
- 4,424,475 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 969
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Nueces County
Oil output in Nueces County rose 8% over the last 12 months
264k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 246k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2023, 35.9k bbl.
Gas output in Nueces County fell 15% over the last 12 months
4.4M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.2M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2022, 751k 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 Nueces County
35,820bbl oilno full prior year
27,089bbl oil+48% on the year before
13,538bbl oilno full prior year
12,743bbl oil−57% on the year before
9,000bbl oil−6% on the year before
193,568mcf gas+37% on the year before
5,426bbl oil+3% on the year before
5,357bbl oil+8% on the year before
4,451bbl oil+11% on the year before
88,025mcf gas−45% on the year before
3,435bbl oil+23% on the year before
3,249bbl oil+66% on the year before
73,462mcf gas−12% on the year before
3,053bbl oil−67% on the year before
2,863bbl oil+16% on the year before
2,628bbl oil−45% on the year before
60,067mcf gasno full prior year
54,200mcf gas−30% on the year before
52,990mcf gas−12% on the year before
2,261bbl oil−15% on the year before
52,501mcf gas−3% on the year before
2,242bbl oil−9% on the year before
51,427mcf gas+10% on the year before
49,584mcf gas−61% on the year before
2,090bbl oil−56% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 458 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 Nueces County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Nueces County, by oil
Paloma Operating leads
- Paloma Operating, LLC2 producing leases here36.9kbbl
- Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC7 producing leases here33kbbl
- Tag Operating Company, Inc.2 producing leases here31.3kbbl
- Orx Resources, L.L.C.8 producing leases here26.1kbbl
- Suemaur Operating LLC8 producing leases here24.3kbbl
- Viper S.w.d., LLC2 producing leases here16.6kbbl
- Alegre Operating, Inc.18 producing leases here15.7kbbl
- Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC308 producing leases here14.3kbbl
Fields in Nueces County, by oil
Agua Dulce (Consolidated Frio) leads
- Agua Dulce (Consolidated Frio)136 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 0083209238kbbl
- Saxet ( Frio)2 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 8128301229.3kbbl
- Calallen, S. (Redden 7540)1 producing lease here · District 04 · Field 1468720028.7kbbl
- Tule Lake (Frio Consolidated)6 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 9167570021.6kbbl
- Agua Dulce (Vicksburg Consl.)27 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 0083240616.8kbbl
- Clara Driscoll, Se. (Frio)1 producing lease here · District 04 · Field 1851933013.5kbbl
- Agua Dulce (Bluntzer)1 producing lease here · District 04 · Field 0083205212.7kbbl
- Stratton (Consolidated)168 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 8650817012.2kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Nueces County
HARLAN #1
new drill · Paloma Operating, LLC · Nueces County
Permit 0916490 · Jun 18, 2026
RIVERS #1
new drill · Paloma Operating, LLC · Nueces County
Permit 0912711 · Jan 14, 2026
DRISCOLL FOUNDATION #1D
re-entry · Paloma Operating, LLC · Nueces County
Permit 0911800 · Nov 18, 2025
KITTOE #1
new drill · Pangea's Edge Operating Co LLC · Nueces County
Permit 0910960 · Oct 16, 2025
FLINN GAS UNIT #1
recompletion · Dewbre Petroleum Corporation · Nueces County
Permit 0908496 · Jun 11, 2025
MILLER UNIT #4U
recompletion · Harris Energy Services, LLC · Nueces County
Permit 0907748 · May 19, 2025
For owners
Minerals in Nueces County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 127 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 458
- Operators
- 38
If you inherited mineral rights in Nueces County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC, among 38 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 969 leases in Nueces County, of which 458 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.