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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

264,240bbl oil, last 12 months+8% vs prior year
Producing leases
458of 969 on record
Operators
38
Fields
81

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

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Nueces County · RRC district 04
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

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 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.

Oil output in Nueces County rose 8% over the last 12 months264k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 246k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2023, 35.9k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 35.9k (Mar 23)11.1k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Nueces County rose 8% over the last 12 months264k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 246k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2023, 35.9k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 35.9k (Mar 23)11.1k'22'23'24'25'26

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.

Gas output in Nueces County fell 15% over the last 12 months4.4M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.2M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2022, 751k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0200k400k600k800kPeak 751k (May 22)345k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Nueces County fell 15% over the last 12 months4.4M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 5.2M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2022, 751k mcf.Gas, mcf per month0200k400k600k800kPeak 751k (May 22)345k'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 Nueces 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 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

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

Recent drilling permits in Nueces County

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.