Texas county · RRC district 10
Potter County
Potter County reported 7.5 million mcf of gas and 183,193 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 80th of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #80 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 518of 659 on record
- Operators
- 13
- Fields
- 11
- Top operator
- Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.
Own minerals in Potter 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
- 183,193 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 659
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Potter County
Gas output in Potter County fell 34% over the last 12 months
7.5M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 11M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2024, 1M mcf.
Oil output in Potter County fell 11% over the last 12 months
183k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 206k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 34.4k 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 Potter County
35,741bbl oil−12% on the year before
34,781bbl oil−3% on the year before
19,889bbl oil−8% on the year before
10,050bbl oil−6% on the year before
9,514bbl oil−13% on the year before
7,326bbl oil+377% on the year before
6,560bbl oil+13% on the year before
5,941bbl oil−43% on the year before
114,368mcf gas−22% on the year before
4,706bbl oil+13% on the year before
95,021mcf gas−10% on the year before
3,659bbl oil+44% on the year before
3,149bbl oil+16% on the year before
72,616mcf gas+18% on the year before
3,072bbl oil−28% on the year before
69,357mcf gas−5% on the year before
2,948bbl oil−43% on the year before
2,872bbl oil+34% on the year before
65,083mcf gas−14% on the year before
2,767bbl oil+15% on the year before
61,409mcf gas−26% on the year before
2,625bbl oil−19% on the year before
60,588mcf gas+37% on the year before
60,158mcf gas−28% on the year before
59,238mcf gas−36% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 518 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 Potter County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Potter County, by gas
Burk Royalty Co. leads
- Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.460 producing leases here4.7Mmcf
- Presidio Petroleum LLC22 producing leases here1.7Mmcf
- High River Res Operating, LLC22 producing leases here332kmcf
- Berexco LLC1 producing lease here63.8kmcf
- Pantera Energy Company2 producing leases here13.9kmcf
- Ponderosa TX Operating LLC2 producing leases here9,364mcf
- Sunlight Exploration, Inc.2 producing leases here3,932mcf
- LDX Operating Company, Llc.1 producing lease here815mcf
Fields in Potter County, by gas
Panhandle, West leads
- Panhandle, West270 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 688310013.8Mmcf
- Bivins Lit (Canyon Lime)10 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 084907501.6Mmcf
- Panhandle, West (Red Cave)214 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 688312001.2Mmcf
- Amarillo, North (Canyon Lime)11 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 0225250075.8kmcf
- Panhandle (Red Cave)4 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 6882580063.8kmcf
- Bivins Ranch (Missourian Wash)1 producing lease here · District 10 · Field 084925753,932mcf
- Bivins Lit (Wolfcamp)1 producing lease here · District 10 · Field 084908502,289mcf
- Cruz Creek (Brown Dolomite)2 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 22078100815mcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Potter County
BIVINS #3902N
new drill · horizontal · King Operating Corporation · Potter County
Permit 0918784 · Sep 24, 2026
BIVINS #3901S
new drill · horizontal · King Operating Corporation · Potter County
Permit 0918706 · Sep 22, 2026
For owners
Minerals in Potter County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 139 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 518
- Operators
- 13
If you inherited mineral rights in Potter County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Burk Royalty Co., Ltd., among 13 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 659 leases in Potter County, of which 518 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.