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Rusk County, Texas oil and gas

  • 77,487,362mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 2,176producing leases
  • 6,626wells on the map
  • 59drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Rusk County

Map of Rusk County, Texas, with 6,626 oil and gas wells and 59 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations59Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells3,786On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing1,210Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged1,630The 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.

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6,626 wells with a location on the state's map (3,786 producing, 1,210 not producing, 1,630 plugged) and 59 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Henderson · Overton · Tatum · Newest drilling permits in Rusk County · Wells by ZIP code

Rusk County is one of the 10 counties of the Haynesville/Bossier Shale

Rusk County reported 77 million mcf of gas and 1.8 million barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 35th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

77,487,362mcf gas, last 12 months+29% vs prior year

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
2,176of 3,519 on record
Operators
82
Fields
82
Top operator
Sabine Energy Inc.

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Rusk County · RRC district 06
Oil, last 12 months
1,764,215 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.6%
Wells on record
6,628on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Rusk County

Gas output in Rusk County rose 29% over the last 12 months

77M mcf through Jul 2026, against 60M mcf a year earlier. Peak Nov 2021: 7.6M mcf.

Gas output in Rusk County rose 29% over the last 12 months77M mcf through Jul 2026, against 60M mcf a year earlier. Peak Nov 2021: 7.6M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02M4M6M8MPeak 7.6M (Nov 21)6M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Rusk County rose 29% over the last 12 months77M mcf through Jul 2026, against 60M mcf a year earlier. Peak Nov 2021: 7.6M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02M4M6M8MPeak 7.6M (Nov 21)6M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Rusk County rose 20% over the last 12 months

1.8M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2025: 167k bbl.

Oil output in Rusk County rose 20% over the last 12 months1.8M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2025: 167k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 167k (Oct 25)129k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Rusk County rose 20% over the last 12 months1.8M bbl through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl a year earlier. Peak Oct 2025: 167k bbl.Oil, bbl per month050k100k150k200kPeak 167k (Oct 25)129k'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.

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Rusk 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 1993, at 5,946,719 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2008, at 160,860,049 mcf.

Rusk County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
20251,633,90665,761,525
20241,460,89560,346,992
20231,609,80767,487,190
20221,721,30981,796,758
20211,745,87990,633,731
20201,805,93597,575,010
20191,967,366109,702,110
20181,998,867113,691,999
20172,039,81196,756,804
20162,306,226102,243,653
20152,897,321134,528,379
20142,951,855123,586,152
20132,917,854121,829,867
20122,675,655112,257,356
20112,530,351110,589,069
20102,570,242126,718,167
20092,881,719146,855,794
20083,149,580160,860,049
20073,089,582137,390,866
20062,815,070116,021,531
20052,727,98995,405,908
20042,849,14879,832,350
20032,936,14774,597,298
20023,112,62978,325,508
20013,349,01884,738,572
20003,673,14779,462,028
19993,765,02075,634,716
19984,170,76980,051,251
19974,422,07269,591,503
19964,744,17265,111,869
19954,943,70167,947,582
19945,408,18367,196,765
19935,946,71971,285,550

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.

Rusk County appraisal district, 2026 mineral roll

Mineral owners in Rusk County: 128,472 royalty records on the roll

At least 1,688 of the 128,472 royalty-interest records on Rusk County's 2026 mineral roll are still titled to an estate (1.31%). 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
128,472
Still titled to an estate, at least
1,688
Share of the roll
1.31%
Search a name on the Rusk County rollEvery county, with the method

SourceRoyalty Clerk count of the Rusk County mineral appraisal roll of 2026, read November 2026. A record is one line of the roll, not one person.

The biggest leases in Rusk County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 2,176), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Rusk County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Rusk County, by gas

Sabine Energy leads

  1. Sabine Energy Inc.204 leases29Mmcf
  2. Buckhorn Operating LLC121 leases11Mmcf
  3. Rfe Operating, LLC6 leases7.8Mmcf
  4. Tgnr East Texas LLC214 leases5.1Mmcf
  5. Tgnr East Texas II LLC194 leases3.4Mmcf
  6. Diversified Production LLC77 leases3.3Mmcf
  7. Fortune Resources LLC148 leases2.8Mmcf
  8. Buffco Production Inc.33 leases2.7Mmcf

Fields in Rusk County, by gas

Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) leads

  1. Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)966 leases · District 06 · Field 6646127530Mmcf
  2. Henderson, E. (Cotton Valley)135 leases · District 06 · Field 4035620013Mmcf
  3. Brachfield, S.e. (Cotton Valley)165 leases · District 06 · Field 1118350012Mmcf
  4. Carthage (Haynesville Shale)25 leases · District 06 · Field 160323009.1Mmcf
  5. Minden (Cotton Valley Cons.)254 leases · District 06 · Field 617921117.8Mmcf
  6. Beckville (Cotton Valley)51 leases · District 06 · Field 066485001.1Mmcf
  7. Henderson (Rusk Co. Pettit)14 leases · District 06 · Field 40353426776kmcf
  8. Minden (Travis Peak Cons.)56 leases · District 06 · Field 61792380411kmcf

More operators here

OperatorBuffco Production Inc.33OperatorEqv Operating LLC114OperatorFortune Resources LLC148OperatorValence Operating Company34
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Recent drilling permits in Rusk County

Counties near Rusk County (number = producing leases)

CountyGregg1,120CountyPanola4,581CountyCherokee436CountyNacogdoches983CountySmith659CountyHarrison2,219CountyShelby558CountyUpshur589CountyMarion125CountyAnderson194