Texas county · RRC district 04
San Patricio County
San Patricio County reported 183,979 barrels of oil and 1.2 million mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 138th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #138 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 79of 336 on record
- Operators
- 22
- Fields
- 54
- Top operator
- McGowan Working Partners, Inc.
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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
- 1,178,012 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 336
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in San Patricio County
Oil output in San Patricio County fell 8% over the last 12 months
184k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 200k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2023, 28.1k bbl.
Gas output in San Patricio County held steady over the last 12 months
1.2M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.2M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: May 2023, 234k 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 San Patricio County
33,755bbl oil−1% on the year before
14,302bbl oil+8% on the year before
14,223bbl oilno full prior year
292,358mcf gas+733% on the year before
11,817bbl oil−42% on the year before
9,268bbl oil+76% on the year before
7,691bbl oil−5% on the year before
168,258mcf gas−1% on the year before
- FRWL
04-14208Poco LLCSpartan (6600 Sand)
6,658bbl oilno full prior year
6,185bbl oil+23% on the year before
5,747bbl oil−1% on the year before
5,724bbl oil−10% on the year before
5,598bbl oil−8% on the year before
3,527bbl oil−3% on the year before
3,389bbl oilno full prior year
2,817bbl oil−50% on the year before
64,764mcf gas−17% on the year before
2,755bbl oil+19% on the year before
2,394bbl oil−1% on the year before
2,362bbl oil+4% on the year before
54,375mcf gas−19% on the year before
2,293bbl oil−15% on the year before
1,875bbl oil−60% on the year before
43,089mcf gas+3% on the year before
1,702bbl oilno full prior year
Showing 25 of 79.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In San Patricio County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in San Patricio County, by oil
McGowan Working Partners leads
- McGowan Working Partners, Inc.4 producing leases here44kbbl
- Poco LLC5 producing leases here17kbbl
- Paleo Oil Company LLC4 producing leases here16.3kbbl
- Mayfield Energy, LLC1 producing lease here14.3kbbl
- Aurora Resources Corporation1 producing lease here14.2kbbl
- Allegiant Resources, LLC2 producing leases here12.2kbbl
- Sulphur River Exploration, Inc.5 producing leases here11.1kbbl
- Orx Resources, L.L.C.10 producing leases here8,693bbl
Fields in San Patricio County, by oil
Plymouth leads
- Plymouth2 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 7204300135.4kbbl
- Aransas Pass1 producing lease here · District 04 · Field 0334900114.3kbbl
- Meehan (Frio)1 producing lease here · District 04 · Field 6022750014.2kbbl
- Portilla (Frio)2 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 7248402012.2kbbl
- White Point, East1 producing lease here · District 04 · Field 969790019,268bbl
- Papalote, South (Catahoula)2 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 690475007,992bbl
- Portland, N. (Commonwealth Serie1 producing lease here · District 04 · Field 724985605,863bbl
- White Point, East (Consolidated)5 producing leases here · District 04 · Field 969790125,468bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in San Patricio County
No drilling permits in San Patricio County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in San Patricio County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 138 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 79
- Operators
- 22
If you inherited mineral rights in San Patricio County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is McGowan Working Partners, Inc., among 22 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 336 leases in San Patricio County, of which 79 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.