Texas county · RRC district 06
Upshur County
Upshur County reported 22 million mcf of gas and 264,701 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 53rd of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier
- Producing leases
- 586of 872 on record
- Operators
- 29
- Fields
- 26
- Top operator
- Sabine Energy Inc.
Own minerals in Upshur County?
Where it sits
This county
- Oil, last 12 months
- 264,701 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- 0.2%
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)
Five years of output in Upshur County
Gas output in Upshur County rose 21% over the last 12 months
22M mcf through Jul 2026, against 18M mcf a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 2.2M mcf.
Oil output in Upshur County rose 29% over the last 12 months
265k bbl through Jul 2026, against 205k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2025: 27.2k bbl.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026.
The biggest leases in Upshur County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
2,409,781mcf gasn/a
1,968,194mcf gasn/a
1,709,444mcf gasn/a
933,950mcf gasn/a
930,512mcf gasn/a
926,034mcf gas−57%
923,223mcf gas−52%
700,569mcf gas−37%
453,294mcf gas−26%
309,770mcf gas−20%
309,052mcf gas−21%
291,514mcf gas−22%
278,212mcf gas−11%
273,762mcf gas−26%
242,413mcf gas−5%
223,778mcf gas−8%
188,243mcf gas−7%
161,397mcf gas−7%
136,843mcf gas−14%
134,020mcf gas−5%
5,438bbl oil−3%
111,392mcf gas+11%
110,490mcf gas+38%
107,875mcf gas+5%
4,388bbl oil−20%
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 586), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Upshur County, by gas
Sabine Energy leads
- Sabine Energy Inc.16 leases10Mmcf
- Faulconer Energy, LLC117 leases3.1Mmcf
- Tischer Energy, LLC1 lease1.7Mmcf
- Sulphur River Exploration, Inc.76 leases1.4Mmcf
- Diversified Production LLC149 leases1.2Mmcf
- Tanos Exploration IV, LLC3 leases967kmcf
- McBee Operating Company, L.L.C.56 leases908kmcf
- Rose City Resources, LLC51 leases609kmcf
Fields in Upshur County, by gas
Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands) leads
- Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)44 leases · District 06 · Field 3494330014Mmcf
- Gladewater (Haynesville)38 leases · District 06 · Field 351345002.2Mmcf
- Rosewood (Cotton Valley)137 leases · District 06 · Field 783305001.8Mmcf
- Gilmer(jurassic)114 leases · District 06 · Field 349437501.5Mmcf
- Glenwood (Cotton Valley)157 leases · District 06 · Field 354153001.5Mmcf
- Delrose (Haynesville)13 leases · District 06 · Field 24173300626kmcf
- Cedar Springs (Cot. Valley, Lo.)5 leases · District 06 · Field 16613175332kmcf
- Cherokee Trace (Jurassic)7 leases · District 06 · Field 17480666131kmcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Upshur County
TUEL-BOGEL GU 2 (AW) #1H
new drill · horizontal · Tanos Exploration IV, LLC · Upshur County
Permit 0913802 · Mar 4, 2026
HILL LC-BREYER B (AW) #2H
new drill · horizontal · Sabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County
Permit 0912835 · Feb 23, 2026
HIGHGROUND #2H
new drill · horizontal · Tischer Energy, LLC · Upshur County
Permit 0908643 · Jun 23, 2025
HIGHGROUND #1H
new drill · horizontal · Tischer Energy, LLC · Upshur County
Permit 0908640 · Jun 20, 2025
BARBER-GUNN (AW) #1H
new drill · horizontal · Tanos Exploration IV, LLC · Upshur County
Permit 0908340 · Jun 13, 2025
HILL LC-BREYER A (AW) #1H
new drill · horizontal · Sabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County
Permit 0905724 · Mar 5, 2025