Texas county · RRC district 7C
Upton County
Upton County reported 110 million barrels of oil and 475 million mcf of gas in the last 12 months. That ranks 5th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier
- Producing leases
- 2,722of 3,802 on record
- Operators
- 73
- Fields
- 82
- Top operator
- Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.
Own minerals in Upton County?
Where it sits
This county
- Gas, last 12 months
- 475,255,408 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- 5.5%
- Data through
- Jul 2026
- Top field
- Spraberry (Trend Area)
Five years of output in Upton County
Oil output in Upton County held steady over the last 12 months
110M bbl through Jul 2026, against 108M bbl a year earlier. Peak Mar 2026: 10M bbl.
Gas output in Upton County rose 3% over the last 12 months
475M mcf through Jul 2026, against 460M mcf a year earlier. Peak May 2026: 45M mcf.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026.
The biggest leases in Upton County
Under each volume: change on the year before.
1,325,549bbl oil+45%
1,212,026bbl oil−60%
1,106,913bbl oiln/a
1,081,116bbl oiln/a
982,542bbl oiln/a
837,554bbl oil−36%
832,256bbl oiln/a
832,086bbl oiln/a
766,395bbl oiln/a
753,451bbl oil−56%
544,797bbl oiln/a
533,287bbl oil−40%
467,169bbl oil+3%
462,025bbl oil−33%
450,087bbl oiln/a
440,802bbl oiln/a
379,506bbl oil−64%
372,982bbl oil+86%
365,477bbl oiln/a
334,426bbl oil−56%
304,377bbl oiln/a
304,020bbl oiln/a
301,932bbl oil−49%
297,190bbl oiln/a
294,631bbl oiln/a
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 2,722), ranked by output value.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Upton County, by oil
Pioneer Natural Res. USA leads
- Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.717 leases34Mbbl
- Cog Operating LLC423 leases17Mbbl
- Diamondback E&P LLC205 leases10Mbbl
- SM Energy Company111 leases8.7Mbbl
- Summit Petroleum LLC187 leases7.9Mbbl
- Firebird Energy II LLC149 leases7Mbbl
- Apache Corporation184 leases6.6Mbbl
- Civitas Permian Operating, LLC141 leases4.6Mbbl
Fields in Upton County, by oil
Spraberry (Trend Area) leads
- Spraberry (Trend Area)1,960 leases · District 7C · Field 8527920096Mbbl
- Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc317 leases · District 7C · Field 852792017Mbbl
- Pegasus (Consolidated)122 leases · District 7C · Field 702791006.9Mbbl
- McElroy18 leases · District 08 · Field 59337001532kbbl
- Spraberry (Trend Area)10 leases · District 08 · Field 85280300185kbbl
- Crossett, S. (Detrital)1 lease · District 08 · Field 21912333110kbbl
- Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc1 lease · District 08 · Field 8528030164.9kbbl
- Sheep Mountain (Consolidated)13 leases · District 7C · Field 8285730054.4kbbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Upton County
HAIDYN 0706 E #402H
new drill · horizontal · Firebird Energy II LLC · Upton County
Permit 0918934 · Sep 29, 2026
HAIDYN 0706 B #101H
new drill · horizontal · Firebird Energy II LLC · Upton County
Permit 0918927 · Sep 29, 2026
HAIDYN 0706 E #602H
new drill · horizontal · Firebird Energy II LLC · Upton County
Permit 0918859 · Sep 25, 2026
HAIDYN 0706 D #303H
new drill · horizontal · Firebird Energy II LLC · Upton County
Permit 0918858 · Sep 25, 2026
HAIDYN 0706 C #501H
new drill · horizontal · Firebird Energy II LLC · Upton County
Permit 0918848 · Sep 25, 2026
HAIDYN 0706 B #302H
new drill · horizontal · Firebird Energy II LLC · Upton County
Permit 0918845 · Sep 25, 2026