Texas county · RRC district 03
Waller County
Waller County reported 75,605 barrels of oil and 729,988 mcf of gas in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 160th of 224 Texas counties by oil.
County dossier · #160 of 224 for oil
- Producing leases
- 50of 165 on record
- Operators
- 11
- Fields
- 8
- Top operator
- Hilcorp Energy Company
Own minerals in Waller 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
- Gas, last 12 months
- 729,988 mcf
- Share of Texas oil
- <0.1%
- Leases on record
- 165
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Waller County
Oil output in Waller County held steady over the last 12 months
75.6k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 77.1k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jun 2022, 15.7k bbl.
Gas output in Waller County fell 42% over the last 12 months
730k mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.3M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2024, 153k 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 Waller County
12,779bbl oil−15% on the year before
12,298bbl oil+14% on the year before
109,491mcf gas+10% on the year before
4,437bbl oil−54% on the year before
81,882mcf gas+7% on the year before
81,726mcf gas+101% on the year before
3,254bbl oil+20% on the year before
72,668mcf gas−7% on the year before
2,865bbl oil−10% on the year before
2,622bbl oil+21% on the year before
2,245bbl oil−24% on the year before
2,171bbl oil+5% on the year before
1,400bbl oilno full prior year
32,627mcf gas+3% on the year before
31,143mcf gas−94% on the year before
1,197bbl oil−13% on the year before
27,602mcf gas+6% on the year before
23,755mcf gas−16% on the year before
23,639mcf gas−1% on the year before
23,621mcf gas+22% on the year before
22,810mcf gas+7% on the year before
22,474mcf gas−10% on the year before
20,922mcf gas+91% on the year before
879bbl oil+108% on the year before
16,745mcf gas+3% on the year before
Showing 25 of 50.
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Waller County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Waller County, by oil
Walter Oil & Gas leads
- Walter Oil & Gas Corporation1 producing lease here21kbbl
- Escondido Petroleum Company, Inc5 producing leases here17.5kbbl
- Geosouthern Energy Corporation4 producing leases here15.6kbbl
- Triangle Three Resources L.L.C.3 producing leases here5,868bbl
- Hilcorp Energy Company28 producing leases here4,647bbl
- Enhanced Energy Partners Corp2 producing leases here3,845bbl
- Nupower Energy, LLC2 producing leases here2,857bbl
- R.t.c. Resources, L.P.1 producing lease here2,622bbl
Fields in Waller County, by oil
Brookshire leads
- Brookshire18 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 1230600146kbbl
- Brookshire (6800 Sand)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 1230666621kbbl
- Katy (Wilcox Cons.)25 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 482788504,141bbl
- Raccoon Bend (Gutowsky)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 741063203,254bbl
- Raccoon Bend (Paine)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 74106720591bbl
- Katy (II-A L)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 48278608421bbl
- Katy (Cook Mountain 2)2 producing leases here · District 03 · Field 4827812085bbl
- Howth (Wilcox, Lower)1 producing lease here · District 03 · Field 4306250111bbl
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Waller County
KURATTI #9
new drill · Paloma Operating, LLC · Waller County
Permit 0912436 · Jan 14, 2026
HARDY, RUFUS -B- #33
recompletion · Enhanced Energy Partners Corp · Waller County
Permit 0902678 · Sep 17, 2024
WHITT BAINS #1
new drill · 4 Boots Oil Company, LLC · Waller County
Permit 0499358 · Sep 7, 2000
For owners
Minerals in Waller County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 160 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.0%
- Producing leases
- 50
- Operators
- 11
If you inherited mineral rights in Waller County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Hilcorp Energy Company, among 11 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 165 leases in Waller County, of which 50 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.