Texas county · RRC district 10
Wheeler County
Wheeler County reported 50 million mcf of gas and 1.3 million barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 40th of 197 Texas counties by gas.
County dossier · #40 of 197 for gas
- Producing leases
- 1,448of 2,592 on record
- Operators
- 51
- Fields
- 65
- Top operator
- Unbridled Resources, LLC
Own minerals in Wheeler 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
- Oil, last 12 months
- 1,311,973 bbl
- Share of Texas gas
- 0.4%
- Leases on record
- 2,592
- Data through
- Jul 2026
Production
Five years of output in Wheeler County
Gas output in Wheeler County fell 6% over the last 12 months
50M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 53M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 6M mcf.
Oil output in Wheeler County fell 11% over the last 12 months
1.3M bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 1.5M bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Aug 2021, 189k bbl.
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 Wheeler County
1,610,642mcf gas−26% on the year before
28,508bbl oil−27% on the year before
25,917bbl oil−18% on the year before
540,713mcf gas−35% on the year before
21,229bbl oil−16% on the year before
20,789bbl oil−3% on the year before
18,901bbl oil+3% on the year before
422,564mcf gas+29% on the year before
15,514bbl oil−8% on the year before
354,116mcf gas+17% on the year before
335,050mcf gas+2% on the year before
290,496mcf gas−21% on the year before
285,131mcf gas−1% on the year before
268,361mcf gas−10% on the year before
255,760mcf gas−16% on the year before
251,393mcf gas−17% on the year before
10,763bbl oil−8% on the year before
238,261mcf gas+26% on the year before
9,686bbl oilno full prior year
9,235bbl oil+9% on the year before
214,280mcf gas−13% on the year before
213,317mcf gas−40% on the year before
211,454mcf gas+111% on the year before
9,041bbl oil−11% on the year before
210,039mcf gas+93% on the year before
Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 1,448 producing leases).
SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.
In Wheeler County
Who runs the leases, and what they produce
Operators in Wheeler County, by gas
Unbridled Resources leads
- Unbridled Resources, LLC381 producing leases here19Mmcf
- Presidio Petroleum LLC299 producing leases here9.9Mmcf
- Mmgl Txph, LLC168 producing leases here7.1Mmcf
- Formentera Operations LLC164 producing leases here6.6Mmcf
- Validus Energy II Midcon LLC2 producing leases here2.2Mmcf
- Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC44 producing leases here1.6Mmcf
- Mustang Fuel Corporation19 producing leases here765kmcf
- Mountainside Energy Operating, L11 producing leases here530kmcf
Fields in Wheeler County, by gas
Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons) leads
- Stiles Ranch (Granite Wash Cons)458 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 8612525020Mmcf
- Mills Ranch (Granite Wash Cons.)204 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 616912356.6Mmcf
- Buffalo Wallow (Granite Wash)72 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 131472854.7Mmcf
- Frye Ranch (Consolidated)76 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 331512004Mmcf
- West Park (Granite Wash)56 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 965372752.7Mmcf
- Wheeler N.e. (Granite Wash)53 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 967853002.2Mmcf
- Allison-Britt (12350)30 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 018125001.2Mmcf
- B & B (Granite Wash)23 producing leases here · District 10 · Field 046605001.1Mmcf
More operators here
Recent drilling permits in Wheeler County
No drilling permits in Wheeler County are in our data yet.
For owners
Minerals in Wheeler County, in plain terms
- Rank by oil
- 58 of 224
- Share of Texas oil
- 0.1%
- Producing leases
- 1,448
- Operators
- 51
If you inherited mineral rights in Wheeler County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Unbridled Resources, LLC, among 51 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 2,592 leases in Wheeler County, of which 1,448 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.