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Cherokee County, Texas oil and gas production (2025)

Cherokee County, Texas reported 322,192 barrels of oil and condensate and 15,842,082 mcf of gas in 2025, from 42 operators on 472 leases. Reported lease production 1993 to 2026.

1993: 591,772 bbl1994: 534,086 bbl1995: 479,821 bbl1996: 462,748 bbl1997: 439,212 bbl1998: 345,309 bbl1999: 316,312 bbl2000: 301,510 bbl2001: 285,451 bbl2002: 286,807 bbl2003: 287,660 bbl2004: 304,193 bbl2005: 321,471 bbl2006: 283,904 bbl2007: 279,688 bbl2008: 269,043 bbl2009: 292,618 bbl2010: 290,925 bbl2011: 293,805 bbl2012: 334,847 bbl2013: 415,083 bbl2014: 502,117 bbl2015: 626,832 bbl2016: 762,658 bbl2017: 716,731 bbl2018: 558,322 bbl2019: 420,004 bbl2020: 320,023 bbl2021: 270,474 bbl2022: 301,702 bbl2023: 232,929 bbl2024: 264,897 bbl2025: 322,192 bbl2026: 148,869 bbl19932026

Annual production

Sum of monthly lease reports (PDQ) for this county. Oil and condensate in barrels; gas and casinghead gas in mcf.

YearOilCondensateGasCasinghead
202690,87157,9987,161,871148,740
2025201,330120,86215,544,731297,351
2024117,642147,25516,544,772305,030
2023100,884132,04515,695,154330,106
2022137,191164,51120,153,065371,209
2021145,596124,87816,171,286438,314
2020152,183167,84018,649,984354,352
2019194,323225,68122,544,750414,641
2018197,919360,40325,331,457495,020
2017259,175457,55625,760,398683,089
2016341,204421,45423,451,342866,554
2015475,028151,80417,109,969988,411
2014325,822176,29519,655,052728,835
2013290,455124,62817,360,660720,968
2012211,416123,43119,812,143446,704
2011150,728143,07722,678,768287,266
2010167,736123,18925,361,540254,187
2009173,506119,11230,923,325287,133
2008175,43793,60628,110,318202,673
2007185,43594,25320,314,396215,180
2006184,74399,16115,666,572256,727
2005208,653112,81814,549,154291,576
2004200,204103,98914,364,647313,258
2003214,02773,63314,681,150333,639
2002222,40764,40013,537,645385,312
2001219,15466,29714,356,452359,320
2000241,34860,16216,224,297403,077
1999259,89256,42015,302,922347,299
1998290,72054,58915,576,966485,668
1997376,78162,43114,271,601724,135
1996388,69774,05114,707,475631,904
1995407,01772,80412,856,787498,604
1994438,69895,38812,461,504617,136
1993533,51758,2557,389,564689,500

Top operators in Cherokee County, 2025

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent (6 mcf of gas = 1 barrel).

#OperatorOil and condensate (bbl)Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION62,9736,397,652
2VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY135,9351,940,844
3DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC27,2361,779,061
4URBAN OIL & GAS GROUP, LLC1581,254,931
5JAMEX, INC.8911,013,056
6BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.1,102640,175
7BRG LONE STAR LTD.110537,934
8EAGLE OIL & GAS CO.3,660476,717
9BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC.9,805392,088
10FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC865355,719
11MERIT ENERGY COMPANY33337,318
12PELES, LLC43,51761,139
13FORTUNE RESOURCES LLC4,051171,888
14XTO ENERGY INC.40119,517
15CULVER & CAIN PRODUCTION LLC6,73567,922
16WMO OIL, LLC11,2122,235
17FAIR OIL, LTD.10,2356,147
18KEM ENERGY, INC.054,745
19GREAT AMERICAN RESOURCES INC.1,31431,664
20NEC OPERATING, LLC033,944
21SM OPERATING COMPANY LLC031,664
22ARK-LA-TEX ENERGY, L.L.C.38628,496
23HIBBARD ENERGY, LP1,13919,021
24UPHILL CONSULTING LLC2614,665
25MUD CREEK OPERATING, LLC214,141

Top leases in Cherokee County, 2025

Ranked by barrels of oil equivalent (6 mcf of gas = 1 barrel).

#LeaseOil and condensate (bbl)Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1MCGILL-BURKE A (AW) SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION9,1092,027,852
2MCGILL-MURPHY B (AW) SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION18,7761,798,266
3NORTHCUTT-BURKE A (AW) SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION11,537788,191
4MCGILL-WALDROP (AW) SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION5,520713,260
5NORTHCUTT-BURKE B (AW) SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION10,423668,627
6LIONHEAD VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY111,36740,794
7MONTANO VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY2,692433,286
8MCGILL-MURPHY (AW) SABINE OIL & GAS CORPORATION7,608401,456
9MONTANO VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY1,497362,910
10MCELROY-SWANN MOORE (ALLOC) DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC2,182245,597
11WILKINSON GAS UNIT JAMEX, INC.221254,803
12HINES GAS UNIT JAMEX, INC.39225,999
13REAGAN-BLACK STONE-WILKINSON (AL DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC2,636150,589
14MCELROY 'A' - WILKINSON (ALLOC) DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC1,750144,303
15CHILES G U B-1 VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY1,567141,261
16TOOLE GAS UNIT JAMEX, INC.49149,356
17CHILES G U B-1 VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY1,303128,283
18CHILES VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY1,474126,754
19NORTHCUTT GU EAGLE OIL & GAS CO.506132,157
20MALDONADO-MURRAY (ALLOC) DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC1,873122,778
21BURNS VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY2,116110,215
22BURNS-POOLE VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY2,829100,401
23GRESHAM, CURTIS BUFFCO PRODUCTION INC.1,002109,513
24CHILES VALENCE OPERATING COMPANY1,109105,145
25NEW BIRMINGHAM "B" GAS UNIT 2 BURK ROYALTY CO., LTD.82110,057

Texas oil and gas production by county · Oil and gas companies in Texas

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SELECT *, count(*) OVER () AS total FROM (SELECT CASE WHEN regexp_full_match(trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)), '[0-9]{6}') THEN trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)) END AS id, any_value(trim(OPERATOR_NAME)) AS name, coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_OIL_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) + coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_COND_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) AS oil, coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_GAS_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) + coalesce(sum("CNTY_LSE_CSGD_PROD_VOL__num"), 0) AS gas FROM pdq.og_county_lease_cycle WHERE COUNTY_NO = '073' AND CYCLE_YEAR_MONTH__num BETWEEN 202501 AND 202512 AND CASE WHEN regexp_full_match(trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)), '[0-9]{6}') THEN trim(CAST(OPERATOR_NO AS VARCHAR)) END IS NOT NULL GROUP BY 1) WHERE oil + gas > 0 ORDER BY oil + gas / 6 DESC, name LIMIT 25
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Source: Texas Railroad Commission public data, snapshot 1f533f6fadcf.