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Howard County, Texas oil and gas production (2025)

Howard County, Texas reported 98,596,014 barrels of oil and condensate and 426,014,846 mcf of gas in 2025, from 92 operators on 2,375 leases. Reported lease production 1993 to 2026.

1993: 9,598,727 bbl1994: 9,467,640 bbl1995: 9,444,782 bbl1996: 9,153,488 bbl1997: 9,028,469 bbl1998: 8,131,388 bbl1999: 7,146,445 bbl2000: 7,518,891 bbl2001: 7,486,394 bbl2002: 7,137,376 bbl2003: 7,097,003 bbl2004: 6,326,246 bbl2005: 6,072,268 bbl2006: 5,695,341 bbl2007: 5,519,352 bbl2008: 5,504,973 bbl2009: 5,507,258 bbl2010: 6,135,650 bbl2011: 7,689,214 bbl2012: 9,737,020 bbl2013: 11,815,593 bbl2014: 14,621,515 bbl2015: 17,731,627 bbl2016: 23,559,912 bbl2017: 40,423,931 bbl2018: 66,713,914 bbl2019: 87,677,710 bbl2020: 96,919,712 bbl2021: 111,565,259 bbl2022: 129,436,704 bbl2023: 141,313,318 bbl2024: 114,581,787 bbl2025: 98,596,014 bbl2026: 40,994,155 bbl19932026

Annual production

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

YearOilCondensateGasCasinghead
202640,991,6572,498492,125229,000,862
202598,593,8352,179479,336425,535,510
2024114,580,4891,298124,222396,764,594
2023141,311,5351,783153,468369,938,840
2022129,435,2241,480147,834295,903,361
2021111,563,4351,824188,981232,692,873
202096,917,3312,381156,084187,258,108
201987,676,0061,704187,549135,669,240
201866,711,9481,966253,33193,115,225
201740,420,5433,388297,33759,878,849
201623,556,5313,381235,21545,176,396
201517,728,7292,898257,63841,938,782
201414,617,0634,452258,85738,021,987
201311,808,3277,266314,59527,853,404
20129,728,8688,152354,24320,824,732
20117,681,3917,823374,03812,326,542
20106,125,07410,576402,8807,829,043
20095,495,18712,071484,6716,066,588
20085,493,02411,949532,5736,200,796
20075,506,57512,777625,1455,945,651
20065,685,3759,966794,8565,393,430
20056,060,65811,610833,1985,684,248
20046,319,0747,1721,091,7646,270,995
20037,086,78410,2191,405,9217,875,917
20027,126,13511,2411,716,1448,765,460
20017,474,42011,9741,985,66511,580,392
20007,507,30611,5851,738,60011,608,408
19997,134,88311,5621,695,8666,533,291
19988,127,3973,9911,101,6806,801,226
19979,024,3444,125604,8697,872,404
19969,151,7351,753278,5147,660,338
19959,424,21220,570283,4996,779,817
19949,444,78922,851468,2496,008,436
19939,578,17420,553190,2745,843,408

Top operators in Howard County, 2025

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

#OperatorOil and condensate (bbl)Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1SURGE OPERATING, LLC13,830,43560,030,603
2OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC13,486,05653,402,042
3SM ENERGY COMPANY12,109,04556,743,946
4HIGHPEAK ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC11,267,98429,067,171
5BIRCH OPERATIONS, INC.4,274,63661,766,937
6OVINTIV USA INC.8,387,27829,633,943
7VITAL ENERGY, INC.7,716,81732,523,433
8OXY USA INC.7,365,86321,842,030
9DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC4,158,40233,646,842
10BAYSWATER OPERATING COMPANY LLC3,786,90410,603,474
11APACHE CORPORATION2,819,74012,009,433
12CHEVRON U. S. A. INC.2,894,8766,089,916
13LANGFORD & BRIGHAM OPERATING LLC1,363,0493,983,304
14SOGC, LLC1,064,9433,179,831
15HIBERNIA RESOURCES IV, LLC366,9542,888,383
16PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC.526,5831,120,179
17SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC264,8362,248,801
18CITATION OIL & GAS CORP.571,393124,337
19SPIRIT O&G OPERATING, LLC329,0711,483,773
20OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.144,2211,159,289
21GRAYROCK ENERGY II, LLC337,0690
22DE IV OPERATING, LLC237,415323,152
23BASA RESOURCES, INC.285,2470
24NEW HEIGHT ENERGY, LLC78,946647,117
25HOG OPERATING LLC125,348307,485

Top leases in Howard County, 2025

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

#LeaseOil and condensate (bbl)Gas and casinghead (mcf)
1S WILKINSON OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC2,419,8454,210,317
2GUITAR NORTH SM ENERGY COMPANY1,730,7236,607,224
3VLT VULCAN 1/13 UNIT CHEVRON U. S. A. INC.804,4101,663,115
4COACHWHIP 17-29 UNIT 1 DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC635,3432,445,348
5DIREWOLF UNIT 16-28 SURGE OPERATING, LLC814,2271,363,476
6SHOOTER MCGAVIN A SM ENERGY COMPANY792,7171,355,402
7EL REY 28-16 DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC707,066397,621
8GRAYSTONE UNIT 39-26 SURGE OPERATING, LLC572,6641,178,747
9PANTHER EAST UNIT APACHE CORPORATION458,2981,375,795
10FEZZIK B SM ENERGY COMPANY505,1431,008,541
11FENDER E OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC497,440987,596
12PHIL CONNORS SM ENERGY COMPANY449,7361,207,318
13WHITE 24-36 A UNIT HIGHPEAK ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC408,1121,255,946
14WALKER 32-48 B UNIT HIGHPEAK ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC532,275458,409
15WOLFE-BROPHY UNIT 45-04 SURGE OPERATING, LLC316,8461,743,651
16FENDER F OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC495,243671,147
17CHEVRON UNIT 03-38 SURGE OPERATING, LLC448,135817,309
18FENDER OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC438,217859,601
19GIBSON 8D OVINTIV USA INC.440,308811,967
20WALKER 48-32 A UNIT HIGHPEAK ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC477,074579,595
21OLDHAM TRUST WEST SURGE OPERATING, LLC293,5111,463,568
22KINGSLEY OVINTIV USA INC.285,6691,505,891
23ROSEBUD F OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC441,853556,356
24SIDEOATS F OXYROCK OPERATING, LLC422,769660,385
25CHEVRON UNIT 03-56 SURGE OPERATING, LLC404,517740,077

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 = '227' 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 603326e5c7bf.