Oil and gas leases in Childress County

Childress County, Texas has 9 oil and gas leases with production on file at the Railroad Commission, all of them in Commission district 10. Between them they carry 11 wellbores. Reported volumes run from January 1993 to August 2026 and come to 507 thousand barrels of oil. 6 operators file returns here. Every lease below has its own page with a decline-curve forecast and an estimate of what the whole lease is worth.

Key facts about Childress County

How many oil and gas leases are in Childress County?
Childress County has 9 oil and gas leases with production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas, as of August 2026.
How much oil and gas has Childress County produced?
Leases in Childress County have reported 506,960 barrels of oil (bbl) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026.
Who are the biggest operators in Childress County?
Corlena Oil Company operates 3 of the 9 producing leases in Childress County, more than any other operator on record with the Railroad Commission of Texas.
How many operators are active in Childress County?
6 operators file production returns for leases in Childress County.
How much are mineral rights in Childress County worth?
There is no single figure: what a mineral or royalty interest in Childress County is worth depends on the individual lease, its decline, and the share the owner holds. Each of the 9 leases listed here has its own page with the full production history the operator reported, a decline-curve forecast, and an estimate of what a royalty interest in it is worth today.

Operators here

The company that runs the wells and issues the royalty cheque.

Railroad Commission districts

Leases

  • SHARP — oil, Corlena Oil Company, Childress County, 158 thousand reported
  • KEY, A. — oil, Lakewood Operating, Ltd., Childress County, 94 thousand reported
  • PERKINS — oil, Mineral Development, Inc., Childress County, 78 thousand reported
  • JOUETT — oil, Corlena Oil Company, Childress County, 61 thousand reported
  • LOCK UNIT — oil, Gunn Oil Company, Childress County, 39 thousand reported
  • COATS — oil, Exco Resources, Inc., Childress County, 32 thousand reported
  • FOWLER-ELLIS UNIT — oil, Leonard Brothers Operating Co., Childress County, 22 thousand reported
  • LINDA — oil, Corlena Oil Company, Childress County, 16 thousand reported
  • CAROLINE — oil, Lakewood Operating, Ltd., Childress County, 7 thousand reported

Production figures are as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas. Values shown on lease pages are estimates produced by fitting a decline curve to that reported history; they are not offers or appraisals.