Oil and gas leases in Nueces County — page 14

Nueces County, Texas has 2,652 oil and gas leases with production on file at the Railroad Commission, all of them in Commission district 04. 661 of them are oil leases and 1,991 are gas leases. Between them they carry 3,070 wellbores. Reported volumes run from January 1993 to August 2026 and come to 16.9 million barrels of oil and 992.3 million Mcf of gas. 265 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 Nueces County

How many oil and gas leases are in Nueces County?
Nueces County has 2,652 oil and gas leases with production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas, as of August 2026.
How much oil and gas has Nueces County produced?
Leases in Nueces County have reported 16,860,751 barrels of oil (bbl) and 992,313,120 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026.
How many operators are active in Nueces County?
265 operators file production returns for leases in Nueces County.
How much are mineral rights in Nueces County worth?
There is no single figure: what a mineral or royalty interest in Nueces County is worth depends on the individual lease, its decline, and the share the owner holds. Each of the 2,652 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.

Leases — page 14 of 14

  • CHAPMAN, J. O. — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 221 reported
  • CHAPMAN, J. O. — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 206 reported
  • SPONBERG, J. O. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 200 reported
  • CHAPMAN RANCH — gas, Decker Operating Co., L.L.C., Nueces County, 200 reported
  • STATE TRACT 470 — oil, Bristol Resources Corporation, Nueces County, 198 reported
  • CHAPMAN RANCH — oil, Mohican Operating, L.L.C., Nueces County, 195 reported
  • STATE TRACT 349 — oil, Redfish Bay Operating Corp., Nueces County, 193 reported
  • COUNTISS, SAM — oil, Ellsworth, H. P. O&G Properties, Nueces County, 189 reported
  • CRITZ — oil, P-R-O Management, Inc., Nueces County, 179 reported
  • DUGGER, L.M. — oil, Lundberg Operating Corporation, Nueces County, 178 reported
  • HERRMANN-LISKA UNIT — oil, Republic Resources, LLC., Nueces County, 177 reported
  • HATCH, G.W. ET AL — oil, Magnum Producing, LP, Nueces County, 173 reported
  • HOELSCHER-TEX MEX UNIT — oil, Fox, Hewitt B., Inc., Nueces County, 171 reported
  • FLOUR BLUFF OIL UNIT III — oil, Headington Oil Company, Nueces County, 171 reported
  • ORANGE GROVE FARMS — oil, Cimarron Engineering, LLC, Nueces County, 166 reported
  • KENNEDY -C- — oil, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Nueces County, 145 reported
  • ELLIFF, J.S. ET AL — oil, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 140 reported
  • DONIGAN -A- — oil, Childs Operating Company, Nueces County, 139 reported
  • STATE TRACT 352 — gas, Pi Energy, Inc., Nueces County, 125 reported
  • ANDERSON, WILLIAM JR. ET AL — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 122 reported
  • MCCANN, G. H. — oil, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 112 reported
  • RIVERS, M. L. — oil, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 99 reported
  • WRIGHT, C. C. — oil, Cactus Gas & Oil, Inc., Nueces County, 97 reported
  • L. M. DUGGER — oil, Dewbre Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 97 reported
  • SANDERS, M. L."B" — oil, Gcea, LLC, Nueces County, 90 reported
  • WARDNER, G. P. — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 89 reported
  • MOSELEY & DRYDEN — oil, Cactus Gas & Oil, Inc., Nueces County, 86 reported
  • POPE, LEMING & PONDER — oil, Pearl, Bill H. Productions, Inc., Nueces County, 84 reported
  • WATERS — oil, Tri-C Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 78 reported
  • CHAPMAN, J. O. — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 70 reported
  • SIMMONDS & PERRY — gas, Gillring Oil Company, Nueces County, 68 reported
  • DWB — oil, Paloma Operating, LLC, Nueces County, 61 reported
  • ALBRECHT UNIT — oil, Oleum Operating Company, L.C., Nueces County, 60 reported
  • CRANE — oil, Cimarron Engineering, LLC, Nueces County, 53 reported
  • STATE TRACT 349 — gas, Boss Expl & Prod Corporation, Nueces County, 50 reported
  • STATE TRACT 686 — oil, Abraxas Production Corporation, Nueces County, 45 reported
  • ESTELL, MARY KING — oil, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 41 reported
  • ISENSEE, T. H. — oil, Dinero Oil Corporation, Nueces County, 39 reported
  • TRAVELERS INS. CO. "A" — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 29 reported
  • FLINN, F. E. — oil, Western Gulf Oil & Gas Inc., Nueces County, 23 reported
  • BICKLER-MOSLEY — gas, Marquee Corporation, Nueces County, 18 reported
  • TSL 32973/TR 55/ — gas, Sabco Operating Company, LLC, Nueces County, 17 reported
  • SPESSARD, W.M. — oil, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 17 reported
  • TRAVELERS INS. CO. "A" — oil, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 15 reported
  • FLINN, F.E. — oil, Western Gulf Oil & Gas Inc., Nueces County, 13 reported
  • PRIOUR, T. -B- — oil, Crystal Oil Company, Nueces County, 12 reported
  • CHAPMAN, J. O. — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 10 reported
  • STATE TRACT 786 — oil, Expro Engineering, Inc., Nueces County, 10 reported
  • ISENSEE — gas, Great Western Drilling Company, Nueces County, 8 reported
  • ST 49 PERMANENT UNIT — gas, Sabco Operating Company, LLC, Nueces County, 6 reported
  • LA JOLLA — gas, Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC, Nueces County, 6 reported
  • LAWRENCE, R. M. & L. S., -A- — oil, Dinero Oil Corporation, Nueces County, 4 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.