Oil and gas leases in Nueces County — page 8

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 8 of 14

WARDNER, G. P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 65 thousand reported
ELLIFF, J. S., ETAL — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 65 thousand reported
WALTON, W. W. -A- — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 65 thousand reported
DIX, THOMAS — oil, Pearl, Bill H. Productions, Inc., Nueces County, 65 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J. O. — gas, Shell Western E&P Inc., Nueces County, 65 thousand reported
ESTELL, MARY KING — gas, Durango Resources Corp., Nueces County, 65 thousand reported
LONDON — gas, Ellsworth, H. P. O&G Properties, Nueces County, 65 thousand reported
DRISCOLL RANCH — gas, Continental Trend Resources, Inc, Nueces County, 64 thousand reported
CARVER ESTATE -A- — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 64 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J.O. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 64 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 788 GU — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 64 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 15 — oil, Royal Production Company, Inc., Nueces County, 64 thousand reported
WARDNER, G. P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 64 thousand reported
PURL, OLLIE — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 64 thousand reported
ELLIFF, J.S. ET AL — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 64 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J. A. — gas, Plains Resources Inc., Nueces County, 63 thousand reported
DRISCOLL, CLARA — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 63 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 786 — oil, Alta Mesa Services, LP, Nueces County, 63 thousand reported
CAGE W. T. A — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 63 thousand reported
PITA ISLAND FIELD GAS UNIT NO. 2 — gas, Pittencrieff (Gulf Coast), Inc., Nueces County, 63 thousand reported
BERNSEN — gas, Lundberg Oil Co., Nueces County, 63 thousand reported
ELLIFF, MABLE — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 63 thousand reported
INGRAM, DONALD -A- — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 62 thousand reported
COWELS — oil, Richman Petroleum Corp., Nueces County, 62 thousand reported
WALTON, W. W. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 62 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 9 — gas, Mueller Engineering Corp., Nueces County, 62 thousand reported
SMITH, F. J. — gas, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 62 thousand reported
ELLIFF, J S ET AL — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 62 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 786 — gas, Shoreline Production Serv., Inc., Nueces County, 62 thousand reported
F J SMITH — gas, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 61 thousand reported
LAWRENCE — oil, Del Mar Exploration Company, Nueces County, 61 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J. O. — gas, Shell Western E&P Inc., Nueces County, 61 thousand reported
ISENSEE — oil, Del Mar Exploration Company, Nueces County, 61 thousand reported
TSL 33100/TR 48/ — gas, Sabco Operating Company, Nueces County, 61 thousand reported
LUBY, J. P. — oil, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 61 thousand reported
EAST FLOUR BLUFF STATE D — oil, Pittencrieff (Gulf Coast), Inc., Nueces County, 61 thousand reported
RODDY RIPPLE G.U. — gas, Suemaur Expl. & Prod., LLC, Nueces County, 60 thousand reported
GRUENE, O. A. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 60 thousand reported
INGRAM, DONALD — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 60 thousand reported
INGRAM, DONALD — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 60 thousand reported
BICKLER-MOSELY — oil, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 60 thousand reported
DUGGER, LEE M. — gas, Marquee Corporation, Nueces County, 60 thousand reported
THOMPSON UNIT — gas, Bargo Energy Company, Nueces County, 59 thousand reported
THOMPSON UNIT — gas, Atapco, Nueces County, 58 thousand reported
PITA ISLAND FIELD GAS UNIT NO. 2 — gas, Pittencrieff (Gulf Coast), Inc., Nueces County, 58 thousand reported
BROWN — gas, Pegasus Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 58 thousand reported
GOLLADAY, A. H. — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 57 thousand reported
LA JOLLA — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 57 thousand reported
LUBY, J. P. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 57 thousand reported
FLINN GAS UNIT — gas, Lundberg Operating Corporation, Nueces County, 57 thousand reported
HEFTE, MARY TOM — gas, Harper Hefte, Inc., Nueces County, 57 thousand reported
HERRMANN-LISKA UNIT — gas, Republic Resources, LLC., Nueces County, 57 thousand reported
CHAPMAN RANCH "B" — gas, Tierra Mineral Development, L.C., Nueces County, 57 thousand reported
WARDNER, G. P. — gas, Collins & Ware, Inc., Nueces County, 57 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 9 — gas, Mueller Engineering Corp., Nueces County, 56 thousand reported
REAGAN, L. I. — oil, Bridwell Oil Co., Nueces County, 56 thousand reported
CHAPMAN RANCH — gas, Kerr-Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore LP, Nueces County, 56 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 690 — oil, Denovo Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 56 thousand reported
MCMURRY, A. T. — oil, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 56 thousand reported
COOKE, C.N. UNIT — oil, Hunt Oil Company, Nueces County, 56 thousand reported
DIX, THOMAS — gas, Gillring Oil Company, Nueces County, 56 thousand reported
ERIGAN-QUIROZ — gas, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 56 thousand reported
WARDNER, G.P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 56 thousand reported
CRYER — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 55 thousand reported
BEVLY "B"GAS UNIT — oil, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 55 thousand reported
INGRAM, DONALD — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 55 thousand reported
DUGGER — gas, Continental Trend Resources, Inc, Nueces County, 55 thousand reported
SABCO ST 71 — gas, Sabco Operating Company, Nueces County, 55 thousand reported
GILLESPIE UNIT — gas, Gillring Oil Company, Nueces County, 55 thousand reported
FLATO, FRANKLIN — gas, Crimson Energy Company, LC, Nueces County, 54 thousand reported
DRYDEN, J. W. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 54 thousand reported
WALLACE, W. H. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 54 thousand reported
JOHNSON — oil, Hamon Operating Company, Nueces County, 54 thousand reported
PETROQUEST JV-HARLAN — oil, Mission River Systems, Inc., Nueces County, 53 thousand reported
BLACKNALL, J. C. — oil, Fina Oil & Chemical Company, Nueces County, 53 thousand reported
GRUENE, O.A. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 53 thousand reported
KAUFMAN, ET AL — gas, Bright & Co., Nueces County, 53 thousand reported
FLATO GAS UNIT — gas, Carter Exploration Company, Nueces County, 53 thousand reported
STATE NUECES BAY TRACT 688 — gas, Comstock Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 53 thousand reported
FLINN GAS UNIT — gas, Dewbre Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 53 thousand reported
STERN - LISKA — oil, Double Play Oil & Gas, Inc, Nueces County, 52 thousand reported
FRIEDRICH — oil, Penn Virginia Oil & Gas, L.P., Nueces County, 52 thousand reported
TEXON ROYALTY CO. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 52 thousand reported
GEISTMAN — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 52 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 287 — gas, Palace Operating Company, Nueces County, 52 thousand reported
HORNE, C.J. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 52 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J. A. — gas, Bargo Energy Company, Nueces County, 52 thousand reported
J.O. CHAPMAN — gas, Shell Western E&P Inc., Nueces County, 52 thousand reported
CHAPMAN — oil, Ventex Operating Corp., Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
GUARANTY TITLE & TRUST — gas, Royal Production Company, Inc., Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
BEATTY — oil, Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
SCHULZE, R. PHILIP, ET AL — oil, Hughes, Dan A. Company, Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
THOMPSON UNIT — oil, Plains Resources Inc., Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J. O. — gas, Shell Western E&P Inc., Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
WARDNER — oil, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
ELLIFF J.S. — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
RIVERS, W. C. — gas, Wadi Petroleum, Inc., Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
WALTON, W. W. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
TALBERT, C. P. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 51 thousand reported
TSL 33105 /TR 53/ — gas, Merrico Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 50 thousand reported
SHAFFER, KATHERINE L. ETAL. — gas, Bertram Oil Company, Inc., Nueces County, 50 thousand reported
EWING — gas, Rincon Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 50 thousand reported
WARDNER, G.P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 50 thousand reported
SANDERS "A" — oil, Johnson Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 50 thousand reported
SPONBERG, J. O. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 50 thousand reported
DRISCOLL-SEVIER — gas, Pearl, Bill H. Productions, Inc., Nueces County, 50 thousand reported
KING, RICHARD — gas, Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp., Nueces County, 50 thousand reported
LONDON, OLLIE — oil, Abi Management Group, Inc., Nueces County, 49 thousand reported
ESTELL, MARY KING — oil, Durango Resources Corp., Nueces County, 49 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 433 GAS UNIT — gas, Southwestern Energy Prod. Co., Nueces County, 49 thousand reported
TSL 32973/ TR 55 / — oil, Sabco Operating Company, Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
RICHARD KING UPPER 5600 SD. UNIT — oil, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J. O. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
CHAPMAN — gas, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
BRAMAN-MORGAN PROPERTIES "A" — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
BICKLER-MOSLEY — gas, Rincon Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
BERTRAM HEIRS — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
DUGGER, L. M. — gas, Marquee Corporation, Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
ELLIFF, J. S. ET AL — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
LONDON, D. E. — oil, Hunt Oil Company, Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
CHAPMAN — oil, Carter Exploration Company, Nueces County, 48 thousand reported
ELLIFF, J S ET AL — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 47 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 750-A — oil, Denovo Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 47 thousand reported
SCHULZE, HERBERT K. ET AL — oil, Hughes, Dan A. Company, Nueces County, 47 thousand reported
ESTELL, MARY KING — gas, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 47 thousand reported
PURL, OLLIE — gas, Gillring Oil Company, Nueces County, 47 thousand reported
GUARANTY TITLE & TRUST CO. UNIT — oil, Fox, Hewitt B., Inc., Nueces County, 47 thousand reported
BICKLER-MOSELY — gas, Marquee Corporation, Nueces County, 47 thousand reported
GILLETT, J.T. "A" — oil, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 47 thousand reported
JOHNS, C.D. — oil, Synergy Oil & Gas, Inc. (A), Nueces County, 47 thousand reported
AUSTIN, HELEN P. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 277 — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
WALTON, W. W. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
MILLER — gas, Suemaur Expl. & Prod., LLC, Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
WARDNER, G.P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
DORSOGNA, A. L. — oil, Mustang Oil & Gas Corporation, Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
STATE NUECES BAY 707 — gas, Tierra Mineral Development, L.C., Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
SPESSARD — gas, Continental Trend Resources, Inc, Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
DRISCOLL, CLARA — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
PERKINS-LAGASSE — gas, Crystal Oil Company, Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
AUSTIN, HELEN P. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
MCCANN-STATE UNIT 'A' — gas, Petro Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 686 — gas, Abraxas Production Corporation, Nueces County, 46 thousand reported
GILLESPIE UNIT — gas, Gillring Oil Company, Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
MARTIN — gas, Continental Trend Resources, Inc, Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
WALTON, W. W. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
TEXAS STATE TRACT 422 — oil, Pi Energy, Inc., Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
KING RANCH EAST LAURELES — gas, Exxon Corp., Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
KINSEY, E. A. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
DRISCOLL UNIT — gas, Pearl, Bill H. Productions, Inc., Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
BUSH-WOFFORD "A" — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
CHARBA-TIERRA VERDE UNIT — gas, Rincon Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
JOHNSON, ELLEN — oil, Stephens & Johnson Operating Co., Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
JOE P. — oil, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
WRIGHT — oil, Rincon Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
B. GALLAGHER 1 GU — gas, Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P., Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
CHAPMAN — oil, Carter Exploration Company, Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
TSL 33099/TR 54/ — oil, Sabco Operating Company, Nueces County, 45 thousand reported
WARDNER, G.P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 44 thousand reported
COUNTISS, SAM — gas, Gcea, LLC, Nueces County, 44 thousand reported
COUNTISS, SAM — gas, Gcea, LLC, Nueces County, 44 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 277 — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Nueces County, 44 thousand reported
STONE — gas, Redmon Oil Company, Inc., The, Nueces County, 44 thousand reported
EAST FLOUR BLUFF STATE D — oil, Pittencrieff America, Inc., Nueces County, 44 thousand reported
SPESSARD, W.M. — gas, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 44 thousand reported
COUNTISS, SAM — gas, Gcea, LLC, Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
RIVERS, M. L. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J. O. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
DRISCOLL, CLARA — oil, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
SPESSARD, W. M. — gas, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
EMSHOFF — gas, Rincon Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
KELLY, ELEANOR — oil, Bridge Oil Company, L. P., Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
KINSEY, E. A. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 414 — oil, Pi Energy, Inc., Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
WALKER, R. H. — oil, Lindenmuth & Associates, Inc., Nueces County, 43 thousand reported
MCNAIR — oil, Lundberg Operating Corporation, Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
KINSEY, ELEANOR — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J.A. — gas, Plains Resources Inc., Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 786 — oil, Alta Mesa Services, LP, Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
ELLIFF, MABEL — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J. O. — gas, Shana Petroleum Company, Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
ESTELL, MARY KING — gas, Synergy Oil & Gas, Inc. (A), Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
INGRAM, J. C. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
RIVERS, M.L. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J. A. — gas, Plains Resources Inc., Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
DRISCOLL FOUNDATION — oil, Paloma Operating, LLC, Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
MILLER UNIT — oil, American Cometra, Inc., Nueces County, 42 thousand reported
CALLAWAY, P. C. — oil, Abi Management Group, Inc., Nueces County, 41 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 52-7 UNIT — gas, Sabco Operating Company, Nueces County, 41 thousand reported
MOSLEY & DRYDEN "A" — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 41 thousand reported
TEXAS COMMERCE BANK — oil, Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 41 thousand reported
DUGGER, L. M. — gas, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 41 thousand reported
TSL 33105/TR 53/ — gas, Sabco Operating Company, Nueces County, 41 thousand reported
MCMURRY — oil, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 41 thousand reported
RIVERS, M. L. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 41 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J.O. — gas, Neg Operating LLC, Nueces County, 41 thousand reported
LUBY, J. P. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
B. GALLAGHER 1 GU — gas, Canyon Creek Energy Texas, LLC, Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
GASPER RICE - WATERS — oil, Gasper Rice Resources, Ltd., Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
PERKINS-LAGASSE — oil, Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC, Nueces County, 40 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.