Oil and gas leases in Nueces County — page 9

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 9 of 14

BERNSEN, L. — gas, Lundberg Operating Corporation, Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
RIPPLE, RODDY — oil, Lomak Production Company, Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
WALLTON, IRENE R. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
SMITH, F. J. — gas, Dinero Oil Corporation, Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
SMITH, M.F. — oil, Dinero Oil Corporation, Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
STATE OF TEXAS 390 — oil, Bass Enterprises Production Co., Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
BLACKNALL, SALLY — oil, Western Gulf Oil & Gas Inc., Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
COUNTIS, SAM — gas, Gcea, LLC, Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
ESTELL, MARY KING — gas, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
WALTON, IRENE R. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
VON BLUCHER — oil, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
TAYLOR, R.E. — oil, Lundberg Operating Corporation, Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
BALDWIN, J.C. — oil, Musselman, Owen & King Oper.,Inc, Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
WARDNER, G.P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 40 thousand reported
KAMPFHENKEL ET AL GAS UNIT — gas, Dominion Expl. & Prod., Inc., Nueces County, 39 thousand reported
OLSEN — oil, Tag Operating Company, Inc., Nueces County, 39 thousand reported
BERNSEN, SR., LEON R. — oil, Hughes, Dan A. Company, Nueces County, 39 thousand reported
MARTIN — oil, Western Gulf Oil & Gas, LLC, Nueces County, 39 thousand reported
MEJIA UNIT — gas, Forza Operating, LLC, Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
RIVERS, M. L. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
PURL, OLLIE B. — gas, Gillring Oil Company, Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
COUNTISS, SAM — gas, Gcea, LLC, Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
DUGGER, L. M. — gas, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
HERRMANN-LISKA UNIT — oil, Republic Resources, LLC., Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 13 — gas, Pittencrieff (Gulf Coast), Inc., Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK TR. 2 — gas, Oldfield Acquisition LP, Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
TALBERT, C.P. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
SPESSARD, W.M. — gas, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 392 — gas, Boss Expl & Prod Corporation, Nueces County, 38 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 973 — gas, Wagner, Duer & Co., Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
S. A. J. S. L. B. -B- — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
INGRAM, DONALD — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
INGRAM, J.C. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
TEX-MEX RAILWAY CO. GAS U. -A- — gas, Merrico Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
BLACKNALL, J. C. — oil, Synergy Oil & Gas, Inc. (A), Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
FEE 687 — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
DUGGER — gas, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
CHAPMAN — oil, Carter Exploration Company, Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
KOENNING, ALTON H. ET AL — oil, Hughes, Dan A. Company, Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
INGRAM, DONALD — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
CHAPMAN RANCH — gas, Decker Operating Co., L.L.C., Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
PYLE, H. C. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
DUGGER, L. M. — gas, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J. A. — gas, Bargo Energy Company, Nueces County, 37 thousand reported
TEXON ROYALTY CO. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 36 thousand reported
GRUENE, O. A. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 36 thousand reported
TSL 33099/TR 54/ — gas, Sabco Operating Company, Nueces County, 36 thousand reported
HEFTE, MARY TOM ET AL — gas, Harper Hefte, Inc., Nueces County, 36 thousand reported
GOLLADAY, A. H. — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 36 thousand reported
ELLIFF, J.S. ET AL — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 36 thousand reported
HEDRICK UNIT — oil, Dewbre Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
GEE, H.W. — gas, Little, Lou Operating Co., Inc., Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
DRISCOLL, CLARA — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
CODY — gas, Johnson Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
LONDON, F. E. — oil, Pearl, Bill H. Productions, Inc., Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
RIVERS, M. L. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
BALDWIN, J. C. — oil, Musselman, Owen & King Oper.,Inc, Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
ALBRECHT UNIT — gas, Western Gulf Oil & Gas, LLC, Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
MOSLEY DRYDEN "B" — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
LA JOLLA — gas, Linn Operating, Inc., Nueces County, 35 thousand reported
RACKLEY-RUTLAND GAS UNIT — gas, Flournoy Production Co., Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
TAYLOR, R. E. NCT-1 — oil, Lundberg Operating Corporation, Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J.A. — gas, Plains Resources Inc., Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J.O. — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
LEHMAN, W. F. L. — oil, Crest Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
WARDNER, G. P. — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
AUSTIN, HELEN P. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
MCCANN-STATE UNIT -A- — gas, Petro Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
HILL-BARNHART UNIT — oil, Johnson Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
RENKEN — oil, Rincon Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 34 thousand reported
FLINN, H. E. — oil, Energy Acquisitions, Inc., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
DRISCOLL, CLARA — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
RIVERS, M.L. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
LEHMAN — oil, Acock/Anaqua Operating Co., LP, Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
CARVER ESTATE -A- — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
TALBERT, FAY — gas, Western Gulf Oil & Gas, LLC, Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
WRIGHT — gas, Tri-C Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
ELLIFF, J. S. ET AL — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
BRAMAN-MORGAN PROPERTIES — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
BALLARD, C. F. — oil, Overly Operating Co., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
THOMPSON UNIT — gas, Tema Oil And Gas, LLC, Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
EMSHOFF, WM. — oil, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
KERR — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
GRUENE, O.A. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
TEN SAND GAS UNIT 421 — gas, Pi Energy, Inc., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
GRUENE, O. A. — oil, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
WALTON, W. W. — gas, Republic Resources, LLC., Nueces County, 33 thousand reported
KERR — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
BROWN, FLOYD W. ET AL — oil, Hunt Oil Company, Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
PETROQUEST JV-HARLAN — gas, Mission River Systems, Inc., Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
ESTELL, MARY KING — gas, Durango Resources Corp., Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 341 — gas, Pi Energy, Inc., Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
INGRAM, DONALD — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
HORNE,C.J. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
CHAPMAN — oil, Carter Exploration Company, Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
J.O. PHILLIPS GAS UNIT — gas, Headington Oil Company, Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
RIVERS, M. L. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
ELLIFF — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
CHARBA — oil, Rincon Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 32 thousand reported
SHAFFER "C" — gas, Continental Trend Resources, Inc, Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
GOLLADAY, A. H. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J. O. — oil, Decker Operating Co., L.L.C., Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J.A. — gas, Plains Resources Inc., Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
BARLOW — oil, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
KINSEY, E. A. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
RUSS & DAIMWOOD — oil, Western Gulf Oil & Gas Inc., Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
WARDNER, G.P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
BERNSEN, L. — gas, Lundberg Operating Corporation, Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
ANDERSON JR. ET AL — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
DRISCOLL, CLARA — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
ERIGAN-QUIROZ — gas, Dinero Oil Corporation, Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
ELLIFF, J.S. ET AL — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
ERIGAN-QUIROZ — gas, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
SHAFFER, K.L., NCT-1 — gas, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
RIVERS, M.L. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 31 thousand reported
CHAPMAN — oil, Carter Exploration Company, Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
WOFFORD, BUSH "F" — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
WARDNER, G.P. — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
INGRAM, J.C. — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
FLINN, F. E. - B — oil, Western Gulf Oil & Gas Inc., Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J.A. — oil, Bargo Energy Company, Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
JONES, EVA M. MRS. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
ANDERSON, WILLIAM JR. ET AL — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
F J SMITH — oil, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
CHAPMAN — oil, Carter Exploration Company, Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
WINFIELD — gas, Premier Minerals, Inc., Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
RACKLEY-RUTLAND — oil, Flournoy Production Co., Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
WALKER, IDA — oil, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 30 thousand reported
MCCRACKEN — gas, Ellsworth, H. P. O&G Properties, Nueces County, 29 thousand reported
PURL — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 29 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J. A. — gas, Tema Oil And Gas, LLC, Nueces County, 29 thousand reported
UNION CENT. -B- — oil, Austin Resources Corporation, Nueces County, 29 thousand reported
RIVERS "A" — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 29 thousand reported
CHAPMAN J. O. — oil, Shana Petroleum Company, Nueces County, 29 thousand reported
MCCANN — oil, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 29 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 690 — gas, Lamar Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 28 thousand reported
C. N. COOKE UNIT — gas, Hunt Oil Company, Nueces County, 28 thousand reported
EWING UNIT — gas, Rincon Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 28 thousand reported
CRITZ, R. — gas, P-R-O Management, Inc., Nueces County, 28 thousand reported
CHAPMAN — oil, Carter Exploration Company, Nueces County, 28 thousand reported
BICKLER-MOSLEY — oil, Marquee Corporation, Nueces County, 28 thousand reported
KERR — gas, Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
KINSEY, E. A. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
WALKER "A" — gas, Lindenmuth & Associates, Inc., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
THOMPSON, J. A. — oil, Plains Resources Inc., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
GOLLADAY, A. H. — gas, Apache Corporation, Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
ERIGAN-QUIROZ — oil, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
BEVLY — gas, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
BICKLER-MOSLEY — oil, Sue-Ann Operating, L.C., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
JOHNS, C.D. — gas, Synergy Production Company, Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
TALBERT, C. P. — gas, Gillring Oil Company, Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
SPESSARD, W.M. — gas, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
C. N. COOKE UNIT — oil, Bison Energy Partners, Ltd., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
PERKINS, L. C., GAS UNIT #3 — gas, Marquee Corporation, Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J.O. "C" — oil, Decker Operating Co., L.L.C., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
BUTTS , J.B. — gas, Collins & Ware, Inc., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
KINSEY, E. A. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 27 thousand reported
CHAPMAN RANCH — gas, Decker Operating Co., L.L.C., Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
PRIOUR "B" — gas, Crystal Oil Company, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 458 — gas, Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
GILLETTE, J. T. "D" — oil, Continental Trend Resources, Inc, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
JONES, E.M. — oil, Collins & Ware, Inc., Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
YARBOROUGH — oil, Harper Hefte, Inc., Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
HEATH, ARTIE BELLE — oil, Marquee Corporation, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
WARDNER, G.P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
DUGGER — gas, Rincon Petroleum Corporation, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
RIVERS, W. C. — gas, Wadi Petroleum, Inc., Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
WARDNER, G. P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
RIVERS -C- — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
CHAPMAN RANCH — oil, Bristol Resources Corporation, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
SMITH, F. J. — oil, TX Petroleum Company, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
CRITZ — gas, P-R-O Management, Inc., Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
THOMPSON, R.A. — gas, Headington Oil Company, Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 691 — gas, Petro-Guard Company, Inc., Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 422 — gas, Pi Energy, Inc., Nueces County, 26 thousand reported
MARTIN, JOE — oil, B D Production Co., Inc., Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
KUEMPEL, HELEN — gas, Oil Coast Corp., Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
SMITH, F.J. — oil, Anderson Oil Ltd., Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
RIVERS, W.C. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 414 — gas, Ibc Petroleum, Inc., Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
KINSEY, E. A. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
RIVERS — gas, Nueces Reserves, Inc., Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
SPONBERG, J. O. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
YARBOROUGH — oil, Harper Hefte, Inc., Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
DUGGER — oil, Marquee Corporation, Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
WARDNER, G.P. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 25 thousand reported
PFLUGER, ELIZABETH — oil, Burke, Harry Petroleum, Nueces County, 24 thousand reported
SPESSARD, W. M. — oil, Kamlok Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 24 thousand reported
DRISCOLL, CLARA — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 24 thousand reported
WALTON, IRENE — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 24 thousand reported
HERRMANN — gas, Cimarron Engineering, LLC, Nueces County, 24 thousand reported
ELLIFF, J.S. ET AL — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 24 thousand reported
WALKER -A- — oil, Lindenmuth & Associates, Inc., Nueces County, 24 thousand reported
DUGGER — gas, Continental Trend Resources, Inc, Nueces County, 24 thousand reported
RUSS & DAIMWOOD — gas, Western Gulf Oil & Gas Inc., Nueces County, 23 thousand reported
KINSEY, E. A. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Nueces County, 23 thousand reported
GRUENE, O.A. — gas, Union Pacific Resources Company, Nueces County, 23 thousand reported
CHAPMAN, J. D. — oil, Texaco E & P Inc., Nueces County, 23 thousand reported
HARLAN ET AL — oil, Valerius, Inc. & Zine, Inc., Nueces County, 23 thousand reported
STATE TRACT 746 — gas, Denovo Oil & Gas, Inc., Nueces County, 23 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.