Oil and gas leases in Shelby County — page 3

Shelby County, Texas has 1,115 oil and gas leases with production on file at the Railroad Commission, all of them in Commission district 06. 92 of them are oil leases and 1,023 are gas leases. Between them they carry 1,131 wellbores. Reported volumes run from January 1993 to August 2026 and come to 2.2 million barrels of oil and 1.8 billion Mcf of gas. 139 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 Shelby County

How many oil and gas leases are in Shelby County?: Shelby County has 1,115 oil and gas leases with production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas, as of August 2026.
How much oil and gas has Shelby County produced?: Leases in Shelby County have reported 2,212,388 barrels of oil (bbl) and 1,812,172,839 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026.
How many operators are active in Shelby County?: 139 operators file production returns for leases in Shelby County.
How much are mineral rights in Shelby County worth?: There is no single figure: what a mineral or royalty interest in Shelby County is worth depends on the individual lease, its decline, and the share the owner holds. Each of the 1,115 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 3 of 6

DAVIS — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Shelby County, 1.2 million reported
ELLIS, R.W. UNIT — gas, Grand Energy, Inc., Shelby County, 1.2 million reported
EUBANKS UNIT — gas, Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC, Shelby County, 1.2 million reported
TAYLOR, W.M. — gas, Grand Operating, Inc., Shelby County, 1.2 million reported
WHIDDON, O. R. GAS UNIT — gas, Classic Operating Co. LLC, Shelby County, 1.2 million reported
SABINE PATRICIA — gas, Textron Southwest L.L.C., Shelby County, 1.2 million reported
BROOKS ET AL — gas, Classic Operating Co. LLC, Shelby County, 1.2 million reported
FRANKS, LAWRENCE T. — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 1.2 million reported
HEINTSCHEL, GLEN GAS UNIT — gas, Hunt Petroleum Corporation, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
HUNT — gas, Hunt Petroleum Corporation, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
POLLEY — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
GORDON-ARMSTREET — gas, Key Production Company, Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
DAVIS-HARVEY SOUTH UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
BAKER — gas, Camterra Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
FURLOW, A. B. — gas, Kerr-Mcgee Corporation, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
HARMAN UNIT — gas, El Paso Production Company, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
GUY, O. L. TRAVIS PEAK UNIT — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
ADAMS — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
PRICE, J.S. GAS UNIT — gas, BP America Production Company, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
BOGGY CREEK 151 — gas, Brown, Tom Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
LOWE, E.L. ET AL — gas, Classic Operating Co. LLC, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
MORRISON-DAVIS — gas, Hunt Petroleum Corporation, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
FRANKS ESTATE — gas, Ocean Energy, Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
HOWARD "A" — gas, Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
HERONE — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
VASTAR MINERALS GAS UNIT 2 — gas, Hunt Petroleum Corporation, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
R & M FARMS UNIT — gas, Maximus Operating, Ltd., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
BORDERS, GENE — gas, Enexco, Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
BORDERS UNIT — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
KEATING UNIT — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
WHEELER — gas, Encore Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
GUY, O. L. TRAVIS PEAK UNIT — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
LUCAS, D. — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
SIERRA, W.I. DAVIS — gas, Textron Southwest L.L.C., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
HANSON — gas, Camterra Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
JOY — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
RUSHING — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
RED RAIDERS (SL) DU — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Shelby County, 1.1 million reported
TEMPLE-INLAND — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
CRAWFORD — gas, Arkla Exploration Co., Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
GALLUP UNIT — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
BECKHAM GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Southwestern Energy Prod. Co., Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
KING GU — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
PRICE, J.S. "B" GAS UNIT — gas, BP America Production Company, Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
TAYLOR, W. M. — gas, Classic Operating Co. LLC, Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
DONATILL OU B — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
HUNT — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
RUSHING — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
CRAWFORD — gas, Devon Louisiana Corporation, Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
HILL, ISAIAH UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
NORTH NAQUIN GU — gas, Classic Operating Co. LLC, Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
HANSON, J. W. — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 1.0 million reported
HILL, ISAIAH UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 996 thousand reported
JONES — gas, Devon Louisiana Corporation, Shelby County, 993 thousand reported
GUY, O. L. TRAVIS PEAK UNIT — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 989 thousand reported
CARTWRIGHT — gas, ST. Mary Land & Exploration Co., Shelby County, 989 thousand reported
PICKERING LUMBER CO. "C" — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 980 thousand reported
WHITTON GAS UNIT — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 978 thousand reported
MCSWAIN — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 975 thousand reported
CRAWFORD — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 973 thousand reported
GEORGE — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Shelby County, 969 thousand reported
ANTHONY — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LLC, Shelby County, 963 thousand reported
PRICE, J.S. GAS UNIT — gas, BP America Production Company, Shelby County, 957 thousand reported
MADELEY — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 956 thousand reported
LOCKE — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 952 thousand reported
HENDERSON "A" — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Shelby County, 952 thousand reported
BATTLE GAS UNIT — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 944 thousand reported
VASTAR FEE GAS UNIT — gas, Vastar Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 939 thousand reported
CHILDRESS, CHARLES UNIT — gas, Classic Operating Co. LLC, Shelby County, 934 thousand reported
TEXAS CO., THE — gas, Key Production Co., Shelby County, 932 thousand reported
DUNN — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 926 thousand reported
MYLIN UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 922 thousand reported
STEPHENS, G. H. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 921 thousand reported
BRADSHAW G.U. — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Shelby County, 913 thousand reported
KIMBRO — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 911 thousand reported
SNELL — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 904 thousand reported
BROOKS, D. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 903 thousand reported
GRAVES GAS UNIT — gas, Enerquest Corporation, Shelby County, 900 thousand reported
PICKERING LUMBER CO. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 896 thousand reported
JONES — gas, Arkla Exploration Co., Shelby County, 895 thousand reported
WATKINS — gas, Eog Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 886 thousand reported
GENE, AUBREY — gas, Dual Production Partners, LLC, Shelby County, 880 thousand reported
SABINE CAYMAN — gas, Textron Southwest L.L.C., Shelby County, 874 thousand reported
LUCAS, D. — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 873 thousand reported
BECKHAM GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Southwestern Energy Prod. Co., Shelby County, 871 thousand reported
KC GU — gas, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., Shelby County, 868 thousand reported
HEINTSCHEL, GLEN GAS UNIT — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Shelby County, 867 thousand reported
ARCO NO. 2 — gas, GMT Energy Corp., Shelby County, 866 thousand reported
MCSWAIN, ET AL GAS UNIT — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Shelby County, 862 thousand reported
CHISHOLM-TROUILLE — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Shelby County, 856 thousand reported
TIMBERSTAR-RUSK B593 — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 854 thousand reported
BROOKS ET AL — gas, Classic Operating Co. LLC, Shelby County, 850 thousand reported
TODD GAS UNIT — gas, Samson Lone Star LP, Shelby County, 845 thousand reported
GRAVES — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 842 thousand reported
WAYNE — gas, Dual Production Partners, LLC, Shelby County, 839 thousand reported
OLIVER UNIT — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Shelby County, 839 thousand reported
BROOKS ET AL — gas, Maximus Operating, Ltd., Shelby County, 834 thousand reported
FRANKS ESTATE — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 833 thousand reported
BRADSHAW G.U. — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Shelby County, 832 thousand reported
SABINE ALLEN — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 832 thousand reported
LOWE — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 831 thousand reported
GUY, O. L. TRAVIS PEAK UNIT — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 827 thousand reported
HANSON, J.W. — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 826 thousand reported
DAVIS, INEZ UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 824 thousand reported
USA — gas, ST. Mary Land & Exploration Co., Shelby County, 824 thousand reported
MURPHY SOUTH UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 820 thousand reported
SABINE KATHRYN — gas, Textron Southwest L.L.C., Shelby County, 819 thousand reported
BECKHAM GAS UNIT 1 — gas, Southwestern Energy Prod. Co., Shelby County, 817 thousand reported
STEPHENSON "A" — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Shelby County, 810 thousand reported
LOCKE — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Shelby County, 810 thousand reported
BP COTTLE — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Shelby County, 807 thousand reported
PICKERING LUMBER CO. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 803 thousand reported
CHILDS GAS UNIT — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 802 thousand reported
HARDIN-SIMMONS GAS UNIT #1 — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 800 thousand reported
APPLEQUIST UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 800 thousand reported
COLLUM GAS UNIT — gas, Samson Lone Star LP, Shelby County, 799 thousand reported
BORDERS UNIT — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 799 thousand reported
MCSWAIN, ET AL G.U. — gas, Newfield Exploration Company, Shelby County, 796 thousand reported
TIMBERSTAR-RUSK B593 — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 795 thousand reported
JONES — gas, Arkla Exploration Co., Shelby County, 791 thousand reported
TAYLOR, W. M. — gas, Key Production Co., Shelby County, 783 thousand reported
TIMBERSTAR-RUSK CSL 593 — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 781 thousand reported
JIREH — gas, Red Rock Operating, Inc., Shelby County, 780 thousand reported
BARBEE — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Shelby County, 773 thousand reported
STEPHENS, G. H. — gas, Hunt Petroleum Corporation, Shelby County, 771 thousand reported
PICKERING LUMBER CO. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 771 thousand reported
DONATILL — gas, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, Shelby County, 771 thousand reported
POWDRILL — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 766 thousand reported
MOURESS UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 765 thousand reported
SAMFORD — gas, O'Benco, Inc., Shelby County, 756 thousand reported
CRAWFORD — gas, Ocean Energy, Inc., Shelby County, 756 thousand reported
CHILDRESS, J. W. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 746 thousand reported
PICKERING LUMBER CO. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 739 thousand reported
STEPHENS, G. H. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 737 thousand reported
U.S.A. — gas, Reynolds Drilling Co., Inc., Shelby County, 736 thousand reported
PRICE, J.S. GAS UNIT — gas, BP America Production Company, Shelby County, 734 thousand reported
MCNEELEY — gas, Hooper & Sons Investments Co.Inc, Shelby County, 733 thousand reported
ZAP — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Shelby County, 731 thousand reported
SAMFORD — gas, O'Benco, Inc., Shelby County, 730 thousand reported
HUGHES GAS UNIT — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Shelby County, 729 thousand reported
BAM BAM — gas, Samson Lone Star, LLC, Shelby County, 723 thousand reported
O'REAR — gas, Winn Exploration Co., Inc., Shelby County, 722 thousand reported
PRIDGEN GAS UNIT — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 721 thousand reported
LOWE, E.L. ET AL — gas, Key Production Co., Shelby County, 717 thousand reported
GUY, O. L. TRAVIS PEAK UNIT — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Shelby County, 717 thousand reported
DUNN — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 714 thousand reported
R & M FARMS UNIT — gas, Maximus Operating, Ltd., Shelby County, 713 thousand reported
O'REAR "A" — gas, Winn Exploration Co., Inc., Shelby County, 706 thousand reported
SAMFORD — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Shelby County, 706 thousand reported
ARCO NO. 2 — gas, GMT Energy Corp., Shelby County, 703 thousand reported
HARDIN-SIMMONS GAS UNIT #1 — gas, Petrohawk Operating Company, Shelby County, 701 thousand reported
MURPHY NORTH UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 698 thousand reported
STOCKMAN, EMMIT — gas, Burk Royalty Company, Shelby County, 695 thousand reported
GORDON-ARMSTREET — gas, Key Production Company, Inc., Shelby County, 695 thousand reported
QUINN UNIT — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 694 thousand reported
SCRUGGS — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 694 thousand reported
BP COTTLE UNIT — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Shelby County, 693 thousand reported
DAVIS, INEZ UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 692 thousand reported
FREEMAN ET AL — gas, Greer Energy Corporation, Shelby County, 690 thousand reported
PRICE, J.S. GAS UNIT — gas, BP America Production Company, Shelby County, 690 thousand reported
HANSON, J. W. — gas, Grand Energy, Inc., Shelby County, 690 thousand reported
GUY, O. L. TRAVIS PEAK UNIT — gas, Hunt Petroleum Corporation, Shelby County, 689 thousand reported
SHERMAN — gas, Samedan Oil Corporation, Shelby County, 680 thousand reported
CARLTON GAS UNIT — gas, Devon Louisiana Corporation, Shelby County, 675 thousand reported
HILL — gas, Miltuck Operating, Inc., Shelby County, 674 thousand reported
DEARMAN, J. W. GAS UNIT — gas, Sonora Petroleum Corp., Shelby County, 668 thousand reported
SILER, O. B., FEE — gas, Big Run Production Company, Shelby County, 667 thousand reported
GRIFFIN, ROBERT — gas, O'Benco, Inc., Shelby County, 666 thousand reported
RUSHING UNIT — gas, Key Production Co., Shelby County, 662 thousand reported
STEPHENS, G. H. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 658 thousand reported
JOHNSON, ALICE W. — gas, Greer Energy Corporation, Shelby County, 655 thousand reported
BP COTTLE — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Shelby County, 653 thousand reported
BOGGY CREEK 1044 — gas, Brown, Tom Inc., Shelby County, 652 thousand reported
PRICE, J. S. GAS UNIT — gas, Arco Oil & Gas Co., Shelby County, 652 thousand reported
MCSWAIN — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 647 thousand reported
JOHNSON, ALICE W. — gas, KCS Resources, Inc., Shelby County, 640 thousand reported
ELLIS — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Shelby County, 638 thousand reported
SABINE ALLEN — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 635 thousand reported
PICKERING LUMBER CO. — gas, Xto Energy Inc., Shelby County, 631 thousand reported
GRIFFIN, ROBERT — gas, O'Benco, Inc., Shelby County, 628 thousand reported
TAYLOR, W. M. — gas, BP America Production Company, Shelby County, 621 thousand reported
POWELL — gas, ST. Mary Land & Exploration Co., Shelby County, 618 thousand reported
HILTON — gas, Noble Energy Inc, Shelby County, 616 thousand reported
ADAMS — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 616 thousand reported
EDDINS UNIT — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 614 thousand reported
SAMFORD — gas, O'Benco, Inc., Shelby County, 611 thousand reported
LIZ K GAS UNIT — gas, Samson Lone Star, LLC, Shelby County, 606 thousand reported
JOHNSON — gas, Endeavor Natural Gas, LP, Shelby County, 606 thousand reported
ADAMS — gas, Devon Louisiana Corporation, Shelby County, 603 thousand reported
FRANKS ESTATE — gas, Arkla Exploration Co., Shelby County, 602 thousand reported
COCKRELL — gas, Classic Operating Co. LLC, Shelby County, 601 thousand reported
USA BRITTAIN — gas, Hunt Petroleum Corporation, Shelby County, 601 thousand reported
PALMER UNIT — gas, Devon Energy Production Co, L.P., Shelby County, 597 thousand reported
WILLIAMS, H. P. — gas, Continental Operating Co., Shelby County, 593 thousand reported
PICKERING LUMBER COMPANY -C- — gas, Classic Operating Co. LLC, Shelby County, 591 thousand reported
GRAVES, J. R. G.U. — gas, Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler, Shelby County, 589 thousand reported
ARCO NO. 1 — gas, GMT Energy Corp., Shelby County, 587 thousand reported
MURPHY SOUTH UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 586 thousand reported
JEANS "A" — gas, Marathon Oil Company, Shelby County, 584 thousand reported
DAVIS-HARVEY UNIT — gas, Ellora Operating, L.P., Shelby County, 583 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.