Oil and gas leases in Ernest Operating Company
Ernest Operating Company is a Texas operator, Commission number 253480, with 57 leases reporting production across 8 counties. 44 of them are oil leases and 13 are gas leases. Between them they carry 111 wellbores. Reported volumes run from January 1993 to August 2026 and come to 1.1 million barrels of oil and 242 thousand Mcf of gas. 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 Ernest Operating Company
- How many oil and gas leases are in Ernest Operating Company?
- Ernest Operating Company has 57 oil and gas leases with production reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas, as of August 2026.
- How much oil and gas has Ernest Operating Company produced?
- Leases in Ernest Operating Company have reported 1,108,415 barrels of oil (bbl) and 241,709 thousand cubic feet of gas (Mcf) to the Railroad Commission of Texas between January 1993 and August 2026.
- How much are mineral rights in Ernest Operating Company worth?
- There is no single figure: what a mineral or royalty interest in Ernest Operating Company is worth depends on the individual lease, its decline, and the share the owner holds. Each of the 57 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.
Counties here
- Lee County — 24 leases
- Bastrop County — 14 leases
- Milam County — 8 leases
- Burleson County — 6 leases
- San Patricio County — 2 leases
- Fayette County — 1 lease
- Frio County — 1 lease
- Wharton County — 1 lease
Railroad Commission districts
- District 03 — 45 leases
- District 01 — 10 leases
- District 04 — 2 leases
Leases
- TARWATER — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Burleson County, 367 thousand reported
- VECERA HEIRS — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Fayette County, 87 thousand reported
- ZBORIL, FRANK — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Wharton County, 78 thousand reported
- PERRY — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 58 thousand reported
- PERRY — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Burleson County, 49 thousand reported
- COURTEMANCHE — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 46 thousand reported
- RUSSELL, J. L. — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 46 thousand reported
- HODGE — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 41 thousand reported
- LEHMAN — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 41 thousand reported
- RICHARDS, L.C. ET AL — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 38 thousand reported
- NOACK — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 35 thousand reported
- STORK-RICHARDS UNIT — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 32 thousand reported
- BROWN-RUNNELS UNIT — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 28 thousand reported
- COFFIELD-HENSLEY — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Milam County, 26 thousand reported
- HERNDON-HENSLEY — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Milam County, 26 thousand reported
- FRIEBE, EUGENE — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 24 thousand reported
- MEUTH, E. L. — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 23 thousand reported
- FRIEBE, ISABEL H. — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 22 thousand reported
- WORMLEY — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 22 thousand reported
- HERNDON-HENSLEY — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Milam County, 22 thousand reported
- OWENS — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 20 thousand reported
- RIGGS, PEBBLES — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Frio County, 17 thousand reported
- STEINBACH — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 16 thousand reported
- NOACK, LEON — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 15 thousand reported
- STEINBACH #2 — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 14 thousand reported
- OWENS — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 12 thousand reported
- KREITZ — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 12 thousand reported
- SEBESTA — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Burleson County, 11 thousand reported
- STORK-RICHARDS UNIT — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 11 thousand reported
- BARKER HEIRS #2 — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 9 thousand reported
- COOK, B.M. — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 9 thousand reported
- HESTER, S. N. — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 9 thousand reported
- BROWN, F.D. — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 9 thousand reported
- PAGE — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Milam County, 8 thousand reported
- OWENS — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 7 thousand reported
- OWENS — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 7 thousand reported
- SHERAR — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 7 thousand reported
- HODGE — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 7 thousand reported
- OWENS — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 5 thousand reported
- BAYDER-MONTGOMERY, E. — gas, Ernest Operating Company, San Patricio County, 4 thousand reported
- SPENCE — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 4 thousand reported
- RUNNELS — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 3 thousand reported
- BARKER HEIRS #3 — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 3 thousand reported
- STRELSKY — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Milam County, 2 thousand reported
- OWENS "A" — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 2 thousand reported
- BRAVENEC — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Burleson County, 2 thousand reported
- SEBESTA — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Burleson County, 2 thousand reported
- MORRISON, JENNIE, ET AL — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 2 thousand reported
- BARKER HEIRS #1 — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 2 thousand reported
- COOK, B. M. — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Bastrop County, 2 thousand reported
- BATTLE, EDWARD J. — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Milam County, 2 thousand reported
- WILLIAMS, PAULINE — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Milam County, 2 thousand reported
- TARWATER "A" — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Burleson County, 1 thousand reported
- SHARP, D. TRUSTEE-GERDES — gas, Ernest Operating Company, San Patricio County, 1 thousand reported
- HURD, ROBERTA — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Milam County, 610 reported
- MICHALK, E. — gas, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 471 reported
- SMITH, P. — oil, Ernest Operating Company, Lee County, 413 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.