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Nolan County oil and gas

Nolan County leases reported 598.1K barrels of oil and 1M MCF of gas to the Texas Railroad Commission in the 12 months to Jul 2026, ranking #134 of 219 producing Texas counties by oil-equivalent volume.

Nolan County oil + condensate (BBL per month, last 36 months)

Nolan County gas (MCF per month, last 36 months)

Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 are provisional (lighter bars) and usually rise as late reports arrive.

Nolan County production in brief

Nolan County produced 598,095 barrels of oil and condensate and 1,025,480 MCF of gas in the 12 months from Aug 2025 to Jul 2026, about 0.0% of Texas oil and 0.0% of Texas gas on our county figures. Compared with the previous 12 months, oil was down 7% and gas was down 17%. The highest oil month in the last three years was Aug 2023 at 73,815 barrels. The largest operators by oil-equivalent volume were CHOLLA PETROLEUM, INC., SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC and GRAYROCK ENERGY II, LLC. The top lease by oil was LAKE TRAMMEL UNIT, operated by GRAYROCK ENERGY II, LLC, with 75,601 barrels. RRC issued 1 new drilling permit in Nolan County between October 1 and Oct 14, 2026, to PER OPERATING LLC.

Top leases, last 12 months

Lease	Operator	Field	Oil (BBL)	Gas (MCF)
LAKE TRAMMEL UNIT	GRAYROCK ENERGY II, LLC	LAKE TRAMMEL, W. (CANYON)	75,601	23,363
CHERRY WRIGHT	TDC ENGINEERING, INC.	CHERRY ON TOP (STRAWN REEF)	17,194	0
BOYD	SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC	HARDROCK (KING SAND)	16,550	0
EAST SHORE UNIT	WALTER EXPLORATION COMPANY	DIVIDE (KING SAND)	16,007	42
SOUTHWEST NENA LUCIA UNIT	CITATION OIL & GAS CORP.	NENA LUCIA (STRAWN REEF)	15,237	90,364
WASHAM UNIT	EXTEX OPERATING COMPANY	AULD (CISCO SAND)	12,974	0
JUSTICE UNIT	EXTEX OPERATING COMPANY	GARDEN CITY, S. (WOLFCAMP)	12,281	137,837
REPUBLIC UNIT	EXTEX OPERATING COMPANY	GARDEN CITY, S. (WOLFCAMP)	11,997	63,303
BOYD, (CADDO CONGLOMERATE) UNIT	CLEAR FORK, INCORPORATED	EVB, S. (CADDO CONGLOMERATE)	11,343	6,081
NORTH NENA LUCIA UNIT	CITATION OIL & GAS CORP.	NENA LUCIA (STRAWN REEF)	11,309	107,740
PRICE "E"	DAYLIGHT PETROLEUM LLC	JMM (ELLENBURGER)	10,197	3,714
HICKMAN 'B'	GOODROCK NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC	BAST (STRAWN)	10,090	24
FITZGERALD	GUNGOLL, CARL E. EXPLORATION LLC	ESTABAN, NW. (STRAWN REEF)	9,423	34,271
PRICE "B"	DAYLIGHT PETROLEUM LLC	JMM (ELLENBURGER)	8,560	3,535
ARLEDGE	DAYLIGHT PETROLEUM LLC	JMM (ELLENBURGER)	8,037	6,679

Top operators, last 12 months

Operator	Leases	Oil (BBL)	Gas (MCF)
CHOLLA PETROLEUM, INC.	38	58,692	221,392
SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC	70	83,268	35,074
GRAYROCK ENERGY II, LLC	7	81,397	31,554
CITATION OIL & GAS CORP.	8	27,081	291,200
EXTEX OPERATING COMPANY	39	38,872	120,471
CLEAR FORK, INCORPORATED	31	41,712	31,130
GOODROCK NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC	76	44,017	12,624
DAYLIGHT PETROLEUM LLC	15	35,640	28,287
GUNGOLL, CARL E. EXPLORATION LLC	6	20,846	39,444
LAKESHORE OPERATING, LLC	17	9,545	64,211

New drilling permits this month

Issued	County	Operator	Lease	Well	Total depth (ft)	Type
2026-10-12	Nolan	PER OPERATING LLC	THOMAS RANCH	1H	7,400	14

Nearby permits in neighboring counties

Miles from county center	County	Operator	Lease
20	Coke	L.C.S. PRODUCTION COMPANY	SALLIE ODOM 'F'

Monthly figures

Month	Oil (BBL)	Gas (MCF)	Leases reporting
Jul 2026 (provisional)	45,690	88,386	494
Jun 2026 (provisional)	50,039	96,649	501
May 2026	51,859	84,579	505
Apr 2026	50,358	76,264	509
Mar 2026	52,010	89,323	512
Feb 2026	49,772	85,282	512
Jan 2026	44,254	83,669	513
Dec 2025	52,669	91,820	515
Nov 2025	49,289	90,618	516
Oct 2025	52,637	80,860	520
Sep 2025	47,915	78,715	522
Aug 2025	51,603	79,315	520

Questions about Nolan County minerals

How do I look up my lease in Nolan County?

Find the RRC lease number on your check stub, then search it on our lease search or in the RRC Production Data Query using district and lease number. Without a number, open the RRC GIS viewer, go to Nolan County and click the well. Step by step: how to look up your lease on RRC.

Who are the top operators in Nolan County?

By oil-equivalent volume over the 12 months to Jul 2026: CHOLLA PETROLEUM, INC. (58,692 BBL oil, 221,392 MCF gas), SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC (83,268 BBL oil, 35,074 MCF gas) and GRAYROCK ENERGY II, LLC (81,397 BBL oil, 31,554 MCF gas). The full list is in the table above.

How are royalties calculated on Nolan County production?

A gross royalty is roughly (oil volume × oil price + gas volume × gas price) × your decimal interest. Your decimal is on your check stub or division order. County production in May 2026 was 51,859 BBL of oil; try your own lease in the royalty estimator. Severance tax and any deductions your lease allows reduce the check.

How do I sell mineral rights in Nolan County?

Start with the production history of your lease on its page here, then compare several offers on the same basis (price per net mineral acre or a multiple of monthly royalty). Recent permits in the county (1 so far this month) can matter to buyers. See how to sell mineral rights. We are not a buyer or broker.

Own minerals in Nolan County? Find your lease, estimate a royalty check or get the monthly county update.

Source: Texas Railroad Commission (data sets, Production Data Query). Data date: RRC Production Data Query dump, extract dated Sep 18, 2026; production through Jul 2026. Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 are provisional: operators file late and amend, so these months usually rise in later releases. Oil = crude oil + condensate (BBL); gas = gas-well gas + casinghead gas (MCF), as reported to RRC. RRC notes county-level figures are allocated estimates based on allowables and potentials. Methodology.

Source: Texas Railroad Commission drilling permit data (daily file; look up a permit in the RRC drilling permit query). Data date: RRC Drilling Permit daily file, downloaded Oct 16, 2026. Each application is listed once (latest filing); 103 applications in the file that were amended or re-filed this month but originally issued earlier are not shown as new. Application type codes are mapped to our labels; verify on RRC.