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By Brad Caponigro, Founder · Last updated Jan 2026
Production data through Jan 2026
as of Jan 2026
as of Jan 2026
as of Jan 2026
as of Jan 2026
Over the twelve most recent reported months, Loving County wells produced about 170.4 million barrels of oil and 688.0 million Mcf of gas — an average of 466,928 barrels and 1,885,061 Mcf per day. That output comes from roughly 4,574 active wells, with 1,456 permitted locations on file. Monthly volumes have held in a steady band over the past year.
170,428,714 barrels of oil, Feb 2025 → Jan 2026
688,047,144 Mcf of natural gas, Feb 2025 → Jan 2026
Rates shown as barrels of oil per day and Mcf of natural gas per day, computed from monthly totals reported to TX RRC PDQ (county aggregation). Jan 2020 through Jan 2026. Download CSV · See methodology.
| Month | Oil (Bbl) | Gas (Mcf) |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2020 | 11,879,961 | 35,413,021 |
| Feb 2020 | 11,267,011 | 33,941,250 |
| Mar 2020 | 13,646,933 | 41,241,684 |
| Apr 2020 | 12,249,903 | 37,372,320 |
| May 2020 | 11,980,779 | 36,930,861 |
| Jun 2020 | 10,689,020 | 34,233,802 |
| Jul 2020 | 10,887,962 | 34,366,528 |
| Aug 2020 | 10,311,015 | 32,778,220 |
| Sep 2020 | 10,020,087 | 32,480,024 |
| Oct 2020 | 10,719,886 | 34,317,781 |
| Nov 2020 | 10,218,474 | 32,595,844 |
| Dec 2020 | 11,099,869 | 34,159,082 |
| Jan 2021 | 11,573,443 | 37,154,460 |
| Feb 2021 | 8,082,700 | 26,050,175 |
| Mar 2021 | 11,090,565 | 35,343,051 |
| Apr 2021 | 10,889,969 | 36,269,187 |
| May 2021 | 11,478,937 | 38,091,069 |
| Jun 2021 | 10,909,143 | 36,453,930 |
| Jul 2021 | 11,352,276 | 39,250,737 |
| Aug 2021 | 11,335,308 | 38,874,624 |
| Sep 2021 | 11,302,563 | 38,945,557 |
| Oct 2021 | 11,657,370 | 39,442,876 |
| Nov 2021 | 11,604,970 | 38,347,417 |
| Dec 2021 | 12,754,478 | 42,643,994 |
| Jan 2022 | 12,292,024 | 40,086,820 |
| Feb 2022 | 10,665,303 | 34,627,081 |
| Mar 2022 | 12,325,236 | 40,615,620 |
| Apr 2022 | 12,530,801 | 41,994,141 |
| May 2022 | 12,945,425 | 43,654,371 |
| Jun 2022 | 12,034,113 | 40,031,708 |
| Jul 2022 | 12,603,075 | 43,247,917 |
| Aug 2022 | 12,747,588 | 44,706,083 |
| Sep 2022 | 12,355,463 | 43,406,504 |
| Oct 2022 | 12,820,986 | 44,254,215 |
| Nov 2022 | 12,552,652 | 41,656,721 |
| Dec 2022 | 13,022,844 | 42,573,887 |
| Jan 2023 | 13,257,212 | 43,710,561 |
| Feb 2023 | 11,996,201 | 39,579,784 |
| Mar 2023 | 14,005,606 | 47,211,457 |
| Apr 2023 | 12,918,406 | 44,361,335 |
| May 2023 | 13,482,850 | 45,764,860 |
| Jun 2023 | 12,763,319 | 44,809,351 |
| Jul 2023 | 13,552,014 | 47,467,699 |
| Aug 2023 | 13,234,035 | 45,839,418 |
| Sep 2023 | 12,981,844 | 45,841,699 |
| Oct 2023 | 13,096,644 | 45,587,067 |
| Nov 2023 | 13,397,214 | 46,520,577 |
| Dec 2023 | 14,588,430 | 50,481,521 |
| Jan 2024 | 14,384,064 | 49,719,281 |
| Feb 2024 | 14,106,631 | 49,528,298 |
| Mar 2024 | 14,765,721 | 53,584,009 |
| Apr 2024 | 13,577,921 | 49,970,724 |
| May 2024 | 14,333,542 | 50,771,573 |
| Jun 2024 | 14,745,565 | 52,619,402 |
| Jul 2024 | 14,773,680 | 53,815,278 |
| Aug 2024 | 15,229,909 | 57,046,220 |
| Sep 2024 | 14,756,553 | 55,945,374 |
| Oct 2024 | 15,673,648 | 59,525,608 |
| Nov 2024 | 15,188,976 | 56,840,178 |
| Dec 2024 | 15,050,899 | 57,568,701 |
| Jan 2025 | 14,879,656 | 56,301,187 |
| Feb 2025 | 13,562,526 | 51,941,578 |
| Mar 2025 | 14,584,774 | 56,764,204 |
| Apr 2025 | 14,761,256 | 58,018,893 |
| May 2025 | 15,330,627 | 61,639,238 |
| Jun 2025 | 13,941,816 | 56,724,037 |
| Jul 2025 | 15,299,407 | 61,877,713 |
| Aug 2025 | 14,977,646 | 60,922,853 |
| Sep 2025 | 14,261,526 | 57,250,326 |
| Oct 2025 | 14,226,175 | 57,236,637 |
| Nov 2025 | 13,277,105 | 54,885,318 |
| Dec 2025 | 13,378,777 | 56,357,941 |
| Jan 2026 | 12,827,079 | 54,428,406 |
| Operator | Parent | Ticker | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxy | Occidental Petroleum | OXY(NYSE) | Houston, TX |
| Mentone Operating | — | Private | Midland, TX |
| ConocoPhillips | — | COP(NYSE) | Houston, TX |
Public-company tickers link to investor relations. Private operators are marked as such and do not carry a ticker.
We also buy overriding royalty interests (ORRIs) and non-participating royalty interests (NPRIs) in Loving County — common for tracts under leases held by major operators with carried-out royalty structures.
Yes. Loving County is on our active buy list. We buy mineral interests, royalty interests, NPRI, and ORRI on both producing and non-producing tracts targeting the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations.
The most active operators we track in Loving County include Oxy, Mentone Operating, ConocoPhillips. We regularly buy interests held under leases with these operators.
Loving County sits in the Permian Basin, where the primary target is wolfcamp / bone spring. Here we underwrite the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations.
Yes. Loving County is one of our top-tier acquisition areas. We can usually turn an offer around in 48 hours and we will compete on price for tracts inside the active development area.
Population has nothing to do with mineral value. Loving County is one of the most productive Delaware Basin counties on a per-acre basis, with intensely developed Wolfcamp and Bone Spring, very active recent permitting, and some of the highest leasing bonuses in the country during peak periods. The reason population is low is that the county is mostly producing oilfields, federal land, and ranch land — the economic activity is in the subsurface, not the surface. We make competitive offers on Loving County minerals at the top of our bonus and royalty-multiple ranges.
Either works. Unleased Loving County minerals trade actively because operators in the county are aggressively building inventory. We make offers on unleased tracts at full mineral value (rather than just royalty value), reflecting the future leasing potential. If you already have an offer to lease and prefer to evaluate "lease vs sell," we can also run a sale-equivalent analysis against the leasing offer so you can see the comparison directly.
Send us the section/township/range or a deed legal description. We pull the recent permit, completion, and producing-well data within a half-section radius of the tract and tell you what the activity looks like. For most Loving County tracts the answer is "yes, very active" — the county is small enough that development is concentrated. For tracts in the few less-developed townships on the eastern side of the county, we can also flag the timing risk on bonus before drilling.
Closings on Loving County mineral rights typically take 7 to 30 days from the date you accept our offer, depending on title complexity. We handle county-level title work, PSA drafting, mineral deed preparation, and notary coordination at our expense.
Just a tract description (abstract or survey, section/township/range, or a legal description from your deed) and any recent royalty check stubs if the interest is producing. You do not need to gather deeds or title opinions up front.
Loving County sits in the Permian Basin, where operators are targeting wolfcamp / bone spring. Activity is led by names like Oxy, Mentone Operating, ConocoPhillips, and new drilling continues to shape the play across the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations.
If you hold mineral rights, royalty interests, NPRI, or ORRI anywhere in the county, we'd like to put a written offer in front of you. Every offer we send is funded from our own balance sheet — there's no auction, no broker markup, and no third-party capital waiting to approve the deal.
Loving County is one of our highest-priority acquisition areas. Top-tier operators are running active drilling programs here and we're making offers on both producing and non-producing tracts.
Monthly production has held within a normal band over the last year, suggesting steady development without a recent completion wave.