Buckhead Energy buys Rusk County, Texas mineral rights and royalties.
Rusk County drilling right now — Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data, as of 2026-11-04:
Figures for Rusk County, Texas. Source: Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data. A figure based on fewer than 3 wells is withheld.
Oil valued at the EIA WTI Cushing monthly average price; gas at the EIA Henry Hub monthly average × 1.037 MMBtu per mcf. This is historical gross value at benchmark prices, before price differentials, deductions, and taxes — not an estimate of any owner's income or a valuation.
| Year | Oil | Gas | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $110,000,000 | $240,000,000 | $350,000,000 |
| 2024 | $110,000,000 | $140,000,000 | $250,000,000 |
| 2023 | $120,000,000 | $180,000,000 | $300,000,000 |
Median permit to spud: 48 days (8 wells)
Median spud to first production: 120 days (12 wells)
Drilled, not yet producing: 13 wells spudded in the last three years with no first production reported; median 119 days since spud
This page covers Rusk County. For the statewide guide — every county, live drilling data, and how selling works across the state — see Texas Mineral Rights.
Own a royalty rather than the minerals themselves? See selling oil & gas royalties in Texas — severance tax, property-tax treatment, and whether a dormancy statute applies.
Quick answer — Does Buckhead Energy buy mineral rights in Rusk County, Texas?
Rusk County is the original discovery county of the historic East Texas Oilfield. Dad Joiner's Daisy Bradford #3 well, drilled in 1930 near Henderson, opened nearly a century of continuous production. Modern Cotton Valley and Travis Peak horizontal activity continues across the county in 2026, layered above legacy Woodbine production and below deep Haynesville Shale potential.
The Daisy Bradford #3 well was completed October 5, 1930. Within months it triggered one of the largest oil booms in U.S. history, with production peaking at over 500,000 barrels per day. Rusk County remains the symbolic home of the East Texas Oilfield.
Cities and communities: Henderson, Tatum, Overton, Mount Enterprise.
Rusk County, Texas
Henderson (county seat)
5 producing formations
Depth: ~3,500 ft
East Texas Oilfield primary reservoir
Depth: Lower Cretaceous
Active 2026 gas drilling
Depth: Upper Jurassic
Active stacked gas target
Depth: deep Jurassic
Deep dry gas
Depth: Jurassic carbonate
Underlying interval
2026 active operators include RFE Operating, Sabine Oil & Gas, Faulconer Energy, Valence Operating, Mud Creek, Sheridan Production III, and many smaller independents. The county's stacked-pay character supports both vertical infill and modern horizontal development.
Rusk County's 95-plus years of continuous production has produced extreme heirship fractionation. Many original landowners' descendants are now fourth- and fifth-generation cousins who may be unaware of their mineral interests.
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See any operator's well footprint in Rusk County — wells operated, wells that have produced, and what it means if you own minerals under their wells.
Who operates the most wells in the East Texas Basin? See the top operators in the East Texas Basin by well count → — a monthly-updated leaderboard — Buckhead Energy analysis of public oil and gas data.
Rusk County, Texas includes 12 named oil & gas fields we buy in — each with well counts, active operators, and how to sell an interest there.
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