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Oil & Gas Market Data Hub

One authoritative home for Buckhead Energy's original, dated oil & gas datasets — live WTI crude and Henry Hub natural gas prices, the Texas and Oklahoma industry snapshots, and the top-producing-wells leaderboards. Every dataset carries an as-of date, a methodology note, and the source agency, so it's ready to cite.

Market data updated September 18, 2026 7 live datasets · refreshed continuously to monthly

US Mineral & Drilling Activity Index — the national rollup US Mineral Market Activity Index — all 11 states ranked 0–100

Quick answer: This page catalogs 7 oil and gas market datasets — Live Oil & Gas Prices (WTI Crude & Henry Hub), Texas Oil & Gas Industry Snapshot, Oklahoma Oil & Gas Industry Snapshot, Top Producing Oil & Gas Wells in Texas, and more, 4 of them with a downloadable CSV, sourced from NYMEX WTI crude & Henry Hub natural gas benchmark spot prices, Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) well-header & production filings, Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) / well-header records, last updated September 18, 2026. This is market context, not a valuation of any mineral interest.

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Original Data As of September 18, 2026

As of September 18, 2026, Buckhead Energy publishes 7 original, regularly-refreshed oil & gas datasets covering live commodity prices and Texas + Oklahoma drilling activity, each dated and sourced for citation under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Sources: NYMEX spot benchmarks · Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) · Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC)
Methodology: Benchmark spot prices for crude & gas; state filings aggregated into operator, county, formation, permit, DUC, spud, new-producer, and production-leaderboard views.
Updated: Prices continuously (~10 min) · snapshots & leaderboards daily — hub current as of September 18, 2026
License: CC BY 4.0 — free to cite with attribution to Buckhead Energy.

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Live Oil & Gas Prices (WTI Crude & Henry Hub)

Live NYMEX WTI crude and Henry Hub natural gas spot prices, with mineral-owner context on basis differentials and realized-vs-spot pricing.

Updated: September 18, 2026
Source: NYMEX WTI crude & Henry Hub natural gas benchmark spot prices
Refresh: Continuously (≈10-minute cache)

Texas Oil & Gas Industry Snapshot

Statewide dashboard: active operators, top counties, top formations, 24-month permit pipeline, DUC inventory, recent spuds, and newly producing wells.

Updated: September 18, 2026
Source: Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) well-header & production filings
Refresh: Monthly

Oklahoma Oil & Gas Industry Snapshot

Statewide dashboard for Oklahoma: operators, counties, SCOOP/STACK/Woodford formations, permit pipeline, DUC inventory, spuds, and new producers.

Updated: September 18, 2026
Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) / well-header records
Refresh: Monthly

Top Producing Oil & Gas Wells in Texas

Top 500 oil leases and top 500 gas leases in Texas, ranked by monthly production volume, with operator and county.

Updated: September 18, 2026
Source: Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) lease production filings
Refresh: Monthly

Top Producing Oil & Gas Wells in Oklahoma

Highest-producing Oklahoma wells ranked by monthly production volume (well-level), with operator and county.

Updated: September 18, 2026
Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) well production records
Refresh: Monthly

U.S. Helium Content by Field & Province

Helium concentration (% of gas) by U.S. field and province — Hugoton–Panhandle, LaBarge, Four Corners, plus emerging plays in Montana, Colorado, Arizona, and Minnesota — with gas type and status. CC BY 4.0.

Updated: June 28, 2026
Source: Compiled from public regulatory & industry records (USGS, state geological surveys, operator disclosures)
Refresh: As revised

Severance Tax & Post-Production Deductions by State

State oil & gas severance/production tax rates plus the post-production deduction rule each state follows (at-the-well vs. marketable-product) with the leading court case. General reference, not tax/legal advice. CC BY 4.0.

Updated: September 4, 2026
Source: Compiled from published state tax statutes/agency schedules and reported appellate decisions
Refresh: As revised

Go Deeper: Operator & Drilling Intelligence

The snapshots above each feed a family of focused, daily-refreshed data pages. Drill into operators, permits, DUC inventory, spuds, new producers, formations, and county rankings:

More state formations directories: California · Colorado · Illinois · Kansas · Mississippi · New Mexico · North Dakota · Utah · Wyoming

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Programmatic Access

Every dataset on this page is also machine-readable — same numbers, refreshed on the same cadence, free under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. No API key required.

REST API: /api/v1 — live prices, drilling activity, operator leaderboards, formations. Discover every endpoint via /openapi.json.

AI agents (MCP): connect to /mcp — a Model Context Protocol server exposing the same data as tools; discovery at /.well-known/mcp.json.

CSV downloads: dated exports on the top-wells, severance-tax, helium, operator roll-up, and national leaderboard pages.

Freshness feeds: /data-updates.json (JSON Feed of dataset updates) · /llms.txt (dataset index for AI assistants).

Frequently Asked Questions

What oil and gas datasets does Buckhead Energy publish?

Buckhead Energy publishes 7 original, regularly-refreshed datasets: live WTI crude & Henry Hub natural gas prices, the Texas and Oklahoma oil & gas industry snapshots, and the top-producing-wells leaderboards for Texas and Oklahoma. Each dataset carries an as-of date, a methodology note, and the source agency.

Where do these oil and gas figures come from?

Prices track NYMEX WTI crude and Henry Hub natural gas benchmark spot markets. The Texas figures are aggregated from Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) well-header and production filings; the Oklahoma figures from Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) records. The data is compiled by Buckhead Energy — sources are cited on each page.

How current is this oil and gas market data?

Commodity prices refresh continuously (about every 10 minutes). The industry snapshots and top-producing-wells leaderboards are refreshed daily from regulatory filings. This hub was last updated September 18, 2026.

Can I cite or reuse this data?

Yes. Each dataset is published free of charge under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license and is suitable for citation. When citing, attribute "Buckhead Energy" and include the as-of date shown on the page. The top-producing-wells datasets also offer machine-readable CSV exports.

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Use the price page to ground-truth your royalty checks against benchmark spot prices, the state snapshots to gauge drilling activity near your tract, and the top-wells leaderboards to see what the best leases in your area produce. Then request a free written offer based on your specific operator, formation, and decimal interest.

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