Aransas County, Texas
Aransas County drilling permits: what the state recorded
- 3drilling permits
- 0completions
- 0first-production reports
- in the last twelve months
Wells by coordinates
Oil wells and drilling locations in Aransas County
- Drilling locations4Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells20On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing73Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged4The state's wellbore record says plugged
Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and permit files, US Census Bureau county outline, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), base map from USGS The National Map. A dot is a surface location; a horizontal well runs a mile or more from it.
97 wells with a location on the state's map and 4 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.
A permit is not a well.
Wells near each town in Aransas County
Wells within 10 miles of each town, on either side of the county line.
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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas-well-watch/aransas-county-tx"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/county-wells/aransas-county-tx.svg" alt="Map of Aransas County, Texas, with 97 oil and gas wells and 4 recent drilling locations as dots." width="1000" height="1446" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0"></a>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas-well-watch/aransas-county-tx">Aransas County, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>The last twelve months
Month by month in Aransas County
| Month | Permits | Completions | First production |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Counted from November 15, 2025 to April 29, 2026, so the first and last months are partial. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas data sets.
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The newest drilling permits in Aransas County
| Issued | Lease and well | Operator | Drilling began | Depth, ft | API number | Coordinates | Permit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | STATE TRACT 356 2new drill · verticalHilcorp Energy CompanyAPI 42-007-30939 · permit 091472828.25162, -96.91107drilling began 2026-07-20 · 11,000 ft | Hilcorp Energy Company | |||||
| 2026-04-20 | ST CHARLES CO 122new drill · verticalHilcorp Energy CompanyAPI 42-007-30938 · permit 091472728.22403, -96.90546drilling began 2026-06-29 · 11,000 ft | Hilcorp Energy Company | |||||
| 2026-04-17 | ST. CHARLES CO. 121new drill · verticalHilcorp Energy CompanyAPI 42-007-30937 · permit 091470928.25251, -96.86067drilling began 2026-06-13 · 11,000 ft | Hilcorp Energy Company | |||||
| 2025-07-02 | ST CHARLES CO. 71recompletion · verticalHilcorp Energy CompanyAPI 42-007-30732 · permit 090880528.23259, -96.8610412,000 ft | Hilcorp Energy Company | |||||
| 2024-06-03 | ST. CHARLES CO 120new drill · verticalHilcorp Energy CompanyAPI 42-007-30935 · permit 090009328.22360, -96.89130drilling began 2024-06-25 · 11,000 ft | Hilcorp Energy Company | |||||
| 2024-05-30 | ST. CHARLES CO. 119new drill · verticalHilcorp Energy CompanyAPI 42-007-30934 · permit 089995028.24128, -96.84653drilling began 2024-06-05 · 11,000 ft | Hilcorp Energy Company | |||||
| 2024-04-12 | ST. CHARLES CO 1re-entry · verticalHilcorp Energy CompanyAPI 42-007-00045 · permit 089862028.20668, -96.921348,311 ft | Hilcorp Energy Company |
A permit is permission to drill, not a well. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permit files.
Year by year
Drilling permits issued in Aransas County, by year
| Year | Permits issued |
|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 |
Counted from the permit files we hold, which start in 2024; that first year may be partial. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permit files.
The latest
The most recent records
| Date | What, who and where |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | Permit issued: Hilcorp Energy CompanySTATE TRACT 356 · A-84 · permit 0914728 |
| 2026-04-20 | Permit issued: Hilcorp Energy CompanyST CHARLES CO · A-210 · permit 0914727 |
| 2026-04-17 | Permit issued: Hilcorp Energy CompanyST. CHARLES CO. · A-7 · permit 0914709 |
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FAQ
Questions people ask
How many wells were permitted in Aransas County in the last year?
The Railroad Commission issued 3 drilling permits in Aransas County in the twelve months to April 29, 2026, and recorded 0 completions and 0 first-production reports. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.
How do I get an alert when a permit is issued near my land in Aransas County?
Choose your abstract on this page, or the whole county, and sign in. You get one email a week, only when something new is recorded after you sign up. The alert says whether an event is on an interest in your Mineral File, on a place you follow, or only nearby.
When is my first royalty check due after a new well?
Natural Resources Code section 91.402(a) says on or before 120 days after the end of the month of first sale of production from the well. The state's first-production month is the closest public marker, so the date on this page is the earliest, not a certainty.
Got a new well on your land?
The first check is due within 120 days after the end of the month of first sale.
Sources
Primary sources, opened on 29 September 2026. Statute text is the current version on statutes.capitol.texas.gov.