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Henderson County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Athens

  • 153wells
  • 2drilling locations in two years
  • 83producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Athens

Map of Athens, Texas: 153 wells and 2 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells85On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing54Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged14The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.20487, -95.85552); the counts are for wells inside it. Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and permit files, US Census Bureau county outlines, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), base map from USGS The National Map.

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Drilling permits near Athens are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 4.9 miles north of the town's point. 153 wells and 2 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Athens, each where the state puts it. 83 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/athens-tx">Athens, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Athens

The 2 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 1NE E SE S SW 1W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 2 permits

  • 1finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 1drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 2 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. So a well can drain land a mile or two from the spot where it shows on a map.

A permit is permission to drill, not a well, and a well nearby says nothing about who owns the minerals under it. Direction is taken from the well's surface location. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permits and wellbore records.

In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Athens

wells with a location on the state's map
153
drilling permits in the last 24 months
2
producing leases with a well in the circle
83
operators running them
12
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
21,256 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
1,719,207 mcf

A lease counts when at least one of its wells is inside the circle; its whole production is counted, so a lease reaching beyond the circle counts in full.

In dollars

What the oil and gas near Athens sold for

The 83 producing leases with a well near Athens sold about $7.7 million of oil and gas from September 2025 to August 2026, at the public monthly prices.
sale value of 12 months, before taxes and costs
$7.7 million
oil and condensate sold
20,894 bbl
gas sold
1,699,122 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$71,481

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Athens comes to about $715 for the 12 months.

Sold volumes at the public monthly prices, before severance tax and any costs. A guide to the size, not what any owner was paid.

Sold volumes from each lease's monthly report to the Railroad Commission, times the month's West Texas Intermediate oil price and Henry Hub gas price (EIA). Real prices at the lease differ. A lease counts in full when one of its wells is near the town. Check a statement against what the lease sold

Drilling locations

The newest drilling permits near Athens

The 3 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Athens
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2025-11-24J. R. COKER 1vertical · API 42-213-31124 · permit 0910592Mud Creek Operating, LLC4.9 mi N32.27216, -95.88042 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-01-03TRI-CITIES GAS STORAGE UNIT 41BHhorizontal · API 42-213-31123 · permit 0904925Atmos Pipeline - Texas7.0 mi SW32.13654, -95.94301 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-29TRI-CITIES GAS STORAGE UNIT 35BHhorizontal · API 42-213-31122 · permit 0903564Atmos Pipeline - Texas7.6 mi SW32.12599, -95.94699 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)

A permit is permission to drill, not a well. Distances are from the town's point to the well's surface location. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permits.

Find your land

The surveys under the new drilling near Athens

Your deed or county tax notice names a survey and an abstract number. These are the ones with the most drilling permits in the last two years. Each has its own page with its wells and permits.
  • A-731 STIRMAN, J M1 permit, newest November 24, 2025
  • A-653 RICE, J1 permit, newest January 3, 2025

Not in the list? Search every survey in the county by name or abstract number.

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Athens

The 20 producing leases with a well inside the circle, most oil and gas first. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993, free.
  1. 1Tcgu4 (Young, Texie "B" -10)0 bbl · 91,740 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Tcgu1 (Dosser, W. J. -2)0 bbl · 65,912 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Black, J. R.0 bbl · 53,904 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Leopard, C.l.0 bbl · 52,120 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Black, J. R.0 bbl · 50,987 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Barton, H. P.0 bbl · 49,848 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Wells, Grace "A"1,650 bbl · 38,098 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 2 wells in the circle
  8. 8Hinton Gas Unit0 bbl · 47,147 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Black, J. R.0 bbl · 46,904 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Young, Rex Gas Unit0 bbl · 46,192 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Beecher-Cox7,352 bbl · 0 mcf a yearHD Operating Co, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Simmons1,243 bbl · 35,694 mcf a yearEllis Exploration, Inc. · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Leopard, C. L.0 bbl · 41,579 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Hogue, Harry769 bbl · 36,874 mcf a yearEllis Exploration, Inc. · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Leopard, C. L.0 bbl · 41,322 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Black, J. R.0 bbl · 39,586 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Haynes1,134 bbl · 31,145 mcf a yearEllis Exploration, Inc. · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Black, J. R.0 bbl · 36,708 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Barton, H. P.0 bbl · 35,635 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Hinton Gas Unit0 bbl · 35,277 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Athens

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 83 producing leases near Athens. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC77 leases
  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.6 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM2 leases
  • DK TRADING & SUPPLY, LLC1 lease
  • LION OIL TRADING & TRANS, LLC1 lease

Gas

  • XTO ENERGY INC.33 leases
  • CROSS TIMBERS ENERGY SERVCS, INC30 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY5 leases
  • SYMMETRY ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC2 leases
  • ACME BRICK COMPANY1 lease

From each lease's newest Form P-4 filing with the Railroad Commission, which names its gatherers and purchasers. One lease can name several.

If your checks stopped

Leases near Athens that went quiet or changed hands

The two most common reasons a royalty check stops: the lease stopped reporting production, or a new company took it over and the paperwork is catching up.

6 leases reported nothing for a year or more

Leases that reported within the last four years and then stopped. The newest to stop first.

Is my lease still active?

109 leases got a new operator in two years

Checks often pause after a change while the new company sets up its owner records. The newest first; 10 shown.

My royalty checks stopped: what to do

From the monthly production reports operators file with the Railroad Commission. The newest months fill in late, so a lease is listed only after 12 months with no report.

Year by year

Production of the leases near Athens, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 2,308,633 mcf of gas. 2025 was 1,693,059, 27% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Athens, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far13,7681,154,777
202521,5621,693,059
202422,4291,653,116
202321,6131,693,841
202222,6031,883,115
202130,0801,967,255
202043,2902,308,633

Every lease with a well in the circle, producing now or not, as reported to the Railroad Commission. The newest months fill in as operators report.

The long view: in the state's records from January 1993 on, 148 of these leases reported 1,040,692 bbl of oil and condensate and 120,781,559 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Athens

Athens has more wells than 5 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Athens is in ZIP code 75751: its wells and permits

All of Henderson County: leases, operators and production · Henderson County well map

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Athens

One email a week at most, and only when something is filed: a new drilling permit, a finished well, or first production with a well location inside this circle.

Watching a place says nothing about who owns the land or the minerals there. For the whole county, or one survey, use the Henderson County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Athens?

153 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Athens: 85 on leases that are producing, 54 not producing and 14 plugged. The state also issued 2 drilling permits with a well location in that circle in the last 24 months.

What are the coordinates on this page?

Latitude and longitude of the well's surface location in NAD83, the coordinates map apps use. They come from the Railroad Commission's well layers as published, and from its drilling permit files, which are published in the older NAD27 and converted here. Paste them into any map app. A horizontal well's bottom hole can be a mile or two away from its surface location.

Do I own minerals under a well near Athens?

A well nearby says nothing about who owns the minerals under it. The county's mineral roll lists who is paid on each producing lease. Search a name to see whether the Henderson County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Athens picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Athens are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 4.9 miles north of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Athens worth?

The 83 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $7.7 million of oil and gas in their newest 12 months on file, at the public monthly prices and before taxes and costs. That is what the leases sold, not what a tract of land or a mineral interest is worth: an owner is paid a share of one lease.

My checks from a lease here stopped. Why?

The usual reasons: the lease stopped producing, a new operator took it over, or the operator put the payments in suspense over a title or address question. Near Athens, 6 leases went quiet and 109 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Athens?

See whether a county roll lists your name, and get an email when a permit or a new well is filed near you.

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Sources

Primary sources, opened on 29 September 2026. Statute text is the current version on statutes.capitol.texas.gov.