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Runnels County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Ballinger

  • 186wells
  • 4drilling locations in two years
  • 44producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Ballinger

Map of Ballinger, Texas: 186 wells and 4 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations4Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells71On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing61Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged54The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (31.73821, -99.94731); 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 Ballinger are holding steady: 2 permits in the last 12 months, 2 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 7.3 miles south of the town's point. 186 wells and 4 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Ballinger, each where the state puts it. 44 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Runnels County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Ballinger

The 4 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 1SW W NW 2
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 4 permits

  • 1finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 3still only a permitNothing after the permit is on file. Many permits wait a year or more, and some are never drilled.

Wells finished in the last two years: 1 north-west of town.

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 Ballinger

wells with a location on the state's map
186
drilling permits in the last 24 months
4
producing leases with a well in the circle
44
operators running them
24
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
21,263 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
71,680 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 Ballinger sold for

The 44 producing leases with a well near Ballinger sold about $1.8 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
$1.8 million
oil and condensate sold
20,441 bbl
gas sold
67,301 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$27,515

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Ballinger comes to about $275 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 Ballinger

The 6 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Ballinger
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-10-19HIRT 1vertical · API 42-399-34947 · permit 0919268Mission Energy Inc.8.2 mi N31.85348, -99.97888 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-19SE-196 1vertical · API 42-399-35633 · permit 0915655Enterprise Products Operatingllc7.3 mi S31.63868, -99.99008 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-06CATHODIC PROTECTION 28vertical · API 42-399-35632 · permit 0909482Energy Transfer Company9.8 mi NW31.85668, -100.03984 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-17RISE BULLSEYE 1vertical · API 42-399-35629 · permit 0904724Harvest Petroleum Inc.8.9 mi NW31.79297, -100.08376 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-26SE-189 1vertical · API 42-399-35627 · permit 0901778Enterprise Products Texas Op LLC9.5 mi SW31.67754, -100.09233 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-09SE-192 1vertical · API 42-399-35626 · permit 0901768Enterprise Products Texas Op LLC8.0 mi SW31.66106, -100.04939 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 Ballinger

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-1258 HALL, J, block 74, section 121 permit, newest October 19, 2026
  • A-507 WAGNER, P1 permit, newest May 19, 2026
  • A-236 HALL, B G, section 4371 permit, newest August 6, 2025
  • A-935 WYLIE, H C, block 64, section 341 permit, newest December 17, 2024

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

Who is on the county roll

19 mineral accounts near Ballinger are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 633 accounts under 516 owner names on 37 leases with a well near Ballinger.
mineral accounts on the roll
633
owner names
516
appraised value of those accounts
$3.2 million
the middle account's appraised value
$360
the middle account in all of Runnels County
$370
accounts titled to an estate
19

An account in the name of an estate usually means the owner died and the title was never moved to the heirs. The account stays on the roll, and these are appraised at $29,700 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Ballinger, their name may be one of them.

Totals from the county appraisal district's mineral roll, matched to leases by the state lease number. No owner is named here, and a count under 10 accounts or 5 owner names is left out. How Runnels County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Ballinger

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. 1Jimmie, Herring3,279 bbl · 0 mcf a yearElco Oil & Gas, Inc. · Runnels County · 4 wells in the circle
  2. 2Wilson "A"290 bbl · 11,764 mcf a yearLakeshore Operating, LLC · Runnels County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Harber, Grace T.0 bbl · 12,828 mcf a yearSchmid Properties, Inc. · Runnels County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Gray, C. C.0 bbl · 12,126 mcf a year3-D Oil & Gas · Runnels County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Lange Farm2,001 bbl · 0 mcf a yearApex Resources LLC · Runnels County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Milliff1,511 bbl · 1,915 mcf a yearRetriever Operating LLC · Runnels County · 2 wells in the circle
  7. 7Waller1,449 bbl · 1,509 mcf a yearSimpson Operating Services, LP · Runnels County · 2 wells in the circle
  8. 8Hoelscher/Schwertner883 bbl · 4,125 mcf a yearEdinburgh Energy Partners, LLC · Runnels County · 3 wells in the circle
  9. 9Lange-Moeller Unit1,539 bbl · 0 mcf a yearApex Resources LLC · Runnels County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Byers, Cora563 bbl · 5,439 mcf a yearLariat Land & Exploration, Inc. · Runnels County · 3 wells in the circle
  11. 11Currie, Lyle J.805 bbl · 3,917 mcf a yearPurvis Operating Co. · Runnels County · 3 wells in the circle
  12. 12RLR Odom439 bbl · 5,701 mcf a yearHardrock Resources Inc. · Runnels County · 2 wells in the circle
  13. 13Elkins25 bbl · 5,789 mcf a year3-D Oil & Gas · Runnels County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Byler661 bbl · 0 mcf a year3 S Production, Inc. · Runnels County · 2 wells in the circle
  15. 15Barnett616 bbl · 0 mcf a year3 S Production, Inc. · Runnels County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Gary-Waller Unit473 bbl · 692 mcf a yearSimpson Operating Services, LP · Runnels County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Euhus585 bbl · 0 mcf a year3 S Production, Inc. · Runnels County · 2 wells in the circle
  18. 18Gerngross, Alvin Et Al0 bbl · 3,435 mcf a yearTactical Oil & Gas, LLC · Runnels County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Gray, C. C.146 bbl · 2,428 mcf a year3-D Oil & Gas · Runnels County · 2 wells in the circle
  20. 20Schaefer, Roy484 bbl · 0 mcf a yearF&H Operating Company LLC · Runnels County · 3 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Ballinger

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 44 producing leases near Ballinger. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • BML, INC. B25 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC9 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM5 leases
  • TRANSOIL MARKETING, LLC3 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY2 leases

Gas

  • ET GATHERING & PROCESSING LLC14 leases
  • DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P.1 lease
  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY1 lease
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM1 lease
  • KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE LLC1 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 Ballinger 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.

  • Dierschke Unit · Daylight Petroleum LLClast report March 2025
  • Hoelscher · Mulloy Operating, Inc.last report December 2024
  • Lange, W. F. "A" · 3-D Oil & Gaslast report September 2024
  • Schwertner · Enrich Oil Corporationlast report June 2024
  • Wright C · Window Operating Co., thelast report October 2023
  • Walsh-Waller · Boaz Energy II Operating, LLClast report November 2022

Is my lease still active?

21 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 Ballinger, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 39,882 bbl of oil. 2025 was 27,681, 31% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Ballinger, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far13,25645,734
202527,68165,083
202432,41079,841
202333,91976,389
202238,20795,468
202141,669117,309
202039,882133,354

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, 104 of these leases reported 2,155,632 bbl of oil and condensate and 6,132,510 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Ballinger

Ballinger is in ZIP code 76821: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Ballinger

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 Runnels County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Ballinger?

186 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Ballinger: 71 on leases that are producing, 61 not producing and 54 plugged. The state also issued 4 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 Ballinger?

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 Runnels County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Ballinger picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Ballinger are holding steady: 2 permits in the last 12 months, 2 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 7.3 miles south of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Ballinger worth?

The 44 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $1.8 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.

A relative owned minerals near Ballinger and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 19 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Ballinger. Search the family name first. If an account turns up, the title usually has to be moved to the heirs before the operator will pay them.

Inherited minerals: where to start

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 Ballinger, 6 leases went quiet and 21 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Ballinger?

19 accounts near Ballinger are still in the name of an estate. 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.