Grayson County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Bells

Name: Oil and gas wells and drilling permits within 10 miles of Bells, Texas
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
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44wells
1drilling location in two years
13producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Bells

Drilling permits near Bells are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 4.2 miles north-west of the town's point. 44 wells and 1 drilling location permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Bells, each where the state puts it. 13 producing leases have a well in the circle.

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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/bells-tx"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/town-wells/bells-tx.svg" alt="Map of Bells, Texas: 44 wells and 1 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle." width="1000" height="1284" 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/towns/bells-tx">Bells, 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 Bells

The 1 drilling permit of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.

Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 1 permit

1still only a permitNothing after the permit is on file. Many permits wait a year or more, and some are never drilled.

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 Bells

wells with a location on the state's map: 44
drilling permits in the last 24 months: 1
producing leases with a well in the circle: 13
operators running them: 6
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months: 69,319 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months: 62,974 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 Bells sold for

The 13 producing leases with a well near Bells sold about $5.5 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: $5.5 million
oil and condensate sold: 69,288 bbl
gas sold: 62,974 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less: $173,904

Your share of a lease, as the decimal on a division order

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Bells comes to about $1,739 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 Bells

The newest permit with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.

Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Bells
Issued	Lease and well	Where	Operator
2026-06-17	ENDO A 1Hhorizontal · API 42-181-31653 · permit 0916452Appaloosa Oil & Gas LLC	4.2 mi NW33.65513, -96.45920 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)	Appaloosa Oil & Gas LLC

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 Bells

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-350 DAVIS, J1 permit, newest June 17, 2026

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

Who is on the county roll

What the county mineral roll lists near Bells

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 242 accounts under 208 owner names on 13 leases with a well near Bells.

mineral accounts on the roll: 242
owner names: 208
appraised value of those accounts: $8.8 million
the middle account's appraised value: $1,018
the middle account in all of Grayson County: $678

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 Grayson County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Bells

The 13 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.

1Brown, Beth, ETAL26,770 bbl · 0 mcf a yearBKM Production · Grayson County · 3 wells in the circle
2Little, O. L.24,058 bbl · 0 mcf a yearExport Petroleum Corporation · Grayson County · 11 wells in the circle
3Skaggs3,893 bbl · 14,002 mcf a yearLongfellow Energy, LP · Grayson County · 4 wells in the circle
4Armstrong, B. F.601 bbl · 32,436 mcf a yearR2q Operating LLC · Grayson County · 1 well in the circle
5Kimball, Louise W.5,530 bbl · 0 mcf a yearBKM Production · Grayson County · 7 wells in the circle
6Houseman2,184 bbl · 7,792 mcf a yearLongfellow Energy, LP · Grayson County · 1 well in the circle
7John, M. M., ETAL2,648 bbl · 0 mcf a yearBKM Production · Grayson County · 4 wells in the circle
8Fielden735 bbl · 8,072 mcf a yearLongfellow Energy, LP · Grayson County · 1 well in the circle
9Orenduff, M., JR., ETAL Unit1,842 bbl · 0 mcf a yearBKM Production · Grayson County · 1 well in the circle
10Orenduff-MCBROOM&LAHACHE Unit#1624 bbl · 0 mcf a yearRowland Tank Truck Company · Grayson County · 1 well in the circle
11Vinson, T. C.237 bbl · 0 mcf a yearBKM Production · Grayson County · 1 well in the circle
12Frampton47 bbl · 672 mcf a yearLongfellow Energy, LP · Grayson County · 1 well in the circle
13McBroom, Virgil150 bbl · 0 mcf a yearDoolaree Corporation · Grayson County · 2 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Bells

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 13 producing leases near Bells. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

OKLAHOMA PETROLEUM ALLIES, LLC6 leases
PTT PREMIER TRADING AND TRAN LLC6 leases
CP ENERGY, L.L.C.1 lease
JP ENERGY PRODUCTS SUPPLY, LLC1 lease

Gas

BRANCH ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC10 leases

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 Bells 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.

2 leases reported nothing for a year or more

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

Holloway, J. B. · Felderhoff Production Companylast report December 2023
Douthat · Charter Oak Production Co., LLClast report December 2023

Is my lease still active?

1 lease 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.

Armstrong, B. F.Cholla Petroleum, Inc. to R2q Operating LLCMarch 2026

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 Bells, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 73,098 bbl of oil. 2025 was 68,594, 6% lower.

Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Bells, by year
Year	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf
2026 so far	45,426	37,408
2025	68,594	75,335
2024	61,184	77,708
2023	65,837	79,972
2022	70,663	65,910
2021	71,976	67,598
2020	73,098	93,779

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, 17 of these leases reported 3,580,770 bbl of oil and condensate and 2,671,990 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Bells

Bells has more wells than 6 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Bells is in ZIP code 75414: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Bells

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 Grayson County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Bells?

44 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Bells: 25 on leases that are producing, 0 not producing and 19 plugged. The state also issued 1 drilling permit 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 Bells?

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 Grayson County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Bells picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Bells are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 4.2 miles north-west of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Bells worth?

The 13 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $5.5 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 Bells, 2 leases went quiet and 1 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Bells?

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.