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Knox County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Benjamin

  • 208wells
  • 2drilling locations in two years
  • 9producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Benjamin

Map of Benjamin, Texas: 208 wells and 2 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells103On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing19Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged86The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (33.58398, -99.79231); 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 Benjamin are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.1 miles north-east of the town's point. 208 wells and 2 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Benjamin, each where the state puts it. 9 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/benjamin-tx">Benjamin, 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 Benjamin

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 NE 1E SE 1S SW W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 2 permits

  • 1drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 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 Benjamin

wells with a location on the state's map
208
drilling permits in the last 24 months
2
producing leases with a well in the circle
9
operators running them
7
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
32,391 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
0 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 Benjamin sold for

The 9 producing leases with a well near Benjamin sold about $2.5 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
$2.5 million
oil and condensate sold
32,497 bbl
gas sold
0 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$104,135

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Benjamin comes to about $1,041 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 Benjamin

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 Benjamin
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-03-12BEAVERS 1vertical · API 42-275-00649 · permit 0913883Chisholm Operating, Inc.5.1 mi NE33.62801, -99.72103 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-02-04KISER 2vertical · API 42-275-32383 · permit 0905609Covenant Operating, LLC9.7 mi SE33.46847, -99.69762 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-02-16JUNGMAN 2vertical · API 42-275-32372 · permit 0897351Covenant Operating, LLC10.0 mi SE33.45827, -99.70590 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 Benjamin

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-351 H&TC RR CO, block C, section 1411 permit, newest March 12, 2026
  • A-501 D&W RR CO, block 2, section 971 permit, newest February 4, 2025

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Benjamin

The 9 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. 1North Knox City Unit24,152 bbl · 0 mcf a yearDaylight Petroleum LLC · Knox County · 55 wells in the circle
  2. 2Fant Ranch Unit2,181 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTree Operating, LLC · Knox County · 53 wells in the circle
  3. 3Hertel1,817 bbl · 0 mcf a yearPetex · Knox County · 6 wells in the circle
  4. 4Travis, Edna M.1,557 bbl · 0 mcf a yearDaylight Petroleum LLC · Knox County · 4 wells in the circle
  5. 5Wilde1,039 bbl · 0 mcf a yearRHB Exploration & Production,llc · Knox County · 2 wells in the circle
  6. 6Richardson, C.a.737 bbl · 0 mcf a yearDaylight Petroleum LLC · Knox County · 4 wells in the circle
  7. 7Jungman465 bbl · 0 mcf a yearCovenant Operating, LLC · Knox County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Livingston "A"332 bbl · 0 mcf a yearSojourner Drilling Corporation · Knox County · 3 wells in the circle
  9. 9Stroud, Lila111 bbl · 0 mcf a yearBBS Oil Field Services Inc · Knox County · 10 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Benjamin

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 9 producing leases near Benjamin. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM6 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC1 lease
  • PTT PREMIER TRADING AND TRAN LLC1 lease
  • SUNOCO PTNRS. MKTG.&TERMINALS LP1 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 Benjamin 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.

8 leases reported nothing for a year or more

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

  • Graham, L. W. · T Dozer D Oil Co.last report December 2024
  • Michels · T Dozer D Oil Co.last report December 2024
  • Hertel -B- · T Dozer D Oil Co.last report December 2024
  • Livingston, R. L. · D.j.f. Services, Inc.last report May 2024
  • Freeman 3M · Bitter Creek Petroleum Co.last report January 2024
  • Foshee, E.f. Et Al · Bitter Creek Petroleum Co.last report December 2023
  • Styles · Bitter Creek Petroleum Co.last report December 2023
  • Lott · Stober Oil and Gas Services, LLClast report September 2022

Is my lease still active?

5 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.

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 Benjamin, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 43,683 bbl of oil. 2025 was 32,776, 25% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Benjamin, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far22,2660
202532,7760
202437,2270
202343,4860
202240,3340
202139,7960
202043,6832

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, 26 of these leases reported 2,465,738 bbl of oil and condensate and 130,309 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Benjamin

Benjamin has more wells than 2 of the 4 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Benjamin is in ZIP code 79505: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Benjamin

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 Knox County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Benjamin?

208 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Benjamin: 103 on leases that are producing, 19 not producing and 86 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 Benjamin?

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 Knox County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Benjamin picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Benjamin are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.1 miles north-east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Benjamin worth?

The 9 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $2.5 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 Benjamin, 8 leases went quiet and 5 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Benjamin?

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.