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Upshur County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Big Sandy

  • 1,070wells
  • 9drilling locations in two years
  • 133producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Big Sandy

Map of Big Sandy, Texas: 1,070 wells and 9 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations9Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells715On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing58Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged297The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.58375, -95.10883); 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 Big Sandy are falling: 3 permits in the last 12 months, 6 in the 12 months before. Most of them are east of town: 9 of 9 lie on that side. The nearest is 4.2 miles south-east of the town's point. 1,070 wells and 9 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Big Sandy, each where the state puts it. 133 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Big Sandy

The 9 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 2E 3SE 4S SW W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 9 permits

  • 4finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 2drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 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: 3 east, 1 south-east of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 2 start inside and end outside. 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 Big Sandy

wells with a location on the state's map
1,070
drilling permits in the last 24 months
9
producing leases with a well in the circle
133
operators running them
20
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
2,502,351 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
54,323,703 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 Big Sandy sold for

The 133 producing leases with a well near Big Sandy sold about $270 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
$270 million
oil and condensate sold
2,500,957 bbl
gas sold
20,926,031 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$99,726

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Big Sandy comes to about $997 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 Big Sandy

The 10 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Big Sandy
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-04-16VAIL 1Hhorizontal · API 42-183-32190 · permit 0914205Rose City Resources, LLC9.9 mi SE32.50753, -94.96519 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-03-04BEAVER CREEK 1Hhorizontal · API 42-183-32189 · permit 0913801Rose City Resources, LLC9.9 mi SE32.50751, -94.96524 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-02-23HILL LC-BREYER B (AW) 2Hhorizontal · API 42-459-31508 · permit 0912835Sabine Energy Inc.5.5 mi NE32.63022, -95.03212 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-06-23HIGHGROUND 2Hhorizontal · API 42-459-31507 · permit 0908643Tischer Energy, LLC4.2 mi SE32.56047, -95.04309 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-06-20HIGHGROUND 1Hhorizontal · API 42-459-31506 · permit 0908640Tischer Energy, LLC4.2 mi SE32.56049, -95.04315 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-05HILL LC-BREYER A (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-459-31504 · permit 0905724Sabine Energy Inc.5.5 mi NE32.63022, -95.03219 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-04REYNOLDS B (AW) 2Hhorizontal · API 42-459-31502 · permit 0905392Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation6.6 mi E32.61842, -95.00284 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-04REYNOLDS A (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-459-31501 · permit 0905391Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation6.6 mi E32.61846, -95.00289 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-01-24REYNOLDS C (AW) 3Hhorizontal · API 42-459-31503 · permit 0905393Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation6.6 mi E32.61838, -95.00280 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-10-02HAWKINS FIELD UNIT 3698vertical · API 42-499-31362 · permit 0893571XTO Energy Inc.5.1 mi W32.58451, -95.19545 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 Big Sandy

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-1 BENIGNO DAVENPORT, J B3 permits, newest March 4, 2025
  • A-231 AVERY, W W2 permits, newest April 16, 2026
  • A-149 ESPARCIA, M A, section 2312 permits, newest February 23, 2026
  • A-383 O`NEAL, C, section 2642 permits, newest June 23, 2025

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

Who is on the county roll

283 mineral accounts near Big Sandy are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 22,816 accounts under 3,958 owner names on 32 leases with a well near Big Sandy.
mineral accounts on the roll
22,816
owner names
3,958
appraised value of those accounts
$132 million
the middle account's appraised value
$280
accounts titled to an estate
283

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 $1.8 million together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Big Sandy, 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 Upshur County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Big Sandy

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. 1Hawkins Field Unit2,304,055 bbl · 39,078,645 mcf a yearMmgl East Texas II, LLC · Wood County · 864 wells in the circle
  2. 2Reynolds A (Aw)16,597 bbl · 2,575,443 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Reynolds C (Aw)16,333 bbl · 2,092,141 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Highground7,198 bbl · 1,974,844 mcf a yearTischer Energy, LLC · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Reynolds B (Aw)11,514 bbl · 999,490 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Landers-Rocky Creek A (Aw)6,423 bbl · 873,851 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Landers-Camp A (Aw)6,950 bbl · 851,064 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Wertz-Collie A (Aw)2,659 bbl · 688,466 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Hawkins Gu 519,656 bbl · 431,467 mcf a yearMmgl East Texas II, LLC · Wood County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Wertz-Breyer (Aw)4,075 bbl · 444,370 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Marsh TD-Collie (Aw)2,201 bbl · 307,091 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Hill LC-Gilmer S (Aw)914 bbl · 309,100 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Hill LC-Landers (Aw)1,098 bbl · 290,503 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Snow D-Landers (Aw)2,967 bbl · 277,853 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Marsh TD-Arrington (Aw)1,619 bbl · 268,108 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Pritchett-Craig (Aw)2,111 bbl · 241,512 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Gage Gas Unit1,454 bbl · 224,406 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Gladewater Gu 3110 bbl · 151,734 mcf a yearFaulconer Energy, LLC · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Gladewater Gu 11342 bbl · 132,205 mcf a yearFaulconer Energy, LLC · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Gladewater Gu 1291 bbl · 131,594 mcf a yearFaulconer Energy, LLC · Upshur County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Big Sandy

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 133 producing leases near Big Sandy. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • DK TRADING & SUPPLY, LLC68 leases
  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC60 leases
  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.17 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC4 leases
  • LION OIL TRADING & TRANS, LLC1 lease

Gas

  • MIDCOAST PIPELINES (E TX) L.P.58 leases
  • MIDCOAST G & P (EAST TEXAS) L.P.24 leases
  • DOMINION GAS VENTURES, LP6 leases
  • KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE LLC6 leases
  • DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC2 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 Big Sandy 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.

4 leases reported nothing for a year or more

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

  • Hfu L · XTO Energy Inc.last report June 2024
  • Weaver ETAL Gu · Craton Operating LLClast report September 2023
  • Scull · Maximus Operating, Ltd.last report December 2022
  • McNutt, W. L. · Long Trusts, thelast report September 2022

Is my lease still active?

29 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 Big Sandy, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2024: 62,381,736 mcf of gas. 2025 was 51,529,655, 17% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Big Sandy, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far1,743,59836,083,413
20252,346,42751,529,655
20242,270,03662,381,736
20232,105,25355,900,119
20222,245,47458,043,491
20212,308,64859,670,062
20202,272,21358,331,825

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, 186 of these leases reported 81,353,665 bbl of oil and condensate and 876,165,487 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Big Sandy

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

Big Sandy is in ZIP code 75755: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Big Sandy

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 Upshur County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Big Sandy?

1,070 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Big Sandy: 715 on leases that are producing, 58 not producing and 297 plugged. The state also issued 9 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 Big Sandy?

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 Upshur County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Big Sandy picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Big Sandy are falling: 3 permits in the last 12 months, 6 in the 12 months before. Most of them are east of town: 9 of 9 lie on that side. The nearest is 4.2 miles south-east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Big Sandy worth?

The 133 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $270 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 Big Sandy and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 283 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Big Sandy. 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 Big Sandy, 4 leases went quiet and 29 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Big Sandy?

283 accounts near Big Sandy 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.

Search a family nameWatch Upshur County

Sources

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