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Montague County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Bowie

  • 938wells
  • 7drilling locations in two years
  • 502producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Bowie

Map of Bowie, Texas: 938 wells and 7 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations7Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells622On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing138Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged178The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (33.55900, -97.84865); 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 Bowie are falling: 3 permits in the last 12 months, 4 in the 12 months before. Most of them are west of town: 7 of 7 lie on that side. The nearest is 8.2 miles west of the town's point. 938 wells and 7 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Bowie, each where the state puts it. 502 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Montague County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Bowie

The 7 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 E SE S SW W 7NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 7 permits

  • 3finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 1drilling 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: 9 west of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 11 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 6 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 Bowie

wells with a location on the state's map
938
drilling permits in the last 24 months
7
producing leases with a well in the circle
502
operators running them
42
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
408,279 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
14,041,497 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 Bowie sold for

The 502 producing leases with a well near Bowie sold about $77 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
$77 million
oil and condensate sold
405,260 bbl
gas sold
13,113,771 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$103,982

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Bowie comes to about $1,040 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 Bowie

The 22 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Bowie
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-08-05BELLEVUE UNIT 304vertical · API 42-077-35426 · permit 0917557Quail Ridge Operating LLC8.8 mi W33.60637, -97.99086 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-22ORTON B UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-077-35351 · permit 0915231Quail Ridge Operating LLC8.8 mi W33.60637, -97.99067 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-07ORTON B UNIT 3Hhorizontal · API 42-077-35421 · permit 0914399Quail Ridge Operating LLC8.8 mi W33.60637, -97.99073 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-10-22WRIGHT UNIT 1vertical · API 42-077-35413 · permit 0911201Quail Ridge Operating LLC9.2 mi W33.60588, -97.99826 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-10EAGLE UNIT 3Hhorizontal · API 42-077-35394 · permit 0904526Quail Ridge Operating LLC8.2 mi W33.55975, -97.99034 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-10EAGLE UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-077-35393 · permit 0904525Quail Ridge Operating LLC8.2 mi W33.55980, -97.99034 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-10EAGLE UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-077-35392 · permit 0904524Quail Ridge Operating LLC8.2 mi W33.55986, -97.99034 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-06BEAR UNIT 3Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35513 · permit 0903827Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.4 mi W33.53555, -97.95512 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-06BEAR UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35512 · permit 0903826Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.4 mi W33.53560, -97.95512 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-06BEAR UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35511 · permit 0903825Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.4 mi W33.53566, -97.95512 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-30WOLF UNIT 7Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35510 · permit 0902954Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.4 mi W33.55625, -97.95887 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-30WOLF UNIT 6Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35509 · permit 0902953Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.4 mi W33.55630, -97.95887 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-30WOLF UNIT 5Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35508 · permit 0902952Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.4 mi W33.55636, -97.95887 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-03-11DENSON SWD 1vertical · API 42-337-35503 · permit 0898031Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.0 mi W33.56482, -97.95247 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-03-06DENSON UNIT 4vertical · API 42-337-35501 · permit 0897707Quail Ridge Operating LLC7.0 mi W33.56242, -97.96940 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-03-01GILBERT UNIT 4vertical · API 42-337-35502 · permit 0897708Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.3 mi W33.55627, -97.95850 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-12-01DENSON UNIT 3Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35500 · permit 0895562Quail Ridge Operating LLC7.0 mi W33.56221, -97.96930 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-12-01DENSON UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35499 · permit 0895561Quail Ridge Operating LLC7.0 mi W33.56226, -97.96929 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-12-01DENSON UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35498 · permit 0895560Quail Ridge Operating LLC7.0 mi W33.56233, -97.96931 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-10-02GILBERT UNIT 3Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35496 · permit 0894231Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.4 mi W33.55616, -97.95870 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-10-02GILBERT UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35495 · permit 0894230Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.3 mi W33.55616, -97.95864 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-10-02GILBERT UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-337-35494 · permit 0894229Quail Ridge Operating LLC6.3 mi W33.55616, -97.95857 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 Bowie

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-535 TE&L CO, section 28043 permits, newest August 5, 2026
  • A-553 TE&L CO, section 28673 permits, newest December 10, 2024
  • A-534 TE&L CO, section 28031 permit, newest October 22, 2025

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

Who is on the county roll

744 mineral accounts near Bowie are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 14,010 accounts under 5,881 owner names on 557 leases with a well near Bowie.
mineral accounts on the roll
14,010
owner names
5,881
appraised value of those accounts
$50 million
the middle account's appraised value
$80
the middle account in all of Montague County
$100
accounts titled to an estate
744

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 $558,170 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Bowie, 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 Montague County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Bowie

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. 1Eagle Unit79,682 bbl · 559,280 mcf a yearQuail Ridge Operating LLC · Clay County · 3 wells in the circle
  2. 2Wolf Unit25,453 bbl · 695,912 mcf a yearQuail Ridge Operating LLC · Montague County · 3 wells in the circle
  3. 3Bear Unit22,321 bbl · 443,360 mcf a yearQuail Ridge Operating LLC · Montague County · 3 wells in the circle
  4. 4Denson Unit10,762 bbl · 491,559 mcf a yearQuail Ridge Operating LLC · Montague County · 3 wells in the circle
  5. 5Gilbert Unit9,473 bbl · 339,014 mcf a yearQuail Ridge Operating LLC · Montague County · 3 wells in the circle
  6. 6Dorman Unit10,298 bbl · 55,719 mcf a yearChico Production Corp. · Montague County · 2 wells in the circle
  7. 7Hahn2,934 bbl · 75,134 mcf a yearExtech Operating, LLC · Montague County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Clark Unit15 bbl · 89,827 mcf a yearBKV Barnett II, LLC · Montague County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Healy A Unit218 bbl · 88,435 mcf a yearEOG Resources, Inc. · Montague County · 2 wells in the circle
  10. 10Malibu Unit79 bbl · 87,935 mcf a yearEOG Resources, Inc. · Montague County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Barker A Unit358 bbl · 82,115 mcf a yearEOG Resources, Inc. · Montague County · 2 wells in the circle
  12. 12DJ Rater A Unit69 bbl · 83,285 mcf a yearBKV Barnett II, LLC · Montague County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Buster Unit1,426 bbl · 71,278 mcf a yearEOG Resources, Inc. · Montague County · 3 wells in the circle
  14. 14Orton 'A' Unit776 bbl · 73,153 mcf a yearQuail Ridge Operating LLC · Clay County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Lewis-Stuart A1 Unit120 bbl · 76,529 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Montague County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Lewis-Stuart F3 Unit319 bbl · 74,827 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Montague County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17McCarty Unit517 bbl · 73,222 mcf a yearScout Energy Management LLC · Montague County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18McKinley B Unit84 bbl · 74,957 mcf a yearEOG Resources, Inc. · Montague County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Malibu Unit141 bbl · 73,898 mcf a yearEOG Resources, Inc. · Montague County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Hopkins A Unit103 bbl · 73,237 mcf a yearEOG Resources, Inc. · Montague County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Bowie

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 502 producing leases near Bowie. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • PTT PREMIER TRADING AND TRAN LLC408 leases
  • SENTINEL TRANSPORTATION, LLC48 leases
  • OKLAHOMA PETROLEUM ALLIES, LLC21 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM9 leases
  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.6 leases

Gas

  • COPANO FLD SERV/NORTH TEXAS, LLC311 leases
  • TARGA MIDSTREAM SERVICES LLC86 leases
  • DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P.27 leases
  • BKV MARKETING, LLC4 leases
  • DAVIS, J. L.-BOWIE PLANT4 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 Bowie 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.

31 leases reported nothing for a year or more

Leases that reported within the last four years and then stopped. The newest to stop first; 10 shown.

  • Preas, Mary · WT Fitts Operatinglast report April 2025
  • Running High Ranch -A- · Great American Resources Inc.last report April 2025
  • Boyd · Scout Energy Management LLClast report April 2025
  • Owens, S. F. Unit · Winfield Operating Companylast report March 2025
  • Lowrie · Sabre Operating, Inc.last report January 2025
  • Beckman -F- · Wise Production Companylast report November 2024
  • Gamblin · Wise Production Companylast report August 2024
  • Matney Unit · Cholla Petroleum, Inc.last report August 2024
  • Hopkins · Western Chief Operating, L.L.C.last report August 2024
  • Daube Est. -B- · Eagleridge Operating, LLClast report August 2024

Is my lease still active?

37 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 Bowie, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 19,758,648 mcf of gas. 2025 was 14,329,978, 27% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Bowie, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far239,1229,147,731
2025557,85114,329,978
2024432,57814,438,643
2023305,15915,403,440
2022307,01816,408,885
2021337,39716,962,411
2020388,19719,758,648

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, 681 of these leases reported 20,759,914 bbl of oil and condensate and 294,389,021 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Bowie

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

Bowie is in ZIP code 76230: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Bowie

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 Montague County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Bowie?

938 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Bowie: 622 on leases that are producing, 138 not producing and 178 plugged. The state also issued 7 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 Bowie?

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 Montague County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Bowie picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Bowie are falling: 3 permits in the last 12 months, 4 in the 12 months before. Most of them are west of town: 7 of 7 lie on that side. The nearest is 8.2 miles west of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Bowie worth?

The 502 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $77 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 Bowie and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 744 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Bowie. 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 Bowie, 31 leases went quiet and 37 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Bowie?

744 accounts near Bowie 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 Montague County

Sources

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