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Van Zandt County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Canton

  • 38wells
  • 2drilling locations in two years
  • 8producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Canton

Map of Canton, Texas: 38 wells and 2 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells20On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing15Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged3The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.55652, -95.86330); 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 Canton are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.9 miles north of the town's point. 38 wells and 2 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Canton, each where the state puts it. 8 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Canton

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 2NE E SE S 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

  • 2still 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 Canton

wells with a location on the state's map
38
drilling permits in the last 24 months
2
producing leases with a well in the circle
8
operators running them
4
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
29,399 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
17,007 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 Canton sold for

The 8 producing leases with a well near Canton sold about $2.4 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
$2.4 million
oil and condensate sold
30,359 bbl
gas sold
11,411 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$80,715

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Canton comes to about $807 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 Canton

The 2 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Canton
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-06-19ROBINSON 1vertical · API 42-467-31190 · permit 0916482Black Gold Industries Oprtng LLC5.9 mi N32.64136, -95.85945 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-05BACHTEL 1vertical · API 42-467-31169 · permit 0905434Jamex, Inc.8.7 mi N32.68299, -95.87131 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 Canton

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-885 VANSICKLE, E1 permit, newest June 19, 2026
  • A-897 WREDE, F W1 permit, newest March 5, 2025

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 Canton

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 19 accounts under 18 owner names on 4 leases with a well near Canton.
mineral accounts on the roll
19
owner names
18
appraised value of those accounts
$167,540
the middle account's appraised value
$2,290
the middle account in all of Van Zandt County
$80

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Canton

The 8 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. 1Fruitvale Waterflood Unit21,653 bbl · 0 mcf a yearJamex, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 13 wells in the circle
  2. 2Heddin, A. C.2,872 bbl · 0 mcf a yearSouthwest Operating, Inc.-Tyler · Van Zandt County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Britt2,243 bbl · 0 mcf a yearJamex, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Reznicek15 bbl · 10,522 mcf a yearDixieland Energy LLC · Van Zandt County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Turner1,361 bbl · 0 mcf a yearJamex, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Bomar0 bbl · 6,485 mcf a yearDixieland Energy LLC · Van Zandt County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Bruce Farms643 bbl · 0 mcf a yearAtlantis Oil Company, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Heidle612 bbl · 0 mcf a yearJamex, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Canton

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 8 producing leases near Canton. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • DK TRADING & SUPPLY, LLC7 leases
  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC1 lease

Gas

  • GULF COAST ENERGY, INC.2 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 Canton 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.

7 leases reported nothing for a year or more

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

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 Canton, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 1,632,637 mcf of gas. 2025 was 23,267, 99% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Canton, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far19,38912,961
202532,01823,267
202435,723101,666
202336,630138,671
202238,983433,218
202150,2761,008,153
202054,1881,632,637

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, 18 of these leases reported 291,370 bbl of oil and condensate and 55,317,081 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Canton

Canton has more wells than 1 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Canton is in ZIP code 75103: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Canton

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 Van Zandt County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Canton?

38 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Canton: 20 on leases that are producing, 15 not producing and 3 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 Canton?

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 Van Zandt County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Canton picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Canton are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.9 miles north of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Canton worth?

The 8 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $2.4 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 Canton, 7 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 Canton?

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.