Cameron County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Combes

Name: Oil and gas wells and drilling permits within 10 miles of Combes, Texas
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
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5wells
1drilling location in two years
2producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Combes

Drilling permits near Combes are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 9.3 miles south-east of the town's point. 5 wells and 1 drilling location permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Combes, each where the state puts it. 2 producing leases have a well in the circle.

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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/combes-tx"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/town-wells/combes-tx.svg" alt="Map of Combes, Texas: 5 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/combes-tx">Combes, 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 Combes

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 Combes

wells with a location on the state's map: 5
drilling permits in the last 24 months: 1
producing leases with a well in the circle: 2
operator running them: 1
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months: 384 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months: 65,894 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 Combes sold for

The 2 producing leases with a well near Combes sold about $263,052 of oil and gas from September 2025 to August 2026, at the public monthly prices.

sale value of 12 months, before taxes and costs: $263,052
oil and condensate sold: 355 bbl
gas sold: 65,894 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less: $131,526

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

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Combes comes to about $1,315 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 Combes

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

Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Combes
Issued	Lease and well	Where	Operator
2026-05-22	WILDCAT 7vertical · API 42-061-30542 · permit 0915604WWM Operating, LLC	9.3 mi SE26.19025, -97.59971 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)	WWM Operating, 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 Combes

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-16 FERNANDEZ, B & E1 permit, newest May 22, 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 Combes

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 177 accounts under 120 owner names on 4 leases with a well near Combes.

mineral accounts on the roll: 177
owner names: 120
appraised value of those accounts: $141,610
the middle account's appraised value: $0

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Combes

The 2 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.

1Crain & Griffith B179 bbl · 47,612 mcf a yearDallas Petroleum Group, LLC · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
2Crain & Griffith205 bbl · 18,282 mcf a yearDallas Petroleum Group, LLC · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Combes

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 2 producing leases near Combes. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LP2 leases

Gas

SANCHEZ OIL & GAS CORPORATION2 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 Combes 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.

3 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.

Conley, C. C.Faulconer Energy, LLC to BZG E&P LLCAugust 2026
Crain & GriffithFaulconer Energy, LLC to BZG E&P LLCAugust 2026
Crain & Griffith -C-Faulconer Energy, LLC to BZG E&P LLCAugust 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 Combes, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 419,591 mcf of gas. 2025 was 72,513, 83% lower.

Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Combes, by year
Year	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf
2026 so far	328	44,242
2025	947	72,513
2024	2,959	117,342
2023	2,559	132,015
2022	4,244	194,807
2021	5,166	365,702
2020	6,714	419,591

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, 5 of these leases reported 129,334 bbl of oil and condensate and 10,508,475 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Combes

Combes has more wells than 3 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Combes is in ZIP code 78535: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Combes

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 Cameron County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Combes?

5 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Combes: 2 on leases that are producing, 3 not producing and 0 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 Combes?

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 Cameron County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Combes picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Combes are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 9.3 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 Combes worth?

The 2 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $263,052 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 Combes, 0 leases went quiet and 3 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Combes?

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.