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De Witt County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Cuero

  • 307wells
  • 33drilling locations in two years
  • 171producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Cuero

Map of Cuero, Texas: 307 wells and 33 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations33Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells205On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing82Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged20The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (29.09387, -97.28916); 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 Cuero are falling: 0 permits in the last 12 months, 33 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north-west of town: 32 of 33 lie on that side. The nearest is 5.1 miles north-east of the town's point. 307 wells and 33 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Cuero, each where the state puts it. 171 producing leases have a well in the circle.

De Witt County is one of the 27 counties of the Eagle Ford Shale

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Cuero

The 33 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 5NE 1E SE S SW W 11NW 16
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 33 permits

  • 15finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 2finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 8drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 8still 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: 1 north, 8 west, 16 north-west of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 108 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 37 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.

When a new well starts paying

First checks coming due near Cuero

7 first checks fall due on leases with a well near Cuero from today on. Texas law gives the payor 120 days after the end of the month of first sale.

The date is the earliest the law allows a first payment to be late (Texas Natural Resources Code 91.402), worked out from the first month of production on file. It is not a promise of a check: title questions and unsigned division orders can hold one back. Work out a first-check date · What to do before the first check

In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Cuero

wells with a location on the state's map
307
drilling permits in the last 24 months
33
producing leases with a well in the circle
171
operators running them
12
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
2,643,243 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
29,548,710 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 Cuero sold for

The 171 producing leases with a well near Cuero sold about $312 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
$312 million
oil and condensate sold
2,642,423 bbl
gas sold
28,971,967 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$152,685

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Cuero comes to about $1,527 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 Cuero

The 25 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Cuero
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2025-09-18MOTL UNIT A 1horizontal · API 42-123-32703 · permit 0910343Burlington Resources O & G Co LP8.4 mi NW29.17077, -97.39650 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-08WILD-HOOKS-HAM USW E 1horizontal · API 42-123-35663 · permit 0910065Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.7 mi NW29.18561, -97.36142 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-08WILD-HOOKS USW A 1horizontal · API 42-123-35659 · permit 0910044Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.7 mi NW29.18556, -97.36166 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-29WILD-HOOKS USW D 1horizontal · API 42-123-35662 · permit 0910062Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.7 mi NW29.18560, -97.36148 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-29WILD-HOOKS USW C 1horizontal · API 42-123-35661 · permit 0910047Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.7 mi NW29.18558, -97.36154 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-29WILD-HOOKS USW B 1horizontal · API 42-123-35660 · permit 0910045Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.7 mi NW29.18557, -97.36160 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-13MARIE A - LANE A SA A 1Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35652 · permit 0909799Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.7.1 mi NW29.17794, -97.35842 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-13MARIE A 5Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35651 · permit 0909798Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.7.1 mi NW29.17795, -97.35826 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-13MARIE A 4Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35650 · permit 0909797Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.7.1 mi NW29.17795, -97.35834 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-30WILLIAMS B-ALDIS A SA A 1Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35640 · permit 0909515Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.9.6 mi N29.23342, -97.28347 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-30SLONE B-FRIEDEL B SA B 2Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35639 · permit 0909507Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.9.6 mi N29.23335, -97.28348 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-30SLONE B-FRIEDEL B SA A 1Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35638 · permit 0909505Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.9.6 mi N29.23349, -97.28346 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-23LAMB UNIT A 3Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35630 · permit 0909394Verdun Oil & Gas LLC7.6 mi N29.20451, -97.29616 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-23LAMB UNIT A 2Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35631 · permit 0909393Verdun Oil & Gas LLC7.6 mi N29.20445, -97.29616 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-05-07BRADEN 1vertical · API 42-123-35590 · permit 0907805Field Petroleum Corp.5.1 mi NE29.16013, -97.25234 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-08BLACKWELL A-DLUGOSCH A SA 9 9Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35573 · permit 0907144BPX Operating Company9.6 mi NW29.14814, -97.43592 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-04WALLIS A-SCHULLE A SA 6 6Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35250 · permit 0907169BPX Operating Company8.8 mi W29.09626, -97.43448 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-04WALLIS A-SCHULLE A SA 5 5Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35249 · permit 0907168BPX Operating Company8.8 mi W29.09626, -97.43452 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-04WALLIS A-SCHULLE A SA 4 4Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35248 · permit 0907164BPX Operating Company8.8 mi W29.09626, -97.43457 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-04WALLIS A-SCHULLE A SA 3 3Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35247 · permit 0907162BPX Operating Company8.8 mi W29.09626, -97.43462 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-04WALLIS A-SCHULLE A SA 2 2Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35246 · permit 0907157BPX Operating Company8.8 mi W29.09626, -97.43466 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-04WALLIS A-SCHULLE A SA 1 1Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35245 · permit 0907155BPX Operating Company8.8 mi W29.09626, -97.43471 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-04NATHO B-DLUGOSCH A SA 10 10Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35574 · permit 0907145BPX Operating Company9.6 mi NW29.14810, -97.43590 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-04BLACKWELL A-DLUGOSCH A SA 8 8Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35572 · permit 0907143BPX Operating Company9.6 mi NW29.14818, -97.43594 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-04BLACKWELL A-DLUGOSCH A SA 7 7Hhorizontal · API 42-123-35571 · permit 0907141BPX Operating Company9.6 mi NW29.14822, -97.43595 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 Cuero

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-490 WAIT, J8 permits, newest September 8, 2025
  • A-204 GOLDEN, P7 permits, newest April 8, 2025
  • A-247 I RR CO, section 36 permits, newest April 4, 2025
  • A-3 BARTON, K W5 permits, newest July 30, 2025
  • A-431 SIMPSON, W3 permits, newest February 3, 2025
  • A-176 FORSTER, J2 permits, newest January 24, 2025
  • A-377 PHARRASS, S1 permit, newest September 18, 2025
  • A-28 LOCKHART, S1 permit, newest May 7, 2025

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

Who is on the county roll

23 mineral accounts near Cuero are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 4,966 accounts under 1,183 owner names on 202 leases with a well near Cuero.
mineral accounts on the roll
4,966
owner names
1,183
appraised value of those accounts
$434 million
the middle account's appraised value
$1,700
the middle account in all of De Witt County
$2,860
accounts titled to an estate
23

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 $430,390 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Cuero, their name may be one of them.

Counted the other way: 8,095 royalty-interest records on Texas county mineral rolls (rolls of 2024 to 2026) carry Cuero as their mailing city, wherever in Texas the minerals lie. See the count for every city

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Cuero

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. 1Natho B-Dlugosch A Sa 10176,566 bbl · 1,923,998 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Hamilton A-Kickendahl Unit 1 Sa5195,333 bbl · 1,379,234 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Hamilton A-Kickendahl Unit 1 Sa4193,437 bbl · 1,361,607 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Blackwell A-Oehlke A Sa 4162,831 bbl · 1,473,737 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Blackwell A-Dlugosch A Sa 9141,680 bbl · 1,520,870 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Hamilton A-Kickendahl Unit 1 Sa6175,673 bbl · 1,222,430 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Blackwell A-Dlugosch A Sa 8140,620 bbl · 1,409,199 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Blackwell A-Dlugosch A Sa 7146,217 bbl · 1,294,509 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Blackwell A-Oehlke A Sa 5127,898 bbl · 1,269,120 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Hardesty A-Hooks 4 Usw E158,691 bbl · 982,913 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Blackwell A-Oehlke A Sa 6107,945 bbl · 1,018,949 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Marie A53,166 bbl · 777,017 mcf a yearDevon Energy Production Co, L.P. · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Cricket B20,243 bbl · 884,014 mcf a yearRosewood Resources, Inc. · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Marie A - Lane A Sa A47,365 bbl · 676,170 mcf a yearDevon Energy Production Co, L.P. · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Cricket A16,470 bbl · 854,766 mcf a yearRosewood Resources, Inc. · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Marie A49,045 bbl · 658,122 mcf a yearDevon Energy Production Co, L.P. · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Hooks 1-A Usw D42,386 bbl · 451,569 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Scorpion14,911 bbl · 604,893 mcf a yearRosewood Resources, Inc. · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19McCabe ETAL Gu21,925 bbl · 519,861 mcf a yearHurd Enterprises, Ltd. · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Hooks 1-A Usw C36,977 bbl · 381,167 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · De Witt County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Cuero

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 171 producing leases near Cuero. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.92 leases
  • ENTERPRISE CRUDE OIL LLC73 leases
  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY69 leases
  • HARVEST MARKETING & TRADING, LLC66 leases
  • NGL CRUDE ASSETS AND MKTG, LLC59 leases

Gas

  • DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P.45 leases
  • CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY32 leases
  • BP ENERGY CO.28 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY22 leases
  • MARATHON OIL EF LLC18 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 Cuero 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.

16 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.

Is my lease still active?

50 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 Cuero, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2024: 30,468,088 mcf of gas. 2025 was 18,406,262, 40% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Cuero, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far2,153,43223,534,051
20251,312,08618,406,262
20242,576,50530,468,088
20232,417,00927,098,846
20221,117,81120,935,172
20211,379,56611,665,231
20202,054,10214,289,838

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, 190 of these leases reported 23,968,447 bbl of oil and condensate and 264,956,868 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Cuero

Cuero has more wells than 3 of the 8 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Cuero is in ZIP code 77954: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Cuero

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 De Witt County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Cuero?

307 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Cuero: 205 on leases that are producing, 82 not producing and 20 plugged. The state also issued 33 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 Cuero?

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 De Witt County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Cuero picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Cuero are falling: 0 permits in the last 12 months, 33 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north-west of town: 32 of 33 lie on that side. The nearest is 5.1 miles north-east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Cuero start paying royalties?

Texas law gives the payor 120 days after the end of the month of first sale to send the first payment (Natural Resources Code 91.402). The next date on file for a lease near Cuero is December 29, 2026. The date is the earliest a first payment becomes late, not a promise: a title question or an unsigned division order can hold a check back.

Work out a first-check date

How much are the oil and gas near Cuero worth?

The 171 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $312 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 Cuero and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 23 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Cuero. 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 Cuero, 16 leases went quiet and 50 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Cuero?

The next first check near Cuero falls due by December 29, 2026. 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 De Witt County

Sources

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