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Wise County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Decatur

  • 2,278wells
  • 14drilling locations in two years
  • 1,392producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Decatur

Map of Decatur, Texas: 2,278 wells and 14 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations14Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,406On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing574Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged298The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (33.23428, -97.58614); 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 Decatur are falling: 6 permits in the last 12 months, 8 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is under a mile east of the town's point. 2,278 wells and 14 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Decatur, each where the state puts it. 1,392 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Wise 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 Decatur

The 14 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 7E 1SE S SW 2W 1NW 3
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 14 permits

  • 9finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 5still 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 north-east, 2 south-west, 3 north-west of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 40 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 42 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 Decatur

2 first checks fall due on leases with a well near Decatur 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 Decatur

wells with a location on the state's map
2,278
drilling permits in the last 24 months
14
producing leases with a well in the circle
1,392
operators running them
40
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
180,709 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
49,615,611 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 Decatur sold for

The 1,392 producing leases with a well near Decatur sold about $183 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
$183 million
oil and condensate sold
180,116 bbl
gas sold
47,771,698 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$52,664

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

The 17 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Decatur
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-09-14DECATUR GU 3 1 (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-497-35985 · permit 0918531BKV Barnett, LLC0.7 mi E33.23135, -97.57423 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-06RUTHERFORD-GRIFFETH DEEP 4 (AW) 4Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38157 · permit 0915357BKV Barnett, LLC8.8 mi NE33.33432, -97.49113 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-06RUTHERFORD-GRIFFETH DEEP 3 (AW) 3Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38156 · permit 0915356BKV Barnett, LLC8.8 mi NE33.33428, -97.49117 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-06RUTHERFORD-GRIFFETH DEEP 2 (AW) 2Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38155 · permit 0915355BKV Barnett, LLC8.8 mi NE33.33424, -97.49122 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-06RUTHERFORD-GRIFFETH DEEP 1 (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38154 · permit 0915354BKV Barnett, LLC8.8 mi NE33.33420, -97.49126 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-01-27RAWLE 4H UNIT 1 (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-497-35666 · permit 0912652BKV Barnett, LLC4.6 mi W33.25683, -97.66108 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-10-09WILSON, M S 3 (AW) 3Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38147 · permit 0910872BKV Barnett, LLC9.5 mi NE33.33496, -97.47457 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-10WILSON, M S 5 (AW) 5Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38146 · permit 0910324BKV Barnett, LLC9.5 mi NE33.33492, -97.47446 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-10WILSON, M S 4 (AW) 4Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38145 · permit 0910323BKV Barnett, LLC9.5 mi NE33.33494, -97.47451 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-09KEE, BOBBIE B. 5 (AW) 5Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38144 · permit 0910174BKV Barnett, LLC4.2 mi NW33.27817, -97.63704 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-09KEE, BOBBIE B. 3 (AW) 3Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38142 · permit 0910170BKV Barnett, LLC4.2 mi NW33.27828, -97.63704 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-08KEE, BOBBIE B. 4 (AW) 4Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38143 · permit 0910171BKV Barnett, LLC4.2 mi NW33.27822, -97.63704 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-03BORING, G W TRUSTEE GU 5 (AW) 5Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38140 · permit 0906235BKV Barnett, LLC2.4 mi SW33.20400, -97.60604 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-02-28BORING, G W TRUSTEE GU 6 (AW) 6Hhorizontal · API 42-497-38141 · permit 0906236BKV Barnett, LLC2.4 mi SW33.20400, -97.60597 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2005-05-02FOX, JEFF S. 'A' 1horizontal · API 42-497-35322 · permit 0533708BKV Barnett, LLC9.6 mi E33.19244, -97.42744 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2005-04-07FOX, ZINA GU 2 6horizontal · API 42-497-35816 · permit 0560107BKV Barnett, LLC9.6 mi E33.18715, -97.43108 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
1999-07-13BRANCH 1 Avertical · API 42-497-34399 · permit 0485792Eagleridge Operating, LLC8.6 mi NE33.32283, -97.48236 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 Decatur

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-420 HALE, J W4 permits, newest May 6, 2026
  • A-745 SMITH, L C4 permits, newest January 27, 2026
  • A-867 WHITE, J T3 permits, newest October 9, 2025
  • A-454 ISAACS, S2 permits, newest March 3, 2025
  • A-592 MULHOLLAND, J1 permit, newest September 14, 2026

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

Who is on the county roll

782 mineral accounts near Decatur are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 66,839 accounts under 9,192 owner names on 1,354 leases with a well near Decatur.
mineral accounts on the roll
66,839
owner names
9,192
appraised value of those accounts
$369 million
the middle account's appraised value
$106
the middle account in all of Wise County
$101
accounts titled to an estate
782

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 $1.3 million together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Decatur, their name may be one of them.

Counted the other way: 9,688 royalty-interest records on Texas county mineral rolls (rolls of 2024 to 2026) carry Decatur 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 Wise County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Decatur

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. 1Boring, G W Trustee Gu 6 (Aw)11,976 bbl · 1,344,779 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Kee, Bobbie B. 5 (Aw)11,757 bbl · 701,333 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Wilson, M S 4 (Aw)7,252 bbl · 724,873 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Kee, Bobbie B. 3 (Aw)7,894 bbl · 670,440 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Kee, Bobbie B. 4 (Aw)7,180 bbl · 621,632 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Mabel McCann A (Aw)4,968 bbl · 622,557 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Rawle 4H Unit 1 (Aw)1,574 bbl · 620,779 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Mabel McCann C (Aw)7,137 bbl · 521,578 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Wilson, M S 5 (Aw)4,070 bbl · 462,654 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Wilson, M S 3 (Aw)3,694 bbl · 433,618 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Mabel McCann B (Aw)6,491 bbl · 355,593 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Boring, G W Trustee Gu 5 (Aw)379 bbl · 380,768 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13J.h. Brown Unit1,956 bbl · 367,499 mcf a yearTexxol Operating Company, Inc. · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Lanham, L. N.322 bbl · 358,384 mcf a yearLakota Energy, Ltd. · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Wcco 4 - M L Patterson (Aw)0 bbl · 270,660 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Wcco 4 - M L Patterson (Aw)0 bbl · 240,600 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17McCurdy, Floyd A (Aw)0 bbl · 237,847 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Boring, George W. Trustee Gu135 bbl · 233,377 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Brown, Agnes (Aw)701 bbl · 214,554 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Decatur Gu 3 1 (Aw)5,274 bbl · 166,675 mcf a yearBKV Barnett, LLC · Wise County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Decatur

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 1,392 producing leases near Decatur. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • PTT PREMIER TRADING AND TRAN LLC1,145 leases
  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.61 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC60 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM51 leases
  • SENTINEL TRANSPORTATION, LLC51 leases

Gas

  • BKV MARKETING, LLC844 leases
  • COLT G & P (NORTH TEXAS) L.P.136 leases
  • TARGA MIDSTREAM SERVICES LLC86 leases
  • DEVON GAS SERVICES, L.P.71 leases
  • COLT GATHERING (NORTH TEXAS)L.P.61 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 Decatur 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.

74 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.

  • McCurdy · Lime Rock Resources IV-A, L.P.last report August 2025
  • Wiley "A" · Texxol Operating Company, Inc.last report August 2025
  • Moody-Atkinson Unit · Eagleridge Operating, LLClast report August 2025
  • Turner Unit · Eagleridge Operating, LLClast report August 2025
  • Turner Unit · Eagleridge Operating, LLClast report August 2025
  • Turner Unit · Eagleridge Operating, LLClast report August 2025
  • Moody-Atkinson Unit · Eagleridge Operating, LLClast report August 2025
  • Turner Unit · Eagleridge Operating, LLClast report August 2025
  • McCurdy · Lime Rock Resources IV-A, L.P.last report July 2025
  • Branch · Hess, Jerry Operating Co.last report July 2025

Is my lease still active?

227 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 Decatur, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 64,275,051 mcf of gas. 2025 was 48,914,155, 24% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Decatur, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far127,97233,302,900
2025221,66548,914,155
2024151,31949,915,269
2023157,57155,122,199
2022172,27156,892,351
2021175,74258,986,572
2020184,17564,275,051

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, 2,063 of these leases reported 10,790,673 bbl of oil and condensate and 1,540,015,522 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Decatur

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

Decatur is in ZIP code 76234: its wells and permits

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

Press and community kit

Writing about Decatur? Take what you need

For a local paper, a county office, a school or a community group: the figures, the map and the words, free to use with the credit line. Data as of November 15, 2026.
Fact sheet · one page · PDFDecatur, Texas2,278wells within 10 miles1,406on producing leases872not producing or plugged6permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 2,278 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Decatur: 1,406 on producing leases, 574 not producing and 298 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 6 drilling permits within 10 miles of Decatur in the last 12 months, the newest dated September 14, 2026.
  • The 1,392 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 40 operators, reported 180,709 barrels of oil and 49,615,611 thousand cubic feet of gas over their latest 12 months.

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How to cite

Railroad Commission of Texas records of the wells and drilling permits within 10 miles of Decatur, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/decatur-tx), data as of November 15, 2026.

Under a map or a chart: Source: Railroad Commission of Texas · Map: Royalty Clerk, with a link to this page.

The figures say where the state's records put wells and permits, not who owns the land or the minerals. Kits for other Texas towns

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Decatur

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 Wise County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Decatur?

2,278 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Decatur: 1,406 on leases that are producing, 574 not producing and 298 plugged. The state also issued 14 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 Decatur?

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 Wise County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Decatur picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Decatur are falling: 6 permits in the last 12 months, 8 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is under a mile east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Decatur 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 Decatur is November 28, 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 Decatur worth?

The 1,392 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $183 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 Decatur and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 782 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Decatur. 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 Decatur, 74 leases went quiet and 227 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Decatur?

The next first check near Decatur falls due by November 28, 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 Wise County

Sources

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