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Hidalgo County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Doffing

  • 296wells
  • 0drilling locations in two years
  • 128producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Doffing

Map of Doffing, Texas: 296 wells and 0 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells128On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing139Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged29The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (26.27452, -98.38585); 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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The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 10 miles of Doffing in the last two years. The nearest one is 12 miles east of town, issued December 31, 2024. 296 wells and 0 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Doffing, each where the state puts it. 128 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/doffing-tx">Doffing, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Doffing

wells with a location on the state's map
296
drilling permits in the last 24 months
0
producing leases with a well in the circle
128
operators running them
8
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
48,934 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
2,122,522 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 Doffing sold for

The 128 producing leases with a well near Doffing sold about $11 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
$11 million
oil and condensate sold
49,188 bbl
gas sold
2,004,616 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$40,069

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Doffing comes to about $401 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

Who is on the county roll

86 mineral accounts near Doffing are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 7,895 accounts under 2,044 owner names on 153 leases with a well near Doffing.
mineral accounts on the roll
7,895
owner names
2,044
appraised value of those accounts
$8.6 million
the middle account's appraised value
$0
the middle account in all of Hidalgo County
$0
accounts titled to an estate
86

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 $4,410 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Doffing, 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 Hidalgo County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Doffing

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. 1Flores, R.2,193 bbl · 77,469 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Longoria, A. Gas Unit 212 bbl · 79,741 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Salinas, M.1,735 bbl · 68,647 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Johnson, Flora I.0 bbl · 71,962 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Coastal-Fee838 bbl · 63,733 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Ochoa7,849 bbl · 20,440 mcf a yearCapital Star Oil & Gas, Inc. · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Chestnut, F. E.722 bbl · 60,824 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Coates "A"1,029 bbl · 56,306 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9West, Temple W.2,330 bbl · 47,400 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Coates "A"948 bbl · 54,615 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Everett Bell Gas Unit II190 bbl · 58,062 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Salinas, M.874 bbl · 49,857 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Volz, Fred394 bbl · 50,832 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Edinburg Improvement Ass'n. Gu509 bbl · 49,066 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Voltz Et Al Gas Unit 1497 bbl · 48,485 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Reyna215 bbl · 46,947 mcf a yearCapital Star Oil & Gas, Inc. · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Coates "A"653 bbl · 44,313 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Page, Roy C Gas Unit 1204 bbl · 45,529 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Ethyl L. Carter Et Al G.u.371 bbl · 44,337 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Edinburg Impr. Assoc. Gu241 bbl · 38,087 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Doffing

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 128 producing leases near Doffing. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.80 leases
  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY58 leases
  • ENTERPRISE CRUDE OIL LLC41 leases
  • FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LP41 leases
  • BUCKHEAD MIDSTREAM, LLC17 leases

Gas

  • MERIT ENERGY COMPANY61 leases
  • ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC46 leases
  • CAPITAL STAR OIL & GAS, INC.8 leases
  • HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY8 leases
  • GULF COAST ENERGY, INC.4 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 Doffing 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.

19 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?

17 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 Doffing, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2021: 3,193,700 mcf of gas. 2025 was 2,297,525, 28% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Doffing, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far32,5721,428,940
202552,6372,297,525
202463,4532,666,500
202363,5172,639,882
202271,3602,968,702
202186,1463,193,700
202069,7403,284,175

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, 293 of these leases reported 6,073,559 bbl of oil and condensate and 377,669,452 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Doffing

Doffing has more wells than 9 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Doffing is in ZIP code 78574: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Doffing

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 Hidalgo County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Doffing?

296 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Doffing: 128 on leases that are producing, 139 not producing and 29 plugged. The state issued no 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 Doffing?

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 Hidalgo County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Doffing picking up or slowing down?

The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 10 miles of Doffing in the last two years. The nearest one is 12 miles east of town, issued December 31, 2024. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Doffing worth?

The 128 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $11 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 Doffing and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 86 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Doffing. 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 Doffing, 19 leases went quiet and 17 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Doffing?

86 accounts near Doffing 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 Hidalgo County

Sources

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