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Schleicher County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Eldorado

  • 352wells
  • 3drilling locations in two years
  • 151producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Eldorado

Map of Eldorado, Texas: 352 wells and 3 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations3Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells206On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing67Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged79The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (30.86017, -100.60093); 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 Eldorado are holding steady: 2 permits in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 6.1 miles north-west of the town's point. 352 wells and 3 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Eldorado, each where the state puts it. 151 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Schleicher County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Eldorado

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

What became of the 3 permits

  • 1finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 2drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.

Wells finished in the last two years: 1 south-west of town.

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 Eldorado

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

wells with a location on the state's map
352
drilling permits in the last 24 months
3
producing leases with a well in the circle
151
operators running them
23
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
56,439 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
607,383 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 Eldorado sold for

The 151 producing leases with a well near Eldorado sold about $6.6 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
$6.6 million
oil and condensate sold
56,827 bbl
gas sold
600,834 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$17,905

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Eldorado comes to about $179 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 Eldorado

The 5 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Eldorado
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-04-07HOUSTON 1vertical · API 42-413-33035 · permit 0912526Reatta Energy, Inc.7.9 mi E30.87627, -100.46951 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-02-20WHITTEN, L.I. 1vertical · API 42-413-10333 · permit 0913577TXP, Incorporated6.1 mi NW30.94134, -100.64354 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-09SAM HOUSTON 1vertical · API 42-413-33033 · permit 0907280Reatta Energy, Inc.7.4 mi E30.87378, -100.47744 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-03-12PARKER 2vertical · API 42-413-31765 · permit 0898055Felderhoff Production Company1.7 mi SW30.84332, -100.62147 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-10-06WALLACE 68 2vertical · API 42-413-33031 · permit 0894296Fossil Petroleum LLC8.6 mi N30.98198, -100.56947 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 Eldorado

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-40 CARTWRIGHT, T J, block EEE, section 52 permits, newest April 7, 2026
  • A-594 TC RR CO, block LL, section 251 permit, newest February 20, 2026

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Eldorado

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. 1A.m. Murphy10,033 bbl · 76,894 mcf a yearSer E&P, Inc. · Schleicher County · 12 wells in the circle
  2. 2Page Unit4,966 bbl · 2,460 mcf a yearUnitex Oil & Gas, L.L.C. · Schleicher County · 6 wells in the circle
  3. 3Wilson -137-5,331 bbl · 0 mcf a yearP1 Energy, LLC · Schleicher County · 14 wells in the circle
  4. 4Wade4,860 bbl · 0 mcf a yearP1 Energy, LLC · Schleicher County · 7 wells in the circle
  5. 5Royster, Mattie0 bbl · 21,297 mcf a yearTXP, Incorporated · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Koy Unit3,179 bbl · 2,070 mcf a yearUnitex Oil & Gas, L.L.C. · Schleicher County · 4 wells in the circle
  7. 7Mertz2,287 bbl · 6,122 mcf a yearPatton, E. N. Oil Company, Inc. · Schleicher County · 2 wells in the circle
  8. 8Viola Finnigan Wolfcamp Unit3,264 bbl · 172 mcf a yearCoppertop · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Meador "11"7 bbl · 18,795 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Jones "A"109 bbl · 15,674 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Bell, Cody363 bbl · 12,277 mcf a yearTXP, Incorporated · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Page E0 bbl · 13,799 mcf a yearUnitex Oil & Gas, L.L.C. · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Olsak "105"0 bbl · 13,775 mcf a yearTS Oil, LLC · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Bush-Thompson 1402,201 bbl · 0 mcf a yearSilver Oil & Gas Inc. · Schleicher County · 2 wells in the circle
  15. 15Jones "C"959 bbl · 6,997 mcf a yearCoppertop · Schleicher County · 4 wells in the circle
  16. 16Parker2,120 bbl · 0 mcf a yearFelderhoff Production Company · Schleicher County · 2 wells in the circle
  17. 17McWhorter, V. M.370 bbl · 10,158 mcf a yearTXP, Incorporated · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Murphy, Annie0 bbl · 12,178 mcf a yearTXP, Incorporated · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Murphy0 bbl · 12,156 mcf a yearToc Energy Resources, LLC · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Bell, Cody522 bbl · 8,565 mcf a yearTXP, Incorporated · Schleicher County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Eldorado

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 151 producing leases near Eldorado. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.40 leases
  • UNITED ENERGY TRADING LLC39 leases
  • BML, INC. B14 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM11 leases
  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY9 leases

Gas

  • CABALLO LOCO MIDSTRM INF II, LLC62 leases
  • TARGA MIDSTREAM SERVICES LLC26 leases
  • DCP OPERATING COMPANY, LP17 leases
  • ET GATHERING & PROCESSING LLC9 leases
  • CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY7 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 Eldorado 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?

127 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 Eldorado, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2021: 909,069 mcf of gas. 2025 was 585,916, 36% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Eldorado, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far35,776454,642
202560,332585,916
202467,665592,909
202374,345806,793
202280,651805,208
2021100,563909,069
202079,108893,921

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, 246 of these leases reported 4,382,169 bbl of oil and condensate and 84,895,121 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Eldorado

Eldorado is in ZIP code 76936: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Eldorado

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 Schleicher County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Eldorado?

352 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Eldorado: 206 on leases that are producing, 67 not producing and 79 plugged. The state also issued 3 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 Eldorado?

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 Schleicher County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Eldorado picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Eldorado are holding steady: 2 permits in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 6.1 miles north-west of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Eldorado 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 Eldorado is January 28, 2027. 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 Eldorado worth?

The 151 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $6.6 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 Eldorado, 16 leases went quiet and 127 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Eldorado?

The next first check near Eldorado falls due by January 28, 2027. 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.