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Ellis County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Ennis

  • 25wells
  • 0drilling locations in two years
  • 1producing lease

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Ennis

Map of Ennis, Texas: 25 wells and 0 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells20On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing0Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged5The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.32931, -96.62527); 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 Ennis in the last two years. The nearest one is 21 miles south-east of town, issued May 22, 2025. 25 wells and 0 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Ennis, each where the state puts it. 1 producing lease has a well in the circle.

Ellis County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale

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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/ennis-tx">Ennis, 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 Ennis

wells with a location on the state's map
25
drilling permits in the last 24 months
0
producing leases with a well in the circle
1
operator running them
1
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
4 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
4 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.

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Ennis

The producing lease 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. 1Owen, James E.4 bbl · 4 mcf a yearMeans Oil Company, LLC · Ellis County · 25 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Ennis

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

Oil and condensate

  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC1 lease

From each lease's newest Form P-4 filing with the Railroad Commission, which names its gatherers and purchasers. One lease can name several.

Year by year

Production of the leases near Ennis, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 32 bbl of oil. 2025 was 4, 88% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Ennis, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far33
202544
202464
202356
2022612
2021312
20203212

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 September 2008 on, 1 of these leases reported 4,629 bbl of oil and condensate and 63 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Ennis

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

Ennis is in ZIP code 75119: its wells and permits

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

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Watch the 10 miles around Ennis

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 Ellis County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Ennis?

25 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Ennis: 20 on leases that are producing, 0 not producing and 5 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 Ennis?

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 Ellis County roll lists it.

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Is drilling near Ennis picking up or slowing down?

The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 10 miles of Ennis in the last two years. The nearest one is 21 miles south-east of town, issued May 22, 2025. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

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.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Ennis?

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.