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Duval County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Freer

  • 1,281wells
  • 7drilling locations in two years
  • 171producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Freer

Map of Freer, Texas: 1,281 wells and 7 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations7Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells481On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing309Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged491The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (27.88280, -98.61779); 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 Freer are rising: 4 permits in the last 12 months, 3 in the 12 months before. Most of them are south of town: 4 of 7 lie on that side. The nearest is 2.5 miles north of the town's point. 1,281 wells and 7 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Freer, each where the state puts it. 171 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Freer

The 7 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 2NE E 1SE 1S 2SW 1W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 7 permits

  • 2finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 1drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 4still 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 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 Freer

1 first check falls due on leases with a well near Freer 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 Freer

wells with a location on the state's map
1,281
drilling permits in the last 24 months
7
producing leases with a well in the circle
171
operators running them
32
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
255,258 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
1,541,253 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 Freer sold for

The 171 producing leases with a well near Freer sold about $24 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
$24 million
oil and condensate sold
251,995 bbl
gas sold
1,240,350 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$60,523

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Freer comes to about $605 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 Freer

The 10 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Freer
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-06-26MOBIL FEE 5vertical · API 42-131-38234 · permit 0916672Safari Production Company, Inc.9.1 mi S27.75091, -98.60622 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-24BLACKHAWK 1vertical · API 42-131-39703 · permit 0916616Cimarron Engineering, LLC7.3 mi E27.84492, -98.50553 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-12-31CONQUISTADOR 1vertical · API 42-131-39697 · permit 0912491Magnetar Operating LLC9.4 mi SE27.80407, -98.49135 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-11-17HALH, C.W., ETAL 2 Dvertical · API 42-131-39696 · permit 0911734Aurora Resources Corporation3.2 mi N27.92839, -98.60926 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-10-20MOBIL FEE 5vertical · API 42-131-38234 · permit 0911149Safari Production Company, Inc.9.1 mi S27.75091, -98.60622 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-30WHITE, P. E. -B- 148vertical · API 42-131-39523 · permit 0909552Killam Oil Co., Ltd.4.3 mi SW27.84400, -98.67289 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-07ORTIZ 1vertical · API 42-131-39328 · permit 0903419South Texas Disposal Srvs, LLC2.5 mi N27.91945, -98.61993 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-07-26FOSTER HEIRS 'B' 5vertical · API 42-131-39694 · permit 0901493Aurora Resources Corporation8.2 mi N28.00169, -98.60754 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-01-09DCR 51 1vertical · API 42-131-39688 · permit 0896396Killam Oil Co., Ltd.8.1 mi SW27.81192, -98.72289 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-12-14MLV 3 3vertical · API 42-131-39687 · permit 0895281Pecan Pipeline Company4.3 mi N27.94493, -98.61734 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 Freer

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-769 ALANIS, J, section 4962 permits, newest June 26, 2026
  • A-251 GH&H RR CO, section 771 permit, newest June 24, 2026
  • A-107 BS&F, section 931 permit, newest December 31, 2025
  • A-1670 SEAGO, W N, section 3601 permit, newest November 17, 2025
  • A-1624 WHITE, P E, section 1381 permit, newest July 30, 2025
  • A-437 POITEVENT, J, section 411 permit, newest July 7, 2025

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Freer

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. 1Weatherby, L.c. Gas Unit0 bbl · 513,355 mcf a yearBlock "T" Petroleum, Inc. · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Hubberd - Frost Nat'l Bank G.u.0 bbl · 95,738 mcf a yearBlock "T" Petroleum, Inc. · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3White, P. E. -B-15,534 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKillam Oil Co., Ltd. · Duval County · 14 wells in the circle
  4. 4Duval Ranch, Sec. #28814,681 bbl · 4,272 mcf a yearMcGowan Working Partners, Inc. · Duval County · 20 wells in the circle
  5. 5White, P. E., -B-14,074 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKillam Oil Co., Ltd. · Duval County · 25 wells in the circle
  6. 6E.d. Wernecke G.u.0 bbl · 71,329 mcf a yearBlock "T" Petroleum, Inc. · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7State11,843 bbl · 0 mcf a year3D Oil Company, LLC · Duval County · 11 wells in the circle
  8. 8Foster Heirs "B"11,404 bbl · 0 mcf a yearAurora Resources Corporation · Duval County · 3 wells in the circle
  9. 9Dcrc Sec. 15210,428 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKillam Oil Co., Ltd. · Duval County · 2 wells in the circle
  10. 10Wiederkehr, L.141 bbl · 59,489 mcf a yearBZG E&P LLC · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Hubberd-Frost Nat'l Bank G.u.0 bbl · 60,331 mcf a yearBlock "T" Petroleum, Inc. · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Weil9,966 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTrans-Tex Operating LLC · Duval County · 13 wells in the circle
  13. 13L. C. Weatherby Gas Unit0 bbl · 57,058 mcf a yearBlock "T" Petroleum, Inc. · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Killam8,703 bbl · 4,380 mcf a yearMountain V Texas, LLC · Duval County · 6 wells in the circle
  15. 15Hubberd-Frost Nat'l Bank G/U0 bbl · 56,239 mcf a yearBlock "T" Petroleum, Inc. · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Wiederkehr, L.212 bbl · 54,459 mcf a yearBZG E&P LLC · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Kilgore-Wernecke Gas Unit0 bbl · 50,784 mcf a yearBlock "T" Petroleum, Inc. · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Duval County Ranch Co. -B-8,264 bbl · 0 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Duval County · 7 wells in the circle
  19. 19Weatherby - Weatherby Gas Unit0 bbl · 48,383 mcf a yearBlock "T" Petroleum, Inc. · Duval County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Dcrc MF NCT-257,851 bbl · 0 mcf a yearReserve Operating Corp. · Duval County · 18 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Freer

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

Oil and condensate

  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.94 leases
  • DORADO OIL COMPANY35 leases
  • VALERO MARKETING AND SUPPLY CO.29 leases
  • GENESIS CRUDE OIL, L.P.20 leases
  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY19 leases

Gas

  • GULF COAST ENERGY, INC.25 leases
  • HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY13 leases
  • ENTERPRISE HYDROCARBONS, L.P.10 leases
  • REMORA OPERATING, LLC8 leases
  • SOUTHCROSS MARKETING COMPANY LTD7 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 Freer 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.

30 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 Freer, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 370,989 bbl of oil. 2025 was 271,024, 27% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Freer, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far169,199999,086
2025271,0241,433,262
2024290,2411,436,977
2023310,6751,554,352
2022348,0501,749,939
2021363,4291,916,065
2020370,9892,158,097

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, 411 of these leases reported 18,932,063 bbl of oil and condensate and 406,663,600 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Good to know

The wells near Freer, and what a lease has gone for

For a lease offer: the State of Texas leased 14 of its own tracts in Duval County in the last ten years. The middle bonus was $75 an acre, the usual royalty 10%, the usual term 3 years; the newest is dated March 3, 2026. Private leases are not public, so these are the nearest figures on record. Is my lease offer fair in Duval County?

Depth and well type from the Railroad Commission's well records, where the record has them. State lease figures from the Texas General Land Office.

Around it

Towns near Freer

Freer is in ZIP code 78357: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Freer

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 Duval County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Freer?

1,281 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Freer: 481 on leases that are producing, 309 not producing and 491 plugged. The state also issued 7 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 Freer?

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 Duval County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Freer picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Freer are rising: 4 permits in the last 12 months, 3 in the 12 months before. Most of them are south of town: 4 of 7 lie on that side. The nearest is 2.5 miles north of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Freer 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 Freer 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 Freer worth?

The 171 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $24 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 Freer, 30 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 Freer?

The next first check near Freer 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.

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Sources

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