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Ector County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Gardendale

  • 5,877wells
  • 244drilling locations in two years
  • 308producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Gardendale

Map of Gardendale, Texas: 5,877 wells and 244 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations244Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells3,692On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing300Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged1,885The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.02040, -102.38015); 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 Gardendale are rising: 144 permits in the last 12 months, 100 in the 12 months before. Most of them are east of town: 172 of 244 lie on that side. The nearest is 1.2 miles south-west of the town's point. 5,877 wells and 244 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Gardendale, each where the state puts it. 308 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Ector 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 Gardendale

The 244 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 14NE 77E 63SE 32S 15SW 11W 23NW 9
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 244 permits

  • 20finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 125drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 99still 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: 11 north, 21 north-east, 16 east, 10 south-east, 17 south, 8 west, 6 north-west of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 113 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 124 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.

In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Gardendale

wells with a location on the state's map
5,877
drilling permits in the last 24 months
244
producing leases with a well in the circle
308
operators running them
35
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
20,597,401 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
60,504,523 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 Gardendale sold for

The 308 producing leases with a well near Gardendale sold about $1.7 billion of oil and gas from September 2025 to August 2026, at the public monthly prices.
sale value of 12 months, before taxes and costs
$1.7 billion
oil and condensate sold
20,559,169 bbl
gas sold
58,808,144 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$1.1 million

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Gardendale comes to about $10,617 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 Gardendale

The 25 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Gardendale
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-11-10FASKEN TR 7X 115HDhorizontal · API 42-329-48618 · permit 0919075Ovintiv USA Inc.7.2 mi E32.03442, -102.25921 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-11-10FASKEN TR 7X 114HJhorizontal · API 42-329-48617 · permit 0919073Ovintiv USA Inc.7.2 mi E32.03441, -102.25928 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-22FASKEN TR 7G 111HChorizontal · API 42-329-48652 · permit 0919538Ovintiv USA Inc.7.1 mi E32.03435, -102.25952 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-22FASKEN TR 7G 110HJhorizontal · API 42-329-48649 · permit 0919535Ovintiv USA Inc.7.1 mi E32.03433, -102.25960 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-22FASKEN TR 7G 109HDhorizontal · API 42-329-48651 · permit 0919537Ovintiv USA Inc.7.1 mi E32.03431, -102.25967 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-22FASKEN TR 7G 108HFhorizontal · API 42-329-48650 · permit 0919536Ovintiv USA Inc.7.1 mi E32.03430, -102.25975 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-22FASKEN TR 7F-U 107HMhorizontal · API 42-329-48648 · permit 0919531Ovintiv USA Inc.7.1 mi E32.03428, -102.25983 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-22FASKEN TR 7F-U 106HJhorizontal · API 42-329-48647 · permit 0919530Ovintiv USA Inc.7.1 mi E32.03403, -102.26085 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-21FASKEN TR 7E 105HFhorizontal · API 42-329-48645 · permit 0919528Ovintiv USA Inc.7.1 mi E32.03401, -102.26093 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-21FASKEN TR 7E 104HDhorizontal · API 42-329-48646 · permit 0919529Ovintiv USA Inc.7.1 mi E32.03398, -102.26109 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-21FASKEN TR 7D-U 102HFhorizontal · API 42-329-48643 · permit 0919524Ovintiv USA Inc.7.0 mi E32.03391, -102.26140 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-21FASKEN TR 7D-U 101HDhorizontal · API 42-329-48642 · permit 0919521Ovintiv USA Inc.7.0 mi E32.03389, -102.26148 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-21FASKEN TR 7D 103HChorizontal · API 42-329-48644 · permit 0919526Ovintiv USA Inc.7.0 mi E32.03394, -102.26124 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-21JOHNSON, J. L. 'AB' 147vertical · API 42-135-34065 · permit 0919209Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC8.7 mi SW31.91125, -102.45335 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-14FASKEN TR 7X 113HFhorizontal · API 42-329-48616 · permit 0919070Ovintiv USA Inc.7.2 mi E32.03439, -102.25936 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-14FASKEN TR 7X 112HMhorizontal · API 42-329-48615 · permit 0919066Ovintiv USA Inc.7.2 mi E32.03437, -102.25944 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-14WIRELINE ROAD 1vertical · API 42-135-44337 · permit 0919191Enterprise Products Operatingllc5.8 mi SW31.95559, -102.44301 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-12BUZZ HURT 36A 103HDhorizontal · API 42-135-44329 · permit 0919144Ovintiv USA Inc.4.1 mi S31.96315, -102.36211 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-12BUZZ HURT 36A 104HFhorizontal · API 42-135-44330 · permit 0919147Ovintiv USA Inc.4.1 mi S31.96302, -102.36207 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-12BUZZ HURT 36F 106HDhorizontal · API 42-135-44331 · permit 0919149Ovintiv USA Inc.4.1 mi S31.96282, -102.36203 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-12BUZZ HURT 36F 105HGhorizontal · API 42-135-44332 · permit 0919150Ovintiv USA Inc.4.1 mi S31.96288, -102.36205 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-12BUZZ HURT 36X 102HDhorizontal · API 42-135-44328 · permit 0919141Ovintiv USA Inc.4.1 mi S31.96329, -102.36213 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-12BUZZ HURT 36G 101HDhorizontal · API 42-135-44327 · permit 0919140Ovintiv USA Inc.4.1 mi S31.96335, -102.36215 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-29HEADLEE 5B 304HFhorizontal · API 42-135-44322 · permit 0918837Ovintiv USA Inc.7.4 mi SE31.92547, -102.32302 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-29HEADLEE 5B 303HChorizontal · API 42-135-44325 · permit 0918853Ovintiv USA Inc.7.3 mi SE31.92543, -102.32318 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 Gardendale

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-244 T&P RR CO, block 40 T1S, section 715 permits, newest November 10, 2026
  • A-245 T&P RR CO, block 40 T1S, section 915 permits, newest June 15, 2026
  • A-751 JONES, C W, block 40 T1N, section 1415 permits, newest February 17, 2026
  • A-12 T&P RR CO, block 40 T1N, section 1315 permits, newest July 24, 2025
  • A-184 G&MMB&A, block 41 T1N, section 412 permits, newest October 21, 2025
  • A-249 T&P RR CO, block 40 T1S, section 1712 permits, newest July 30, 2025
  • A-1149 TRIPP, T B, block 41 T1S, section 3611 permits, newest August 25, 2026
  • A-234 G&MMB&A, block 41 T1N, section 310 permits, newest September 29, 2026

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

Who is on the county roll

196 mineral accounts near Gardendale are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 23,861 accounts under 4,207 owner names on 272 leases with a well near Gardendale.
mineral accounts on the roll
23,861
owner names
4,207
appraised value of those accounts
$2.0 billion
the middle account's appraised value
$30
the middle account in all of Ector County
$0
accounts titled to an estate
196

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 $1.1 million together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Gardendale, 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 Ector County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Gardendale

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. 1Fee 'BP'4,036,942 bbl · 5,464,776 mcf a yearFasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. · Andrews County · 41 wells in the circle
  2. 2Midland Farms Deep Unit1,037,450 bbl · 5,043,246 mcf a yearOccidental Permian Ltd. · Andrews County · 41 wells in the circle
  3. 3Nobles933,332 bbl · 3,330,334 mcf a yearXTO Energy Inc. · Midland County · 126 wells in the circle
  4. 4Tex Q1,047,209 bbl · 1,100,057 mcf a yearFirebird Energy II LLC · Midland County · 4 wells in the circle
  5. 5St313,037 bbl · 3,568,365 mcf a yearDiamondback E&P LLC · Midland County · 29 wells in the circle
  6. 6North Cowden Unit694,461 bbl · 303,093 mcf a yearOccidental Permian Ltd. · Ector County · 1468 wells in the circle
  7. 7Haag HZ Unit488,729 bbl · 1,047,511 mcf a yearPermian Resources Operating, LLC · Ector County · 21 wells in the circle
  8. 8Fee 'BN'360,679 bbl · 1,520,007 mcf a yearFasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. · Andrews County · 37 wells in the circle
  9. 9Gardendale 12-01475,973 bbl · 704,555 mcf a yearDiamondback E&P LLC · Ector County · 9 wells in the circle
  10. 10Whittenburg303,613 bbl · 1,208,229 mcf a yearPermian Resources Operating, LLC · Ector County · 33 wells in the circle
  11. 11St W176,730 bbl · 1,878,997 mcf a yearDiamondback E&P LLC · Midland County · 24 wells in the circle
  12. 12Casselman4349,193 bbl · 726,333 mcf a yearApache Corporation · Midland County · 34 wells in the circle
  13. 13Tex Q A199,082 bbl · 1,128,370 mcf a yearFirebird Energy II LLC · Midland County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Fee 'BL'170,377 bbl · 1,233,314 mcf a yearFasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. · Ector County · 62 wells in the circle
  15. 15Headlee 5G250,864 bbl · 679,167 mcf a yearOvintiv USA Inc. · Ector County · 3 wells in the circle
  16. 16Tex Q B191,241 bbl · 1,023,952 mcf a yearFirebird Energy II LLC · Midland County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Fasken 17G242,440 bbl · 711,334 mcf a yearOvintiv USA Inc. · Midland County · 4 wells in the circle
  18. 18Schlemeyer South 4610B240,706 bbl · 681,013 mcf a yearContinental Resources, Inc. · Ector County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Schlemeyer South 4610C238,785 bbl · 618,936 mcf a yearContinental Resources, Inc. · Ector County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Ratliff Red 0904235,061 bbl · 606,281 mcf a yearContinental Resources, Inc. · Ector County · 4 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Gardendale

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 308 producing leases near Gardendale. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • ENTERPRISE CRUDE OIL LLC79 leases
  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.74 leases
  • RIO ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, INC.42 leases
  • ORYX MIDLAND OIL GATHERING LLC38 leases
  • SENTINEL TRANSPORTATION, LLC36 leases

Gas

  • DCP OPERATING COMPANY, LP132 leases
  • ONEOK MIDLAND MIDSTREAM, LLC52 leases
  • ENLINK GAS MARKETING, LP33 leases
  • FASKEN OIL AND RANCH, LTD.22 leases
  • CORONADO MIDSTREAM LLC4 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 Gardendale 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.

18 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?

35 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 Gardendale, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2025, the newest one: 21,721,833 bbl of oil.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Gardendale, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far12,567,18938,621,362
202521,721,83355,730,937
202416,944,49245,015,884
202316,974,83044,178,354
202213,626,29141,894,794
202114,083,08539,782,837
202017,786,19643,944,862

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, 331 of these leases reported 347,231,194 bbl of oil and condensate and 403,177,897 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Gardendale

Gardendale has more wells than 3 of the 4 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Gardendale is in ZIP code 79758: its wells and permits

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

Press and community kit

Writing about Gardendale? 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 · PDFGardendale, Texas5,877wells within 10 miles3,692on producing leases2,185not producing or plugged144permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 5,877 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Gardendale: 3,692 on producing leases, 300 not producing and 1,885 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 144 drilling permits within 10 miles of Gardendale in the last 12 months, the newest dated November 10, 2026.
  • The 308 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 35 operators, reported 20,597,401 barrels of oil and 60,504,523 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 Gardendale, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/gardendale-ector-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 Gardendale

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 Ector County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Gardendale?

5,877 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Gardendale: 3,692 on leases that are producing, 300 not producing and 1,885 plugged. The state also issued 244 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 Gardendale?

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 Ector County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Gardendale picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Gardendale are rising: 144 permits in the last 12 months, 100 in the 12 months before. Most of them are east of town: 172 of 244 lie on that side. The nearest is 1.2 miles south-west of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Gardendale worth?

The 308 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $1.7 billion 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 Gardendale and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 196 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Gardendale. 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 Gardendale, 18 leases went quiet and 35 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Gardendale?

196 accounts near Gardendale 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 Ector County

Sources

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