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Oil wells and drilling locations near Hempstead

  • 238wells
  • 8drilling locations in two years
  • 42producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Hempstead

Map of Hempstead, Texas: 238 wells and 8 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations8Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells129On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing36Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged73The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (30.09744, -96.07829); 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 Hempstead are rising: 5 permits in the last 12 months, 3 in the 12 months before. Most of them are south of town: 8 of 8 lie on that side. The nearest is 7.2 miles south of the town's point. 238 wells and 8 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Hempstead, each where the state puts it. 42 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Hempstead

The 8 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 SE S 5SW 3W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 8 permits

  • 3finished, 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.
  • 3still 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 south, 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 Hempstead

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

wells with a location on the state's map
238
drilling permits in the last 24 months
8
producing leases with a well in the circle
42
operators running them
4
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
168,514 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
36,347 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 Hempstead sold for

The 42 producing leases with a well near Hempstead sold about $13 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
$13 million
oil and condensate sold
168,669 bbl
gas sold
17,935 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$116,596

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Hempstead comes to about $1,166 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 Hempstead

The 11 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Hempstead
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-10-26HERMAN 5vertical · API 42-015-30679 · permit 0919569Bear Creek Energy, LLC8.0 mi SW29.99146, -96.13452 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-21PAINE, ROBERT G. 10vertical · API 42-015-00356 · permit 0918730Enhanced Energy Partners Corp7.4 mi S29.99522, -96.11763 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-13WALTON, J.C. 'A' 21vertical · API 42-015-31079 · permit 0917764Enhanced Energy Partners Corp7.4 mi SW30.00047, -96.13094 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-03-18THOMPSON, R. W. 38vertical · API 42-015-31086 · permit 0914133Enhanced Energy Partners Corp7.2 mi S29.99786, -96.11507 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-03-10HELLMUTH, SARAH E. 27vertical · API 42-015-31085 · permit 0913889Enhanced Energy Partners Corp8.4 mi S29.98008, -96.11600 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-25WATERFLOOD UNIT #1 107vertical · API 42-015-31084 · permit 0906875Enhanced Energy Partners Corp7.4 mi SW30.00008, -96.12991 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-19HELLMUTH, SARAH E. 26vertical · API 42-015-31083 · permit 0906734Enhanced Energy Partners Corp8.4 mi S29.97939, -96.11612 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-01-02WATERFLOOD UNIT #2 217vertical · API 42-015-00338 · permit 0904936Enhanced Energy Partners Corp7.2 mi S29.99815, -96.11461 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-17HARDY, RUFUS -B- 33vertical · API 42-473-30919 · permit 0902678Enhanced Energy Partners Corp7.4 mi S29.99161, -96.10059 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-13BELLVILLE SCHOOL LAND 24vertical · API 42-015-30952 · permit 0902543Enhanced Energy Partners Corp6.8 mi SW30.00896, -96.12753 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-13WATERFLOOD UNIT #2 330vertical · API 42-015-30153 · permit 0901499Enhanced Energy Partners Corp7.2 mi S29.99809, -96.11811 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 Hempstead

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-101 WHITE, W C6 permits, newest October 26, 2026
  • A-46 HARVEY, W2 permits, newest March 10, 2026

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

Who is on the county roll

237 mineral accounts near Hempstead are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 7,838 accounts under 1,123 owner names on 36 leases with a well near Hempstead.
mineral accounts on the roll
7,838
owner names
1,123
appraised value of those accounts
$11 million
the middle account's appraised value
$50
accounts titled to an estate
237

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 $60,060 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Hempstead, 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 Waller County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Hempstead

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. 1Waterflood Unit #134,382 bbl · 4,576 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 53 wells in the circle
  2. 2Hellmuth, Sarah E.21,587 bbl · 20,323 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 5 wells in the circle
  3. 3Waterflood Unit #221,996 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 39 wells in the circle
  4. 4Austin College9,740 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 6 wells in the circle
  5. 5Raccoon Bend Uwx Oil Unit No. 59,236 bbl · 472 mcf a yearOrx Resources, L.L.C. · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Woodley, R. B.8,384 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 5 wells in the circle
  7. 7Woodley, R.b.7,988 bbl · 5 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Raccoon Bend Uwx Oil Unit No. 24,690 bbl · 289 mcf a yearOrx Resources, L.L.C. · Austin County · 2 wells in the circle
  9. 9Paine, Robert G.4,454 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 4 wells in the circle
  10. 10R.w. Thompson3,980 bbl · 1,538 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Paine, Robert G.3,838 bbl · 1,437 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 12 wells in the circle
  12. 12Raccoon Bend Cockfield Unit #44,042 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Mrs. Alberta Diemer3,869 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Hardy, Rufus, -B-3,286 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Waller County · 5 wells in the circle
  15. 15Walton, J. C. "A"2,758 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Stevens No. 1 Oil Unit2,523 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Thompson-Sherrod Oil Unit2,103 bbl · 0 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Raccoon Bend Uwx Oil Unit No.12,024 bbl · 9 mcf a yearOrx Resources, L.L.C. · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Grawunder, Herman1,792 bbl · 0 mcf a yearBear Creek Energy, LLC · Austin County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Paine, Robert G.1,386 bbl · 2,163 mcf a yearEnhanced Energy Partners Corp · Austin County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Hempstead

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 42 producing leases near Hempstead. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.21 leases
  • TRUTH RESOURCES, L.P.19 leases
  • LESSLEY SERVICES LLC14 leases
  • ENTERPRISE CRUDE OIL LLC5 leases
  • MARTIN CRUDE MARKETING CO.1 lease

Gas

  • ENHANCED ENERGY PARTNERS CORP2 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 Hempstead 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.

8 leases reported nothing for a year or more

Leases that reported within the last four years and then stopped. The newest to stop first.

Is my lease still active?

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 Hempstead, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 252,924 bbl of oil. 2025 was 182,709, 28% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Hempstead, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far103,82719,590
2025182,70924,837
2024170,70818,242
2023167,46445,906
2022206,262103,718
2021220,927295,836
2020252,924310,519

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, 82 of these leases reported 9,323,333 bbl of oil and condensate and 7,705,194 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Hempstead

Hempstead has more wells than 6 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Hempstead is in ZIP code 77445: its wells and permits

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

Press and community kit

Writing about Hempstead? 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 · PDFHempstead, Texas238wells within 10 miles129on producing leases109not producing or plugged5permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 238 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Hempstead: 129 on producing leases, 36 not producing and 73 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 5 drilling permits within 10 miles of Hempstead in the last 12 months, the newest dated October 26, 2026.
  • The 42 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 4 operators, reported 168,514 barrels of oil and 36,347 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 Hempstead, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/hempstead-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 Hempstead

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 Waller County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Hempstead?

238 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Hempstead: 129 on leases that are producing, 36 not producing and 73 plugged. The state also issued 8 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 Hempstead?

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 Waller County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Hempstead picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Hempstead are rising: 5 permits in the last 12 months, 3 in the 12 months before. Most of them are south of town: 8 of 8 lie on that side. The nearest is 7.2 miles south of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Hempstead 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 Hempstead 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 Hempstead worth?

The 42 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $13 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 Hempstead and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 237 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Hempstead. 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 Hempstead, 8 leases went quiet and 0 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Hempstead?

The next first check near Hempstead 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.