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Marion County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Jefferson

  • 447wells
  • 12drilling locations in two years
  • 194producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Jefferson

Map of Jefferson, Texas: 447 wells and 12 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations12Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells201On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing170Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged76The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.75736, -94.34519); 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 Jefferson are falling: 4 permits in the last 12 months, 8 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is 6.7 miles east of the town's point. 447 wells and 12 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Jefferson, each where the state puts it. 194 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Marion County is one of the 10 counties of the Haynesville/Bossier Shale

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Jefferson

The 12 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 8SE 1S 3SW W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 12 permits

  • 4finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 3finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 4drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 1still 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: 3 east, 1 south-east of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 9 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 6 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 Jefferson

wells with a location on the state's map
447
drilling permits in the last 24 months
12
producing leases with a well in the circle
194
operators running them
25
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
268,474 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
14,381,176 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 Jefferson sold for

The 194 producing leases with a well near Jefferson sold about $72 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
$72 million
oil and condensate sold
267,665 bbl
gas sold
13,978,789 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$91,866

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Jefferson comes to about $919 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 Jefferson

The 18 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Jefferson
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-06-30COMMODORES (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-315-31078 · permit 0916522Rfe Operating, LLC7.4 mi E32.75309, -94.21847 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-22TRASH PANDAS (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-315-31077 · permit 0916520Rfe Operating, LLC7.4 mi E32.75307, -94.21854 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-20DURKEE GAS UNIT #1 6vertical · API 42-203-32788 · permit 0915399T W Clemons Operating Co., LLC9.0 mi S32.63027, -94.37943 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-11-25WALKER HEIRS UNIT 1Hvertical · API 42-315-30958 · permit 0911860Rfe Operating, LLC8.5 mi E32.73548, -94.20203 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-11-07BILLIKEN (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-315-31076 · permit 0911555Rfe Operating, LLC7.2 mi E32.73961, -94.22287 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-10-31KERNEL COBB (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-315-31075 · permit 0911283Rfe Operating, LLC7.2 mi E32.73965, -94.22282 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-10-30FIGHTING PICKLES (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-315-31074 · permit 0911279Rfe Operating, LLC7.2 mi E32.73958, -94.22292 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-10-06KINGSTREE RANCH 1vertical · API 42-203-32619 · permit 0910893T W Clemons Operating Co., LLC9.4 mi S32.62921, -94.40055 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-05-29FIGHTING OKRA (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35743 · permit 0907928Rfe Operating, LLC6.7 mi E32.72699, -94.23535 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-23MATADORS (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35735 · permit 0907515Rfe Operating, LLC8.6 mi SE32.69947, -94.21485 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-17FRANK DAVIS 2 3Bvertical · API 42-203-32532 · permit 0902918Endurance Oil & Gas, Inc.8.2 mi S32.63842, -94.35910 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-11CHEW (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35706 · permit 0904562Rfe Operating, LLC6.8 mi SE32.71971, -94.23720 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-06UGA (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35694 · permit 0903783Rfe Operating, LLC6.8 mi SE32.71974, -94.23726 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-04-26TAYLOR (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35668 · permit 0898966Rfe Operating, LLC6.7 mi SE32.71314, -94.24236 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-03-06TAYLOR-COLLIER (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35661 · permit 0897722Rfe Operating, LLC6.7 mi SE32.71310, -94.24231 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-12-27T-C-EB (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35640 · permit 0895994Rfe Operating, LLC6.6 mi SE32.70739, -94.24828 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2022-11-22KING CV A199 SOUTH UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35568 · permit 0885840King Operating Corporation9.5 mi SW32.67424, -94.47434 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2022-11-22KING CV A199 NORTH UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35567 · permit 0885839King Operating Corporation9.5 mi SW32.67430, -94.47431 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 Jefferson

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-241 LANE, D5 permits, newest June 30, 2026
  • A-726 VARDEMAN, H2 permits, newest May 20, 2026
  • A-867 CHEW, W D, section 1362 permits, newest May 29, 2025
  • A-183 HAWKINS, B1 permit, newest November 25, 2025
  • A-856 MUNDEN, G W1 permit, newest April 23, 2025
  • A-297 HUSBAND, J1 permit, newest December 17, 2024

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

Who is on the county roll

272 mineral accounts near Jefferson are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 16,082 accounts under 4,052 owner names on 189 leases with a well near Jefferson.
mineral accounts on the roll
16,082
owner names
4,052
appraised value of those accounts
$60 million
the middle account's appraised value
$100
accounts titled to an estate
272

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 $235,970 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Jefferson, 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 Marion County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Jefferson

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. 1Fighting Okra (Aw)52,161 bbl · 1,814,445 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Matadors (Aw)16,440 bbl · 1,551,794 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Uga (Aw)11,195 bbl · 994,432 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Chew (Aw)42,354 bbl · 776,418 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Taylor (Aw)6,282 bbl · 765,639 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6T-C-Eb (Aw)6,061 bbl · 695,516 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Osceola-Eldridge Bivins (Aw)3,949 bbl · 697,441 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Collier-Eldridge Bivins (Aw)4,323 bbl · 591,990 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Taylor-Collier (Aw)5,092 bbl · 496,882 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Osceola-McElroy Heirs (Aw)4,147 bbl · 417,325 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Osceola McElroy Heirs (Aw)2,148 bbl · 384,861 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Ralphie West-Taylor (Aw)4,952 bbl · 279,302 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13King CV A199 South Unit3,572 bbl · 160,389 mcf a yearKing Operating Corporation · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Britton Gas Unit (Sa)1,366 bbl · 151,631 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15King CV A199 North Unit1,713 bbl · 113,266 mcf a yearKing Operating Corporation · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Davis Gas Unit -F-125 bbl · 122,356 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17ST. James Gas Unit1,453 bbl · 111,834 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Ralphie East2,183 bbl · 106,285 mcf a yearRfe Operating, LLC · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Kingstree Ranch Gas Unit 'C'584 bbl · 111,179 mcf a yearValence Operating Company · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Brown, John G. Heirs Gas Unit1,477 bbl · 103,506 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Jefferson

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 194 producing leases near Jefferson. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC98 leases
  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.84 leases
  • DK TRADING & SUPPLY, LLC32 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC28 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM3 leases

Gas

  • SYMMETRY ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC68 leases
  • DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC30 leases
  • ET GATHERING & PROCESSING LLC28 leases
  • MIDCOAST G & P (EAST TEXAS) L.P.16 leases
  • BROOKSTON ENERGY, INC.14 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 Jefferson 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.

35 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?

28 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 Jefferson, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2024: 13,785,816 mcf of gas. 2025 was 13,431,021, 3% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Jefferson, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far167,2619,347,721
2025266,71013,431,021
2024244,15313,785,816
2023177,2618,672,553
2022181,9787,766,423
2021133,8787,187,689
2020150,2388,183,693

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, 366 of these leases reported 5,610,723 bbl of oil and condensate and 280,223,186 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Jefferson

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

Jefferson is in ZIP code 75657: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Jefferson

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 Marion County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Jefferson?

447 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Jefferson: 201 on leases that are producing, 170 not producing and 76 plugged. The state also issued 12 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 Jefferson?

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 Marion County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Jefferson picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Jefferson are falling: 4 permits in the last 12 months, 8 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is 6.7 miles east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Jefferson worth?

The 194 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $72 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 Jefferson and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 272 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Jefferson. 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 Jefferson, 35 leases went quiet and 28 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Jefferson?

272 accounts near Jefferson 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.

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Sources

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