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Karnes County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Kenedy

  • 2,160wells
  • 119drilling locations in two years
  • 1,047producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Kenedy

Map of Kenedy, Texas: 2,160 wells and 119 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations119Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,804On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing335Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged21The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (28.81915, -97.84861); 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 Kenedy are falling: 47 permits in the last 12 months, 72 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north of town: 90 of 119 lie on that side. The nearest is 1.8 miles north-west of the town's point. 2,160 wells and 119 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Kenedy, each where the state puts it. 1,047 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Karnes County is one of the 27 counties of the Eagle Ford Shale

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Kenedy

The 119 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 38NE 23E 12SE S 1SW 13W 3NW 29
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 119 permits

  • 18finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 8finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 53drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 40still 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: 21 north, 13 north-east, 5 south-west, 6 west, 14 north-west of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 138 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 83 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.

When a new well starts paying

First checks coming due near Kenedy

2 first checks fall due on leases with a well near Kenedy 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 Kenedy

wells with a location on the state's map
2,160
drilling permits in the last 24 months
119
producing leases with a well in the circle
1,047
operators running them
17
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
22,845,640 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
94,104,563 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 Kenedy sold for

The 1,047 producing leases with a well near Kenedy sold about $2.0 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
$2.0 billion
oil and condensate sold
22,858,145 bbl
gas sold
86,656,853 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$684,527

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Kenedy comes to about $6,845 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 Kenedy

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 Kenedy
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-10-30RODRIGUEZ-MEDINA SA A 1horizontal · API 42-255-38486 · permit 0919591Marathon Oil Ef LLC9.9 mi NW28.90858, -97.97581 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-27RODRIGUEZ-MEDINA SA C 1horizontal · API 42-255-38488 · permit 0919593Marathon Oil Ef LLC9.9 mi NW28.90857, -97.97569 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-27RODRIGUEZ-MEDINA SA B 1horizontal · API 42-255-38487 · permit 0919592Marathon Oil Ef LLC9.9 mi NW28.90857, -97.97575 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-08SPRENCEL-PECK UNIT 3Hhorizontal · API 42-255-33515 · permit 0919107Marathon Oil Ef LLC9.4 mi NW28.90877, -97.96461 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-07STEIN UNIT A 1horizontal · API 42-255-31996 · permit 0919109Burlington Resources O & G Co LP5.1 mi N28.89237, -97.86409 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-01HAUS-JAU-CHRIS SA B 1horizontal · API 42-255-38460 · permit 0918433Marathon Oil Ef LLC9.7 mi NW28.92614, -97.95290 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-01HAUS QUAD SA A 1horizontal · API 42-255-38459 · permit 0918432Marathon Oil Ef LLC9.7 mi NW28.92619, -97.95296 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-10HAUS-CHRIS SA D 1horizontal · API 42-255-38462 · permit 0918436Marathon Oil Ef LLC9.7 mi NW28.92604, -97.95279 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-10HAUS-CHRIS SA C 1horizontal · API 42-255-38461 · permit 0918434Marathon Oil Ef LLC9.7 mi NW28.92609, -97.95285 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-31KIMBLE-G MALIK SA D 1horizontal · API 42-255-38439 · permit 0917574Burlington Resources O & G Co LP4.3 mi N28.87770, -97.87414 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-05KIMBLE-G MALIK SA G 1horizontal · API 42-255-38442 · permit 0917577Burlington Resources O & G Co LP4.3 mi N28.87786, -97.87418 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-05KIMBLE-G MALIK SA F 1horizontal · API 42-255-38441 · permit 0917576Burlington Resources O & G Co LP4.3 mi N28.87781, -97.87417 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-05KIMBLE-G MALIK SA E 1horizontal · API 42-255-38440 · permit 0917575Burlington Resources O & G Co LP4.3 mi N28.87775, -97.87416 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-05KIMBLE-G MALIK SA C 1horizontal · API 42-255-38438 · permit 0917573Burlington Resources O & G Co LP4.3 mi N28.87765, -97.87413 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-06JOHNSON-FORISTER USW F 1horizontal · API 42-255-38411 · permit 0916195Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.3 mi NW28.90302, -97.92289 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-06JOHN-FOR-FLY USW E 1horizontal · API 42-255-38410 · permit 0916194Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.3 mi NW28.90298, -97.92285 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-18DULL-HAND-CHO SA A 1horizontal · API 42-255-38424 · permit 0916455Marathon Oil Ef LLC6.1 mi NE28.87160, -97.76747 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-18CHOATE 01 15Hhorizontal · API 42-255-38423 · permit 0916454Marathon Oil Ef LLC6.1 mi NE28.87166, -97.76743 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-10JOHNSON-FORISTER SA G 1horizontal · API 42-255-38421 · permit 0916276Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.3 mi NW28.90316, -97.92299 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-10JOHNSON-FORISTER SA F 3horizontal · API 42-255-38420 · permit 0916275Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.3 mi NW28.90312, -97.92296 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-09JOHNSON-FORISTER USW F 2horizontal · API 42-255-38412 · permit 0916196Burlington Resources O & G Co LP7.3 mi NW28.90307, -97.92292 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-09WESTON-PMT SA E 1horizontal · API 42-255-38409 · permit 0916010Marathon Oil Ef LLC9.9 mi SW28.74741, -97.99093 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-09WESTON-PMT SA D 1horizontal · API 42-255-38408 · permit 0916009Marathon Oil Ef LLC10.0 mi SW28.74739, -97.99099 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-09WESTON-PMT SA C 1horizontal · API 42-255-38407 · permit 0916008Marathon Oil Ef LLC10.0 mi SW28.74737, -97.99105 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-09WESTON-WEST-PMT SA B 1horizontal · API 42-255-38406 · permit 0916006Marathon Oil Ef LLC10.0 mi SW28.74735, -97.99110 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 Kenedy

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-9 RUIZ, F19 permits, newest October 1, 2026
  • A-6 MARTINEZ, C17 permits, newest June 18, 2026
  • A-260 SOTO, A13 permits, newest October 7, 2026
  • A-7 MUSQUIZ, R11 permits, newest May 11, 2026
  • A-92 DILLON, J T10 permits, newest June 13, 2025
  • A-49 BARNARD, J H7 permits, newest October 28, 2025
  • A-28 BARNES, J D, section 2955 permits, newest June 9, 2026
  • A-13 ZEPEDA, V5 permits, newest March 11, 2026

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

Who is on the county roll

632 mineral accounts near Kenedy are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 72,584 accounts under 9,460 owner names on 1,141 leases with a well near Kenedy.
mineral accounts on the roll
72,584
owner names
9,460
appraised value of those accounts
$1.9 billion
the middle account's appraised value
$490
the middle account in all of Karnes County
$940
accounts titled to an estate
632

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 $10 million together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Kenedy, their name may be one of them.

Counted the other way: 7,877 royalty-interest records on Texas county mineral rolls (rolls of 2024 to 2026) carry Kenedy as their mailing city, wherever in Texas the minerals lie. See the count for every city

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 Karnes County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Kenedy

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. 1Ruckman Trust Unit D707,212 bbl · 878,418 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Crews Unit A392,205 bbl · 1,511,403 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 6 wells in the circle
  3. 3Ridley 01372,332 bbl · 1,171,014 mcf a yearMarathon Oil Ef LLC · Karnes County · 11 wells in the circle
  4. 4Colin W Johnson Unit A327,850 bbl · 1,232,361 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 4 wells in the circle
  5. 5Davis-Mensik Sa1251,581 bbl · 1,323,667 mcf a yearMarathon Oil Ef LLC · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Davis-Alexander Sa1226,153 bbl · 1,328,639 mcf a yearMarathon Oil Ef LLC · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Reynolds Gas Unit 2259,545 bbl · 836,311 mcf a yearMarathon Oil Ef LLC · Karnes County · 3 wells in the circle
  8. 8Pawelek-Mixon Usw B235,945 bbl · 815,434 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Moy East193,720 bbl · 651,041 mcf a yearTidal Petroleum, Inc. · Karnes County · 5 wells in the circle
  10. 10Ruckman Trust Unit C244,980 bbl · 306,313 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 3 wells in the circle
  11. 11Paw-Escond-Mix Usw G189,351 bbl · 629,592 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12McElveen Unit A182,277 bbl · 630,761 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 2 wells in the circle
  13. 13Escondido A B Usw E182,068 bbl · 622,971 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Escondido A B Usw F166,051 bbl · 681,534 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Stone Unit A204,983 bbl · 431,519 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 5 wells in the circle
  16. 16Pawelek-Mixon Usw A161,999 bbl · 650,612 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Patino-Franke Unit Sa189,480 bbl · 1,035,125 mcf a yearMarathon Oil Ef LLC · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Smolik A-Banduch B Sa 2226,028 bbl · 214,182 mcf a yearBPX Operating Company · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Pawelek-Mixon Usw C152,034 bbl · 636,971 mcf a yearBurlington Resources O & G Co LP · Karnes County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Berry166,107 bbl · 547,782 mcf a yearGulftex Energy, LLC · Karnes County · 9 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Kenedy

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 1,047 producing leases near Kenedy. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • ENTERPRISE CRUDE OIL LLC476 leases
  • PLAINS PIPELINE L.P.296 leases
  • REYNOLDS ENERGY TRANSPORT LLC241 leases
  • TRAFIGURA TRADING LLC219 leases
  • STATEWIDE CRUDE INC.197 leases

Gas

  • MARATHON OIL EF LLC545 leases
  • CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY159 leases
  • REPSOL OIL & GAS USA, LLC132 leases
  • ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC81 leases
  • DCP OPERATING COMPANY, LP52 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 Kenedy 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.

26 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?

32 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 Kenedy, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2022: 36,748,716 bbl of oil. 2025 was 32,054,668, 13% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Kenedy, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far14,175,20858,708,441
202532,054,668128,844,512
202430,637,565133,693,332
202329,062,850121,737,590
202236,748,716125,195,534
202131,237,974110,764,681
202027,529,206123,727,355

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, 1,019 of these leases reported 298,954,593 bbl of oil and condensate and 1,086,458,848 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Kenedy

Kenedy has more wells than 7 of the 8 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Kenedy is in ZIP code 78119: its wells and permits

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

Press and community kit

Writing about Kenedy? 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 · PDFKenedy, Texas2,160wells within 10 miles1,804on producing leases356not producing or plugged47permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 2,160 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Kenedy: 1,804 on producing leases, 335 not producing and 21 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 47 drilling permits within 10 miles of Kenedy in the last 12 months, the newest dated October 30, 2026.
  • The 1,047 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 17 operators, reported 22,845,640 barrels of oil and 94,104,563 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 Kenedy, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/kenedy-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 Kenedy

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 Karnes County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Kenedy?

2,160 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Kenedy: 1,804 on leases that are producing, 335 not producing and 21 plugged. The state also issued 119 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 Kenedy?

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 Karnes County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Kenedy picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Kenedy are falling: 47 permits in the last 12 months, 72 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north of town: 90 of 119 lie on that side. The nearest is 1.8 miles north-west of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Kenedy 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 Kenedy 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 Kenedy worth?

The 1,047 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $2.0 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 Kenedy and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 632 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Kenedy. 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 Kenedy, 26 leases went quiet and 32 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Kenedy?

The next first check near Kenedy 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.

Search a family nameWatch Karnes County

Sources

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