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Winkler County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Kermit

  • 3,620wells
  • 103drilling locations in two years
  • 314producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Kermit

Map of Kermit, Texas: 3,620 wells and 103 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations103Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,581On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing772Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged1,267The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (31.85763, -103.09267); 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 Kermit are holding steady: 54 permits in the last 12 months, 49 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north-east of town: 71 of 103 lie on that side. The nearest is 1.6 miles north of the town's point. 3,620 wells and 103 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Kermit, each where the state puts it. 314 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Winkler 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 Kermit

The 103 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 32NE 26E 13SE 1S 4SW 10W 7NW 10
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 103 permits

  • 33finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 1finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 20drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 49still 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: 17 north, 14 north-east, 5 east, 4 south-west, 5 west, 2 north-west of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 27 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 12 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 Kermit

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

wells with a location on the state's map
3,620
drilling permits in the last 24 months
103
producing leases with a well in the circle
314
operators running them
47
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
5,308,580 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
17,498,161 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 Kermit sold for

The 314 producing leases with a well near Kermit sold about $458 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
$458 million
oil and condensate sold
5,283,628 bbl
gas sold
14,881,286 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$165,236

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Kermit comes to about $1,652 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 Kermit

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 Kermit
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-11-10CAMPBELL, SETH 80vertical · API 42-495-33532 · permit 0920009Hilcorp Energy Company1.9 mi NE31.87827, -103.07193 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-11-05BAIRD, W. E. 1258vertical · API 42-495-32782 · permit 0919947Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.7 mi N31.90839, -103.06980 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-26BAIRD, W. E. 1909vertical · API 42-495-35259 · permit 0919568Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.2 mi NE31.89345, -103.05710 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-26BAIRD, W. E. 1228vertical · API 42-495-35258 · permit 0919559Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.2 mi NE31.89901, -103.06649 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-20BAIRD, W. E. 1318vertical · API 42-495-35257 · permit 0919501Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.3 mi N31.90486, -103.08584 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-20BAIRD, W. E. 1210vertical · API 42-495-35256 · permit 0919497Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.8 mi NE31.90695, -103.06422 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-07UL WILDEBEEST 11 D 301HUhorizontal · API 42-495-35239 · permit 0918606Iron Orchard Operating LLC9.3 mi SW31.76721, -103.20944 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-07UL WILDEBEEST 11 C 501HUhorizontal · API 42-495-35238 · permit 0918605Iron Orchard Operating LLC9.3 mi SW31.76719, -103.20952 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-07UL WILDEBEEST 11 B 401HUhorizontal · API 42-495-35237 · permit 0918604Iron Orchard Operating LLC9.3 mi SW31.76717, -103.20960 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-07UL WILDEBEEST 11 A 502HUhorizontal · API 42-495-35236 · permit 0918603Iron Orchard Operating LLC9.3 mi SW31.76715, -103.20967 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-05MEGALODON 1Dvertical · API 42-495-35234 · permit 0918466Triton Midstream Operating, LLC7.4 mi SE31.78581, -102.99873 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-27KEYSTONE CATTLE CO. A 472vertical · API 42-495-33339 · permit 0918300BCP Resources, LLC7.0 mi E31.89417, -102.98135 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-27BAIRD, W. E. 1816vertical · API 42-495-35231 · permit 0918232Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC2.0 mi NE31.88449, -103.07871 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-21BAIRD, W. E. 1315vertical · API 42-495-35240 · permit 0918745Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.6 mi N31.90788, -103.07679 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-11BAIRD, W. E. 1307vertical · API 42-495-35235 · permit 0918476Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.1 mi N31.90151, -103.08457 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-10BAIRD, W. E. 1827vertical · API 42-495-35233 · permit 0918473Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC2.2 mi NE31.88653, -103.07663 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-10BAIRD, W. E. 1205vertical · API 42-495-35232 · permit 0918469Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.8 mi N31.90933, -103.06967 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-31BAIRD, W. E. 1937vertical · API 42-495-35224 · permit 0917483Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.6 mi NE31.90069, -103.05948 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-31BAIRD, W. E. 1211vertical · API 42-495-35223 · permit 0917481Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.9 mi NE31.90788, -103.06108 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-30BAIRD, W. E. 1801vertical · API 42-495-35226 · permit 0917482Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC2.8 mi N31.89559, -103.07801 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-30BAIRD, W. E. 1904vertical · API 42-495-35225 · permit 0917474Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.1 mi NE31.89542, -103.06459 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-27LEACO 5 SWD 1vertical · API 42-495-35220 · permit 0917312Xri Disposal Holdings, LLC9.9 mi NW31.97484, -103.18900 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-10KEYSTONE HOLT UNIT 2503vertical · API 42-495-35212 · permit 0916927Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC7.1 mi N31.95860, -103.06925 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-08BAIRD, W. E. 1828vertical · API 42-495-35214 · permit 0916926Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC2.9 mi NE31.89540, -103.07145 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-08BAIRD, W. E. 1218vertical · API 42-495-35213 · permit 0916925Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC3.5 mi NE31.90244, -103.06636 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 Kermit

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-1319 BAIRD, W E, block B3, section 1213 permits, newest November 5, 2026
  • A-1320 BAIRD, W E, block B3, section 1312 permits, newest October 20, 2026
  • A-1321 BAIRD, W E, block B3, section 1811 permits, newest September 27, 2026
  • A-1322 BAIRD, W E, block B3, section 196 permits, newest October 26, 2026
  • A-U51 UL, block 21, section 114 permits, newest October 7, 2026
  • A-1485 DAUGHERTY, L, block 74, section 174 permits, newest May 1, 2026
  • A-1188 COWDEN, C W, block 27, section 154 permits, newest February 26, 2026
  • A-U64 UL, block 21, section 244 permits, newest February 4, 2025

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

Who is on the county roll

538 mineral accounts near Kermit are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 25,219 accounts under 5,000 owner names on 414 leases with a well near Kermit.
mineral accounts on the roll
25,219
owner names
5,000
appraised value of those accounts
$558 million
the middle account's appraised value
$150
the middle account in all of Winkler County
$440
accounts titled to an estate
538

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 $377,870 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Kermit, their name may be one of them.

Counted the other way: 4,861 royalty-interest records on Texas county mineral rolls (rolls of 2024 to 2026) carry Kermit 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 Winkler County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Kermit

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. 1Cop736,634 bbl · 421,155 mcf a yearBoyd & McWilliams Operating, LLC · Winkler County · 12 wells in the circle
  2. 2Baird, W. E.438,653 bbl · 1,941,110 mcf a yearBasin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC · Winkler County · 72 wells in the circle
  3. 3Utl Bobcat 2536D70,379 bbl · 2,385,368 mcf a yearContinental Resources, Inc. · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Utl Bobcat 2536E61,851 bbl · 2,175,164 mcf a yearContinental Resources, Inc. · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Utl Bobcat 2536F63,385 bbl · 2,061,107 mcf a yearContinental Resources, Inc. · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Keystone Holt Unit280,196 bbl · 298,901 mcf a yearBasin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC · Winkler County · 137 wells in the circle
  7. 7Platinum 17-2 B99,003 bbl · 1,273,408 mcf a year3R Operating , LLC · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Chuckwagon 34-39A3216,183 bbl · 463,335 mcf a yearApache Corporation · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Chuckwagon 34-39A4202,468 bbl · 312,901 mcf a yearApache Corporation · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Chuckwagon 34-39A5194,118 bbl · 337,790 mcf a yearApache Corporation · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11CLS Walton220,484 bbl · 103,914 mcf a yearTeam Operating, L.L.C. · Winkler County · 83 wells in the circle
  12. 12Chuckwagon 34-39A1178,972 bbl · 276,977 mcf a yearApache Corporation · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Chuckwagon 34-39A2177,404 bbl · 229,965 mcf a yearApache Corporation · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Tater Tot145,226 bbl · 43,013 mcf a yearBoyd & McWilliams Operating, LLC · Winkler County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Halley, S.m. 'B'84,334 bbl · 370,138 mcf a yearBasin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC · Winkler County · 8 wells in the circle
  16. 16Ally103,428 bbl · 230,588 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Winkler County · 6 wells in the circle
  17. 17Campbell, Seth93,354 bbl · 288,176 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Winkler County · 68 wells in the circle
  18. 18Whiting 21108,272 bbl · 157,614 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Winkler County · 3 wells in the circle
  19. 19Dudley 10120,565 bbl · 59,770 mcf a yearBoyd & McWilliams Operating, LLC · Winkler County · 2 wells in the circle
  20. 20Lovett-Sinclair61,047 bbl · 281,613 mcf a yearBasin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC · Winkler County · 5 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Kermit

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 314 producing leases near Kermit. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • OASIS TRANSP & MARKETING CORP.85 leases
  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC76 leases
  • GIBSON ENERGY MARKETING, LLC37 leases
  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY30 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY27 leases

Gas

  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY130 leases
  • ET GATHERING & PROCESSING LLC103 leases
  • DCP OPERATING COMPANY, LP23 leases
  • TARGA DELAWARE LLC8 leases
  • JAMES LAKE MIDSTREAM LLC5 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 Kermit 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.

100 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?

240 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 Kermit, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2025, the newest one: 5,356,198 bbl of oil.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Kermit, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far3,504,40811,688,204
20255,356,19817,268,691
20243,895,5438,270,980
20233,714,0259,741,667
20223,138,5519,220,993
20213,025,0348,580,574
20203,145,6769,662,114

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, 729 of these leases reported 49,059,081 bbl of oil and condensate and 412,952,444 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Good to know

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

For a lease offer: the State of Texas leased 25 of its own tracts in Winkler County in the last ten years. The middle bonus was $1,000 an acre, the usual royalty 12.5%, the usual term 3 years; the newest is dated June 9, 2025. Private leases are not public, so these are the nearest figures on record. Is my lease offer fair in Winkler 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 Kermit

Kermit is in ZIP code 79745: its wells and permits

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

Press and community kit

Writing about Kermit? 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 · PDFKermit, Texas3,620wells within 10 miles1,581on producing leases2,039not producing or plugged54permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 3,620 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Kermit: 1,581 on producing leases, 772 not producing and 1,267 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 54 drilling permits within 10 miles of Kermit in the last 12 months, the newest dated November 10, 2026.
  • The 314 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 47 operators, reported 5,308,580 barrels of oil and 17,498,161 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 Kermit, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/kermit-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 Kermit

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 Winkler County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Kermit?

3,620 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Kermit: 1,581 on leases that are producing, 772 not producing and 1,267 plugged. The state also issued 103 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 Kermit?

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 Winkler County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Kermit picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Kermit are holding steady: 54 permits in the last 12 months, 49 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north-east of town: 71 of 103 lie on that side. The nearest is 1.6 miles north of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Kermit 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 Kermit 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 Kermit worth?

The 314 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $458 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 Kermit and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 538 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Kermit. 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 Kermit, 100 leases went quiet and 240 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Kermit?

The next first check near Kermit 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 Winkler County

Sources

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