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Caldwell County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Lockhart

  • 1,576wells
  • 6drilling locations in two years
  • 172producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Lockhart

Map of Lockhart, Texas: 1,576 wells and 6 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations6Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells885On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing371Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged320The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (29.88494, -97.67000); 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 Lockhart are rising: 4 permits in the last 12 months, 2 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is 5.6 miles south-east of the town's point. 1,576 wells and 6 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Lockhart, each where the state puts it. 172 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/lockhart-tx">Lockhart, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Lockhart

The 6 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 1E SE 3S 1SW 1W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 6 permits

  • 1finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 1drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 4still 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-east of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 14 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 5 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 Lockhart

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

wells with a location on the state's map
1,576
drilling permits in the last 24 months
6
producing leases with a well in the circle
172
operators running them
35
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
369,094 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
0 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 Lockhart sold for

The 172 producing leases with a well near Lockhart sold about $28 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
$28 million
oil and condensate sold
363,104 bbl
gas sold
0 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$36,034

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Lockhart comes to about $360 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 Lockhart

The 20 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Lockhart
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-10-22YOUNG-CLARK UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35202 · permit 0919412Hamilton, Clay5.7 mi SE29.81311, -97.62139 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-07YOUNG-CLARK UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35199 · permit 0916843Hamilton, Clay5.6 mi SE29.81648, -97.61855 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-03-09MRS. FRED ADAMS 1vertical · API 42-055-81610 · permit 0913658RR Ventures Limited Partnership9.9 mi SW29.81264, -97.81205 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-11-19YOUNG-CLARK UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35199 · permit 0911643Hamilton, Clay5.6 mi SE29.81648, -97.61855 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-05-29WEBB OIL UNIT III 2vertical · API 42-055-34982 · permit 0905209Lodel Energy Resources Corporati6.6 mi NE29.97227, -97.62528 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-03TRAMMELL, H. S. 5Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35197 · permit 0904265Texas Petroleum Investment Co.8.2 mi S29.76732, -97.69555 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-01MERCER, ALF 3Hhorizontal · API 42-055-34793 · permit 0903622Texas Petroleum Investment Co.9.1 mi S29.75637, -97.70428 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-30E.J. HARDEMAN HEIRS 1Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35196 · permit 0903642Texas Petroleum Investment Co.9.6 mi S29.75016, -97.71312 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-24MERCER, MILLS 3Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35194 · permit 0903458Texas Petroleum Investment Co.9.4 mi S29.75212, -97.70906 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-02BRANYON, W. 1Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35193 · permit 0903004Texas Petroleum Investment Co.8.2 mi S29.76626, -97.68579 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-01MERCER 8H UNIT 8Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35192 · permit 0901659Texas Petroleum Investment Co.9.3 mi S29.75267, -97.69790 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-07-31F.M. & W.M. MERCER A 2Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35191 · permit 0901656Texas Petroleum Investment Co.8.7 mi S29.75970, -97.69290 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-07-29MERCER, ALF 5Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35190 · permit 0901555Texas Petroleum Investment Co.9.1 mi S29.75673, -97.70467 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-04-16WEBB OIL UNIT III 8Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35188 · permit 0898669Lodel Energy Resources Corporati6.3 mi NE29.96962, -97.62897 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-03-25METCALFE OIL UNIT 4vertical · API 42-055-33207 · permit 0898270Cavalier Oil & Gas, Inc.3.3 mi SW29.84388, -97.69952 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-01-25DICKERSON, CLAUDE 2Bvertical · API 42-055-35187 · permit 0896693SGB Oil LLC9.0 mi SE29.77944, -97.58213 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-01-05METCALFE OIL UNIT 3vertical · API 42-055-33467 · permit 0895829Cavalier Oil & Gas, Inc.3.5 mi SW29.84151, -97.70052 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-12-13S.M. BLACKWELL 4vertical · API 42-055-02551 · permit 0895259Bastrop Energy Group7.3 mi S29.78149, -97.64746 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-11-07PHP LOCKHART CS 1vertical · API 42-055-35186 · permit 0890939Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC4.9 mi W29.89963, -97.75010 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-11-02CATHODIC - ACORN RD 1CPvertical · API 42-055-35185 · permit 0894515Flint Hills Resources, LC7.8 mi SW29.78614, -97.73178 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 Lockhart

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-195 MILLER, J R3 permits, newest October 22, 2026
  • A-19 MORRISON, S B1 permit, newest March 9, 2026
  • A-28 ALLEN, I1 permit, newest May 29, 2025
  • A-248 REAVILL, N1 permit, newest December 3, 2024

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Lockhart

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. 1Tabor, W. H.59,386 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 72 wells in the circle
  2. 2Hardeman, E. J.28,578 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 13 wells in the circle
  3. 3Johnson, Mary B.24,831 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Caldwell County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Mercer, Mattie22,836 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 9 wells in the circle
  5. 5Mercer, Alf21,511 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 35 wells in the circle
  6. 6Trammell, H. S.15,580 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 32 wells in the circle
  7. 7Mercer 7H Unit13,733 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Mercer, Mills10,559 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 8 wells in the circle
  9. 9Northcutt Dye10,195 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Caldwell County · 4 wells in the circle
  10. 10Mercer, W. F.10,014 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 10 wells in the circle
  11. 11Mercer, F.m. & W.m.9,976 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12W.h.new9,751 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Caldwell County · 3 wells in the circle
  13. 13Smith Northcutt9,298 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Caldwell County · 3 wells in the circle
  14. 14J. L. New7,838 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Caldwell County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Hinds, Addie6,795 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Caldwell County · 4 wells in the circle
  16. 16Mercer, W.f. 2H6,632 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Gray, Floy -A-6,346 bbl · 0 mcf a yearB. J. P. Operating · Caldwell County · 8 wells in the circle
  18. 18Mercer 4H Unit5,993 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Mercer 5H Unit5,973 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Gideon, T. C.5,367 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 12 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Lockhart

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 172 producing leases near Lockhart. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY63 leases
  • SYNERGY TRANSFER, LLC36 leases
  • TRUTH RESOURCES, L.P.31 leases
  • ACE GATHERING, INC.29 leases
  • HARVEST MARKETING & TRADING, LLC18 leases

Gas

  • DAVIS GAS PROCESSING, INC.5 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 Lockhart 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.

22 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?

57 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 Lockhart, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2023: 509,672 bbl of oil. 2025 was 394,305, 23% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Lockhart, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far236,3150
2025394,3050
2024474,64432
2023509,67245
2022472,98294
2021442,548341
2020475,021523

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, 272 of these leases reported 12,489,808 bbl of oil and condensate and 3,230,324 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Lockhart

Lockhart has more wells than 9 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Lockhart is in ZIP code 78644: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Lockhart

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 Caldwell County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Lockhart?

1,576 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Lockhart: 885 on leases that are producing, 371 not producing and 320 plugged. The state also issued 6 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 Lockhart?

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 Caldwell County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Lockhart picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Lockhart are rising: 4 permits in the last 12 months, 2 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is 5.6 miles south-east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Lockhart 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 Lockhart is December 29, 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 Lockhart worth?

The 172 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $28 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.

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 Lockhart, 22 leases went quiet and 57 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Lockhart?

The next first check near Lockhart falls due by December 29, 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.