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Caldwell County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Luling

  • 3,903wells
  • 14drilling locations in two years
  • 340producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Luling

Map of Luling, Texas: 3,903 wells and 14 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations14Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells2,441On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing522Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged940The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (29.68051, -97.64750); 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 Luling are rising: 10 permits in the last 12 months, 4 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north of town: 10 of 14 lie on that side. The nearest is 2.4 miles north-east of the town's point. 3,903 wells and 14 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Luling, each where the state puts it. 340 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Luling

The 14 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 3NE 3E SE S SW 3W 1NW 4
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 14 permits

  • 2finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 3drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 9still 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 north, 1 north-east, 1 north-west of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 5 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 8 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 Luling

1 first check falls due on leases with a well near Luling from today on. Texas law gives the payor 120 days after the end of the month of first sale.
  • Young-Clark Unitdue by December 29, 2026

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 Luling

wells with a location on the state's map
3,903
drilling permits in the last 24 months
14
producing leases with a well in the circle
340
operators running them
50
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
1,287,939 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
27,495 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 Luling sold for

The 340 producing leases with a well near Luling sold about $96 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
$96 million
oil and condensate sold
1,269,935 bbl
gas sold
0 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$57,303

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Luling comes to about $573 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 Luling

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 Luling
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-10-22YOUNG-CLARK UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35202 · permit 0919412Hamilton, Clay9.3 mi N29.81311, -97.62139 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-03JOHNSON 1Avertical · API 42-055-35201 · permit 0918387Excel Operating, LLC2.9 mi NW29.71367, -97.67794 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-17DAVIS, J. J. ESTATE -A- 1SWvertical · API 42-055-35061 · permit 0917742Lynco Oilfield Services LLC2.4 mi NE29.71204, -97.63095 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-07YOUNG-CLARK UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35199 · permit 0916843Hamilton, Clay9.5 mi N29.81648, -97.61855 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-17BILBY 2Hhorizontal · API 42-187-33726 · permit 0916425DJ Exploration, Inc.6.6 mi SW29.61449, -97.72755 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-05WRIGHT, J. D. 7Rvertical · API 42-055-04778 · permit 0915888Left Behind Recovery, LLC4.3 mi NE29.73552, -97.61469 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-12JOHNSON 1Avertical · API 42-055-35201 · permit 0915498Onemoretime, LLC2.9 mi NW29.71367, -97.67794 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-03-26LARISON 1Hhorizontal · API 42-187-33724 · permit 0914303Tri-W Oil6.6 mi SW29.61446, -97.72763 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-12-22TILLER, J. R. -C- 3Bvertical · API 42-055-35200 · permit 0912264Buonadonna Oil LLC4.9 mi NE29.74581, -97.61412 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-11-19YOUNG-CLARK UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35199 · permit 0911643Hamilton, Clay9.5 mi N29.81648, -97.61855 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-03TRAMMELL, H. S. 5Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35197 · permit 0904265Texas Petroleum Investment Co.6.6 mi NW29.76732, -97.69555 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-02DIX & MCKEAN C 5Hhorizontal · API 42-187-33723 · permit 0904264Texas Petroleum Investment Co.7.2 mi SW29.60897, -97.73524 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-02SCHUBERT, A. H. 1Hhorizontal · API 42-187-33722 · permit 0904257Texas Petroleum Investment Co.7.3 mi W29.67573, -97.76923 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-26PROCTOR , G.W. 5Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35198 · permit 0904266Texas Petroleum Investment Co.5.4 mi NW29.72455, -97.72197 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-14BYRD 1Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35195 · permit 0903635Texas Petroleum Investment Co.5.7 mi NW29.73700, -97.71618 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-01MERCER, ALF 3Hhorizontal · API 42-055-34793 · permit 0903622Texas Petroleum Investment Co.6.2 mi NW29.75637, -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.6.2 mi NW29.75016, -97.71312 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-24MERCER, MILLS 3Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35194 · permit 0903458Texas Petroleum Investment Co.6.2 mi NW29.75212, -97.70906 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-02BRANYON, W. 1Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35193 · permit 0903004Texas Petroleum Investment Co.6.3 mi N29.76626, -97.68579 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-27ALLEN, J.E. -A- 15Hhorizontal · API 42-187-33721 · permit 0902816Texas Petroleum Investment Co.6.6 mi W29.69739, -97.75491 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-13ROBERTS A 2Hhorizontal · API 42-187-33720 · permit 0901908Texas Petroleum Investment Co.6.0 mi W29.69784, -97.74549 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-13MCKEAN,A.J.&J.M. -A- /137.50AC./ 2Hhorizontal · API 42-187-33719 · permit 0901824Texas Petroleum Investment Co.6.0 mi W29.70240, -97.74470 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-06SECRETARIAT 2SWvertical · API 42-055-80086 · permit 0901816Millennium Exploration Co. LLC5.8 mi NW29.73155, -97.72323 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-01MERCER 8H UNIT 8Hhorizontal · API 42-055-35192 · permit 0901659Texas Petroleum Investment Co.5.8 mi NW29.75267, -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.6.1 mi NW29.75970, -97.69290 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 Luling

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-275 ROBINSON, J3 permits, newest June 17, 2026
  • A-24 SEAL, S, section 82 permits, newest September 3, 2026
  • A-102 FLOYD, A1 permit, newest August 17, 2026
  • A-13 HINDS, G1 permit, newest June 5, 2026
  • A-14 HINDS, J1 permit, newest December 22, 2025
  • A-248 REAVILL, N1 permit, newest December 3, 2024
  • A-13 COTTLE, H1 permit, newest December 2, 2024

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

Who is on the county roll

42 mineral accounts near Luling are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 1,982 accounts under 896 owner names on 86 leases with a well near Luling.
mineral accounts on the roll
1,982
owner names
896
appraised value of those accounts
$46 million
the middle account's appraised value
$2,239
accounts titled to an estate
42

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 $427,370 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Luling, 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 Caldwell County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Luling

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. 2Baker, A. J.56,985 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 45 wells in the circle
  3. 3Knobloch B -53,780 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 25 wells in the circle
  4. 4McKean, A. J. & J. M.53,258 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 31 wells in the circle
  5. 5Allen, J. E. -B-53,216 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 19 wells in the circle
  6. 6Allen, J. E. -A-32,410 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 32 wells in the circle
  7. 7MCKEAN,A.J.&J.M. -A- /137.50AC./29,638 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 6 wells in the circle
  8. 8Knobloch A29,550 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 19 wells in the circle
  9. 9Hardeman, E. J.28,578 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 16 wells in the circle
  10. 10Dix & McKean C28,264 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 18 wells in the circle
  11. 11Stair, O. F.27,166 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 28 wells in the circle
  12. 12Marines, L.26,562 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 22 wells in the circle
  13. 13Knobloch, C.26,182 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Guadalupe County · 39 wells in the circle
  14. 14Johnson, Mary B.24,831 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Caldwell County · 7 wells in the circle
  15. 15Proctor, G. W.23,630 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 30 wells in the circle
  16. 16Mercer, Mattie22,836 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 9 wells in the circle
  17. 17Mercer, Alf21,511 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 35 wells in the circle
  18. 18Moore, Maggie20,810 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexas Petroleum Investment Co. · Caldwell County · 25 wells in the circle
  19. 19Floyd Tiller20,430 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Caldwell County · 12 wells in the circle
  20. 20Davis B - Wilson19,339 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Caldwell County · 6 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Luling

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 340 producing leases near Luling. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY120 leases
  • TRUTH RESOURCES, L.P.74 leases
  • HARVEST MARKETING & TRADING, LLC73 leases
  • ACE GATHERING, INC.56 leases
  • SYNERGY TRANSFER, LLC48 leases

Gas

  • DAVIS GAS PROCESSING, INC.37 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 Luling 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.

34 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?

87 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 Luling, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2023: 1,604,100 bbl of oil. 2025 was 1,353,750, 16% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Luling, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far833,49018,291
20251,353,75027,484
20241,574,16527,526
20231,604,10027,695
20221,525,79627,593
20211,407,42328,725
20201,462,06930,614

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, 536 of these leases reported 43,547,854 bbl of oil and condensate and 12,766,317 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Luling

Luling has the most wells of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Luling is in ZIP code 78648: its wells and permits

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

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Writing about Luling? 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 · PDFLuling, Texas3,903wells within 10 miles2,441on producing leases1,462not producing or plugged10permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 3,903 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Luling: 2,441 on producing leases, 522 not producing and 940 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 10 drilling permits within 10 miles of Luling in the last 12 months, the newest dated October 22, 2026.
  • The 340 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 50 operators, reported 1,287,939 barrels of oil and 27,495 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 Luling, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/luling-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 Luling

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 Luling?

3,903 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Luling: 2,441 on leases that are producing, 522 not producing and 940 plugged. The state also issued 14 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 Luling?

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 Luling picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Luling are rising: 10 permits in the last 12 months, 4 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north of town: 10 of 14 lie on that side. The nearest is 2.4 miles north-east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Luling 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 Luling 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 Luling worth?

The 340 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $96 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 Luling and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 42 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Luling. 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 Luling, 34 leases went quiet and 87 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Luling?

The next first check near Luling 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.