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Hidalgo County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near McAllen

  • 147wells
  • 4drilling locations in two years
  • 68producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around McAllen

Map of McAllen, Texas: 147 wells and 4 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations4Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells68On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing58Shut 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 (26.20341, -98.23001); 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 McAllen are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 3 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.7 miles north-east of the town's point. 147 wells and 4 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of McAllen, each where the state puts it. 68 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around McAllen

The 4 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 3E SE S 1SW W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 4 permits

  • 2finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 2still only a permitNothing after the permit is on file. Many permits wait a year or more, and some are never drilled.

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 McAllen

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

wells with a location on the state's map
147
drilling permits in the last 24 months
4
producing leases with a well in the circle
68
operators running them
8
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
15,633 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
1,779,381 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 McAllen sold for

The 68 producing leases with a well near McAllen sold about $7.1 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
$7.1 million
oil and condensate sold
15,403 bbl
gas sold
1,703,669 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$29,579

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near McAllen comes to about $296 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 McAllen

The 4 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of McAllen
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-09-03EDINBURG UNIT 10vertical · API 42-215-31846 · permit 0918203Royal Production Company, Inc.5.9 mi NE26.28083, -98.18839 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-16MARY BELL DOFFING GAS UNIT 2vertical · API 42-215-34171 · permit 0909254Midas Resources, Inc.8.7 mi S26.08553, -98.17926 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-06-05EDINBURG UNIT 7vertical · API 42-215-34144 · permit 0908132Royal Production Company, Inc.5.7 mi NE26.27219, -98.17767 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-31EDINBURG GAS UNIT 12vertical · API 42-215-33271 · permit 0904887Royal Production Company, Inc.5.9 mi NE26.28040, -98.18947 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 McAllen

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-28 COMACHO, G, section 682 permits, newest September 3, 2026
  • A-30 CABAZOS, N, section 711 permit, newest July 16, 2025
  • A-40 HINOJOSA, J J, section 691 permit, newest June 5, 2025

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

Who is on the county roll

318 mineral accounts near McAllen are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 14,445 accounts under 6,119 owner names on 52 leases with a well near McAllen.
mineral accounts on the roll
14,445
owner names
6,119
appraised value of those accounts
$4.4 million
the middle account's appraised value
$0
the middle account in all of Hidalgo County
$0
accounts titled to an estate
318

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 $18,300 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near McAllen, their name may be one of them.

Counted the other way: 6,497 royalty-interest records on Texas county mineral rolls (rolls of 2024 to 2026) carry McAllen 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 Hidalgo County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near McAllen

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. 1McAllen Fieldwide Unit444 bbl · 210,741 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2McAllen Fieldwide Unit4,723 bbl · 183,582 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3McAllen Fieldwide Unit444 bbl · 153,830 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Pharr Fieldwide Unit3,182 bbl · 121,225 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5McAllen Fieldwide Unit711 bbl · 122,337 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Pharr Fieldwide Unit0 bbl · 98,582 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Sorenson Gas Unit1,780 bbl · 60,925 mcf a yearWagner Oil Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8McAllen Fieldwide Unit72 bbl · 69,503 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Pharr Fieldwide Unit0 bbl · 58,910 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Rawhide319 bbl · 54,831 mcf a yearKebo Oil & Gas, Inc. · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Pharr Fieldwide Unit0 bbl · 46,721 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Pharr Fieldwide Unit375 bbl · 40,551 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Pharr Fieldwide Unit0 bbl · 42,175 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Pharr Fieldwide Unit2,023 bbl · 24,785 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Belle Ferguson G.u.139 bbl · 32,818 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Bales Gas Unit193 bbl · 31,525 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17McAllen Fieldwide Unit0 bbl · 31,763 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Pharr Fieldwide Unit0 bbl · 28,526 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Pharr Fieldwide Unit0 bbl · 24,553 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Pharr Fieldwide Unit0 bbl · 24,056 mcf a yearMerit Energy Company · Hidalgo County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near McAllen

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 68 producing leases near McAllen. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.59 leases
  • ENTERPRISE CRUDE OIL LLC34 leases
  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY14 leases
  • BUCKHEAD MIDSTREAM, LLC12 leases
  • FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LP4 leases

Gas

  • MERIT ENERGY COMPANY46 leases
  • WAGNER OIL COMPANY10 leases
  • DEWBRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION4 leases
  • MILLER & SMITH GAS MARKETING INC3 leases
  • EOG RESOURCES, INC.1 lease

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 McAllen 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.

11 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?

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 McAllen, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 3,107,931 mcf of gas. 2025 was 2,265,244, 27% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of McAllen, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far10,6331,225,093
202521,0422,265,244
202431,8062,839,585
202334,5792,326,108
202218,9112,058,909
202123,6532,637,813
202029,4833,107,931

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, 146 of these leases reported 2,426,372 bbl of oil and condensate and 264,895,568 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near McAllen

McAllen has more wells than 1 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

McAllen is in ZIP code 78501: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around McAllen

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 Hidalgo County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near McAllen?

147 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of McAllen: 68 on leases that are producing, 58 not producing and 21 plugged. The state also issued 4 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 McAllen?

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 Hidalgo County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near McAllen picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near McAllen are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 3 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.7 miles north-east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near McAllen 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 McAllen 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 McAllen worth?

The 68 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $7.1 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 McAllen and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 318 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near McAllen. 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 McAllen, 11 leases went quiet and 0 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near McAllen?

The next first check near McAllen 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.