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Ellis County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Midlothian

  • 413wells
  • 8drilling locations in two years
  • 306producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Midlothian

Map of Midlothian, Texas: 413 wells and 8 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations8Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells306On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing81Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged26The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.48236, -96.99445); 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 Midlothian are falling: 3 permits in the last 12 months, 5 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north-west of town: 8 of 8 lie on that side. The nearest is 7.1 miles north-west of the town's point. 413 wells and 8 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Midlothian, each where the state puts it. 306 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Ellis County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Midlothian

The 8 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 E SE S SW W 1NW 7
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 8 permits

  • 1drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 7still only a permitNothing after the permit is on file. Many permits wait a year or more, and some are never drilled.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 15 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 28 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 Midlothian

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

wells with a location on the state's map
413
drilling permits in the last 24 months
8
producing leases with a well in the circle
306
operators running them
6
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
20 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
11,507,590 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 Midlothian sold for

The 306 producing leases with a well near Midlothian sold about $39 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
$39 million
oil and condensate sold
20 bbl
gas sold
10,516,532 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$107,093

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Midlothian comes to about $1,071 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 Midlothian

The 8 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Midlothian
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2025-11-18DAY 4Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37378 · permit 0911771Tep Barnett USA, LLC9.8 mi NW32.60382, -97.08156 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-11-18DAY 3Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37377 · permit 0911770Tep Barnett USA, LLC9.8 mi NW32.60386, -97.08156 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-11-18DAY 2Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37376 · permit 0911769Tep Barnett USA, LLC9.8 mi NW32.60390, -97.08157 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-18WESTERFELD MATHIS UNIT 1 6Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37372 · permit 0910227Tep Barnett USA, LLC7.1 mi NW32.55248, -97.08373 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-11WESTERFELD MATHIS UNIT 1 5Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37371 · permit 0910226Tep Barnett USA, LLC7.1 mi NW32.55247, -97.08376 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-11WESTERFELD MATHIS UNIT 1 4Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37370 · permit 0910224Tep Barnett USA, LLC7.1 mi NW32.55245, -97.08379 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-10WESTERFELD MATHIS UNIT 1 3Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37369 · permit 0910222Tep Barnett USA, LLC7.1 mi NW32.55244, -97.08382 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-13FERGUSON FOUNDATION SWD 2vertical · API 42-251-34596 · permit 0904579Upp Operating, LLC8.3 mi W32.44985, -97.13117 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 Midlothian

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-1321 RAPE, J4 permits, newest September 18, 2025
  • A-732 HUGHES, J H3 permits, newest November 18, 2025
  • A-92 BBB&C RR CO1 permit, newest December 13, 2024

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

Who is on the county roll

What the county mineral roll lists near Midlothian

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 3,772 accounts under 975 owner names on 115 leases with a well near Midlothian.
mineral accounts on the roll
3,772
owner names
975
appraised value of those accounts
$4.9 million
the middle account's appraised value
$557
the middle account in all of Ellis County
$557

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Midlothian

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. 1Rustic Meadows Unit0 bbl · 218,776 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Southeast Mansfield Unit0 bbl · 190,724 mcf a yearGha Barnett, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Day0 bbl · 185,554 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Southeast Mansfield Unit0 bbl · 155,354 mcf a yearGha Barnett, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Southeast Mansfield Unit0 bbl · 154,407 mcf a yearGha Barnett, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Hudson0 bbl · 138,582 mcf a yearUpp Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Rustic Meadows Unit0 bbl · 132,140 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Barksdale A Unit0 bbl · 107,333 mcf a yearBKV North Texas, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Day Kimball Hill0 bbl · 103,649 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Auld0 bbl · 102,941 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Ellis County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Tolbert Unit0 bbl · 102,328 mcf a yearUpp Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Keep A Steppin North0 bbl · 87,984 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Eagle Ford "C"0 bbl · 86,305 mcf a yearUpp Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Ash Grove0 bbl · 85,633 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Ellis County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Keep A Steppin West0 bbl · 83,115 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Rayburn Unit0 bbl · 83,052 mcf a yearUpp Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Barksdale A Unit0 bbl · 82,229 mcf a yearBKV North Texas, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Broad East0 bbl · 79,576 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Mansfield Partners0 bbl · 78,597 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Springwood Unit0 bbl · 73,747 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Midlothian

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 306 producing leases near Midlothian. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY170 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM104 leases
  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.91 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC54 leases
  • ENTERPRISE CRUDE OIL LLC11 leases

Gas

  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY175 leases
  • BKV MARKETING, LLC53 leases
  • TOTAL GAS & POWER NA, INC.49 leases
  • EAGLERIDGE OPERATING, LLC7 leases
  • ETC MARKETING, LTD.6 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 Midlothian 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.

24 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?

17 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 Midlothian, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 19,640,923 mcf of gas. 2025 was 12,230,453, 38% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Midlothian, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far156,707,626
2025612,230,453
2024014,122,572
2023015,006,780
2022416,062,938
2021417,529,106
2020019,640,923

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 September 2003 on, 413 of these leases reported 316 bbl of oil and condensate and 597,721,602 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Midlothian

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

Midlothian is in ZIP code 76065: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Midlothian

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 Ellis County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Midlothian?

413 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Midlothian: 306 on leases that are producing, 81 not producing and 26 plugged. The state also issued 8 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 Midlothian?

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 Ellis County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Midlothian picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Midlothian are falling: 3 permits in the last 12 months, 5 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north-west of town: 8 of 8 lie on that side. The nearest is 7.1 miles north-west of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Midlothian 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 Midlothian is January 28, 2027. 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 Midlothian worth?

The 306 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $39 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 Midlothian, 24 leases went quiet and 17 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Midlothian?

The next first check near Midlothian falls due by January 28, 2027. 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.