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Orange County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Orange

  • 272wells
  • 1drilling location in two years
  • 28producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Orange

Map of Orange, Texas: 272 wells and 1 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells90On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing124Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged58The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (30.09299, -93.73655); 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 Orange are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 9.5 miles north of the town's point. 272 wells and 1 drilling location permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Orange, each where the state puts it. 28 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Orange

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

What became of the 1 permit

  • 1drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.

Wells finished in the last two years: 3 west of town.

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.

In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Orange

wells with a location on the state's map
272
drilling permits in the last 24 months
1
producing leases with a well in the circle
28
operators running them
5
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
240,258 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
972,007 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 Orange sold for

The 28 producing leases with a well near Orange sold about $22 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
$22 million
oil and condensate sold
240,233 bbl
gas sold
971,996 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$226,497

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Orange comes to about $2,265 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 Orange

The newest permit with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Orange
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-07-16POWELL GROUP 1vertical · API 42-361-30996 · permit 0917101Bruington Operating II, LLC9.5 mi N30.22514, -93.77965 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 Orange

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-18 MORGAN, C1 permit, newest July 16, 2026

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

Who is on the county roll

45 mineral accounts near Orange are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 2,104 accounts under 1,019 owner names on 39 leases with a well near Orange.
mineral accounts on the roll
2,104
owner names
1,019
appraised value of those accounts
$38 million
the middle account's appraised value
$80
the middle account in all of Orange County
$600
accounts titled to an estate
45

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 $118,710 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Orange, 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 Orange County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Orange

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. 1Round Bunch62,932 bbl · 136,838 mcf a yearOlipdp II, LLC · Orange County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2SW Riverside Unit55,266 bbl · 85,725 mcf a yearOlipdp II, LLC · Orange County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3West Side4,334 bbl · 355,319 mcf a yearOlipdp II, LLC · Orange County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Dupont24,178 bbl · 142,133 mcf a yearOlipdp II, LLC · Orange County · 2 wells in the circle
  5. 5Port of Orange-Brown15,187 bbl · 54,772 mcf a yearOlipdp II, LLC · Orange County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Harris5,249 bbl · 98,728 mcf a yearSTS Petroleum LLC · Orange County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Morgans Bluff Hackberry Unit15,908 bbl · 23,363 mcf a yearOlipdp II, LLC · Orange County · 18 wells in the circle
  8. 8Port of Orange - Riverside9,147 bbl · 20,977 mcf a yearOlipdp II, LLC · Orange County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Fitzhugh Et Al1,846 bbl · 36,887 mcf a yearOlipdp II, LLC · Orange County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Hager, Gulf Lee Fee7,705 bbl · 0 mcf a yearOrangefield East Corp · Orange County · 27 wells in the circle
  11. 11Federal Royalty5,970 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKilmarnock Oil Company, Inc. · Orange County · 6 wells in the circle
  12. 12Port of Orange-Stark Foundation2,128 bbl · 17,254 mcf a yearOlipdp II, LLC · Orange County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Winfree, William4,522 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKilmarnock Oil Company, Inc. · Orange County · 5 wells in the circle
  14. 14McGuire, Adelia3,934 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKilmarnock Oil Company, Inc. · Orange County · 3 wells in the circle
  15. 15Gordon, W. D.2,889 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKilmarnock Oil Company, Inc. · Orange County · 6 wells in the circle
  16. 16McLean, Marrs "A"2,339 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKilmarnock Oil Company, Inc. · Orange County · 6 wells in the circle
  17. 17Cow Bayou State -A-2,222 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKilmarnock Oil Company, Inc. · Orange County · 6 wells in the circle
  18. 18Corbello -A-2,211 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKilmarnock Oil Company, Inc. · Orange County · 3 wells in the circle
  19. 19Moore, Lutcher2,103 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKilmarnock Oil Company, Inc. · Orange County · 8 wells in the circle
  20. 20Winfree1,994 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKilmarnock Oil Company, Inc. · Orange County · 5 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Orange

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 28 producing leases near Orange. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • TRUTH RESOURCES, L.P.15 leases
  • PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY9 leases
  • ENDEAVOR TANK & TRANSPORT LLC2 leases
  • AMJ INC1 lease
  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.1 lease

Gas

  • KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE LLC4 leases
  • DCP OPERATING COMPANY, LP2 leases
  • COKINOS ENERGY, L.L.C.1 lease
  • ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC1 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 Orange 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.

23 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.

  • Gulf WM. Winfree Fee · Orangefield Operating Corporatiolast report April 2025
  • Michel -B- · Orangefield Operating Corporatiolast report April 2025
  • Stark · Fairways Exploration & Prod, LLClast report February 2025
  • Harmon, Jessie M., -A- · Orangefield East Corplast report January 2025
  • Peveto, F. T. -A- · Orangefield Operating Corporatiolast report November 2024
  • Lemonville · Fairways Exploration & Prod, LLClast report November 2024
  • Peveto, F. T. · Orangefield Operating Corporatiolast report May 2024
  • Leon · Orangefield Operating Corporatiolast report April 2024
  • Granger, M. Heirs · Orangefield Operating Corporatiolast report April 2024
  • Oj · Dartex Energy Corporationlast report August 2023

Is my lease still active?

4 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.

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 Orange, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 312,411 bbl of oil. 2025 was 250,676, 20% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Orange, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far155,786645,538
2025250,676942,753
2024238,753914,764
2023250,4321,188,778
2022249,8911,089,703
2021268,2981,069,094
2020312,4111,139,218

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, 75 of these leases reported 13,941,626 bbl of oil and condensate and 72,226,243 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Orange

Orange has more wells than 2 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Orange is in ZIP code 77630: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Orange

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 Orange County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Orange?

272 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Orange: 90 on leases that are producing, 124 not producing and 58 plugged. The state also issued 1 drilling permit 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 Orange?

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 Orange County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Orange picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Orange are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 9.5 miles north of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Orange worth?

The 28 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $22 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 Orange and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 45 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Orange. 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 Orange, 23 leases went quiet and 4 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Orange?

45 accounts near Orange are still in the name of an estate. 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 Orange County

Sources

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