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Eastland County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Ranger

  • 859wells
  • 2drilling locations in two years
  • 243producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Ranger

Map of Ranger, Texas: 859 wells and 2 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells403On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing335Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged121The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.46985, -98.67895); 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 Ranger are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 6.8 miles east of the town's point. 859 wells and 2 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Ranger, each where the state puts it. 243 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Eastland 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 Ranger

The 2 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 1NE E 1SE 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 2 permits

  • 1finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 1still 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. 1 starts inside and ends 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.

In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Ranger

wells with a location on the state's map
859
drilling permits in the last 24 months
2
producing leases with a well in the circle
243
operators running them
37
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
33,957 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
595,932 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 Ranger sold for

The 243 producing leases with a well near Ranger sold about $4.6 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
$4.6 million
oil and condensate sold
32,610 bbl
gas sold
590,647 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$4,620

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Ranger comes to about $46 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 Ranger

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 Ranger
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-04-21MP 330.42 1vertical · API 42-133-38305 · permit 0914721Energy Transfer Company6.8 mi E32.49395, -98.56533 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-08JACKSON STRAWN UNIT 714vertical · API 42-429-36349 · permit 0909071Caraway, Robert9.3 mi N32.59919, -98.63316 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-26PEARSON-POTEET 3vertical · API 42-133-36090 · permit 0902822Byrne Oil Company7.2 mi W32.47736, -98.80152 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-04-17PARDUE 1vertical · API 42-133-38289 · permit 0898054Arnot Oil Company, LLC7.8 mi W32.49222, -98.80951 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 Ranger

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-418 ROBERTSON CSL1 permit, newest April 21, 2026
  • A-358 T&P RR CO, block 4, section 791 permit, newest July 8, 2025

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

Who is on the county roll

31 mineral accounts near Ranger are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 1,522 accounts under 1,083 owner names on 234 leases with a well near Ranger.
mineral accounts on the roll
1,522
owner names
1,083
appraised value of those accounts
$2.5 million
the middle account's appraised value
$90
the middle account in all of Eastland County
$510
accounts titled to an estate
31

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 $103,940 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Ranger, 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 Eastland County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Ranger

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. 1Copeland Ranch "C"0 bbl · 33,063 mcf a yearBraka Operating, L.L.C. · Stephens County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Long, J. B.0 bbl · 32,967 mcf a yearParks, Rhone Inc. · Stephens County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Duffer "A"4,401 bbl · 0 mcf a yearByrne Oil Company · Eastland County · 9 wells in the circle
  4. 4Jackson Strawn Unit1,462 bbl · 17,099 mcf a yearCaraway, Robert · Stephens County · 19 wells in the circle
  5. 5Radford, J. M.4,104 bbl · 0 mcf a yearPardue Oil, Inc. · Eastland County · 5 wells in the circle
  6. 6Emfinger, B.35 bbl · 21,170 mcf a yearLowrance Inc. · Stephens County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Ashley #22,050 bbl · 7,394 mcf a yearMoylan, Jimmie C. · Eastland County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Scott,joe0 bbl · 18,070 mcf a yearBraka Operating, L.L.C. · Stephens County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Walker, Nanie-Estate0 bbl · 17,679 mcf a yearEastland Operating, L.L.C. · Eastland County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Ruby0 bbl · 16,228 mcf a yearPetex · Stephens County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Lange,h.c.0 bbl · 14,735 mcf a yearEastland Operating, L.L.C. · Eastland County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Copeland Ranch "A"0 bbl · 14,616 mcf a yearBraka Operating, L.L.C. · Stephens County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Jackson Ranch "A"168 bbl · 13,020 mcf a yearDelta Oil & Gas Ltd. · Stephens County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Ledbetter 'South'0 bbl · 13,529 mcf a yearBraka Operating, L.L.C. · Stephens County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Dean0 bbl · 13,074 mcf a yearPetex · Stephens County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Harrell, M. "A"0 bbl · 12,317 mcf a yearTexxol Operating Company, Inc. · Eastland County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Sneed, Ernest1,906 bbl · 0 mcf a yearRonning Gas and Oil LLC · Eastland County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Woods, D.0 bbl · 10,949 mcf a yearPendragon Oil Co. · Eastland County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Harrell, C.j.0 bbl · 10,920 mcf a yearLowrance Inc. · Eastland County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Snow-Smith1,805 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTexxol Operating Company, Inc. · Eastland County · 3 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Ranger

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 243 producing leases near Ranger. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • TRANSOIL MARKETING, LLC120 leases
  • SENTINEL TRANSPORTATION, LLC28 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM21 leases
  • BML, INC. B14 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC10 leases

Gas

  • RANGER GAS GATHERING, L.L.C.136 leases
  • COLT G & P (NORTH TEXAS) L.P.45 leases
  • R & B ENERGY, L.L.C.15 leases
  • COLT GATHERING (NORTH TEXAS)L.P.11 leases
  • MIDCOAST G & P (NORTH TEXAS)L.P.8 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 Ranger 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.

44 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.

  • Lake Perrin · At Oil & Gas, LLClast report August 2025
  • Hogan "A" · Advance Explorationlast report July 2025
  • Wayne, Vivian · CD Consulting & Operating Co.last report June 2025
  • Woods Heirs · Braka Operating, L.L.C.last report June 2025
  • Woods Heirs · Braka Operating, L.L.C.last report June 2025
  • Williamson, J. "B" · Texxol Operating Company, Inc.last report April 2025
  • Lowrance, C.e. · Braka Operating, L.L.C.last report January 2025
  • Norton, C.u. · Texxol Operating Company, Inc.last report January 2025
  • Elder · JM Investments, L.L.C.last report November 2024
  • Decker · JM Investments, L.L.C.last report November 2024

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 Ranger, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 914,377 mcf of gas. 2025 was 632,914, 31% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Ranger, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far21,898397,002
202533,614632,914
202434,654737,771
202336,137836,527
202234,022866,442
202135,874889,839
202039,325914,377

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, 551 of these leases reported 2,278,394 bbl of oil and condensate and 54,105,142 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Ranger

Ranger has more wells than 3 of the 5 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Ranger is in ZIP code 76470: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Ranger

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 Eastland County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Ranger?

859 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Ranger: 403 on leases that are producing, 335 not producing and 121 plugged. The state also issued 2 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 Ranger?

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 Eastland County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Ranger picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Ranger are holding steady: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 6.8 miles east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Ranger worth?

The 243 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $4.6 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 Ranger and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 31 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Ranger. 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 Ranger, 44 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 Ranger?

31 accounts near Ranger 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 Eastland County

Sources

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