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Refugio County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Refugio

  • 1,097wells
  • 18drilling locations in two years
  • 63producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Refugio

Map of Refugio, Texas: 1,097 wells and 18 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations18Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells510On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing225Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged362The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (28.30528, -97.27527); 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 Refugio are rising: 13 permits in the last 12 months, 5 in the 12 months before. Most of them are east of town: 15 of 18 lie on that side. The nearest is 5.0 miles south-east of the town's point. 1,097 wells and 18 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Refugio, each where the state puts it. 63 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Refugio

The 18 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 9E 3SE 3S SW 3W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 18 permits

  • 1finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 2finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 15still 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 south-east of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 2 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 3 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 Refugio

First checks fell due on leases near Refugio in the last month. 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 Refugio

wells with a location on the state's map
1,097
drilling permits in the last 24 months
18
producing leases with a well in the circle
63
operators running them
15
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
1,026,826 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
420,910 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 Refugio sold for

The 63 producing leases with a well near Refugio sold about $80 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
$80 million
oil and condensate sold
1,024,831 bbl
gas sold
268,076 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$304,108

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Refugio comes to about $3,041 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 Refugio

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 Refugio
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-11-05OCONNOR, THOMAS, -C- 102vertical · API 42-391-33363 · permit 0919951Hilcorp Energy Company9.7 mi NE28.36813, -97.13337 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-11-05OCONNOR, THOMAS, -C- 101vertical · API 42-391-33362 · permit 0919950Hilcorp Energy Company9.7 mi NE28.36826, -97.13343 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-11-05OCONNOR, THOMAS, -C- 100vertical · API 42-391-33361 · permit 0919949Hilcorp Energy Company9.3 mi NE28.36646, -97.13933 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-11-05OCONNOR, THOMAS, -C- 99vertical · API 42-391-33364 · permit 0919952Hilcorp Energy Company9.3 mi NE28.36643, -97.13939 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-01ROOKE. B.D. SWD 3vertical · API 42-391-33360 · permit 0919005Rising Star Energy Partners II,9.5 mi SW28.18328, -97.34761 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-01ROOKE. B.D. SWD 2vertical · API 42-391-33359 · permit 0919003Rising Star Energy Partners II,9.0 mi SW28.18928, -97.34350 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-01ROOKE. B.D. SWD 1vertical · API 42-391-33358 · permit 0919001Rising Star Energy Partners II,8.8 mi SW28.18751, -97.33312 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-25HEARD, FANNIE V.W. MRS. 14vertical · API 42-391-00683 · permit 0918764Hilcorp Energy Company9.2 mi NE28.37514, -97.14672 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-14OCONNOR THOMAS C 14vertical · API 42-391-01564 · permit 0918533Hilcorp Energy Company8.9 mi NE28.36350, -97.14489 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-22O'CONNOR, THOMAS -C- 4Gvertical · API 42-391-01159 · permit 0917064Hilcorp Energy Company8.5 mi NE28.36653, -97.15489 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-01TOM O'CONNOR (5800 SD) FLD. UNIT 125vertical · API 42-391-33345 · permit 0915665Hilcorp Energy Company9.3 mi NE28.36403, -97.13775 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-12-19BRAMAN -G- 1vertical · API 42-391-33258 · permit 0912265T-C Oil Company, LLC9.6 mi SE28.21718, -97.15311 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-12-05MEOC-MELLON-STATE UNIT 2vertical · API 42-391-33247 · permit 0912017T-C Oil Company, LLC5.0 mi SE28.25682, -97.21455 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-18TOM OCONNOR (5800SD) FLD. UNIT Q106Evertical · API 42-391-02036 · permit 0910354Hilcorp Energy Company9.3 mi E28.35454, -97.13309 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-10TOM OCONNOR (5800SD) FLD. UNIT Q097Evertical · API 42-391-01579 · permit 0910321Hilcorp Energy Company9.2 mi E28.35582, -97.13512 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-05TOM OCONNOR (5800 SD) FLD. UNIT 118vertical · API 42-391-32502 · permit 0909657Hilcorp Energy Company9.5 mi E28.35671, -97.13110 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-03BRAMAN -H- 1vertical · API 42-391-33274 · permit 0906273T-C Oil Company, LLC9.8 mi SE28.21962, -97.14738 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-12TOM OCONNOR (5800 SD) FLD. UNIT Q344vertical · API 42-391-00703 · permit 0904555Hilcorp Energy Company10.0 mi NE28.38546, -97.13854 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-04THOMAS O'CONNOR 'A' 5vertical · API 42-391-01498 · permit 0903613Hilcorp Energy Company8.4 mi NE28.35297, -97.14839 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-10-29TOM OCONNOR (5800 SD) FLD. UNIT Q291vertical · API 42-391-31896 · permit 0903197Hilcorp Energy Company7.9 mi NE28.36347, -97.16307 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-11J. M. O'BRIEN A 9vertical · API 42-391-32649 · permit 0901922Greta Operating Company LLC9.1 mi NE28.40352, -97.17563 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-07-26LAMBERT, M.F. 144vertical · API 42-391-31289 · permit 0901450Hilcorp Energy Company7.3 mi NE28.37293, -97.18347 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-07-01LAMBERT E, M.F. A 10vertical · API 42-391-31923 · permit 0900423Hilcorp Energy Company5.8 mi E28.33410, -97.18556 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-06-18LAMBERT E, M.F. A 8vertical · API 42-391-30315 · permit 0900421Hilcorp Energy Company5.7 mi E28.32970, -97.18533 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-06-11OCONNOR, THOMAS -C- 47vertical · API 42-391-01153 · permit 0900242Hilcorp Energy Company8.9 mi NE28.36811, -97.14745 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 Refugio

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-387 DL&C CO, section 28 permits, newest November 5, 2026
  • A-3 ALDRETE, J M3 permits, newest October 1, 2026
  • A-298 WEBB, T H2 permits, newest September 25, 2026
  • A-327 YOUNG, D2 permits, newest December 19, 2025
  • A-394 SWISHER, J M, section 31 permit, newest September 14, 2026
  • A-114 CARR, J F / CONNELL, J O1 permit, newest July 22, 2026
  • A-94 BBB&C RR CO, section 121 permit, newest December 5, 2025

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

Who is on the county roll

67 mineral accounts near Refugio are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 1,746 accounts under 934 owner names on 60 leases with a well near Refugio.
mineral accounts on the roll
1,746
owner names
934
appraised value of those accounts
$88 million
the middle account's appraised value
$2,455
the middle account in all of Refugio County
$1,570
accounts titled to an estate
67

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 $2.8 million together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Refugio, 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 Refugio County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Refugio

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. 1Tom Oconnor (5800 SD) Fld. Unit636,580 bbl · 101,397 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County · 211 wells in the circle
  2. 2Lambert, M. F.73,015 bbl · 5,547 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County · 38 wells in the circle
  3. 3Oconnor, Thomas -A-49,825 bbl · 1,772 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County · 35 wells in the circle
  4. 4Meoc-Mellon-State Unit1,378 bbl · 184,601 mcf a yearT-C Oil Company, LLC · Refugio County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Heard, Fannie V. W., Mrs.22,162 bbl · 2,218 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County · 29 wells in the circle
  6. 6Meoc-Mellon-State Unit17,818 bbl · 27,895 mcf a yearT-C Oil Company, LLC · Refugio County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Lambert, M. F.21,271 bbl · 1,003 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County · 7 wells in the circle
  8. 8Heard, J. F. B.14,135 bbl · 8,553 mcf a yearDorchester Operating Company LLC · Refugio County · 10 wells in the circle
  9. 9Wood River Ranch 'B'11,833 bbl · 0 mcf a yearKebo Oil & Gas, Inc. · Refugio County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Heard, Clement10,380 bbl · 901 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County · 5 wells in the circle
  11. 11Heard, Fannie V. W., Mrs.9,792 bbl · 1,042 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County · 23 wells in the circle
  12. 12Heard, Fannie V. W.9,373 bbl · 0 mcf a yearDorchester Operating Company LLC · Refugio County · 11 wells in the circle
  13. 13J.m. O'Brien JLB8,942 bbl · 0 mcf a yearSouth Texas Operating Company · Refugio County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Braman -G-3,275 bbl · 32,438 mcf a yearT-C Oil Company, LLC · Refugio County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Heard, F. V. W.6,996 bbl · 6,224 mcf a yearGreta Operating Company LLC · Refugio County · 3 wells in the circle
  16. 16Braman -D-5,484 bbl · 10,136 mcf a yearT-C Oil Company, LLC · Refugio County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Reilly, Annie, Et Vir6,402 bbl · 575 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County · 9 wells in the circle
  18. 18Rooke6,379 bbl · 501 mcf a yearSan Isidro Development Co, L. C. · Refugio County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Oconnor, Thomas, -C-5,666 bbl · 584 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Refugio County · 18 wells in the circle
  20. 20Heard, A. W. J.5,736 bbl · 0 mcf a yearPaleo Oil Company LLC · Refugio County · 3 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Refugio

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 63 producing leases near Refugio. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.42 leases
  • HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY19 leases
  • DORADO OIL COMPANY4 leases
  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY2 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC1 lease

Gas

  • HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY20 leases
  • GULF COAST ENERGY, INC.12 leases
  • TPL SOUTHTEX MIDSTREAM LLC9 leases
  • MILLER & SMITH GAS MARKETING INC7 leases
  • T-C OIL COMPANY, LLC2 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 Refugio 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.

  • Rooke · Blue Wing Energy, Inc.last report August 2025
  • Baptist · Cal-Tex Exploratn & Prod Co LLClast report July 2025
  • Barber Ranch · Momentum Energy Corporationlast report July 2025
  • Shay Tract 7 · Charro Operating, L.L.C.last report April 2025
  • Roche · Paloma Operating, LLClast report January 2025
  • Mitchell Heirs · Paloma Operating, LLClast report January 2025
  • Obrien, J. M. -D- · Greta Operating Company LLClast report September 2024
  • Shay · Paloma Operating, LLClast report May 2024
  • Shelton · Hilcorp Energy Companylast report May 2024
  • Jimmie C Morgan · Paloma Operating, LLClast report May 2024

Is my lease still active?

1 lease 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 Refugio, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2025, the newest one: 1,189,022 bbl of oil.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Refugio, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far688,366302,268
20251,189,022636,016
2024840,872707,229
2023850,887836,142
2022745,766739,693
2021774,239486,305
2020926,027751,770

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, 230 of these leases reported 54,584,063 bbl of oil and condensate and 72,526,365 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Refugio

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

Refugio is in ZIP code 78377: its wells and permits

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

Press and community kit

Writing about Refugio? 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 · PDFRefugio, Texas1,097wells within 10 miles510on producing leases587not producing or plugged13permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 1,097 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Refugio: 510 on producing leases, 225 not producing and 362 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 13 drilling permits within 10 miles of Refugio in the last 12 months, the newest dated November 5, 2026.
  • The 63 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 15 operators, reported 1,026,826 barrels of oil and 420,910 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 Refugio, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/refugio-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 Refugio

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 Refugio County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Refugio?

1,097 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Refugio: 510 on leases that are producing, 225 not producing and 362 plugged. The state also issued 18 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 Refugio?

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 Refugio County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Refugio picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Refugio are rising: 13 permits in the last 12 months, 5 in the 12 months before. Most of them are east of town: 15 of 18 lie on that side. The nearest is 5.0 miles south-east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Refugio 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 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 Refugio worth?

The 63 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $80 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 Refugio and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 67 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Refugio. 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 Refugio, 23 leases went quiet and 1 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Refugio?

67 accounts near Refugio 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 Refugio County

Sources

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