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Cherokee County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Rusk

  • 187wells
  • 1drilling location in two years
  • 125producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Rusk

Map of Rusk, Texas: 187 wells and 1 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells125On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing48Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged14The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (31.79601, -95.15022); 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 Rusk are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 8.8 miles east of the town's point. 187 wells and 1 drilling location permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Rusk, each where the state puts it. 125 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/rusk-tx">Rusk, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Rusk

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 NE 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 1 permit

  • 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 Rusk

wells with a location on the state's map
187
drilling permits in the last 24 months
1
producing leases with a well in the circle
125
operators running them
14
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
7,836 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
1,210,698 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 Rusk sold for

The 125 producing leases with a well near Rusk sold about $4.8 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
$4.8 million
oil and condensate sold
6,996 bbl
gas sold
1,192,546 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$6,420

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Rusk comes to about $64 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 Rusk

The 2 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Rusk
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-06-12VALLIER-SESSIONS 1Hhorizontal · API 42-073-31589 · permit 0911304Maximus Operating, Ltd.8.8 mi E31.80396, -95.00172 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-04-25WADE GU 1 2vertical · API 42-073-31059 · permit 0898461Nec Operating, LLC8.3 mi E31.76877, -95.01218 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 Rusk

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-37 MUSQUIZ, J M1 permit, newest June 12, 2026

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Rusk

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. 1New Birmingham "B" Gas Unit 250 bbl · 96,132 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Simmons, Ocie1,321 bbl · 82,826 mcf a yearBuffco Production Inc. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3CX Cattle Company630 bbl · 84,655 mcf a yearBuffco Production Inc. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Gresham, Curtis859 bbl · 80,591 mcf a yearBuffco Production Inc. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Simmons, Ocie665 bbl · 48,070 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6New Birmingham "B" Gas Unit #30 bbl · 50,927 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Priest799 bbl · 39,822 mcf a yearBuffco Production Inc. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Whiteman-Decker Gu #136 bbl · 32,164 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Holcomb-Little0 bbl · 32,311 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Jones, Alvie F. Gas Unit #122 bbl · 26,781 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Wick325 bbl · 22,685 mcf a yearUphill Consulting LLC · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Whiteman, Sallie D. Gas Unit #17 bbl · 24,272 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13New Birmingham "B" Gas Unit #28 bbl · 24,146 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Tinsley190 bbl · 21,402 mcf a yearBuffco Production Inc. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Temple-Inland A3 bbl · 22,143 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Holcomb3 bbl · 21,868 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Holcomb Gas Unit 10 bbl · 21,766 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18New Birmingham "B" Gas Unit #20 bbl · 20,838 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19New Birmingham "B" Gas Unit #112 bbl · 19,457 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Little0 bbl · 19,472 mcf a yearUrban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · Cherokee County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Rusk

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 125 producing leases near Rusk. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC102 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC9 leases
  • DK TRADING & SUPPLY, LLC8 leases
  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.7 leases
  • LION OIL TRADING & TRANS, LLC4 leases

Gas

  • ET GATHERING & PROCESSING LLC62 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY25 leases
  • MIDCOAST G & P (EAST TEXAS) L.P.15 leases
  • MIDCOAST PIPELINES (E TX) L.P.10 leases
  • ETC MARKETING, LTD.4 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 Rusk 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.

9 leases reported nothing for a year or more

Leases that reported within the last four years and then stopped. The newest to stop first.

Is my lease still active?

93 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 Rusk, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 2,170,675 mcf of gas. 2025 was 1,247,424, 43% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Rusk, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far5,387793,905
20258,7911,247,424
20248,0541,376,607
202314,9941,585,347
202216,5701,965,218
202121,9801,895,741
202020,9582,170,675

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, 186 of these leases reported 832,689 bbl of oil and condensate and 132,760,413 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Rusk

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

Rusk is in ZIP code 75785: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Rusk

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 Cherokee County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Rusk?

187 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Rusk: 125 on leases that are producing, 48 not producing and 14 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 Rusk?

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 Cherokee County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Rusk picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Rusk are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 8.8 miles east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Rusk worth?

The 125 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $4.8 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 Rusk, 9 leases went quiet and 93 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Rusk?

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.