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El Paso County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Socorro

  • 0wells
  • 0drilling locations in two years

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Socorro

Map of Socorro, Texas: 0 wells and 0 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells0On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing0Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged0The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (31.65456, -106.30331); 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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The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 10 miles of Socorro in the last two years. 0 wells and 0 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Socorro, each where the state puts it.

El Paso County is one of the 61 counties of the Permian Basin

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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/socorro-tx">Socorro, Texas oil and gas wells</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>

In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Socorro

wells with a location on the state's map
0
drilling permits in the last 24 months
0
producing leases with a well in the circle
0
operators running them
0
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
0 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
0 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.

Around it

Towns near Socorro

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

Socorro is in ZIP code 79927: its wells and permits

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Watch the 10 miles around Socorro

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 El Paso County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Socorro?

0 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Socorro: 0 on leases that are producing, 0 not producing and 0 plugged. The state issued no 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 Socorro?

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 El Paso County roll lists it.

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Is drilling near Socorro picking up or slowing down?

The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 10 miles of Socorro in the last two years. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

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.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Socorro?

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.