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Hansford County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Spearman

  • 616wells
  • 0drilling locations in two years
  • 299producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Spearman

Map of Spearman, Texas: 616 wells and 0 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells324On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing209Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged83The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (36.19837, -101.19238); 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 Spearman in the last two years. The nearest one is 12 miles east of town, issued October 13, 2025. 616 wells and 0 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Spearman, each where the state puts it. 299 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Hansford County is one of the 26 counties of the Granite Wash

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In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Spearman

wells with a location on the state's map
616
drilling permits in the last 24 months
0
producing leases with a well in the circle
299
operators running them
45
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
475,787 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
3,493,932 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 Spearman sold for

The 299 producing leases with a well near Spearman sold about $49 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
$49 million
oil and condensate sold
476,168 bbl
gas sold
3,365,233 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$33,526

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Spearman comes to about $335 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 Spearman

The newest permit with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Spearman
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2024-04-05GARCIA-SCHUMANN 142/4 A C001ANhorizontal · API 42-357-33765 · permit 0898564Mewbourne Oil Company7.7 mi SE36.14053, -101.07529 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.

Who is on the county roll

75 mineral accounts near Spearman are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 5,744 accounts under 2,302 owner names on 463 leases with a well near Spearman.
mineral accounts on the roll
5,744
owner names
2,302
appraised value of those accounts
$54 million
the middle account's appraised value
$380
the middle account in all of Hansford County
$410
accounts titled to an estate
75

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 $94,370 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Spearman, 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 Hansford County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Spearman

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. 1Farnsworth Unit349,048 bbl · 0 mcf a yearCapturepoint LLC · Ochiltree County · 9 wells in the circle
  2. 2Garcia-Schumann 142/4 A28,742 bbl · 195,733 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Ochiltree County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Schnell 73/64 A4,748 bbl · 80,634 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Black Stone '141'5,573 bbl · 72,357 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Ochiltree County · 2 wells in the circle
  5. 5Pearson 7411,231 bbl · 30,460 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Ochiltree County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Butt4,109 bbl · 60,902 mcf a yearH & L Exploration Company, LLC · Ochiltree County · 2 wells in the circle
  7. 7Rock Bottom 87167 bbl · 67,972 mcf a yearPresidio Petroleum LLC · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Garnett3,987 bbl · 44,777 mcf a yearBracken Operating, L.L.C. · Ochiltree County · 3 wells in the circle
  9. 9Archer 385,523 bbl · 28,050 mcf a yearPresidio Petroleum LLC · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Doug Brown3,174 bbl · 31,163 mcf a yearH & L Exploration Company, LLC · Hansford County · 2 wells in the circle
  11. 11Maddox 392 bbl · 46,982 mcf a yearMmgl Txph, LLC · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Bernice605 bbl · 43,160 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Ochiltree County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Nusbaum 554,504 bbl · 19,399 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Pepper Blais 543,849 bbl · 20,815 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Pope 151,398 bbl · 34,134 mcf a yearUnbridled Resources, LLC · Ochiltree County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Oloughlin, N.142 bbl · 40,034 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Sanders -B-57 bbl · 40,182 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Jackson, Royal3,424 bbl · 18,696 mcf a yearB and G Production, Inc. · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Benbrook 532,078 bbl · 24,894 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Scott 722,326 bbl · 23,069 mcf a yearMewbourne Oil Company · Hansford County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Spearman

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 299 producing leases near Spearman. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • MISSION PETROLEUM CARRIERS, INC.76 leases
  • CP ENERGY, L.L.C.58 leases
  • VALERO MARKETING AND SUPPLY CO.57 leases
  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.53 leases
  • KIMRAD TRANSPORT, LP41 leases

Gas

  • DCP OPERATING COMPANY, LP206 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY47 leases
  • ET GATHERING & PROCESSING LLC13 leases
  • MMGL TXPH, LLC12 leases
  • MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY5 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 Spearman 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.

33 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.

  • Steele-Collard -A- · Presidio Petroleum LLClast report August 2025
  • Holt · Mewbourne Oil Companylast report August 2025
  • Schick · Mewbourne Oil Companylast report July 2025
  • Grabeel SWD · Unbridled Resources, LLClast report June 2025
  • Lackey · Mewbourne Oil Companylast report June 2025
  • O'Loughlin · Lasater & Co, Inc.last report April 2025
  • Nitschke, S. · Hicks Exploration, LLClast report March 2025
  • Henderson · Amarillo Exploration, Inc.last report February 2025
  • Birdwell -22- · Savage, Don C.last report February 2025
  • Groves · Texas Consolidated Pet. Corp.last report December 2024

Is my lease still active?

36 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 Spearman, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 5,068,734 mcf of gas. 2025 was 3,543,604, 30% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Spearman, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far333,9072,343,663
2025427,6573,543,604
2024429,8463,522,871
2023390,8783,936,744
2022456,8234,090,430
2021509,1414,318,517
2020644,4005,068,734

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, 537 of these leases reported 11,403,808 bbl of oil and condensate and 265,617,107 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Spearman

Spearman has more wells than 2 of the 3 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Spearman is in ZIP code 79081: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Spearman

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 Hansford County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Spearman?

616 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Spearman: 324 on leases that are producing, 209 not producing and 83 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 Spearman?

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 Hansford County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Spearman picking up or slowing down?

The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 10 miles of Spearman in the last two years. The nearest one is 12 miles east of town, issued October 13, 2025. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Spearman worth?

The 299 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $49 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 Spearman and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 75 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Spearman. 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 Spearman, 33 leases went quiet and 36 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Spearman?

75 accounts near Spearman 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.

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Sources

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