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Rusk County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Tatum

  • 2,469wells
  • 54drilling locations in two years
  • 1,716producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Tatum

Map of Tatum, Texas: 2,469 wells and 54 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations54Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,718On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing544Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged207The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.31599, -94.51659); 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 Tatum are rising: 32 permits in the last 12 months, 22 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north-east of town: 47 of 54 lie on that side. The nearest is 1.5 miles north of the town's point. 2,469 wells and 54 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Tatum, each where the state puts it. 1,716 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Rusk County is one of the 10 counties of the Haynesville/Bossier Shale

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Tatum

The 54 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 7NE 18E 22SE 3S 2SW 2W NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 54 permits

  • 16finished, 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.
  • 19drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 17still 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: 4 north, 11 north-east, 13 east, 1 south of town.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 50 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 29 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 Tatum

2 first checks fall due on leases with a well near Tatum from today on. 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 Tatum

wells with a location on the state's map
2,469
drilling permits in the last 24 months
54
producing leases with a well in the circle
1,716
operators running them
43
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
202,741 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
153,636,372 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 Tatum sold for

The 1,716 producing leases with a well near Tatum sold about $556 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
$556 million
oil and condensate sold
198,780 bbl
gas sold
152,481,295 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$46,239

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Tatum comes to about $462 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 Tatum

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 Tatum
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-10-27RUBY DODD B HV C 3HHhorizontal · API 42-365-39069 · permit 0919432R. Lacy Services, Ltd.9.4 mi E32.27270, -94.36457 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-27RUBY DODD B HV B 2HHhorizontal · API 42-365-39068 · permit 0919430R. Lacy Services, Ltd.9.4 mi E32.27275, -94.36463 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-27RUBY DODD B HV A 1HHhorizontal · API 42-365-39070 · permit 0919429R. Lacy Services, Ltd.9.4 mi E32.27279, -94.36468 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-15HEMBY-TUTTLE HA (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-401-35522 · permit 0919168Tanos Exploration IV, LLC1.7 mi SW32.29544, -94.53164 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-15CARTER-TUTTLE HA (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-401-35524 · permit 0919190Tanos Exploration IV, LLC1.7 mi SW32.29544, -94.53172 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-08WYATT C HS (AW) 3Hhorizontal · API 42-365-39060 · permit 0918215Sabine Energy Inc.5.2 mi NE32.35710, -94.44173 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-02WYATT D HS (AW) 4Hhorizontal · API 42-365-39061 · permit 0918220Sabine Energy Inc.5.2 mi NE32.35716, -94.44173 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-31WYATT B CV (AW) 2Hhorizontal · API 42-365-39059 · permit 0918031Sabine Energy Inc.5.2 mi NE32.35721, -94.44173 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-14HELVENSTON D CV (AW) 4Hhorizontal · API 42-401-35509 · permit 0917020Sabine Energy Inc.1.5 mi N32.33601, -94.52528 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-13HELVENSTON D HS (AW) 4Hhorizontal · API 42-401-35507 · permit 0917002Sabine Energy Inc.1.5 mi N32.33595, -94.52529 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-13HELVENSTON C HS (AW) 3Hhorizontal · API 42-401-35506 · permit 0916992Sabine Energy Inc.1.5 mi N32.33584, -94.52529 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-14TERLINGUA A HV B 2HHhorizontal · API 42-365-39044 · permit 0916258R. Lacy Services, Ltd.3.8 mi E32.32315, -94.45152 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-13HELVENSTON C CV (AW) 3Hhorizontal · API 42-401-35508 · permit 0917005Sabine Energy Inc.1.5 mi N32.33589, -94.52529 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-09HILL CV C (AW) 3Hhorizontal · API 42-365-39045 · permit 0916952Sabine Energy Inc.2.1 mi NE32.34268, -94.49801 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-08TERLINGUA A HV C 3HHhorizontal · API 42-365-39043 · permit 0916260R. Lacy Services, Ltd.3.8 mi E32.32308, -94.45152 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-08TERLINGUA A HV A 1HHhorizontal · API 42-365-39042 · permit 0916257R. Lacy Services, Ltd.3.8 mi E32.32322, -94.45152 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-06BOWEN 6vertical · API 42-365-36578 · permit 0916773Buffco Production Inc.4.8 mi E32.28970, -94.44117 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-06-10HEMBY-VSU HA (AW) 1Hhorizontal · API 42-365-39032 · permit 0916191Tanos Exploration IV, LLC2.1 mi S32.28778, -94.50476 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-28SHEPPARD HK C 3Hhorizontal · API 42-401-35501 · permit 0915237Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC4.2 mi N32.37393, -94.49709 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-28SHEPPARD HK A 1Hhorizontal · API 42-401-35500 · permit 0915235Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC4.2 mi N32.37393, -94.49703 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-28SHEPPARD HKIP 1Hhorizontal · API 42-401-35499 · permit 0915234Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC4.2 mi N32.37393, -94.49696 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-05-07GEORGE-MATTHEWS A 1Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35802 · permit 0915105Sponte Operating, Inc.8.1 mi NE32.41058, -94.43414 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-30GEORGE-MATTHEWS D 4Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35806 · permit 0915157Sponte Operating, Inc.8.1 mi NE32.41057, -94.43439 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-30GEORGE-MATTHEWS C 3Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35804 · permit 0915109Sponte Operating, Inc.8.1 mi NE32.41057, -94.43431 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-30GEORGE-MATTHEWS B 2Hhorizontal · API 42-203-35803 · permit 0915107Sponte Operating, Inc.8.1 mi NE32.41058, -94.43423 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 Tatum

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-161 DUBOISE, A JR7 permits, newest October 27, 2026
  • A-894 WOMACK, J6 permits, newest September 8, 2026
  • A-391 LAGRONE, A5 permits, newest July 14, 2026
  • A-735 SIMON, E4 permits, newest August 14, 2026
  • A-447 MARTIN, G4 permits, newest May 7, 2026
  • A-729 VAN ZANDT, I4 permits, newest April 28, 2025
  • A-647 SIMON, W3 permits, newest July 9, 2026
  • A-608 NORCROSS, W3 permits, newest May 28, 2026

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

Who is on the county roll

1,228 mineral accounts near Tatum are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 120,486 accounts under 16,622 owner names on 1,720 leases with a well near Tatum.
mineral accounts on the roll
120,486
owner names
16,622
appraised value of those accounts
$544 million
the middle account's appraised value
$60
the middle account in all of Rusk County
$70
accounts titled to an estate
1,228

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 $871,020 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Tatum, 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 Rusk County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Tatum

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. 1Tower HV A0 bbl · 5,500,773 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Red Wings HV I0 bbl · 4,829,526 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Tower HV C0 bbl · 4,781,453 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Tower HV B0 bbl · 4,335,534 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Red Wings HV D14 bbl · 4,184,162 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Helvenston A HS (Aw)78 bbl · 4,096,768 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Rusk County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Helvenston B HS (Aw)74 bbl · 3,536,933 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Rusk County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Red Wings HV E16 bbl · 3,526,784 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Red Wings HV F15 bbl · 3,454,167 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Red Wings HV G0 bbl · 3,416,497 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Red Wings HV H0 bbl · 3,086,521 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12George-Landry A0 bbl · 2,821,435 mcf a yearSponte Operating, Inc. · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Bartlett-Thompson B0 bbl · 2,813,106 mcf a yearSponte Operating, Inc. · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Wyatt B HS (Aw)254 bbl · 2,679,540 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Helvenston B CV (Aw)14,151 bbl · 2,454,759 mcf a yearSabine Energy Inc. · Rusk County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Woolworth HV H88 bbl · 2,521,025 mcf a yearR. Lacy Services, Ltd. · Panola County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Bartlett-Thompson A0 bbl · 2,383,885 mcf a yearSponte Operating, Inc. · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Bartlett-Landry0 bbl · 2,366,376 mcf a yearSponte Operating, Inc. · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19George-Landry C0 bbl · 2,354,393 mcf a yearSponte Operating, Inc. · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20George-Landry B0 bbl · 2,300,817 mcf a yearSponte Operating, Inc. · Harrison County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Tatum

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 1,716 producing leases near Tatum. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC978 leases
  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.337 leases
  • DK TRADING & SUPPLY, LLC185 leases
  • GENESIS CRUDE OIL, L.P.46 leases
  • STATEWIDE CRUDE INC.41 leases

Gas

  • CASTLETON COMMOD MERCH TRDG L.P.261 leases
  • CHEVRON U. S. A. INC.212 leases
  • MARKWEST ENERGY E TX GAS CO, LLC157 leases
  • MIDCOAST PIPELINES (E TX) L.P.131 leases
  • BP ENERGY CO.125 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 Tatum 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.

120 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.

Is my lease still active?

787 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 Tatum, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2025, the newest one: 129,991,603 mcf of gas.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Tatum, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far136,627108,088,444
2025191,164129,991,603
2024197,308107,890,565
2023202,520111,944,833
2022231,92879,366,770
2021270,81767,089,315
2020289,32268,420,128

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, 2,356 of these leases reported 12,257,132 bbl of oil and condensate and 2,469,890,068 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Tatum

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

Tatum is in ZIP code 75691: its wells and permits

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

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Writing about Tatum? 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 · PDFTatum, Texas2,469wells within 10 miles1,718on producing leases751not producing or plugged32permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 2,469 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Tatum: 1,718 on producing leases, 544 not producing and 207 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 32 drilling permits within 10 miles of Tatum in the last 12 months, the newest dated October 27, 2026.
  • The 1,716 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 43 operators, reported 202,741 barrels of oil and 153,636,372 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 Tatum, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/tatum-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 Tatum

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 Rusk County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Tatum?

2,469 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Tatum: 1,718 on leases that are producing, 544 not producing and 207 plugged. The state also issued 54 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 Tatum?

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 Rusk County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Tatum picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Tatum are rising: 32 permits in the last 12 months, 22 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north-east of town: 47 of 54 lie on that side. The nearest is 1.5 miles north of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Tatum 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 next date on file for a lease near Tatum is November 28, 2026. 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 Tatum worth?

The 1,716 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $556 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 Tatum and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 1,228 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Tatum. 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 Tatum, 120 leases went quiet and 787 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Tatum?

The next first check near Tatum falls due by November 28, 2026. 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 Rusk County

Sources

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