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Milam County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Thorndale

  • 104wells
  • 1drilling location in two years
  • 8producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Thorndale

Map of Thorndale, Texas: 104 wells and 1 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells94On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing2Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged8The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (30.61381, -97.20555); 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 Thorndale are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 8.9 miles north of the town's point. 104 wells and 1 drilling location permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Thorndale, each where the state puts it. 8 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Milam County is one of the 27 counties of the Eagle Ford Shale

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Thorndale

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 1NE E SE 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 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 Thorndale

wells with a location on the state's map
104
drilling permits in the last 24 months
1
producing leases with a well in the circle
8
operators running them
5
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
6,461 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.

In dollars

What the oil and gas near Thorndale sold for

The 8 producing leases with a well near Thorndale sold about $492,229 of oil and gas from September 2025 to August 2026, at the public monthly prices.
sale value of 12 months, before taxes and costs
$492,229
oil and condensate sold
6,482 bbl
gas sold
0 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$18,081

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Thorndale comes to about $181 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 Thorndale

The 5 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Thorndale
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-02-11CATHODIC PROTECTION 35vertical · API 42-331-35135 · permit 0913134Energy Transfer Company8.9 mi N30.73851, -97.16617 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-07-11RIEGER 10vertical · API 42-491-30504 · permit 0901117North Texas Energy,inc.9.2 mi SW30.52046, -97.31518 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-05-23WARNER 1vertical · API 42-491-30503 · permit 0899899Walker Operating Company6.5 mi S30.52019, -97.20817 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-02-22DANIEL 2vertical · API 42-491-30500 · permit 0897434Walker Operating Company9.3 mi NW30.72509, -97.29276 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-02-22DANIEL 1vertical · API 42-491-30499 · permit 0897433Walker Operating Company9.7 mi NW30.72720, -97.30244 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 Thorndale

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-120 CRONEA, C1 permit, newest February 11, 2026

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Thorndale

The 8 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. 1Chapman-Abbott Unit5,057 bbl · 0 mcf a yearGenesis Well Service · Williamson County · 52 wells in the circle
  2. 2H. A. Stiles450 bbl · 0 mcf a yearP&F Operations, LLC · Williamson County · 3 wells in the circle
  3. 3Fuchs, Fritz -A-364 bbl · 0 mcf a yearP&F Operations, LLC · Williamson County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Perry "C"357 bbl · 0 mcf a yearC-D Oil Company, Inc. · Milam County · 21 wells in the circle
  5. 5Rieger, Otto95 bbl · 0 mcf a yearNorth Texas Energy,inc. · Williamson County · 9 wells in the circle
  6. 6Rieger65 bbl · 0 mcf a yearNorth Texas Energy,inc. · Williamson County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Fuchs "D"61 bbl · 0 mcf a yearP&F Operations, LLC · Williamson County · 2 wells in the circle
  8. 8Coffield, T. R.12 bbl · 0 mcf a yearThree-C Production Company · Milam County · 10 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Thorndale

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 8 producing leases near Thorndale. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM4 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC3 leases
  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.2 leases
  • STINGRAY OIL COMPANY, INC.1 lease
  • SUNOCO PTNRS. MKTG.&TERMINALS LP1 lease

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 Thorndale 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.

1 lease reported nothing for a year or more

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

  • Nemec · Britnic Oil & Gas, Inc.last report December 2022

Is my lease still active?

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 Thorndale, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2022: 8,712 bbl of oil. 2025 was 6,450, 26% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Thorndale, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far4,5560
20256,4500
20247,5230
20238,2570
20228,7120
20218,1290
20208,0270

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, 10 of these leases reported 230,013 bbl of oil and condensate and 823 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Thorndale

Thorndale has more wells than 7 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Thorndale is in ZIP code 76577: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Thorndale

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 Milam County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Thorndale?

104 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Thorndale: 94 on leases that are producing, 2 not producing and 8 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 Thorndale?

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 Milam County roll lists it.

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Is drilling near Thorndale picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Thorndale are new: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 8.9 miles north of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Thorndale worth?

The 8 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $492,229 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 Thorndale, 1 leases went quiet and 0 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Thorndale?

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.