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Henderson County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Tool

  • 30wells
  • 4drilling locations in two years
  • 5producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Tool

Map of Tool, Texas: 30 wells and 4 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations4Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells8On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing18Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged4The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.26792, -96.17025); 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 Tool are holding steady: 2 permits in the last 12 months, 2 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.3 miles west of the town's point. 30 wells and 4 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Tool, each where the state puts it. 5 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/tool-tx">Tool, 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 Tool

The 4 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N NE E SE S 2SW 1W 1NW
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 4 permits

  • 4still 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 Tool

wells with a location on the state's map
30
drilling permits in the last 24 months
4
producing leases with a well in the circle
5
operators running them
2
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
83,003 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
210,631 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 Tool sold for

The 5 producing leases with a well near Tool sold about $7.0 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
$7.0 million
oil and condensate sold
82,944 bbl
gas sold
206,980 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$601,224

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Tool comes to about $6,012 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 Tool

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 Tool
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-10-30LEWIS-SIMPSON RANCH 7vertical · API 42-349-34578 · permit 0919788Domestic Drilling & Operating LL5.6 mi SW32.23673, -96.25789 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-30LEWIS-SIMPSON RANCH 6vertical · API 42-349-34355 · permit 0919789Domestic Drilling & Operating LL5.3 mi W32.23885, -96.25375 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-01-27TRINITY 2vertical · API 42-349-35059 · permit 0905461Walker Operating Company9.7 mi S32.13199, -96.12635 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-01-27TRINITY 1vertical · API 42-349-35058 · permit 0905460Walker Operating Company9.8 mi S32.13052, -96.12796 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-08-01HSU H 6horizontal · API 42-213-31110 · permit 0892268O'Ryan Oil and Gas1.5 mi SE32.25003, -96.15676 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 Tool

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-167 CHAMBERS, A2 permits, newest January 27, 2025
  • A-328 GILBERT, A1 permit, newest October 30, 2026
  • A-784 SAUNDERS, B F1 permit, newest October 30, 2026

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

Who is on the county roll

What the county mineral roll lists near Tool

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 29 accounts under 24 owner names on 4 leases with a well near Tool.
mineral accounts on the roll
29
owner names
24
appraised value of those accounts
$78,784
the middle account's appraised value
$581

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 Henderson County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Tool

The 5 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. 1N. Cedar Creek (Smackover) Unit63,819 bbl · 164,166 mcf a yearSmackover Oil Treaters, Ltd. · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Henderson (Smackover) Unit12,242 bbl · 29,826 mcf a yearSmackover Oil Treaters, Ltd. · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Henderson (Smackover) Unit6,453 bbl · 16,639 mcf a yearSmackover Oil Treaters, Ltd. · Henderson County · 4 wells in the circle
  4. 4Eberhart, James Et Al268 bbl · 0 mcf a yearGemini Energy, Inc. · Henderson County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Warren Estate221 bbl · 0 mcf a yearGemini Energy, Inc. · Navarro County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Tool

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 5 producing leases near Tool. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC4 leases
  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY1 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 Tool 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.

6 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?

10 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.

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 Tool, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 190,966 bbl of oil. 2025 was 96,340, 50% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Tool, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far53,666132,843
202596,340219,186
2024100,460225,542
2023115,191263,618
2022133,440323,423
2021139,706401,803
2020190,966631,860

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, 22 of these leases reported 2,390,994 bbl of oil and condensate and 28,202,662 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Tool

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

Tool is in ZIP code 75143: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Tool

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 Henderson County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Tool?

30 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Tool: 8 on leases that are producing, 18 not producing and 4 plugged. The state also issued 4 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 Tool?

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 Henderson County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Tool picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Tool are holding steady: 2 permits in the last 12 months, 2 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.3 miles west of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Tool worth?

The 5 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $7.0 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 Tool, 6 leases went quiet and 10 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Tool?

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.