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Van Zandt County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Van

  • 813wells
  • 21drilling locations in two years
  • 100producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Van

Map of Van, Texas: 813 wells and 21 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations21Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells378On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing28Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged407The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.52486, -95.63718); 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 Van are falling: 9 permits in the last 12 months, 12 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north of town: 19 of 21 lie on that side. The nearest is under a mile north of the town's point. 813 wells and 21 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Van, each where the state puts it. 100 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Van

The 21 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 9E 1SE S SW W 1NW 3
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 21 permits

  • 6finished, on a lease that reports productionThe well was completed and its lease is reporting oil or gas to the state.
  • 1finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 3drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 11still 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: 1 north of town.

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 Van

First checks fell due on leases near Van in the last month. 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 Van

wells with a location on the state's map
813
drilling permits in the last 24 months
21
producing leases with a well in the circle
100
operators running them
9
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
501,695 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
216,458 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 Van sold for

The 100 producing leases with a well near Van sold about $39 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
$39 million
oil and condensate sold
501,052 bbl
gas sold
216,280 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$99,050

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Van comes to about $991 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 Van

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 Van
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-08-11CENTRAL VAN WOODBINE UNIT 437vertical · API 42-467-00979 · permit 0917376Basa Resources, Inc.1.1 mi W32.53060, -95.65539 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-16BLAKE, R. S. 30vertical · API 42-467-30664 · permit 0913960Basa Resources, Inc.2.2 mi NE32.55334, -95.62115 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-13BLAKE, R. S. 33vertical · API 42-467-30722 · permit 0914131Basa Resources, Inc.2.3 mi NE32.55458, -95.61911 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-04-13BLAKE, R. S. 35vertical · API 42-467-30744 · permit 0914126Basa Resources, Inc.2.1 mi NE32.55146, -95.62064 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-03-20TUNNELL, I. P. 300 18vertical · API 42-467-30902 · permit 0914224Basa Resources, Inc.0.4 mi N32.53039, -95.63562 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-03-04BLAKE, R. S. 36vertical · API 42-467-30745 · permit 0913828Basa Resources, Inc.2.5 mi NE32.55596, -95.61646 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-02-27YORK, W. A. 13 20vertical · API 42-467-30968 · permit 0913691Basa Resources, Inc.1.4 mi NE32.54276, -95.62444 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-02-19BLAKE, R. S. 11vertical · API 42-467-00454 · permit 0913503Basa Resources, Inc.2.3 mi NE32.55484, -95.61869 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-12-02MAXFIELD, A. G. 38 3vertical · API 42-467-00213 · permit 0911962Basa Resources, Inc.1.1 mi NW32.53752, -95.64767 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-11-12WILLINGHAM 4vertical · API 42-467-31189 · permit 0911662Tam2 Squared Operating, LLC4.8 mi N32.59314, -95.62232 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-10-02PRESSWOOD OIL UNIT 1 Uvertical · API 42-467-30044 · permit 0910632S N D Energy Company, Inc.2.6 mi NW32.55641, -95.66070 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-02KNOX HEIRS UNIT 1vertical · API 42-423-32478 · permit 0910155Stroud Petroleum, Inc.9.5 mi E32.47702, -95.48463 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-26WILLINGHAM 5vertical · API 42-467-31188 · permit 0910034Tam2 Squared Operating, LLC4.8 mi N32.59324, -95.62381 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-15SWAIN, W. F. 36 5vertical · API 42-467-30591 · permit 0909826Basa Resources, Inc.0.6 mi N32.53341, -95.63409 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-12ROWAN 1vertical · API 42-467-30715 · permit 0909779Southwest Operating, Inc.-Tyler2.8 mi NW32.55220, -95.67246 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-05-15SWAIN, W. F. 36 9vertical · API 42-467-30765 · permit 0906358Basa Resources, Inc.0.8 mi NE32.53586, -95.63134 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-27WILLINGHAM 6vertical · API 42-467-31185 · permit 0906902Tam2 Squared Operating, LLC4.8 mi N32.59314, -95.62532 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-13CENTRAL VAN WOODBINE UNIT 362vertical · API 42-467-00620 · permit 0906581Basa Resources, Inc.0.7 mi N32.53394, -95.63309 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-03-10CENTRAL VAN WOODBINE UNIT 4018vertical · API 42-467-30592 · permit 0906428Basa Resources, Inc.0.8 mi N32.53555, -95.63445 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-19BRACKEN, J. A. 35 1vertical · API 42-467-00629 · permit 0904652Basa Resources, Inc.0.8 mi NE32.53332, -95.62686 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-18TAYLOR, T. J. 33 9vertical · API 42-467-30937 · permit 0904646Basa Resources, Inc.1.5 mi NE32.54209, -95.62143 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-28BRACKEN, J. A. 35 8vertical · API 42-467-00628 · permit 0902269Basa Resources, Inc.0.9 mi NE32.53473, -95.62690 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-21BRACKEN, J. A. 35 4vertical · API 42-467-00625 · permit 0901976Basa Resources, Inc.0.8 mi NE32.53477, -95.62858 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-07-26BRACKEN, J. A. 35 10vertical · API 42-467-30618 · permit 0901477Basa Resources, Inc.0.9 mi NE32.53523, -95.62794 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2023-12-13YORK, ELLA -102- 2vertical · API 42-467-00466 · permit 0895747Basa Resources, Inc.2.2 mi NE32.55016, -95.61381 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 Van

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-891 WALLING, J, section 7113 permits, newest April 16, 2026
  • A-196 DANIEL, W, section 2243 permits, newest November 12, 2025
  • A-502 MASON, P, section 2222 permits, newest October 2, 2025
  • A-297 GROSS, M, section 2001 permit, newest August 11, 2026
  • A-620 NACOGDOCHES CSL, section 2231 permit, newest December 2, 2025
  • A-700 MALLIGAN, W1 permit, newest September 2, 2025

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

Who is on the county roll

19 mineral accounts near Van are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 1,778 accounts under 864 owner names on 24 leases with a well near Van.
mineral accounts on the roll
1,778
owner names
864
appraised value of those accounts
$3.1 million
the middle account's appraised value
$100
the middle account in all of Van Zandt County
$80
accounts titled to an estate
19

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 $7,000 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Van, 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 Van Zandt County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Van

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. 1Central Van Woodbine Unit145,632 bbl · 62,657 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 192 wells in the circle
  2. 2Blake, R. S.53,537 bbl · 18,256 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 20 wells in the circle
  3. 3Swain, O. L. 1121,089 bbl · 5,636 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 11 wells in the circle
  4. 4Bracken, J. A. 50320,721 bbl · 7,268 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 9 wells in the circle
  5. 5Bracken, J. A. 3517,817 bbl · 1,423 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 13 wells in the circle
  6. 6Swain, D. L. 11 -Ac-16,518 bbl · 5,863 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 7 wells in the circle
  7. 7Van,sw Lewisville Unit14,747 bbl · 1,483 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 68 wells in the circle
  8. 8Fowler, A. J.12,299 bbl · 4,338 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 3 wells in the circle
  9. 9White, W. H. 50411,563 bbl · 4,896 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 4 wells in the circle
  10. 10Thompson, I. W. 40111,817 bbl · 2,595 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 3 wells in the circle
  11. 11Shivers, J. R. 1210,357 bbl · 4,036 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 11 wells in the circle
  12. 12York, W. A. 139,698 bbl · 1,699 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 11 wells in the circle
  13. 13Brawner, L. M. 108,252 bbl · 7,071 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 11 wells in the circle
  14. 14Swain, W. F. 366,234 bbl · 16,549 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 4 wells in the circle
  15. 15Bracken, J. A. 356,339 bbl · 6,189 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 7 wells in the circle
  16. 16Brawner, L.m. 106,739 bbl · 1,674 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 3 wells in the circle
  17. 17Taylor, J. T. 336,143 bbl · 1,706 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 7 wells in the circle
  18. 18Svruc Unit5,047 bbl · 8,009 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 13 wells in the circle
  19. 19Smith, L. A. 1035,924 bbl · 1,715 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 7 wells in the circle
  20. 20South Van, Lewisville,w. F. Unit6,101 bbl · 320 mcf a yearBasa Resources, Inc. · Van Zandt County · 54 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Van

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 100 producing leases near Van. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC95 leases
  • DK TRADING & SUPPLY, LLC22 leases
  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.4 leases

Gas

  • BASA RESOURCES, INC.69 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 Van 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.

8 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?

14 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 Van, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2025, the newest one: 475,335 bbl of oil.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Van, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far333,632142,107
2025475,335201,270
2024430,355181,525
2023402,049206,072
2022414,835183,524
2021398,828164,734
2020360,383196,200

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, 129 of these leases reported 24,275,821 bbl of oil and condensate and 24,280,646 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Van

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

Van is in ZIP code 75790: its wells and permits

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

Press and community kit

Writing about Van? 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 · PDFVan, Texas813wells within 10 miles378on producing leases435not producing or plugged9permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 813 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Van: 378 on producing leases, 28 not producing and 407 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 9 drilling permits within 10 miles of Van in the last 12 months, the newest dated August 11, 2026.
  • The 100 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 9 operators, reported 501,695 barrels of oil and 216,458 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 Van, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/van-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 Van

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 Van Zandt County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Van?

813 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Van: 378 on leases that are producing, 28 not producing and 407 plugged. The state also issued 21 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 Van?

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 Van Zandt County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Van picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Van are falling: 9 permits in the last 12 months, 12 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north of town: 19 of 21 lie on that side. The nearest is under a mile north of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Van 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 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 Van worth?

The 100 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $39 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 Van and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 19 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Van. 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 Van, 8 leases went quiet and 14 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Van?

19 accounts near Van 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.

Search a family nameWatch Van Zandt County

Sources

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