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Matagorda County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Van Vleck

  • 273wells
  • 5drilling locations in two years
  • 57producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Van Vleck

Map of Van Vleck, Texas: 273 wells and 5 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations5Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells109On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing107Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged57The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (29.01775, -95.88940); 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 Vleck are falling: 0 permits in the last 12 months, 5 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is 2.0 miles north-west of the town's point. 273 wells and 5 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Van Vleck, each where the state puts it. 57 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Van Vleck

The 5 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 1E SE S SW 1W 1NW 2
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 5 permits

  • 2finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 1drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 2still 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 Van Vleck

wells with a location on the state's map
273
drilling permits in the last 24 months
5
producing leases with a well in the circle
57
operators running them
11
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
98,376 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
1,771,653 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 Vleck sold for

The 57 producing leases with a well near Van Vleck sold about $11 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
$11 million
oil and condensate sold
98,624 bbl
gas sold
1,023,601 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$63,713

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Van Vleck comes to about $637 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 Vleck

The 7 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Van Vleck
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2025-09-23ANDERSON 1vertical · API 42-321-32361 · permit 0910613Magnum Producing, LP7.6 mi SW28.96532, -96.00027 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-07-14BUNK 1vertical · API 42-321-32444 · permit 0909087Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC3.8 mi W29.02862, -95.95118 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-15NORRIS 3vertical · API 42-321-31914 · permit 0906689Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC2.0 mi NW29.02920, -95.92058 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-03NORRIS 2vertical · API 42-321-32437 · permit 0897896Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC2.2 mi NW29.03189, -95.92160 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-12TAYLOR RANCH 1vertical · API 42-321-32375 · permit 0904474Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC4.0 mi NE29.05140, -95.83557 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-17NORRIS 1vertical · API 42-321-32427 · permit 0897908Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC2.2 mi NW29.03112, -95.92244 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-04-17BUNK 1vertical · API 42-321-32444 · permit 0898218Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLC3.8 mi W29.02862, -95.95118 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 Vleck

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-22 CUMMINS, M, section 352 permits, newest April 15, 2025
  • A-45 HALL, E1 permit, newest September 23, 2025
  • A-256 I&GN RR CO, block 4, section 91 permit, newest July 14, 2025
  • A-40 GEORGE, F, section 311 permit, newest December 12, 2024

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

Who is on the county roll

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

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 1,429 accounts under 866 owner names on 40 leases with a well near Van Vleck.
mineral accounts on the roll
1,429
owner names
866
appraised value of those accounts
$8.9 million
the middle account's appraised value
$230
the middle account in all of Matagorda County
$390
accounts titled to an estate
34

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 $18,280 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Van Vleck, 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 Matagorda County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Van Vleck

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. 1Old Ocean Unit7,932 bbl · 595,360 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Old Ocean Unit2,800 bbl · 209,780 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Old Ocean Unit2,728 bbl · 203,939 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Ferguson Ranch21,289 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTag Operating Company, Inc. · Matagorda County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Express2,058 bbl · 112,130 mcf a yearTri-C Resources Partners I, LLC · Matagorda County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Old Ocean Unit1,453 bbl · 109,127 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Johnson Foundation3,522 bbl · 66,857 mcf a yearTri-C Resources Partners I, LLC · Matagorda County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Ohio-Sun Unit9,323 bbl · 4,834 mcf a yearGoldking Minerals Mgmt, L.L.C. · Matagorda County · 30 wells in the circle
  9. 9Old Ocean Unit670 bbl · 50,127 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Old Ocean Unit623 bbl · 46,918 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Old Ocean Unit7,025 bbl · 6,865 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Lewis55 bbl · 39,802 mcf a yearTri-C Resources Partners I, LLC · Matagorda County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Old Ocean Unit456 bbl · 34,082 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14F. G. Cobb "A"5,160 bbl · 3,000 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Matagorda County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Bouldin-Taylor5,348 bbl · 0 mcf a yearPonderosa Oil & Gas, LLC · Matagorda County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Savage, H.s. Et Al688 bbl · 25,367 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Matagorda County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Old Ocean Unit375 bbl · 27,238 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Duncan3,976 bbl · 0 mcf a yearCharolais Energy, LLC · Matagorda County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Cobb, F. G. -B-3,453 bbl · 3,000 mcf a yearTexian Operating Company, LLC · Matagorda County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Old Ocean Unit259 bbl · 20,250 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Brazoria County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Van Vleck

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 57 producing leases near Van Vleck. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.52 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM24 leases
  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY18 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC3 leases
  • DORADO OIL COMPANY1 lease

Gas

  • HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY25 leases
  • COKINOS ENERGY, L.L.C.12 leases
  • ENTERPRISE HYDROCARBONS, L.P.7 leases
  • KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE LLC3 leases
  • HOUSTON PIPE LINE COMPANY 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 Van Vleck 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.

41 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.

  • Ware · Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLClast report May 2025
  • McWilliams Oil Unit · Atlas Operating LLClast report May 2025
  • Taylor Ranch · Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLClast report April 2025
  • Savage · Agp Energy Services LLClast report March 2025
  • Huebner · Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.last report January 2025
  • Huebner G · Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.last report January 2025
  • Linnville · Texakoma Operating, L.P.last report November 2024
  • Anderson · Deguello Operating LLClast report August 2024
  • Insall Gas Unit · Deguello Operating LLClast report August 2024
  • Bunk · Ponderosa Oil & Gas, LLClast report February 2024

Is my lease still active?

38 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 Vleck, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2021: 2,890,215 mcf of gas. 2025 was 2,040,935, 29% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Van Vleck, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far65,1761,145,445
2025105,2342,040,935
2024119,7271,724,852
2023147,5702,005,477
2022163,3312,669,977
2021155,9042,890,215
2020160,9042,105,195

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, 164 of these leases reported 9,864,965 bbl of oil and condensate and 170,417,689 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Good to know

The wells near Van Vleck, and what a lease has gone for

For a lease offer: the State of Texas leased 14 of its own tracts in Matagorda County in the last ten years. The middle bonus was $200 an acre, the usual royalty 25%, the usual term 5 years; the newest is dated September 5, 2023. Private leases are not public, so these are the nearest figures on record. Is my lease offer fair in Matagorda County?

Depth and well type from the Railroad Commission's well records, where the record has them. State lease figures from the Texas General Land Office.

Around it

Towns near Van Vleck

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

Van Vleck is in ZIP code 77482: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Van Vleck

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 Matagorda County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Van Vleck?

273 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Van Vleck: 109 on leases that are producing, 107 not producing and 57 plugged. The state also issued 5 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 Vleck?

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 Matagorda County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Van Vleck picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Van Vleck are falling: 0 permits in the last 12 months, 5 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is 2.0 miles north-west of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Van Vleck worth?

The 57 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $11 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 Vleck and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 34 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Van Vleck. 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 Vleck, 41 leases went quiet and 38 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Van Vleck?

34 accounts near Van Vleck 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 Matagorda County

Sources

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