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Johnson County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Venus

  • 1,004wells
  • 6drilling locations in two years
  • 785producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Venus

Map of Venus, Texas: 1,004 wells and 6 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations6Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells785On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing169Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged50The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (32.43347, -97.10251); 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 Venus are falling: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 5 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north of town: 5 of 6 lie on that side. The nearest is 2.0 miles north-west of the town's point. 1,004 wells and 6 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Venus, each where the state puts it. 785 producing leases have a well in the circle.

Johnson County is one of the 25 counties of the Barnett Shale

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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Venus

The 6 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N 4NE E SE S SW 1W NW 1
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 6 permits

  • 1drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 5still only a permitNothing after the permit is on file. Many permits wait a year or more, and some are never drilled.

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 50 wells start outside the 10-mile circle and end inside it. 36 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.

In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Venus

wells with a location on the state's map
1,004
drilling permits in the last 24 months
6
producing leases with a well in the circle
785
operators running them
11
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
783 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
32,176,726 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 Venus sold for

The 785 producing leases with a well near Venus sold about $109 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
$109 million
oil and condensate sold
785 bbl
gas sold
30,047,128 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$127,544

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Venus comes to about $1,275 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 Venus

The 6 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Venus
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-06-03THREE TRACTS 1vertical · API 42-251-34599 · permit 0916101Halliburton Energy Services, Inc7.9 mi SW32.35896, -97.20575 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-18WESTERFELD MATHIS UNIT 1 6Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37372 · permit 0910227Tep Barnett USA, LLC8.3 mi N32.55248, -97.08373 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-11WESTERFELD MATHIS UNIT 1 5Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37371 · permit 0910226Tep Barnett USA, LLC8.3 mi N32.55247, -97.08376 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-11WESTERFELD MATHIS UNIT 1 4Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37370 · permit 0910224Tep Barnett USA, LLC8.3 mi N32.55245, -97.08379 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-10WESTERFELD MATHIS UNIT 1 3Hhorizontal · API 42-439-37369 · permit 0910222Tep Barnett USA, LLC8.3 mi N32.55244, -97.08382 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-13FERGUSON FOUNDATION SWD 2vertical · API 42-251-34596 · permit 0904579Upp Operating, LLC2.0 mi NW32.44985, -97.13117 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 Venus

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-1321 RAPE, J4 permits, newest September 18, 2025
  • A-665 OWEN, C C1 permit, newest June 3, 2026
  • A-92 BBB&C RR CO1 permit, newest December 13, 2024

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

Who is on the county roll

13 mineral accounts near Venus are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 3,232 accounts under 1,291 owner names on 94 leases with a well near Venus.
mineral accounts on the roll
3,232
owner names
1,291
appraised value of those accounts
$4.9 million
the middle account's appraised value
$557
accounts titled to an estate
13

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. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Venus, 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 Johnson County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Venus

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. 1Rustic Meadows Unit0 bbl · 218,776 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Gladys Dike (Sa)0 bbl · 171,197 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Hudson0 bbl · 138,582 mcf a yearUpp Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Gladys Dike (Sa)0 bbl · 137,482 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Rustic Meadows Unit0 bbl · 132,140 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Tarrant County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Boles, Verdia0 bbl · 119,931 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Tindall-Uysaler (Sa)0 bbl · 119,726 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Watkins0 bbl · 118,546 mcf a yearUpp Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Bransom, Cynthia0 bbl · 109,514 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Trulove Unit0 bbl · 108,755 mcf a yearUpp Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Kenny-McGee (Sa)0 bbl · 107,720 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12McGee, Odis Gas Unit0 bbl · 105,589 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Auld0 bbl · 102,941 mcf a yearTep Barnett USA, LLC · Ellis County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Tolbert Unit0 bbl · 102,328 mcf a yearUpp Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Whitehead-Trulove (Sa)0 bbl · 100,780 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Wilkinson Unit0 bbl · 100,679 mcf a yearBKV North Texas, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Ledezma0 bbl · 100,503 mcf a yearUpp Operating, LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Whitehead-Trulove (Sa)0 bbl · 99,527 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Tindall, Cathy Ann0 bbl · 99,192 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Uysaler, Ahmet0 bbl · 98,894 mcf a yearFormentera Operations LLC · Johnson County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Venus

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 785 producing leases near Venus. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC335 leases
  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY296 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM216 leases
  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.174 leases
  • ENTERPRISE CRUDE OIL LLC27 leases

Gas

  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY305 leases
  • JAVELIN MARKETING, LLC178 leases
  • BKV MARKETING, LLC128 leases
  • TOTAL GAS & POWER NA, INC.62 leases
  • EAGLERIDGE OPERATING, LLC57 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 Venus 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.

37 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?

254 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 Venus, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 51,816,863 mcf of gas. 2025 was 34,219,242, 34% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Venus, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far71019,330,903
202510034,219,242
20248738,056,254
2023440,256,005
202211742,536,728
20216546,734,044
20208951,816,863

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 September 1998 on, 1,004 of these leases reported 724 bbl of oil and condensate and 1,534,522,365 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Venus

Venus has more wells than 5 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Venus is in ZIP code 76084: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Venus

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 Johnson County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Venus?

1,004 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Venus: 785 on leases that are producing, 169 not producing and 50 plugged. The state also issued 6 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 Venus?

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 Johnson County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Venus picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Venus are falling: 1 permit in the last 12 months, 5 in the 12 months before. Most of them are north of town: 5 of 6 lie on that side. 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 Venus worth?

The 785 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $109 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 Venus and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 13 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Venus. 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 Venus, 37 leases went quiet and 254 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Venus?

13 accounts near Venus 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.

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Sources

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