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Wilbarger County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Vernon

  • 288wells
  • 2drilling locations in two years
  • 31producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Vernon

Map of Vernon, Texas: 288 wells and 2 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells157On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing31Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged100The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (34.15536, -99.26628); 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 Vernon are new: 2 permits in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 9.0 miles north of the town's point. 288 wells and 2 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Vernon, each where the state puts it. 31 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/vernon-tx">Vernon, 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 Vernon

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

What became of the 2 permits

  • 1drilling startedThe operator reported a start date. No completion is on file yet.
  • 1still 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. 3 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 Vernon

wells with a location on the state's map
288
drilling permits in the last 24 months
2
producing leases with a well in the circle
31
operators running them
14
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
80,346 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 Vernon sold for

The 31 producing leases with a well near Vernon sold about $6.1 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
$6.1 million
oil and condensate sold
80,267 bbl
gas sold
0 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$63,603

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Vernon comes to about $636 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 Vernon

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 Vernon
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-04-17THIEME 2204vertical · API 42-487-33425 · permit 0914341DRY Fork Production Co., LLC9.7 mi SE34.05936, -99.14212 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-03-24GOTCHA 1vertical · API 42-487-33424 · permit 0914331Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.9.0 mi N34.28548, -99.26986 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-26WAGGONER SRNC 1032SRvertical · API 42-487-33394 · permit 0902901W.t. Waggoner Estate, Inc.9.3 mi S34.02532, -99.30772 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-25BOND B 18Bvertical · API 42-487-33392 · permit 0902744L7 Energy LLC8.6 mi S34.03254, -99.28845 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-09-16WAGGONER SRNC 1031SRvertical · API 42-487-33391 · permit 0902664W.t. Waggoner Estate, Inc.9.5 mi S34.02290, -99.30978 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 Vernon

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-2023 THIEME, O, block 14, section 221 permit, newest April 17, 2026
  • A-761 HENSLEY, A M, block 15, section 441 permit, newest March 24, 2026

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

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Vernon

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. 1Fargo Unit38,429 bbl · 0 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Wilbarger County · 32 wells in the circle
  2. 2Humble-Stephens8,238 bbl · 0 mcf a yearS & B Operating, LLC · Wilbarger County · 43 wells in the circle
  3. 3White4,347 bbl · 0 mcf a yearP.O.&G. Operating, LLC · Wilbarger County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Waggoner B4,315 bbl · 0 mcf a yearDRY Fork Production Co., LLC · Wilbarger County · 15 wells in the circle
  5. 5Thieme 223,481 bbl · 0 mcf a yearDRY Fork Production Co., LLC · Wilbarger County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Walker-Smith3,344 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTriton Operating LLC · Wilbarger County · 4 wells in the circle
  7. 7Stephens -B-2,111 bbl · 0 mcf a yearS & B Operating, LLC · Wilbarger County · 9 wells in the circle
  8. 8Wallingford2,054 bbl · 0 mcf a yearSpeartip Energy, LLC · Wilbarger County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Waggoner 991,601 bbl · 0 mcf a yearAztec Energy, LLC · Wilbarger County · 2 wells in the circle
  10. 10Fluhman1,515 bbl · 0 mcf a yearWills Oil Holdings, L.L.C. · Wilbarger County · 2 wells in the circle
  11. 11Stephens1,269 bbl · 0 mcf a yearRockstar Production, LLC · Wilbarger County · 30 wells in the circle
  12. 12TV1,213 bbl · 0 mcf a yearVeneto Exploration, LLC · Wilbarger County · 3 wells in the circle
  13. 13Sullivan978 bbl · 0 mcf a yearRockstar Production, LLC · Wilbarger County · 7 wells in the circle
  14. 14Pearson876 bbl · 0 mcf a yearBurk Royalty Co., Ltd. · Wilbarger County · 4 wells in the circle
  15. 15McDuff830 bbl · 0 mcf a yearSpeartip Energy, LLC · Wilbarger County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Dill790 bbl · 0 mcf a yearAztec Energy, LLC · Wilbarger County · 2 wells in the circle
  17. 17Owens764 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTriton Operating LLC · Wilbarger County · 5 wells in the circle
  18. 18Waggoner L602 bbl · 0 mcf a yearJM Well Service, Inc. · Wilbarger County · 3 wells in the circle
  19. 19Denney463 bbl · 0 mcf a yearAztec Energy, LLC · Wilbarger County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Walker Smith434 bbl · 0 mcf a yearTriton Operating LLC · Wilbarger County · 23 wells in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Vernon

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 31 producing leases near Vernon. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • PTT PREMIER TRADING AND TRAN LLC18 leases
  • SENTINEL TRANSPORTATION, LLC7 leases
  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.4 leases
  • TRANSOIL MARKETING, LLC3 leases
  • EXPLORE LOGISTICS LLC2 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 Vernon 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.

15 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 Vernon, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2022: 120,844 bbl of oil. 2025 was 84,969, 30% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Vernon, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far52,3830
202584,9690
202492,7210
2023104,9760
2022120,84418,445
2021108,05931,463
2020114,68032,076

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, 42 of these leases reported 3,916,489 bbl of oil and condensate and 322,376 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Vernon

Vernon has more wells than 2 of the 3 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Vernon is in ZIP code 76384: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Vernon

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 Wilbarger County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Vernon?

288 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Vernon: 157 on leases that are producing, 31 not producing and 100 plugged. The state also issued 2 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 Vernon?

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 Wilbarger County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Vernon picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Vernon are new: 2 permits in the last 12 months, 0 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 9.0 miles north of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Vernon worth?

The 31 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $6.1 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 Vernon, 0 leases went quiet and 15 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Vernon?

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.