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Hill County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Whitney

  • 52wells
  • 0drilling locations in two years
  • 44producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Whitney

Map of Whitney, Texas: 52 wells and 0 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells44On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing8Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged0The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (31.95182, -97.32140); 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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The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 10 miles of Whitney in the last two years. The nearest one is 12 miles north-east of town, issued May 19, 2025. 52 wells and 0 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Whitney, each where the state puts it. 44 producing leases have a well in the circle.

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

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In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Whitney

wells with a location on the state's map
52
drilling permits in the last 24 months
0
producing leases with a well in the circle
44
operators running them
2
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
0 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
1,084,881 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 Whitney sold for

The 44 producing leases with a well near Whitney sold about $3.4 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
$3.4 million
oil and condensate sold
0 bbl
gas sold
950,293 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$74,427

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Whitney comes to about $744 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

Who is on the county roll

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

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 1,908 accounts under 754 owner names on 45 leases with a well near Whitney.
mineral accounts on the roll
1,908
owner names
754
appraised value of those accounts
$641,703
the middle account's appraised value
$0
the middle account in all of Hill County
$0
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 $4,327 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Whitney, 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 Hill County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Whitney

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. 1James, Ron0 bbl · 52,334 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Lasater Unit0 bbl · 49,794 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Shelby South0 bbl · 49,362 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Kennedy Unit0 bbl · 42,598 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Radke Unit0 bbl · 40,337 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Kiblinger0 bbl · 36,804 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Abney0 bbl · 35,073 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Holden0 bbl · 34,026 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Alma0 bbl · 33,860 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Pinner0 bbl · 33,799 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11Greenhill0 bbl · 33,480 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Haney Unit0 bbl · 33,156 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Haney Unit0 bbl · 32,061 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Haney0 bbl · 30,905 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Duke0 bbl · 29,972 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Haney Unit0 bbl · 29,956 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Newton0 bbl · 29,832 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Miller Unit0 bbl · 29,485 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Haney0 bbl · 26,192 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Kiblinger0 bbl · 26,150 mcf a yearEagleridge Operating, LLC · Hill County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Whitney

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 44 producing leases near Whitney. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC8 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM2 leases

Gas

  • BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC33 leases
  • DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC8 leases
  • EAGLERIDGE OPERATING, LLC2 leases
  • FAULCONER ENERGY, LLC1 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 Whitney 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.

1 lease 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?

46 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 Whitney, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 1,805,198 mcf of gas. 2025 was 1,109,012, 39% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Whitney, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far0700,606
202501,109,012
202401,236,893
202301,371,622
202211,498,505
202121,561,371
202001,805,198

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 December 2006 on, 52 of these leases reported 49 bbl of oil and condensate and 49,875,897 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Whitney

Whitney has more wells than 7 of the 10 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Whitney is in ZIP code 76692: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Whitney

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 Hill County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Whitney?

52 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Whitney: 44 on leases that are producing, 8 not producing and 0 plugged. The state issued no drilling permit 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 Whitney?

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 Hill County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Whitney picking up or slowing down?

The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 10 miles of Whitney in the last two years. The nearest one is 12 miles north-east of town, issued May 19, 2025. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

How much are the oil and gas near Whitney worth?

The 44 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $3.4 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 Whitney and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 19 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Whitney. 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 Whitney, 1 leases went quiet and 46 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Whitney?

19 accounts near Whitney 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.