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Zapata County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Zapata

  • 692wells
  • 1drilling location in two years
  • 538producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Zapata

Map of Zapata, Texas: 692 wells and 1 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells537On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing149Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged6The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (26.90726, -99.27143); 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 Zapata are holding steady: 0 permits in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.9 miles north-east of the town's point. 692 wells and 1 drilling location permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Zapata, each where the state puts it. 538 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Zapata

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

What became of the 1 permit

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

A horizontal well runs sideways underground. 1 well starts outside the 10-mile circle and ends inside it. 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.

When a new well starts paying

First checks coming due near Zapata

1 first check falls due on leases with a well near Zapata from today on. Texas law gives the payor 120 days after the end of the month of first sale.
  • Villarrealdue by November 28, 2026

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 Zapata

wells with a location on the state's map
692
drilling permits in the last 24 months
1
producing leases with a well in the circle
538
operators running them
11
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
8,599 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
9,585,716 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 Zapata sold for

The 538 producing leases with a well near Zapata sold about $33 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
$33 million
oil and condensate sold
8,118 bbl
gas sold
9,009,308 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$34,471

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Zapata comes to about $345 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 Zapata

The 2 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Zapata
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2025-08-26RISE SINGER 1vertical · API 42-505-36666 · permit 0909959Texas Operating Partners LLC5.9 mi NE26.94084, -99.18394 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-07-09TREVINO 23vertical · API 42-505-34862 · permit 0901029Hilcorp Energy Company6.1 mi NW26.98381, -99.32242 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 Zapata

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-20 CUELLAR, J, section 351 permit, newest August 26, 2025

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

Who is on the county roll

38 mineral accounts near Zapata are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 3,885 accounts under 2,147 owner names on 93 leases with a well near Zapata.
mineral accounts on the roll
3,885
owner names
2,147
appraised value of those accounts
$9.3 million
the middle account's appraised value
$108
the middle account in all of Zapata County
$120
accounts titled to an estate
38

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 $47,466 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Zapata, 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 Zapata County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Zapata

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. 1Villarreal0 bbl · 192,007 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2RMT0 bbl · 169,056 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Trevino0 bbl · 155,456 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Gutierrez, J. M. "C"378 bbl · 138,530 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Leonardo0 bbl · 137,990 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Cuellar, Maria0 bbl · 121,215 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Gutierrez, J. M. "C"0 bbl · 103,570 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8Cuellar, Maria0 bbl · 95,808 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Leonardo63 bbl · 93,084 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Garcia, Salvador A135 bbl · 91,499 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11New Zapata East G.u.0 bbl · 91,693 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Galo202 bbl · 85,482 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Cuellar, J. Vela0 bbl · 85,831 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Ranchito "B" Gas Unit0 bbl · 83,682 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Garcia, Salvador "E"111 bbl · 76,674 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Veleno0 bbl · 75,964 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Zapata Townsite Gu 50 bbl · 75,696 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Alexander "A"0 bbl · 74,785 mcf a yearMagnum Producing, LP · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Amando Garza Trust0 bbl · 73,447 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Zapata Townsite0 bbl · 71,208 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Zapata County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Zapata

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 538 producing leases near Zapata. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • SHELL TRADING (US) COMPANY389 leases
  • GULFMARK ENERGY, INC.338 leases
  • FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LP218 leases
  • ENTERPRISE CRUDE OIL LLC40 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM22 leases

Gas

  • HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY278 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY116 leases
  • KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE LLC93 leases
  • KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE LLC81 leases
  • MERIT ENERGY COMPANY49 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 Zapata 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.

18 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?

62 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 Zapata, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 14,253,246 mcf of gas. 2025 was 9,756,307, 32% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Zapata, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far5,6336,285,030
20257,9469,756,307
20247,8999,649,012
20238,70310,687,338
202210,38811,673,662
202112,82512,572,797
202012,50914,253,246

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, 692 of these leases reported 1,273,732 bbl of oil and condensate and 1,072,156,507 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Around it

Towns near Zapata

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

Zapata is in ZIP code 78076: its wells and permits

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

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Zapata

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 Zapata County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Zapata?

692 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Zapata: 537 on leases that are producing, 149 not producing and 6 plugged. The state also issued 1 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 Zapata?

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 Zapata County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Zapata picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Zapata are holding steady: 0 permits in the last 12 months, 1 in the 12 months before. The nearest is 5.9 miles north-east of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Zapata 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 next date on file for a lease near Zapata is November 28, 2026. 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 Zapata worth?

The 538 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $33 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 Zapata and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 38 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Zapata. 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 Zapata, 18 leases went quiet and 62 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Zapata?

The next first check near Zapata falls due by November 28, 2026. 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 Zapata County

Sources

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