Galveston County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 77517
- 0wells inside the ZIP
- 112within 3 miles of it
- 4drilling locations in two years
- 26square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 77517
- Drilling locations4Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells46On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing42Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged24The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 77517 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 0 of the wells are inside the ZIP itself. Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and permit files, US Census Bureau ZIP Code Tabulation Areas and county outlines, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), base map from USGS The National Map.
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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/77517">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 77517, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 77517 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 77517 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 0 | 46 |
| Not producing wells | 0 | 42 |
| Plugged wells | 0 | 24 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 0 | 4 |
| All wells | 0 | 112 |
ZIP code 77517 covers 26 square miles of land and 0.2 of water.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 77517
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-06 | STEWART TITLE 1vertical · API 42-167-31547 · permit 0916817Frio Resources, LLC | 2.8 mi outside29.47064, -95.11026 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Frio Resources, LLC |
| 2026-03-03 | TIDWELL 3vertical · API 42-167-31535 · permit 0913807Kaler Energy Corp. | 2.6 mi outside29.46744, -95.13164 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kaler Energy Corp. |
| 2025-11-19 | FRANKS /8900 SAND/ UNIT 3vertical · API 42-167-31374 · permit 0911788Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.9 mi outside29.37211, -95.05917 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2025-06-24 | FRANKS /8900 SAND/ UNIT 4vertical · API 42-167-31373 · permit 0908798Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.9 mi outside29.37204, -95.05917 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2024-08-06 | SUNNY ERNST 1vertical · API 42-167-31352 · permit 0901798Quidnet Energy Deployment LLC | 1.9 mi outside29.33051, -95.07135 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Quidnet Energy Deployment LLC |
| 2024-03-12 | TIDWELL 2vertical · API 42-167-31534 · permit 0897985Kaler Energy Corp. | 2.6 mi outside29.46739, -95.13163 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kaler Energy Corp. |
| 2024-03-12 | WIETING, A. M. 3vertical · API 42-039-00918 · permit 0897975White Marlin Operating Co, LLC | 1.0 mi outside29.32472, -95.19128 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | White Marlin Operating Co, LLC |
| 2024-01-26 | DAVID YOUNG 1Svertical · API 42-039-33250 · permit 0896687Elliott Oil & Gas Operating Co. | 0.2 mi outside29.28569, -95.14687 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Elliott Oil & Gas Operating Co. |
| 2024-01-09 | H. BLACKSTONE 1vertical · API 42-039-33371 · permit 0896362Cimarron Engineering, LLC | 1.6 mi outside29.26263, -95.13487 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Cimarron Engineering, LLC |
| 2023-12-08 | TIDWELL 1vertical · API 42-167-31528 · permit 0895836Kaler Energy Corp. | 2.6 mi outside29.46744, -95.13163 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kaler Energy Corp. |
| 2023-11-09 | STEWART TITLE 1vertical · API 42-167-31547 · permit 0894780Frio Resources, LLC | 2.8 mi outside29.47064, -95.11026 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Frio Resources, LLC |
| 2022-10-12 | COZBY 1vertical · API 42-039-00952 · permit 0884650Elliott Oil & Gas Operating Co. | 1.2 mi outside29.32293, -95.19465 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Elliott Oil & Gas Operating Co. |
A permit is permission to drill, not a well. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permits. This week's permits, statewide
Nearest wells
The wells nearest the middle of 77517
- 1Pabst-Wilkens B 1SW2.0 mi EPlugged · API 42-167-01442 · Home Petroleum Corp.
- 2Pabst-Wilkens 12.2 mi SEPlugged · API 42-167-31261 · Home Petroleum Corp.
- 3Zinn Unit 12.4 mi ENot producing · API 42-167-31271 · Home Petroleum Corp.
- 4Wieting, A. M. 293.2 mi SWProducing · API 42-039-32841 · White Marlin Operating Co, LLC
- 5Tovrea, Allen T. Et Al 13.2 mi NWNot producing · API 42-039-32349 · Coastal Expanse Oil & Gas
- 6Wilson, R. K. -B- NCT-1 63.3 mi SWPlugged · API 42-039-01005 · White Marlin Operating Co, LLC
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 77517
Towns
ZIP codes that touch 77517
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FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 77517?
None inside it, but 112 oil and gas wells lie within 3 miles of ZIP code 77517's edge, 46 of them on producing leases. The state issued 4 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on July 6, 2026.
Is this the same area as the Postal Service's ZIP code?
Nearly. The Postal Service does not publish ZIP code boundaries, so we use the US Census Bureau's ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 77517, built from census blocks where most addresses use that ZIP. The edges can differ from mail delivery by a street or two, and a few ZIP codes (post office boxes, single buildings) have no area of their own.
Do I own minerals under a well in 77517?
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 Galveston County roll lists it.
Where do the numbers come from?
Every dot is a well location from the Railroad Commission of Texas well layers, or a drilling permit's surface location from its permit files, issued in the last 24 months. A well counts as producing when its lease reported oil or gas in its newest months, and as plugged when the state's wellbore record says so. Nothing on this page comes from owners or from addresses.
Own land or minerals near 77517?
See whether a county roll lists your name, and get an email when a permit or a new well is filed near you.
Sources
This page is left out of search engines until 10 or more wells lie inside the ZIP.
- US Census Bureau, 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, cartographic boundary file at 1:500,000 (cb_2020_us_zcta520_500k)www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2020/shp/cb_2020_us_zcta520_500k.zip · file of May 19, 2023, read November 14, 2026
- Railroad Commission of Texas, well layers and drilling permit fileswww.rrc.texas.gov/resource-center/research/data-sets-available-for-download/ · loaded as the state publishes them; figures kept six hours
- US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary files (county lines), through the us-atlas package 3.0.1www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html · built into the site with its well maps
- GeoNames, towns and their points (CC BY 4.0)www.geonames.org/ · built into the site with its town pages
- USGS The National Map, basemap services (topo and imagery map under the wells), public domainapps.nationalmap.gov/services/ · tiles drawn under the map when it is made