La Marque · Galveston County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 77568
- 12wells inside the ZIP
- 139within 3 miles of it
- 2drilling locations in two years
- 15square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 77568
- Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells35On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing51Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged53The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 77568 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 12 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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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/77568"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/zip/77568.svg" alt="Map of ZIP code 77568, Texas, outlined, with 12 oil and gas wells inside it and 139 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 2 drilling locations permitted in two years." width="1000" height="885" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0"></a>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/77568">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 77568, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 77568 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 77568 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 2 | 35 |
| Not producing wells | 4 | 51 |
| Plugged wells | 6 | 53 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 0 | 2 |
| All wells | 12 | 139 |
ZIP code 77568 covers 15 square miles of land and 0.6 of water: about 0.8 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 77568
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-19 | FRANKS /8900 SAND/ UNIT 3vertical · API 42-167-31374 · permit 0911788Hilcorp Energy Company | 1.5 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 | 1.5 mi outside29.37204, -95.05917 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
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 77568
- 1South Gillock Unit 750.9 mi NEPlugged · API 42-167-01136 · Promise Energy Operations, LLC · inside 77568
- 2South Gillock Unit 770.9 mi NEPlugged · API 42-167-01140 · Promise Energy Operations, LLC · inside 77568
- 3South Gillock Unit 741.0 mi NEPlugged · API 42-167-01137 · Promise Energy Operations, LLC · inside 77568
- 4South Gillock Unit 731.1 mi NPlugged · API 42-167-01150 · Promise Energy Operations, LLC · inside 77568
- 5South Gillock Unit 721.4 mi NPlugged · API 42-167-01181 · Promise Energy Operations, LLC
- 6South Gillock Unit 711.4 mi NPlugged · API 42-167-01179 · Promise Energy Operations, LLC
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 77568
- 1Hilcorp Energy Company7 wells2 on producing leases
- 2Promise Energy Operations, LLC5 wellsnone on a producing lease
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 77568
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 77568?
Yes. 12 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 77568, 2 of them on producing leases, and 139 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 2 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on November 19, 2025.
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 77568, 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 77568?
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 77568?
See whether a county roll lists your name, and get an email when a permit or a new well is filed near you.
Sources
- 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