Port Arthur · Jefferson County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 77640
- 7wells inside the ZIP
- 30within 3 miles of it
- 9drilling locations in two years
- 37square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 77640
- Drilling locations9Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells7On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing17Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged6The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 77640 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 7 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/77640">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 77640, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 77640 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 77640 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 1 | 7 |
| Not producing wells | 6 | 17 |
| Plugged wells | 0 | 6 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 0 | 9 |
| All wells | 7 | 30 |
ZIP code 77640 covers 37 square miles of land and 32.6 of water: about 0.2 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 77640
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | TIP-219 1vertical · API 42-245-32943 · permit 0918943Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC | 0.4 mi outside29.75767, -93.91986 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC |
| 2026-10-22 | TIP-206 1vertical · API 42-245-32942 · permit 0918942Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC | 1.8 mi outside29.86524, -94.07265 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC |
| 2026-10-22 | KMLP-03 1vertical · API 42-245-32944 · permit 0918944Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC | 0.5 mi outside29.75655, -93.92112 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC |
| 2026-07-20 | MCFADDIN RANCH 15STvertical · API 42-245-32841 · permit 0917282Kingwood Exploration LLC | 2.6 mi outside29.77612, -93.99027 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kingwood Exploration LLC |
| 2026-07-20 | MCFADDIN RANCH 13STvertical · API 42-245-32060 · permit 0917269Kingwood Exploration LLC | 2.3 mi outside29.77489, -93.98572 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kingwood Exploration LLC |
| 2025-07-02 | MCFADDIN RANCH 18vertical · API 42-245-32898 · permit 0909031Kingwood Exploration LLC | 1.6 mi outside29.77649, -93.97418 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kingwood Exploration LLC |
| 2025-06-09 | MCFADDIN RANCH 17vertical · API 42-245-32897 · permit 0908488Kingwood Exploration LLC | 1.7 mi outside29.77649, -93.97429 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kingwood Exploration LLC |
| 2025-05-27 | GOLDEN PASS KM NGPL 1vertical · API 42-245-32924 · permit 0908137Golden Pass Pipeline LLC | 0.5 mi outside29.75917, -93.93611 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Golden Pass Pipeline LLC |
| 2025-04-25 | BPX 1vertical · API 42-245-32921 · permit 0907462Geoterre Operating, L.L.C. | 2.3 mi outside29.72245, -93.90592 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Geoterre Operating, L.L.C. |
| 2024-11-12 | CATHODIC PROTECTION 21vertical · API 42-245-32918 · permit 0903843Texas Pipeline LLC | 0.5 mi outside29.83087, -93.96522 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Texas Pipeline LLC |
| 2024-10-04 | MCFADDIN RANCH 15STvertical · API 42-245-32841 · permit 0903091Kingwood Exploration LLC | 2.6 mi outside29.77612, -93.99027 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kingwood Exploration LLC |
| 2024-05-07 | MCFADDIN RANCH 13STvertical · API 42-245-32060 · permit 0899459Kingwood Exploration LLC | 2.3 mi outside29.77489, -93.98572 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kingwood Exploration LLC |
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 77640
- 1State Tract 30 Unit 21.1 mi ENot producing · API 42-245-32493 · Davis Petroleum Corp. · inside 77640
- 2State Tract 30 Unit 31.4 mi NENot producing · API 42-245-32548 · Davis Petroleum Corp. · inside 77640
- 3State Tract 30 Unit 11.4 mi NENot producing · API 42-245-32485 · Davis Petroleum Corp. · inside 77640
- 4State Tract 29 12.1 mi NEProducing · API 42-245-32438 · Ballard Exploration Company,inc. · inside 77640
- 5State Tract 29 22.1 mi NENot producing · API 42-245-32543 · Ballard Exploration Company,inc. · inside 77640
- 6State Tract 24 0012.1 mi NENot producing · API 42-245-32564 · Ballard Exploration Company,inc. · inside 77640
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 77640
- 1Ballard Exploration Company,inc.3 wells1 on producing leases
- 2Davis Petroleum Corp.3 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 3Elliott Oil & Gas Operating Co.1 wellnone on a producing lease
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 77640
Towns
ZIP codes that touch 77640
All of Jefferson County: leases, operators and production · Jefferson County well map · Every Texas ZIP code
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 77640?
Yes. 7 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 77640, 1 of them on producing leases, and 30 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 9 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on October 22, 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 77640, 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 77640?
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 Jefferson 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 77640?
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