Port Lavaca · Calhoun County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 77979
- 180wells inside the ZIP
- 1,049within 3 miles of it
- 9drilling locations in two years
- 340square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 77979
- Drilling locations9Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells530On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing259Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged260The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 77979 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 180 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/77979"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/zip/77979.svg" alt="Map of ZIP code 77979, Texas, outlined, with 180 oil and gas wells inside it and 1,049 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 9 drilling locations permitted in two years." width="1000" height="811" 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/77979">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 77979, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 77979 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 77979 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 39 | 530 |
| Not producing wells | 98 | 259 |
| Plugged wells | 43 | 260 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 3 | 9 |
| All wells | 180 | 1,049 |
ZIP code 77979 covers 340 square miles of land and 147.8 of water: about 0.5 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 77979
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | BROOKING, G.T. 45vertical · API 42-239-33451 · permit 0919549Britnic Oil & Gas, Inc. | in 7797928.73390, -96.54432 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Britnic Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| 2026-10-16 | WEST RANCH (41-A/98-A CONS) UNIT 2193vertical · API 42-239-33833 · permit 0919215Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.2 mi outside28.79355, -96.60072 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2026-09-21 | WEST RANCH A 2075vertical · API 42-239-33804 · permit 0918718Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.8 mi outside28.77256, -96.62389 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2026-09-21 | WEST RANCH A 600vertical · API 42-239-33580 · permit 0918708Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.5 mi outside28.79492, -96.60675 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2026-04-21 | D & C 1vertical · API 42-057-31828 · permit 0914943Hominy Consulting, LLC | in 7797928.62178, -96.69945 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hominy Consulting, LLC |
| 2026-03-11 | ZORILLA-MALONE 7vertical · API 42-469-34506 · permit 0913984Shore Petroleum Corp. | 2.9 mi outside28.75083, -96.80799 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Shore Petroleum Corp. |
| 2025-04-01 | WELDER 28Hhorizontal · API 42-057-31827 · permit 0906330B&L Resources, L.L.C. | in 7797928.60854, -96.86284 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | B&L Resources, L.L.C. |
| 2024-12-10 | WEST RANCH (41-A/98-A CONS) UNIT 1044vertical · API 42-239-33723 · permit 0904356Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.6 mi outside28.78005, -96.61870 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2024-11-21 | VANDENBERGE & HILL 39vertical · API 42-469-33842 · permit 0904065Paloma Operating, LLC | 1.3 mi outside28.71686, -96.79581 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Paloma Operating, LLC |
| 2024-11-13 | WEST RANCH -A- 439vertical · API 42-239-02785 · permit 0903906Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.8 mi outside28.76957, -96.62356 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2024-10-22 | WEST RANCH -A- 1109vertical · API 42-239-33887 · permit 0903415Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.5 mi outside28.77117, -96.63050 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2024-09-30 | WEST RANCH (41-A/98-A CONS) UNIT 326vertical · API 42-239-02674 · permit 0902838Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.8 mi outside28.80209, -96.60503 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2024-09-26 | WEST RANCH -A- 503vertical · API 42-239-32014 · permit 0902839Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.8 mi outside28.77661, -96.62355 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2024-09-20 | WEST RANCH (41-A/98-A CONS) UNIT 1107vertical · API 42-239-33799 · permit 0902755Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.7 mi outside28.77568, -96.62787 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| 2024-09-18 | WEST RANCH (41-A/98-A CONS) UNIT 1071vertical · API 42-239-33709 · permit 0902725Hilcorp Energy Company | 2.9 mi outside28.79468, -96.61701 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 77979
- 1Curtis Foester 23.6 mi SPlugged · API 42-057-31775 · Mueller Exploration, Inc. · inside 77979
- 2Curtis Foester 13.8 mi SEProducing · API 42-057-31768 · Mueller Exploration, Inc. · inside 77979
- 3Knipling Gas Unit 44.8 mi NWPlugged · API 42-057-31239 · Xog Operating LLC · inside 77979
- 4Foester Shilling 14.9 mi SNot producing · API 42-057-31774 · Atlas Operating LLC · inside 77979
- 5Knipling Gas Unit 25.0 mi NWPlugged · API 42-057-30956 · Xog Operating LLC · inside 77979
- 6Gallinipper Unit 36045.1 mi EPlugged · API 42-057-31726 · Neumin Production Company · inside 77979
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 77979
- 1Initial Energy Services, LLC20 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 2B&L Resources, L.L.C.16 wells13 on producing leases
- 3Silverbrook Operating, LLC16 wells12 on producing leases
- 4Baylor Operating, LLC13 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 5Angel Operating LLC12 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 6McGowan Working Partners, Inc.12 wells8 on producing leases
- 7Bull Operating, LLC9 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 8Remora Operating, LLC9 wellsnone on a producing lease
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 77979
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 77979?
Yes. 180 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 77979, 39 of them on producing leases, and 1,049 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 29, 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 77979, 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 77979?
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 Calhoun 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 77979?
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