Karnes County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 78117
- 851wells inside the ZIP
- 2,578within 3 miles of it
- 154drilling locations in two years
- 70square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 78117
- Drilling locations154Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells2,415On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing87Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged76The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 78117 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 851 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/78117"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/zip/78117.svg" alt="Map of ZIP code 78117, Texas, outlined, with 851 oil and gas wells inside it and 2,578 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 154 drilling locations permitted in two years." width="1000" height="957" 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/78117">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 78117, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 78117 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 78117 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 780 | 2,415 |
| Not producing wells | 36 | 87 |
| Plugged wells | 35 | 76 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 72 | 154 |
| All wells | 851 | 2,578 |
ZIP code 78117 covers 70 square miles of land and 0.6 of water: about 12 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 78117
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-13 | MARGARET UNIT 2-PETERSON C 101Hhorizontal · API 42-255-38496 · permit 0919959Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC | in 7811728.95923, -97.92241 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC |
| 2026-11-13 | MARGARET UNIT 2-PETERSON C 002Hhorizontal · API 42-255-38495 · permit 0919958Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC | in 7811728.95931, -97.92245 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC |
| 2026-11-12 | MARGARET UNIT 1-PETERSON E 201Hhorizontal · API 42-255-38497 · permit 0919961Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC | in 7811728.95945, -97.92254 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC |
| 2026-11-12 | MARGARET UNIT 1-PETERSON D 003Hhorizontal · API 42-255-38499 · permit 0919967Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC | in 7811728.95952, -97.92259 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC |
| 2026-11-12 | MARGARET UNIT 1 102Hhorizontal · API 42-255-38498 · permit 0919966Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC | in 7811728.95938, -97.92250 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC |
| 2026-10-30 | RODRIGUEZ-MEDINA SA A 1horizontal · API 42-255-38486 · permit 0919591Marathon Oil Ef LLC | in 7811728.90858, -97.97581 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Marathon Oil Ef LLC |
| 2026-10-28 | LEO FRANK-RUTH SA3 3horizontal · API 42-255-38480 · permit 0919365Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 2.4 mi outside29.01786, -97.80491 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP |
| 2026-10-27 | MARGARET UNIT 1-SPLITTER A 104Hhorizontal · API 42-255-38490 · permit 0919625Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC | in 7811728.96331, -97.91845 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC |
| 2026-10-27 | MARGARET UNIT 1-SPLITTER A 007Hhorizontal · API 42-255-38472 · permit 0919057Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC | in 7811728.96327, -97.91853 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC |
| 2026-10-27 | RODRIGUEZ-MEDINA SA C 1horizontal · API 42-255-38488 · permit 0919593Marathon Oil Ef LLC | in 7811728.90857, -97.97569 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Marathon Oil Ef LLC |
| 2026-10-27 | RODRIGUEZ-MEDINA SA B 1horizontal · API 42-255-38487 · permit 0919592Marathon Oil Ef LLC | in 7811728.90857, -97.97575 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Marathon Oil Ef LLC |
| 2026-10-22 | LEO FRANK-RUTH SA2 2horizontal · API 42-255-38479 · permit 0919364Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 2.4 mi outside29.01786, -97.80485 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP |
| 2026-10-22 | LEO FRANK-RUTH SA1 1horizontal · API 42-255-38478 · permit 0919362Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 2.4 mi outside29.01786, -97.80478 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP |
| 2026-10-22 | JANET RUTH UNIT A 2horizontal · API 42-255-38477 · permit 0919360Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 2.4 mi outside29.01786, -97.80497 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP |
| 2026-10-20 | LEO FRANK UNIT A 8horizontal · API 42-255-38476 · permit 0919358Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 2.4 mi outside29.01786, -97.80472 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP |
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 78117
- 1Labus, J. V. 30.2 mi WNot producing · API 42-255-00706 · Mmar Group Inc · inside 78117
- 2Switchfoot Unit 102H0.5 mi WNot producing · API 42-255-36281 · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · inside 78117
- 3Switchfoot Unit 101H0.5 mi WNot producing · API 42-255-36280 · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · inside 78117
- 4Moczygemba 10.7 mi NENot producing · API 42-255-31159 · Falcon Production LLC · inside 78117
- 5Margaret Ann 4H0.8 mi SEProducing · API 42-255-36348 · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · inside 78117
- 6Margaret Ann 8H0.8 mi SEProducing · API 42-255-36352 · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · inside 78117
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 78117
- 1Marathon Oil Ef LLC268 wells264 on producing leases
- 2Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC152 wells114 on producing leases
- 3Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.148 wells147 on producing leases
- 4EOG Resources, Inc.117 wells110 on producing leases
- 5Caturus Energy, LLC36 wells35 on producing leases
- 6Gulftex Energy, LLC32 wells31 on producing leases
- 7Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - USA30 wells30 on producing leases
- 8Silver Hill Energy Operating LLC16 wells16 on producing leases
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 78117
ZIP codes that touch 78117
All of Karnes County: leases, operators and production · Karnes County well map · Every Texas ZIP code
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 78117?
Yes. 851 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78117, 780 of them on producing leases, and 2,578 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 154 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on November 13, 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 78117, 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 78117?
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 Karnes 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 78117?
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