Bee County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 78142
- 17wells inside the ZIP
- 143within 3 miles of it
- 3drilling locations in two years
- 6.0square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 78142
- Drilling locations3Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells44On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing66Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged33The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 78142 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 17 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/78142"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/zip/78142.svg" alt="Map of ZIP code 78142, Texas, outlined, with 17 oil and gas wells inside it and 143 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 3 drilling locations permitted in two years." width="1000" height="970" 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/78142">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 78142, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 78142 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 78142 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 8 | 44 |
| Not producing wells | 7 | 66 |
| Plugged wells | 2 | 33 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 1 | 3 |
| All wells | 17 | 143 |
ZIP code 78142 covers 6.0 square miles of land: about 2.8 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 78142
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | SOUTH TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOME 1Tvertical · API 42-025-34002 · permit 0914219Royal Production Company, Inc. | 2.3 mi outside28.56215, -97.87815 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Royal Production Company, Inc. |
| 2025-12-29 | BOB WHITE 2Hhorizontal · API 42-025-34082 · permit 0912443Dahco Operating, LLC | in 7814228.55104, -97.81962 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Dahco Operating, LLC |
| 2025-03-21 | SOUTH TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOME 1Tvertical · API 42-025-34002 · permit 0906598Royal Production Company, Inc. | 2.3 mi outside28.56215, -97.87815 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Royal Production Company, Inc. |
| 2024-10-14 | BOB WHITE 1Hhorizontal · API 42-025-34060 · permit 0903196Dahco Operating, LLC | 0.8 mi outside28.56356, -97.82071 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Dahco Operating, LLC |
| 2024-10-11 | MCWHORTER HEIRS 1vertical · API 42-025-34058 · permit 0903190Paloma Operating, LLC | 2.3 mi outside28.57919, -97.76977 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Paloma Operating, LLC |
| 2023-11-07 | COX-HISLOP G.U. 1vertical · API 42-025-34046 · permit 0894936Welderxp Ltd. | 1.5 mi outside28.52563, -97.88008 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Welderxp Ltd. |
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 78142
- 1Bradford 10.6 mi ENot producing · API 42-025-33670 · Magnum Producing, LP · inside 78142
- 2Spindletop 20.6 mi NENot producing · API 42-025-33362 · Spindletop Oil & Gas Company · inside 78142
- 3Strauch 10.7 mi NENot producing · API 42-025-33323 · Petrovybe Opco LLC · inside 78142
- 4Odem 10.7 mi NWProducing · API 42-025-32406 · CLR Gauging Corp.
- 5Berger 10.7 mi NProducing · API 42-025-32400 · CLR Gauging Corp. · inside 78142
- 6Donahue 10.9 mi NENot producing · API 42-025-33793 · TC Oil and Gas, LLC · inside 78142
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 78142
- 1Britanco, L.L.C.4 wells2 on producing leases
- 2Nog Production & Operating LLC3 wells3 on producing leases
- 3Staples, James W. Prod. Co.2 wells2 on producing leases
- 4Cimarron Engineering, LLC1 well1 on producing leases
- 5CLR Gauging Corp.1 well1 on producing leases
- 6Inland Ocean, Inc.1 wellnone on a producing lease
- 7Magnum Producing, LP1 wellnone on a producing lease
- 8Petrovybe Opco LLC1 wellnone on a producing lease
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 78142
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 78142?
Yes. 17 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78142, 8 of them on producing leases, and 143 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 3 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on March 20, 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 78142, 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 78142?
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 Bee 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 78142?
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