Bishop · Nueces County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 78343
- 319wells inside the ZIP
- 572within 3 miles of it
- 6drilling locations in two years
- 143square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 78343
- Drilling locations6Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells304On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing168Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged100The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 78343 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 319 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/78343">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 78343, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 78343 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 78343 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 206 | 304 |
| Not producing wells | 77 | 168 |
| Plugged wells | 36 | 100 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 0 | 6 |
| All wells | 319 | 572 |
ZIP code 78343 covers 143 square miles of land and 0.4 of water: about 2.2 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 78343
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-18 | HARLAN 1vertical · API 42-355-34232 · permit 0916490Paloma Operating, LLC | 0.6 mi outside27.69771, -97.79871 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Paloma Operating, LLC |
| 2026-01-14 | RIVERS 1vertical · API 42-355-34231 · permit 0912711Paloma Operating, LLC | 1.3 mi outside27.70668, -97.79590 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Paloma Operating, LLC |
| 2025-11-18 | DRISCOLL FOUNDATION 1Dvertical · API 42-355-04918 · permit 0911800Paloma Operating, LLC | 1.1 mi outside27.70666, -97.80448 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Paloma Operating, LLC |
| 2025-06-11 | FLINN GAS UNIT 1vertical · API 42-355-05946 · permit 0908496Dewbre Petroleum Corporation | 1.2 mi outside27.65838, -97.72794 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Dewbre Petroleum Corporation |
| 2025-03-17 | H.A. JOHNSON 1Rvertical · API 42-355-06651 · permit 0906709Paloma Operating, LLC | 0.2 mi outside27.64114, -97.72565 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Paloma Operating, LLC |
| 2025-03-03 | DRISCOLL FOUNDATION 1vertical · API 42-355-34228 · permit 0906298Paloma Operating, LLC | 1.2 mi outside27.70847, -97.80431 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Paloma Operating, LLC |
| 2024-08-14 | DUGGER 3vertical · API 42-355-33705 · permit 0901918KRC Operating, LLC | 0.9 mi outside27.65246, -97.72896 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | KRC Operating, LLC |
| 2024-03-12 | VIPER DUGGER 2vertical · API 42-355-34225 · permit 0898078Viper S.w.d., LLC | 0.2 mi outside27.64254, -97.73113 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Viper S.w.d., LLC |
| 2024-01-25 | HLMW 1vertical · API 42-355-34223 · permit 0896763Paloma Operating, LLC | in 7834327.61822, -97.83119 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Paloma Operating, LLC |
| 2024-01-16 | VIPER DUGGER 1vertical · API 42-355-34222 · permit 0896518Viper S.w.d., LLC | 0.3 mi outside27.64333, -97.72844 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Viper S.w.d., 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 78343
- 1Cabla 11.6 mi SEProducing · API 42-355-34098 · Wallis Energy, Inc. · inside 78343
- 2Hlmw 11.7 mi SENot producing · API 42-355-34223 · Paloma Operating, LLC · inside 78343
- 3Lowry-Hill 21.9 mi SEProducing · API 42-355-34082 · Dewbre Petroleum Corporation · inside 78343
- 4Lowry-Hill 12.0 mi SEProducing · API 42-355-34060 · Dewbre Petroleum Corporation · inside 78343
- 5Ucli B 212.1 mi NWPlugged · API 42-355-33968 · Sarita Energy Resources, Ltd. · inside 78343
- 6Unterbrink Et Al 12.3 mi WPlugged · API 42-355-33977 · Sarita Energy Resources, Ltd. · inside 78343
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 78343
- 1Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC276 wells210 on producing leases
- 2Pearl, Bill H. Productions, Inc.10 wells1 on producing leases
- 3Alegre Operating, Inc.5 wells3 on producing leases
- 4KRC Operating, LLC5 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 5Sarita Energy Resources, Ltd.4 wells2 on producing leases
- 6Texron Operating, LLC4 wells2 on producing leases
- 7Wallis Energy, Inc.4 wells2 on producing leases
- 8Dewbre Petroleum Corporation2 wells2 on producing leases
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 78343
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 78343?
Yes. 319 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78343, 206 of them on producing leases, and 572 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 6 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on June 18, 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 78343, 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 78343?
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 Nueces 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 78343?
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