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Hidalgo County, Texas

Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 78503

  • 16wells inside the ZIP
  • 96within 3 miles of it
  • 0drilling locations in two years
  • 19square miles of land

The ZIP code and 3 miles around it

Wells and drilling locations in and around 78503

Map of ZIP code 78503, Texas, outlined, with 16 oil and gas wells inside it and 96 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 0 drilling locations permitted in two years.
  • Drilling locations0Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells44On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing43Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged9The state's wellbore record says plugged

The solid line is ZIP code 78503 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 16 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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Yes. 16 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78503, 7 of them on producing leases, and 96 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months.
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In numbers

Wells in 78503 and within 3 miles

Every well with a location on the state's map, by what it is now. The second column takes in the ZIP and the 3 miles around it.
Oil and gas wells and drilling permits in ZIP code 78503 and within 3 miles of it
WhatInside 78503Within 3 miles
Producing wells744
Not producing wells743
Plugged wells29
Drilling permits, last 24 months00
All wells1696

ZIP code 78503 covers 19 square miles of land and 0.2 of water: about 0.8 wells to the square mile.

Nearest wells

The wells nearest the middle of 78503

Measured from a point inside the ZIP (26.17182, -98.24648) to each well's surface location, at any distance.
  1. 1Aero 10.1 mi SPlugged · API 42-215-34016 · Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc. · inside 78503
  2. 2Bales 9400' Sand Unit 10.8 mi EProducing · API 42-215-32002 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78503
  3. 3Bales Gas Unit 60.9 mi NENot producing · API 42-215-32700 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78503
  4. 4Bales Gas Unit 30.9 mi ENot producing · API 42-215-32352 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78503
  5. 5Bales Gas Unit 50.9 mi ENot producing · API 42-215-32464 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78503
  6. 6Keirn, Pearl 7 U1.0 mi NProducing · API 42-215-32398 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78503

Who runs them

Operators of the wells in 78503

The companies on record for the wells inside the ZIP, most wells first. A plugged well keeps the last operator the state has for it.
  1. 1Merit Energy Company13 wells7 on producing leases
  2. 2Dewbre Petroleum Corporation2 wellsnone on a producing lease
  3. 3Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.1 wellnone on a producing lease

Around it

Towns and ZIP codes around 78503

Towns

ZIP codes that touch 78503

All of Hidalgo County: leases, operators and production · Hidalgo County well map · Every Texas ZIP code

FAQ

Questions people ask

Are there oil or gas wells near 78503?

Yes. 16 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78503, 7 of them on producing leases, and 96 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued no drilling permit with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months.

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 78503, 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 78503?

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 Hidalgo County roll lists it.

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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.

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