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Lopezville and San Juan · Hidalgo County, Texas

Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 78589

  • 32wells inside the ZIP
  • 99within 3 miles of it
  • 2drilling locations in two years
  • 25square miles of land

The ZIP code and 3 miles around it

Wells and drilling locations in and around 78589

Map of ZIP code 78589, Texas, outlined, with 32 oil and gas wells inside it and 99 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 2 drilling locations permitted in two years.
  • Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells49On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing34Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged16The state's wellbore record says plugged

The solid line is ZIP code 78589 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 32 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. 32 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78589, 21 of them on producing leases, and 99 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 2 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on July 16, 2025.
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In numbers

Wells in 78589 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 78589 and within 3 miles of it
WhatInside 78589Within 3 miles
Producing wells2149
Not producing wells834
Plugged wells316
Drilling permits, last 24 months12
All wells3299

ZIP code 78589 covers 25 square miles of land: about 1.3 wells to the square mile.

Drilling locations

The newest drilling permits in and near 78589

The 2 newest permits with a well location inside the ZIP or within 3 miles of its edge, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits in and within 3 miles of ZIP code 78589
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2025-07-16MARY BELL DOFFING GAS UNIT 2vertical · API 42-215-34171 · permit 0909254Midas Resources, Inc.in 7858926.08553, -98.17926 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-06-05EDINBURG UNIT 7vertical · API 42-215-34144 · permit 0908132Royal Production Company, Inc.2.2 mi outside26.27219, -98.17767 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)

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 78589

Measured from a point inside the ZIP (26.15094, -98.15784) to each well's surface location, at any distance.
  1. 1Pharr Fieldwide Unit 34ST0.5 mi NProducing · API 42-215-33042 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
  2. 2Pharr Fieldwide Unit 390.6 mi NWProducing · API 42-215-33334 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
  3. 3Pharr Fieldwide Unit 400.6 mi NProducing · API 42-215-32879 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
  4. 4Pharr Fieldwide Unit 430.7 mi NWProducing · API 42-215-33265 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
  5. 5Pharr Fieldwide Unit 380.8 mi NWNot producing · API 42-215-32882 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
  6. 6Pharr Fieldwide Unit 540.8 mi NENot producing · API 42-215-33898 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589

Who runs them

Operators of the wells in 78589

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 Company25 wells19 on producing leases
  2. 2Anderson Oil Ltd.2 wellsnone on a producing lease
  3. 3Marwell Petroleum LTD Partnrship2 wells1 on producing leases
  4. 4Dewbre Petroleum Corporation1 wellnone on a producing lease
  5. 5Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.1 well1 on producing leases
  6. 6Midas Resources, Inc.1 wellnone on a producing lease

FAQ

Questions people ask

Are there oil or gas wells near 78589?

Yes. 32 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78589, 21 of them on producing leases, and 99 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 2 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on July 16, 2025.

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 78589, 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 78589?

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.

Own land or minerals near 78589?

See whether a county roll lists your name, and get an email when a permit or a new well is filed near you.

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