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
- 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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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/78589">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 78589, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 78589 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 78589 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 21 | 49 |
| Not producing wells | 8 | 34 |
| Plugged wells | 3 | 16 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 1 | 2 |
| All wells | 32 | 99 |
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
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-16 | MARY 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) | Midas Resources, Inc. |
| 2025-06-05 | EDINBURG 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) | Royal Production Company, Inc. |
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
- 1Pharr Fieldwide Unit 34ST0.5 mi NProducing · API 42-215-33042 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
- 2Pharr Fieldwide Unit 390.6 mi NWProducing · API 42-215-33334 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
- 3Pharr Fieldwide Unit 400.6 mi NProducing · API 42-215-32879 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
- 4Pharr Fieldwide Unit 430.7 mi NWProducing · API 42-215-33265 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
- 5Pharr Fieldwide Unit 380.8 mi NWNot producing · API 42-215-32882 · Merit Energy Company · inside 78589
- 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
- 1Merit Energy Company25 wells19 on producing leases
- 2Anderson Oil Ltd.2 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 3Marwell Petroleum LTD Partnrship2 wells1 on producing leases
- 4Dewbre Petroleum Corporation1 wellnone on a producing lease
- 5Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.1 well1 on producing leases
- 6Midas Resources, Inc.1 wellnone on a producing lease
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 78589
Towns
ZIP codes that touch 78589
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 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.
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.
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