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Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 78872

  • 67wells inside the ZIP
  • 188within 3 miles of it
  • 2drilling locations in two years
  • 167square miles of land

The ZIP code and 3 miles around it

Wells and drilling locations in and around 78872

Map of ZIP code 78872, Texas, outlined, with 67 oil and gas wells inside it and 188 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 wells120On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing48Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged20The state's wellbore record says plugged

The solid line is ZIP code 78872 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 67 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. 67 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78872, 56 of them on producing leases, and 188 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 October 8, 2025.

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In numbers

Wells in 78872 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 78872 and within 3 miles of it
WhatInside 78872Within 3 miles
Producing wells56120
Not producing wells548
Plugged wells620
Drilling permits, last 24 months02
All wells67188

ZIP code 78872 covers 167 square miles of land and 0.6 of water: about 0.4 wells to the square mile.

Drilling locations

The newest drilling permits in and near 78872

The 3 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 78872
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2025-10-08KIEFER, CHESTER 41vertical · API 42-507-33565 · permit 0910971Bollinger Drilling Co.0.0 mi outside29.01094, -99.93843 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-08-29KIEFER, CHESTER 42vertical · API 42-507-33562 · permit 0909718Bollinger Drilling Co.0.1 mi outside29.01069, -99.93871 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2010-10-01CHAPARROSA 'D' 2Hhorizontal · API 42-507-32763 · permit 0702995BPX Operating Companyin 7887228.86029, -99.90889 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 78872

Measured from a point inside the ZIP (28.90837, -99.83243) to each well's surface location, at any distance.
  1. 1Mangum, Et.al. 11.6 mi NEPlugged · API 42-507-32080 · Atlas Operating LLC · inside 78872
  2. 2Earwood 11.7 mi NPlugged · API 42-507-31646 · Atlas Operating LLC · inside 78872
  3. 3Dennis-Dube 11.8 mi NPlugged · API 42-507-30372 · Atlas Operating LLC · inside 78872
  4. 4Atwood, Kirby 12.0 mi NPlugged · API 42-507-30471 · Atlas Operating LLC · inside 78872
  5. 5Pryor Ranch 32 T2.0 mi SEProducing · API 42-507-31226 · McDay Energy Corp. · inside 78872
  6. 6Pryor Ranch 402.0 mi EProducing · API 42-507-31322 · McDay Energy Corp. · inside 78872

Who runs them

Operators of the wells in 78872

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. 1McDay Energy Corp.52 wells51 on producing leases
  2. 2Atlas Operating LLC4 wellsnone on a producing lease
  3. 3BPX Operating Company3 wells3 on producing leases
  4. 4Conway Energy Oper Services Inc.3 wellsnone on a producing lease
  5. 5S-Resources, LLC3 wells3 on producing leases
  6. 6Civron Petroleum Res., LLC1 wellnone on a producing lease
  7. 7Virtex Operating Company, Inc.1 wellnone on a producing lease

Around it

Towns and ZIP codes around 78872

Towns

ZIP codes that touch 78872

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FAQ

Questions people ask

Are there oil or gas wells near 78872?

Yes. 67 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78872, 56 of them on producing leases, and 188 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 October 8, 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 78872, 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 78872?

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 Zavala 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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