Fayette County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 78940
- 89wells inside the ZIP
- 286within 3 miles of it
- 11drilling locations in two years
- 131square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 78940
- Drilling locations11Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells215On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing46Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged25The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 78940 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 89 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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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/78940"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/zip/78940.svg" alt="Map of ZIP code 78940, Texas, outlined, with 89 oil and gas wells inside it and 286 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 11 drilling locations permitted in two years." width="1000" height="1020" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0"></a>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/78940">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 78940, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 78940 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 78940 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 72 | 215 |
| Not producing wells | 10 | 46 |
| Plugged wells | 7 | 25 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 4 | 11 |
| All wells | 89 | 286 |
ZIP code 78940 covers 131 square miles of land and 4.5 of water: about 0.7 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 78940
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | PASSCHENDAELE 3Hhorizontal · API 42-149-33656 · permit 0918823Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | in 7894030.00428, -96.61931 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC |
| 2026-09-24 | CANTIGNY 3Hhorizontal · API 42-149-33655 · permit 0918820Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | in 7894030.00432, -96.61936 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC |
| 2026-09-21 | TEX ONE H 01TKhorizontal · API 42-149-33652 · permit 0918724Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 2.5 mi outside29.88105, -96.79312 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2026-09-21 | KYLE TWO H 02TKhorizontal · API 42-149-33653 · permit 0918725Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 2.5 mi outside29.88109, -96.79317 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2026-09-21 | KYLE FOUR H 04TKhorizontal · API 42-149-33654 · permit 0918726Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 2.5 mi outside29.88113, -96.79322 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2026-09-17 | VIMY RIDGE UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-015-31088 · permit 0918650Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | in 7894030.04905, -96.56274 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC |
| 2026-09-17 | MONS UNIT 2Hhorizontal · API 42-015-31087 · permit 0918649Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | in 7894030.04901, -96.56278 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC |
| 2025-12-08 | ALAN EIGHT H 08MAhorizontal · API 42-149-33631 · permit 0912043Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1.9 mi outside29.90930, -96.78260 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2025-12-08 | ALAN SIX H 06MAhorizontal · API 42-149-33630 · permit 0912042Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1.9 mi outside29.90927, -96.78265 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2025-12-08 | ALAN FOUR H 04MAhorizontal · API 42-149-33629 · permit 0912041Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1.9 mi outside29.90923, -96.78270 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2025-12-08 | ALAN TWO H 02MAhorizontal · API 42-149-33628 · permit 0912040Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1.9 mi outside29.90920, -96.78275 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2024-07-19 | MARCUS ONE H 01horizontal · API 42-149-33600 · permit 0901322Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | in 7894029.86090, -96.73023 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2024-07-19 | MARCUS THREE H 03horizontal · API 42-149-33599 · permit 0901319Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | in 7894029.86087, -96.73018 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2024-07-19 | MARCUS FIVE H 05horizontal · API 42-149-33601 · permit 0901317Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | in 7894029.86083, -96.73013 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| 2024-05-31 | PIETSCH-TAYLOR UNIT 1Hhorizontal · API 42-149-33597 · permit 0900044Dominance Energy, LLC | 2.9 mi outside30.03966, -96.85431 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Dominance Energy, 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 78940
- 1Keilers Unit 1H0.9 mi WProducing · API 42-149-33442 · Geosouthern Operating II, LLC · inside 78940
- 2Uhyrek Unit 1OL1.2 mi SWProducing · API 42-149-33023 · Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC · inside 78940
- 3Bauer-Koenig Unit 1H1.2 mi NProducing · API 42-149-33513 · Geosouthern Operating II, LLC · inside 78940
- 4Carter Unit 1H1.2 mi NProducing · API 42-149-33457 · Geosouthern Operating II, LLC · inside 78940
- 5Wilson Unit 1H1.2 mi NProducing · API 42-149-33455 · Geosouthern Operating II, LLC · inside 78940
- 6Shula Unit 1OL2.1 mi SWProducing · API 42-149-33060 · Te-Ray Resources, LLC · inside 78940
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 78940
- 1Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC60 wells47 on producing leases
- 2Verdun Oil & Gas LLC9 wells9 on producing leases
- 3Geosouthern Operating II, LLC8 wells8 on producing leases
- 4Leexus Oil LLC3 wells3 on producing leases
- 5EOG Resources, Inc.2 wells1 on producing leases
- 6Lower Colorado River Authority2 wells2 on producing leases
- 7Geosouthern Energy Corporation1 well1 on producing leases
- 8Ramtex Energy LLC1 wellnone on a producing lease
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 78940
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 78940?
Yes. 89 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78940, 72 of them on producing leases, and 286 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 11 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on September 24, 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 78940, 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 78940?
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 Fayette 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 78940?
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