Wheeler · Wheeler County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 79096
- 1,296wells inside the ZIP
- 2,035within 3 miles of it
- 3drilling locations in two years
- 259square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 79096
- Drilling locations3Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells1,239On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing609Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged187The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 79096 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 1,296 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/79096">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 79096, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 79096 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 79096 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 832 | 1,239 |
| Not producing wells | 345 | 609 |
| Plugged wells | 119 | 187 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 1 | 3 |
| All wells | 1,296 | 2,035 |
ZIP code 79096 covers 259 square miles of land and 0.2 of water: about 5.0 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 79096
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | R.D. MILLS 2037vertical · API 42-483-33051 · permit 0911404Mmgl Txph, LLC | 1.0 mi outside35.34420, -100.07344 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Mmgl Txph, LLC |
| 2025-08-05 | R D MILLS 1vertical · API 42-483-30083 · permit 0909659Mmgl Txph, LLC | 0.5 mi outside35.35213, -100.07024 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Mmgl Txph, LLC |
| 2025-02-12 | FABIAN, SIDNEY 1vertical · API 42-483-30057 · permit 0905134Mmgl Txph, LLC | in 7909635.36828, -100.08000 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Mmgl Txph, LLC |
| 2024-01-19 | DOUG 1024vertical · API 42-483-32852 · permit 0896559Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC | 1.5 mi outside35.32952, -100.06928 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC |
| 2023-10-05 | DAVIDSON 2036vertical · API 42-483-32663 · permit 0894115Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC | 1.1 mi outside35.34761, -100.08800 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Sanguine Gas Exploration, 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 79096
- 1Miles Gas Unit 10.1 mi SPlugged · API 42-483-30610 · Unbridled Resources, LLC · inside 79096
- 2Weatherly 501SL0.7 mi NEProducing · API 42-483-33339 · Presidio Petroleum LLC · inside 79096
- 3Stanley 1040.9 mi SENot producing · API 42-483-32704 · Presidio Petroleum LLC · inside 79096
- 4Weatherly 2011.0 mi EProducing · API 42-483-32783 · Presidio Petroleum LLC · inside 79096
- 5Weatherly 401SL1.0 mi NEProducing · API 42-483-33218 · Presidio Petroleum LLC · inside 79096
- 6Weatherly 1 11.2 mi EProducing · API 42-483-32485 · Presidio Petroleum LLC · inside 79096
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 79096
- 1Unbridled Resources, LLC531 wells290 on producing leases
- 2Presidio Petroleum LLC335 wells217 on producing leases
- 3Formentera Operations LLC203 wells179 on producing leases
- 4Mmgl Txph, LLC75 wells68 on producing leases
- 5Sanguine Gas Exploration, LLC49 wells45 on producing leases
- 6Mustang Fuel Corporation25 wells19 on producing leases
- 74P Energy Texas, LLC20 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 8Mountainside Energy Operating, L7 wells7 on producing leases
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 79096
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 79096?
Yes. 1,296 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 79096, 832 of them on producing leases, and 2,035 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 3 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on November 12, 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 79096, 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 79096?
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 Wheeler 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 79096?
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