Benjamin · Knox County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 79505
- 123wells inside the ZIP
- 509within 3 miles of it
- 8drilling locations in two years
- 180square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 79505
- Drilling locations8Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells255On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing46Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged208The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 79505 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 123 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/79505">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 79505, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 79505 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 79505 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 63 | 255 |
| Not producing wells | 14 | 46 |
| Plugged wells | 46 | 208 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 5 | 8 |
| All wells | 123 | 509 |
ZIP code 79505 covers 180 square miles of land and 0.5 of water: about 0.7 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 79505
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | BEAVERS 1vertical · API 42-275-00649 · permit 0913883Chisholm Operating, Inc. | in 7950533.62801, -99.72103 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Chisholm Operating, Inc. |
| 2026-02-26 | ESPLMP90 1vertical · API 42-433-34259 · permit 0913306Kinder Morgan CO2 Company LLC | 2.2 mi outside33.38596, -100.00109 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Kinder Morgan CO2 Company LLC |
| 2025-07-01 | TP 16.5 1vertical · API 42-275-32389 · permit 0908766Energy Transfer Company | 1.2 mi outside33.42923, -99.94488 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Energy Transfer Company |
| 2025-06-25 | TP 17C 1vertical · API 42-275-32387 · permit 0908780Energy Transfer Company | in 7950533.56791, -99.99177 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Energy Transfer Company |
| 2025-06-25 | TP 17.45 1vertical · API 42-275-32386 · permit 0908779Energy Transfer Company | in 7950533.54382, -99.98423 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Energy Transfer Company |
| 2025-06-25 | TP 17.35 1vertical · API 42-275-32385 · permit 0908769Energy Transfer Company | in 7950533.51011, -99.97261 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Energy Transfer Company |
| 2025-06-25 | TP 16.9 1vertical · API 42-275-32384 · permit 0908765Energy Transfer Company | in 7950533.46838, -99.95956 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Energy Transfer Company |
| 2025-06-25 | TP 16.85 1vertical · API 42-275-32388 · permit 0908764Energy Transfer Company | 0.6 mi outside33.45090, -99.95301 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Energy Transfer Company |
| 2024-08-15 | HARDWICK 3vertical · API 42-269-33044 · permit 0901882S.b. Street Operating, Inc. | 1.8 mi outside33.40245, -100.01861 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | S.b. Street Operating, Inc. |
| 2024-08-06 | BUZZARD PEAK 2vertical · API 42-269-33043 · permit 0901809Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 0.1 mi outside33.50991, -99.99348 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Sojourner Drilling Corporation |
| 2024-07-08 | QQQ HIGH RIVER 4vertical · API 42-269-31940 · permit 0900959Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 2.9 mi outside33.46807, -100.04251 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Sojourner Drilling Corporation |
| 2024-05-08 | BUZZARD PEAK 1vertical · API 42-275-32377 · permit 0899523Sojourner Drilling Corporation | in 7950533.50894, -99.99164 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Sojourner Drilling Corporation |
| 2024-04-19 | HARDWICK 2vertical · API 42-269-33038 · permit 0898927S.b. Street Operating, Inc. | 1.6 mi outside33.40696, -100.01613 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | S.b. Street Operating, 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 79505
- 1Zeissel 12.6 mi NENot producing · API 42-275-32206 · Petrocat Innovations, LLC · inside 79505
- 2Zeissel 32.7 mi NENot producing · API 42-275-32243 · Petrocat Innovations, LLC · inside 79505
- 3Lott 22.7 mi NEPlugged · API 42-275-00965 · Stober Oil and Gas Services, LLC · inside 79505
- 4Zeissel 22.8 mi NENot producing · API 42-275-32221 · Petrocat Innovations, LLC · inside 79505
- 5Lott 32.9 mi NEPlugged · API 42-275-00964 · Stober Oil and Gas Services, LLC · inside 79505
- 6Lott 13.0 mi NEPlugged · API 42-275-00109 · Stober Oil and Gas Services, LLC · inside 79505
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 79505
- 1Bridwell Oil Co.26 wells14 on producing leases
- 2Great American Resources Inc.24 wells16 on producing leases
- 3Tree Operating, LLC23 wells23 on producing leases
- 4Taylor Oil & Gas Serv20 wells20 on producing leases
- 5M. E. Operating & Services, Inc.7 wells7 on producing leases
- 6Bbe Production, LLC5 wells3 on producing leases
- 7D.j.f. Services, Inc.4 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 8Royal Oryx Og LLC4 wellsnone on a producing lease
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 79505
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 79505?
Yes. 123 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 79505, 63 of them on producing leases, and 509 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 8 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on March 12, 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 79505, 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 79505?
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 Knox 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 79505?
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