Ector County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 79776
- 44wells inside the ZIP
- 881within 3 miles of it
- 1drilling location in two years
- 3.1square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 79776
- Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells556On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing52Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged273The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 79776 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 44 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.
Use this map on your site
You may show this map on any site, unchanged. Keep the credit line and its link to Royalty Clerk under the map. The picture updates by itself as the state records new wells and permits.
<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/79776"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/zip/79776.svg" alt="Map of ZIP code 79776, Texas, outlined, with 44 oil and gas wells inside it and 881 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 1 drilling location permitted in two years." width="1000" height="1000" 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/79776">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 79776, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 79776 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 79776 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 21 | 556 |
| Not producing wells | 3 | 52 |
| Plugged wells | 20 | 273 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 0 | 1 |
| All wells | 44 | 881 |
ZIP code 79776 covers 3.1 square miles of land: about 14 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 79776
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-04 | RING SHOEBAR SWD 43 1vertical · API 42-135-44106 · permit 0907182Ring Energy, Inc. | 2.5 mi outside31.74940, -102.60510 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Ring Energy, 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 79776
- 1Ector -H- Fee 40.1 mi SWProducing · API 42-135-07215 · Formentera Operations LLC · inside 79776
- 2Ector -H- Fee 3W0.2 mi EProducing · API 42-135-07214 · Formentera Operations LLC · inside 79776
- 3Ector -H- Fee 90.2 mi SEProducing · API 42-135-05332 · Formentera Operations LLC · inside 79776
- 4Ector -H- Fee 20.3 mi NEPlugged · API 42-135-07213 · Formentera Operations LLC · inside 79776
- 5Ector -H- Fee 60.3 mi NProducing · API 42-135-05329 · Formentera Operations LLC · inside 79776
- 6Ector -H- Fee 120.3 mi SPlugged · API 42-135-20167 · Formentera Operations LLC · inside 79776
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 79776
- 1Aghorn Operating, Inc.17 wells14 on producing leases
- 2Formentera Operations LLC13 wells13 on producing leases
- 3Pen-Tex Production Co. Inc.7 wells7 on producing leases
- 4Hilcorp Energy Company4 wells3 on producing leases
- 5Nicki T Oil & Gas LLC2 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 6Gray, W. H. Operating1 well1 on producing leases
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 79776
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 79776?
Yes. 44 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 79776, 21 of them on producing leases, and 881 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 1 drilling permit with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on April 4, 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 79776, 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 79776?
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 Ector 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 79776?
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