Redemption Ranch Oil & Gas
A South Texas workover operator. We find wells others overlook, execute with experienced field leadership, and run a disciplined portfolio built to grow.
Regulator
Texas Railroad Commission
Entity
Texas LLC
Service
Workovers & Drilling
Focus Area
Gonzales County, TX
01 — About
About the company
Redemption Ranch Oil & Gas is a Texas operator that acquires overlooked wells in Gonzales County and surrounding areas, re-evaluates each with current subsurface data, and returns them to production through workovers, recompletions, and — where the geology supports it — new drilling.
- Entity
- Texas LLC
- Jurisdiction
- South Central Texas
- Focus
- Workovers · Drilling
- Regulator
- Texas RRC · District 1
- Operator ID
- RRC #104138
- Established
- 2026
02 — Our edge
A focused approach to overlooked production.
Acquire. Revitalize. Operate. Three things we do well, in one county of South Texas.
Lean by design
Experienced contractors in the field. Modern systems in the office. More of the capital reaches the well.
Portfolio, not a bet
Capital spread across multiple wells over time — not concentrated in one drilling event. Diversification by design.
Experienced execution
Over four decades of South Texas drilling and workover experience on the rig. Conservative underwriting. Careful scope. Workovers over wildcat.
03 — Current project
Gonzales County, Spring 2026
A workover project on a previously drilled well in Gonzales County. The lease is secured, the RRC drilling permit is approved, and the rig is scheduled.
Well File · RROG-2026-001
Vaughan Well No. 1
- Operator
- Redemption Ranch
- RRC Operator ID
- #104138
- County
- Gonzales, TX
- Well type
- Workover
- Spud target
- Spring 2026
- Status
- Pre-drill
Additional workovers in evaluation.
04 — The theory
Why this asset class, structured this way.
Private oil & gas offers what public markets can’t: direct ownership, tax-aware economics, and portfolio resilience that absorbs a miss.
Direct exposure
Working-interest ownership. No fund wrapper, no management layer between investors and the barrel.
Traditional fund
Multiple layers between you and the asset
Direct working interest
You own the working interest directly
Tax-aware economics
Oil & gas economics support deductibility of a material portion of early capital, with depletion on subsequent distributions.
Cash committed
After-tax effective cost
IDC deduction + depletion
Illustrative only. Actual tax treatment varies by investor and deal.
Diversification absorbs failure
A disciplined basket of workovers can outperform a single-well bet, even when one well misses.
Four wells carry the portfolio. One miss doesn’t define it.
Illustrative only. Not a projection of any specific portfolio or result.
For illustration of general private oil & gas investment structure. Not tax, legal, or investment advice. Any Redemption Ranch offering is a private placement made only to accredited investors pursuant to applicable securities exemptions — specific economics, tax treatment, and risk factors are disclosed in the relevant deal memo.
05 — Areas of operation
South Central Texas
Active in Gonzales County. Evaluating opportunities in the surrounding counties.
Gonzales County
RRC 01
DeWitt County
RRC 01
Lavaca County
RRC 02
Karnes County
RRC 01
Wilson County
RRC 01
Fayette County
RRC 03
06 — Leadership
Owned and operated by experienced professionals
Two owners with decades of experience building and running organizations, and a field supervisor with over forty-five years of drilling and workover experience in Gonzales County and beyond.
Mitchell Lindsey
Managing Partner
Operating-business entrepreneur with a recent private equity exit from a construction company he built and scaled from the ground up. His career has centered on one repeatable discipline: install experienced operators, build the financial infrastructure before you need it, and keep overhead lean enough that the model works at small scale before it works at large scale. That operating framework translates directly into oil and gas — where cost control, fast decision cycles, and clean investor reporting are the difference between a profitable workover program and an expensive one.
Steve Petty
Drilling Supervisor
Focus
Drilling · Workover · Field Execution
Forty-five years in oil and gas. Began with Halliburton in 1979 across cementing, completions, and workovers — onshore and offshore. Co-founded a Gonzales County drilling operation in 1986 that worked hundreds of wells across South Texas. Career since spans multiple operators, the Gulf Coast, and international work. Gonzales County resident.
45+
Years in oil & gas
1979
Began with Halliburton
Gonzales
County resident & operator
07 — Work with us
Two ways to work with Redemption Ranch
Two paths into the business. Both start with a direct conversation.
Invest in a Redemption Ranch project
We take qualified partners into individual oil and gas projects on clear, documented terms. Each project stands on its own — with its own AFE, subsurface evaluation, economics, and operating agreement.
- Full project file before commitment — AFE, geology, economics
- Signed operating agreement with clear terms and exit provisions
- Monthly operating reports with production and expense detail
- Direct access to management throughout the life of the well
Have us work on one of your wells
If you own a producing or shut-in well in South Central Texas, we'll review it and — if it fits — put together a straightforward proposal to evaluate, work over, or operate it.
- Written subsurface and well-file review at no cost to the owner
- Clear, written proposal — scope, timeline, cost, and economics
- Licensed and bonded Texas operator responsible on the permit
- Detailed documentation and reporting throughout the project
08 — Contact
Send a message
Every inquiry — from prospective partners, well owners, landowners, and vendors — is reviewed personally by a member of management. Use the form on the right; a reply will follow within one business day.
- Reply by
- Next business day
- Reviewed by
- A managing partner
- Privacy
- Inquiries are never shared or published