OPERATORS · RRC 15721 · P-5 STATUS Y
Alta Mesa Services, LP
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorAlta Mesa Services, LP has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 12, 2018.
The RRC wellbore file lists 61 wells under its operatorship.
140 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2006; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 61 of record
- 89
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026
From permit to spud
FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME
A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.
- 82%
- spud rate · 115 of 140 mature permits
- 42
- median days permit to spud · middle half 23–81
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 25
- expired undrilled
- 12
- permits a year over 12 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto county → | — | 33 | 11 | Jun 19, 2012 |
| Goliad county → | — | 15 | 5 | Mar 12, 2018 |
| Jackson county → | — | 13 | 2 | Jan 31, 2014 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 11 | 2 | Apr 22, 2013 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 10 | 2 | Apr 4, 2014 |
| Jim Hogg county → | — | 9 | 1 | Oct 28, 2013 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 9 | 0 | Oct 16, 2015 |
| Montgomery county → | — | 8 | 1 | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Wharton county → | — | 6 | 10 | Aug 1, 2013 |
| Nueces county → | — | 5 | 4 | Oct 4, 2008 |
| Caldwell county → | — | 4 | 1 | Oct 23, 2014 |
| Leon county → | — | 3 | 0 | Apr 5, 2012 |
| Polk county → | — | 3 | 1 | Apr 8, 2014 |
| Galveston county → | — | 2 | 12 | Mar 11, 2013 |
| Gonzales county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 29, 2009 |
| Liberty county → | — | 2 | 0 | Apr 16, 2009 |
| Bastrop county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 26, 2010 |
| Chambers county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 23, 2010 |
| Colorado county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 10, 2010 |
| Hardin county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 19, 2014 |
| Victoria county → | — | 1 | 6 | Dec 9, 2009 |
All 140 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →
Formations in its completed wells
Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 23 | 0 |
| Yegua | 18 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 15 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 9 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 7 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 4 | 0 |
| Queen City | 4 | 0 |
| Reklaw | 3 | 0 |
| Cook Mountain | 3 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor | 2 | 0 |
| Eagle Ford | 2 | 0 |
| Buda | 2 | 0 |
| Navarro | 1 | 0 |
| Woodbine | 1 | 0 |
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 536K
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 61
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 44
- plugged
How it got them
- 23
- permitted itself
- 28
- acquired from others
- 54
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 0
- active UIC permits of 7
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Galveston | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Matagorda | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| San Jacinto | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Permit types
Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fields
RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Gillock (East Segment)34925111 | 10 | 0 |
| Cold Springs (Wilcox Cons.)19428100 | 6 | 0 |
| Indian Point (Upper Frio Cons.)44441800 | 4 | 0 |
| Cold Springs E. (Wilcox 7875)19429333 | 2 | 0 |
| Urbana (Wilcox Consolidated)92751010 | 2 | 0 |
| Gillock East (Big Gas)34926050 | 2 | 0 |
| Wildcat6001 | 2 | 0 |
| Chesterville N. (Wilcox 9000)17552152 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandt (Recklaw)11381166 | 1 | 0 |
| Berclair East (Yegua)7251560 | 1 | 0 |
| Dinero W. (Wilcox 13600)24888830 | 1 | 0 |
| Collier North (2930)19669270 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Dec 4, 2025
- Gas operator
- Address
- 16600 Park Row
- Houston, TX 77084
- (866) 223-9968
- Officers and agents
- Alta Mesa Holdings GP LLC · General Partner
- Chappelle, Harlan H · Managing Member,of GP
- Ellis, Michael E · Managing Member,of GP
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 837442 | Mar 12, 2018 | Mar 12, 2018 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Worley #7 | 10,100 | 17534256 |
| 833217 | Nov 17, 2017 | Nov 17, 2017 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Worley #4 | 5,500 | 17534252 |
| 833214 | Nov 17, 2017 | Nov 17, 2017 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Willms #2 | 5,500 | 17534251 |
| 833206 | Nov 15, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Karnei, Norman #3 | 5,500 | 17534250 |
| 833096 | Nov 15, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Tsotsos #4 | 5,500 | 17534249 |
| 827197 | Jun 9, 2017 | Jun 9, 2017 | Gaither Petroleum Corporation | Matagorda | Thompson G. U. #5 | 10,352 | 32132319 |
| 825437 | Apr 25, 2017 | Apr 25, 2017 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Montgomery | USA Raven Forest C #10 | 10,500 | 33931124 |
| 819134 | Oct 6, 2016 | Oct 6, 2016 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Worley GU #3 | 13,800 | 17534245 |
| 819134 | Oct 6, 2016 | Oct 6, 2016 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Worley GU #3 | 13,800 | 17534245 |
| 814363 | Mar 16, 2016 | Mar 16, 2016 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Heldt #1 | 10,000 | 17534243 |
| 813963 | Feb 19, 2016 | Feb 19, 2016 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Willms GU #1 | 10,000 | 17534242 |
| 813963 | Feb 19, 2016 | Feb 19, 2016 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Willms GU #1 | 10,000 | 17534242 |
| 813700 | Feb 8, 2016 | Feb 8, 2016 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Jacobs-Duderstadt GU #1 | 10,000 | 17534241 |
| 813700 | Feb 8, 2016 | Feb 8, 2016 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Goliad | Jacobs-Duderstadt GU #1 | 10,000 | 17534241 |
| 811222 | Oct 16, 2015 | Oct 16, 2015 | Alta Mesa Services, LP | Lavaca | Yna #1 | 10,200 | 28533773 |
About this data
Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/15721, documented in the API reference.