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OPERATORS · RRC 15734  · P-5 STATUS Y

Alta Engy Corp

Midland, TX

Watch this operator

Alta Engy Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 17, 1988.

The RRC wellbore file lists 16 wells under its operatorship.

52 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 8, 1993.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 16 of record
0
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.

42%
spud rate · 22 of 52 mature permits
37
median days permit to spud · middle half 16–62
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
30
expired undrilled
7
permits a year over 7 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Ector county →—100Feb 17, 1988
Hockley county →—91Dec 28, 1984
Martin county →—76Oct 17, 1983
Upton county →—73Nov 13, 1984
Crane county →—32Aug 21, 1985
Reagan county →—30Nov 24, 1982
Dawson county →—20Oct 6, 1983
Winkler county →—20Dec 12, 1986
Andrews county →—10Nov 25, 1987
Duval county →—10Dec 14, 1982
Fayette county →—11May 29, 1984
Howard county →—10Feb 21, 1985
Lubbock county →—10Dec 21, 1984
Schleicher county →—10Nov 30, 1982
Scurry county →—10Nov 25, 1987
Tom Green county →—10Aug 11, 1981
Val Verde county →—10Oct 15, 1982

All 52 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
San Andres230
Yates180
Spraberry100
Dean90
Wolfcamp80
Clear Fork80
Rustler40
Jo Mill10
Queen10
Grayburg10
Glorieta10
Tubb10
Pennsylvanian10
Strawn10
Devonian10

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
25.2K
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

16
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
15
plugged

How it got them

7
permitted itself
8
acquired from others
32
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0051
Recompletion001

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Spraberry (Trend Area)8528030070
Spraberry(trend Area Dean-Wlfcp)8528050030
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)3473350010
Giddings (Buda)3473360010
Block 31 NW. (Penn Upper)936250010
Peach Creek (Austin Chalk)6988250010
Levelland5341100110
Edwards -04- (Dev)2777541510

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 8, 1993
Address
415 West Wall, Ste. 1810
Midland, TX 79701
Officers and agents
C.T. Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Fitzgerald, John R. · President/Treasurer
Solich, Mitchell L. · Vice President
Lard, Charles W. · Secretary/Treasurer

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
342587Feb 17, 1988Feb 17, 1988Alta Energy CorporationEctorWilliamson B #25,85013535837
342586Feb 17, 1988Feb 17, 1988Alta Energy CorporationEctorAlta - Williamson A #25,85013535838
339246Nov 25, 1987Nov 25, 1987Alta Energy CorporationScurryFluvanna 538 A #18,25041532928
339244Nov 25, 1987Nov 25, 1987Alta Energy CorporationAndrewsUniversity 40 #14,70000335971
337312Oct 14, 1987Oct 14, 1987Alta Energy CorporationEctorWilliamson "C" #25,85013535667
337311Oct 14, 1987Oct 14, 1987Alta Energy CorporationEctorBarrow #1A4,60013535666
337311Oct 14, 1987Oct 14, 1987Alta Energy CorporationEctorBarrow, Augusta #1A4,60013535666
335805Sep 14, 1987Sep 14, 1987Alta Energy CorporationEctorWilliamson B #15,85013535637
335804Sep 14, 1987Sep 14, 1987Alta Energy CorporationEctorWilliamson A #15,85013535636
329598May 4, 1987May 4, 1987Alta Energy CorporationEctorSusie A #54,50013535539
324320Dec 12, 1986Dec 12, 1986Alta Energy CorporationWinklerWalton #1R5,35049532092
323628Dec 3, 1986Dec 3, 1986Alta Energy CorporationWinklerWalton #15,60049532088
321221Oct 1, 1986Oct 1, 1986Alta Energy CorporationEctorSusie #45,85013535351
321223Sep 30, 1986Sep 30, 1986Alta Energy CorporationEctorWilliamson "C" #25,85013535350
283061Aug 21, 1985Aug 21, 1985Alta Energy CorporationCraneWinner #19,80010333579

Full permit history →

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/15734, documented in the API reference.