OPERATORS · RRC 16859 · P-5 STATUS Y
Amax Oil & Gas Inc
Fort Worth, TX
Watch this operatorAmax Oil & Gas Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 12, 1994.
The RRC wellbore file lists 90 wells under its operatorship.
302 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 5, 2003.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 90 of record
- 31
- 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 · 127 of 302 mature permits
- 23
- median days permit to spud · middle half 11–43
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 3 permits
- 172
- expired undrilled
- 18
- permits a year over 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett county → | — | 232 | 5 | Apr 12, 1994 |
| Rusk county → | — | 29 | 0 | Jan 20, 1994 |
| Starr county → | — | 12 | 6 | Mar 15, 1994 |
| Zapata county → | — | 11 | 7 | Oct 29, 1993 |
| Wharton county → | — | 5 | 5 | Aug 25, 1993 |
| Gregg county → | — | 4 | 0 | Jul 19, 1991 |
| Irion county → | — | 3 | 35 | Jul 31, 1990 |
| Jackson county → | — | 2 | 1 | Dec 22, 1993 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 1 | 2 | Nov 3, 1993 |
| Freestone county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 31, 1990 |
| Leon county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 18, 1989 |
| Panola county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 28, 1991 |
All 302 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 115 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 52 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 51 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 35 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 30 | 0 |
| Dean | 22 | 0 |
| Cotton Valley | 21 | 0 |
| Travis Peak | 18 | 0 |
| Wichita-Albany | 17 | 0 |
| Goodland | 13 | 0 |
| Bossier | 13 | 0 |
| James Lime | 9 | 0 |
| Paluxy | 9 | 0 |
| Strawn | 8 | 0 |
| Pettit | 7 | 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
- 137K
- 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
- 90
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 68
- plugged
How it got them
- 9
- permitted itself
- 24
- acquired from others
- 169
- 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 2
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 | 281 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Field transfer | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85279200 | 39 | 0 |
| Benedum (Spraberry)7109875 | 6 | 0 |
| Neill S. (Odom Lime)64875500 | 6 | 0 |
| Roleta (8150)77973700 | 3 | 0 |
| Roleta (7483)77973500 | 2 | 0 |
| Seven Sisters82380001 | 2 | 0 |
| Ozona (Canyon Sand)67995200 | 2 | 0 |
| Katy (First Wilcox)48278848 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew A. (Canyon)2718400 | 2 | 0 |
| Cordona Lake SW. (Dev.)20614500 | 2 | 0 |
| Big Foot West (Gas)7856250 | 2 | 0 |
| Pearsall (Austin Chalk)69981125 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 5, 2003
- Address
- P O Box 7
- Fort Worth, TX 76107
- Officers and agents
- CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
- Hargett, William G. · President
- Holliday, J. Kenton · Vice President
- Robinson, Jeffery B. · Vice President
- Holliday, J. Kenton · Vice President
- Hallett, Richard B. · Vice President
- Mackenzie, David B. · Vice President
- Bodden, Ernest L., Jr. · Vice President
- All 11 on the P-5 →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 533509 | Jun 25, 2003 | Jun 25, 2003 | Anadarko E&P Company LP | Crockett | Henderson P1 #1 | 9,150 | 10534678 |
| 533509 | Jun 25, 2003 | Jun 25, 2003 | Anadarko E&P Company LP | Crockett | Henderson P1 #1 | 10,000 | 10534678 |
| 470261 | Nov 18, 1997 | Nov 18, 1997 | M. J. G., Inc. | Starr | DE Hinojosa, J. L. #1 | 9,500 | 42732099 |
| 414615 | Apr 12, 1994 | Apr 12, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | Pierce, V.I. "44" #4 | 9,000 | 10536389 |
| 422225 | Mar 28, 1994 | Mar 28, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | Montgomery, W.C. #5 | 6,650 | 10510758 |
| 422122 | Mar 25, 1994 | Mar 25, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | Davidson, C.E. "17" #6 | 9,000 | 10536488 |
| 422240 | Mar 24, 1994 | Mar 24, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | Friend "B" #1C | 8,348 | 10500781 |
| 421727 | Mar 23, 1994 | Mar 23, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | McMullan "F-1" #1 | 8,820 | 10534127 |
| 422254 | Mar 21, 1994 | Mar 21, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | Childress #205 | 9,000 | 10536489 |
| 422253 | Mar 21, 1994 | Mar 21, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | Henderson "C" (BBB 6) #2 | 9,000 | 10536490 |
| 422066 | Mar 15, 1994 | Mar 15, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Starr | Olivarez Gas Unit #4 | 9,000 | 42732666 |
| 422011 | Mar 14, 1994 | Mar 14, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | McDonald "9" #5 | 9,000 | 10536487 |
| 421766 | Mar 7, 1994 | Mar 7, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | Amax "7" #2 | 9,000 | 10536484 |
| 421040 | Feb 15, 1994 | Feb 15, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | Henderson "P-1" #2 | 8,700 | 10534712 |
| 421038 | Feb 15, 1994 | Feb 15, 1994 | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. | Crockett | Henderson "P-1" #1 | 8,330 | 10534678 |
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/16859, documented in the API reference.