OPERATORS · RRC 16860 · P-5 STATUS Y

Amax Petro Corp

Houston, TX

Amax Petro Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 3, 1986.

The RRC wellbore file lists 16 wells under its operatorship.

54 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 3, 1992.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 16 of record
1: 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.

43%: spud rate · 23 of 54 mature permits
40: median days permit to spud · middle half 24–82
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
31: expired undrilled
8: 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.

County	12 mo	All time	Wells	Last
Fort Bend county →	—	10	1	Nov 14, 1983
Austin county →	—	9	3	Jun 29, 1982
Chambers county →	—	8	0	Dec 31, 1982
Roberts county →	—	8	1	Mar 3, 1986
McMullen county →	—	6	0	May 28, 1985
Rusk county →	—	4	2	Oct 23, 1984
Kinney county →	—	3	0	Jul 17, 1981
Freestone county →	—	2	2	Apr 1, 1985
Garza county →	—	2	0	Jan 20, 1983
Borden county →	—	1	1	May 13, 1981
Schleicher county →	—	1	0	Dec 31, 1984

All 54 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
Wilcox	5	0
Olmos	4	0
Rodessa	3	0
Morrow	3	0
Pettit	2	0
Atoka	2	0
Glen Rose	2	0
Carrizo	2	0
Travis Peak	2	0
Woodford	1	0
Ellenburger	1	0
Woodbine	1	0
Buda	1	0
Paluxy	1	0
Yegua	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
0: 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

6: permitted itself
5: acquired from others
20: 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 →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	46
Recompletion	0	0	8

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
New Ulm (Wilcox 10 100)65248696	2	0
Cedar Lake16580001	1	0
EL Toro (1500)28203300	1	0
Henderson (Rusk Co. Travis Peak)40353710	1	0
Homann (Yates)42401500	1	0
Katy (First Wilcox)48278848	1	0
McMordie Ranch (9700)59840500	1	0
Pone (Travis Peak Gas)72257715	1	0
Rafter Cross (Mississippian)74162500	1	0
Reed (Travis Peak)75509498	1	0
Reed (Woodbine)75509664	1	0
Santone (9730)80986600	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Aug 3, 1992

Address: P.O. Box 42806; Houston, TX 77042

Officers and agents: Parks, Lloyd L. · President; Holle, Walter H. · Vice President/Treasurer; Robinson, J. B. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
298951	Mar 3, 1986	Mar 3, 1986	Amax Petroleum Corporation	Roberts	Mills, R. D. #1	13,080	39330942
276094	May 28, 1985	May 28, 1985	Amax Petroleum Corporation	McMullen	Shenkir, H. #1	10,100	31132304
275510	May 20, 1985	May 20, 1985	Amax Petroleum Corporation	McMullen	Williams, Grant H. #1	10,100	31132299
271265	Apr 1, 1985	Apr 1, 1985	Amax Petroleum Corporation	Freestone	R. C. Middleton G.U. #2 #1	8,550	16130868
270342	Mar 22, 1985	Mar 22, 1985	Amax Petroleum Corporation	McMullen	Nissen, Mabel #1	12,800	31132271
267275	Feb 20, 1985	Feb 20, 1985	Amax Petroleum Corporation	McMullen	Layton #1	10,100	31132249
267276	Feb 20, 1985	Feb 20, 1985	Amax Petroleum Corporation	McMullen	Horton "A" #1A	10,100	31132250
264852	Jan 22, 1985	Jan 22, 1985	Amax Petroleum Corporation	McMullen	Horton "A" #1	10,100	31132225
263563	Dec 31, 1984	Dec 31, 1984	Amax Petroleum Corporation	Schleicher	Powell #1	5,100	41331493
255596	Oct 23, 1984	Oct 23, 1984	Amax Petroleum Corporation	Rusk	Irwin, B. L. #1	6,900	40131957
254642	Oct 16, 1984	Oct 16, 1984	Amax Petroleum Corporation	Rusk	Howard, H. J. #2	6,900	40131952
249413	Aug 24, 1984	Aug 24, 1984	Amax Petroleum Corporation	Rusk	Laird #1	7,130	40100059
220512	Nov 14, 1983	Nov 14, 1983	Amax Petroleum Corporation	Fort Bend	Crider, Verna B. G.U. No. 2 #2	10,500	15731493
217886	Oct 19, 1983	Oct 19, 1983	Amax Petroleum Corporation	Freestone	Middleton, R. C. G. U. #2 #1	8,600	16130868
183733	Jan 20, 1983	Jan 20, 1983	Amax Petroleum Corporation	Garza	Thuett, L. G. Jr. #1	9,500	16932008

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.

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