OPERATORS · RRC 16980 · P-5 STATUS Y

Amerada Hess Corp

Houston, TX

Amerada Hess Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 6, 2005.

The RRC wellbore file lists 295 wells under its operatorship.

835 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 6, 2006.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 295 of record
42: 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.

56%: spud rate · 471 of 835 mature permits
40: median days permit to spud · middle half 17–85
0: spuds, last 180 days
1%: cancelled · 5 permits
358: expired undrilled
29: permits a year over 29 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
Gaines county →	—	459	18	Dec 6, 2005
Orange county →	—	50	7	Dec 11, 2001
Zapata county →	—	50	8	Sep 13, 1994
Wilbarger county →	—	38	88	Nov 6, 1986
Harris county →	—	37	35	Feb 13, 1995
Wharton county →	—	30	3	Jul 21, 1998
Wood county →	—	24	14	Mar 15, 1995
Victoria county →	—	23	65	Dec 12, 1997
Terry county →	—	18	1	Nov 3, 2004
Howard county →	—	17	7	Feb 2, 1993
Martin county →	—	16	0	Apr 15, 1993
Yoakum county →	—	14	3	May 20, 1993
Colorado county →	—	6	2	Aug 17, 1992
Crockett county →	—	5	2	Nov 26, 1990
Chambers county →	—	4	1	Dec 19, 1994
Matagorda county →	—	4	0	Nov 6, 1996
Leon county →	—	3	0	Dec 22, 1997
Midland county →	—	3	1	Aug 2, 1994
Anderson county →	—	2	0	Aug 5, 1986
Brazoria county →	—	2	0	Mar 25, 1991
Ector county →	—	2	15	Dec 6, 1978
Glasscock county →	—	2	1	Jul 12, 1989
Jefferson county →	—	2	0	Jun 18, 1993
Newton county →	—	2	0	Mar 28, 1995
Pecos county →	—	2	0	Jan 30, 1980
Walker county →	—	2	0	Oct 18, 1984
Borden county →	—	1	0	Mar 20, 1980
Cherokee county →	—	1	0	Apr 13, 1981
Coke county →	—	1	0	Dec 8, 1977
Dawson county →	—	1	1	Feb 6, 1978
DE Witt county →	—	1	0	Nov 24, 1992
Fort Bend county →	—	1	0	Feb 19, 1999
Hockley county →	—	1	0	Aug 16, 1977
Houston county →	—	1	1	May 11, 1983
Kenedy county →	—	1	1	Jul 20, 1995
Mustang IS-LB county →	—	1	0	Sep 20, 2001
Mustang IS-SB county →	—	1	0	Nov 2, 2001
Nolan county →	—	1	1	Oct 18, 1977
Ochiltree county →	—	1	0	Dec 14, 1977
Presidio county →	—	1	0	Jul 26, 1985
Reeves county →	—	1	0	Sep 20, 1984
Smith county →	—	1	0	May 13, 1983
Van Zandt county →	—	1	0	Jan 14, 1981
Waller county →	—	1	0	May 14, 1984

All 835 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
Yates	135	0
San Andres	121	0
Grayburg	60	0
Queen	46	0
Rustler	42	0
Seven Rivers	32	0
Canyon	23	0
Cisco	18	0
Wilcox	15	0
Yegua	15	0
Wolfcamp	12	0
Woodford	10	0
Frio	10	0
Spraberry	9	0
Clear Fork	9	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
167M: 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

295: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
161: plugged

How it got them

69: permitted itself
7: acquired from others
287: 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 218
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Wilbarger	0 active	0 bbl/d
Gaines	0 active	0 bbl/d
Midland	0 active	0 bbl/d
Wood	0 active	0 bbl/d
Howard	0 active	0 bbl/d
Terry	0 active	0 bbl/d
Victoria	0 active	0 bbl/d
Borden	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	646
Recompletion	0	0	174
Other	0	0	9
Reenter	0	0	6

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
Bloomington (4600)9674315	55	0
Fargo (Canyon 4200)30209284	33	0
Fargo (Canyon 3900)30209142	20	0
Fargo (Canyon 4400)30209426	14	0
Tomball (Petrich NW.)90620621	13	0
East Texas27302001	12	0
Fargo (Cisco 3700)30209710	8	0
Fairbanks29986001	8	0
Fargo W. (Strawn Conglomerate)30215500	8	0
Los Mogotes (8120)54976800	6	0
Wildcat20001	6	0
Fargo (Cisco 3200)30209568	5	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Oct 6, 2006

Address: Attn Joey Kitchens P O Box 2040; Houston, TX 77252

Officers and agents: CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent; O'Connor, John J. · President; Heck, Scott · Vice President; Crouch, Edward Clyde · Vice President; Jones, Louis D. · 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
873575	Oct 27, 2021	Oct 27, 2021	Sloan Petroleum Inc.	Gaines	R. Whitaker #1HH	12,745	16500116
643406	Aug 6, 2007	Aug 6, 2007	Chesapeake Operating, Inc.	Houston	Temple Eastex #1	12,000	22530479
610419	Dec 6, 2005	Dec 6, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	Seminole San Andres Unit #3903R	5,650	16536455
609334	Nov 14, 2005	Nov 14, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	Seminole San Andres Unit #5512R	5,650	16536447
608431	Oct 28, 2005	Oct 28, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	T. S. Riley 'B' Gas Unit #2	3,650	16536441
604103	Oct 6, 2005	Oct 6, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	E. J. Austin Gas Unit #1	3,500	16536400
604108	Oct 4, 2005	Oct 4, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	Robertson Gas Unit #1R	3,550	16536401
606872	Sep 27, 2005	Sep 27, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	Crain Gas Unit #1	3,600	16536423
604957	Aug 15, 2005	Aug 15, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	T.S. Riley Gas Unit #1	3,550	16536412
604953	Aug 15, 2005	Aug 15, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	Northrup Gas Unit #2	3,550	16536411
557133	Feb 2, 2005	Feb 2, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	Northrup Gas Unit #1	3,500	16536309
557131	Feb 2, 2005	Feb 2, 2005	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	Coffey Gas Unit #2	3,500	16536307
553141	Nov 3, 2004	Nov 3, 2004	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	Adair San Andres Unit #2211	4,950	16536253
553140	Nov 3, 2004	Nov 3, 2004	Amerada Hess Corporation	Terry	Adair San Andres Unit #910	4,950	44532063
551044	Sep 20, 2004	Sep 20, 2004	Amerada Hess Corporation	Gaines	Seminole San Andres Unit #4201R	5,600	16536207

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/16980, documented in the API reference.