OPERATORS · RRC 216537 · P-5 STATUS Y
Desco Oil Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorDesco Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 2, 1990.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
19 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 11, 2001.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 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.
- 11%
- spud rate · 2 of 19 mature permits
- 16
- median days permit to spud · middle half 15–17
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 17
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange county → | — | 10 | 0 | Jul 2, 1990 |
| Polk county → | — | 5 | 0 | Sep 9, 1986 |
| Jefferson county → | — | 2 | 2 | Jul 19, 1982 |
| Goliad county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 10, 1981 |
| Newton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 14, 1980 |
All 19 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 | 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
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 75.2K
- 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
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 2
- 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 | 12 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bauer Ranch (Nodosaria 9595)6171664 | 1 | 0 |
| Elizabeth (North)28369001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jan 11, 2001
- Address
- 2200 Post Oak Blvd #525
- Houston, TX 77056
- Officers and agents
- Davis, Richard L. · President
- Davis, Shirley J. · Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374633 | Jul 2, 1990 | Jul 2, 1990 | Desco Oil Company | Orange | Arco Fee 99 Unit #1 | 7,316 | 36130340 |
| 365710 | Oct 30, 1989 | Oct 30, 1989 | Desco Oil Company | Orange | Cormier, Paul J. et AL #1R | 6,500 | 36130603 |
| 360736 | Jun 27, 1989 | Jun 27, 1989 | Desco Oil Company | Orange | Cormier, Paul J. et AL #1 | 6,500 | 36130596 |
| 360736 | Jun 27, 1989 | Jun 27, 1989 | Desco Oil Company | Orange | Cormier, Paul J. et AL #1 | 6,500 | 36130596 |
| 320287 | Sep 9, 1986 | Sep 9, 1986 | Desco Oil Company | Polk | Carter Brothers Unit #1 | 3,692 | 37330458 |
| 273799 | May 1, 1985 | May 1, 1985 | Desco Oil Company | Polk | Carter, W. T. & Bros. "D" #1 | 6,750 | 37300466 |
| 192842 | Apr 28, 1983 | Apr 28, 1983 | Desco Oil Company | Orange | Mil-Vid, et AL #1 | 7,408 | 36130463 |
| 168475 | Aug 6, 1982 | Aug 6, 1982 | Desco Oil Company | Orange | Peveto #1 | 7,320 | 36130054 |
| 167016 | Jul 19, 1982 | Jul 19, 1982 | Desco Oil Company | Jefferson | Bauer, Robert et AL #1 | 9,700 | 24531544 |
| 147498 | Dec 31, 1981 | Dec 31, 1981 | Desco Oil Company | Polk | Carter Brothers Unit #1 | 5,487 | 37330458 |
| 139941 | Nov 6, 1981 | Nov 6, 1981 | Desco Oil Company | Orange | Mil-Vid Properties, Inc. #1 | 7,487 | 36130408 |
| 136228 | Oct 13, 1981 | Oct 13, 1981 | Desco Oil Company | Polk | Carter Brothers Unit #1 | 5,337 | 37330458 |
| 135281 | Oct 2, 1981 | Oct 2, 1981 | Desco Oil Company | Jefferson | Bauer, Robert et AL #1 | 9,700 | 24531544 |
| 124929 | Jul 10, 1981 | Jul 10, 1981 | Desco Oil Company | Goliad | McGuill-Sullivan Unit #1 | 5,700 | 17531511 |
| 101114 | Dec 5, 1980 | Dec 5, 1980 | Desco Oil Company | Orange | Withey, Arco #2 | 7,300 | 36130373 |
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/216537, documented in the API reference.