OPERATORS · RRC 220833 · P-5 STATUS Y

Dirks Petro Co

Beeville, TX

Dirks Petro CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 9, 2012.

The RRC wellbore file lists 8 wells under its operatorship (1 producing, 1 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 7 barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026.

23 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1998; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 2026.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
1: producing wells, of 8 of record
23: 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.

57%: spud rate · 13 of 23 mature permits
40: median days permit to spud · middle half 5–64
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
10: expired undrilled
2: permits a year over 15 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
Live Oak county →	—	13	5	Jul 9, 2012
Bee county →	—	9	2	May 19, 2012
Washington county →	—	1	1	Jul 2, 2009

All 23 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
No completion tops on file.

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 →

7: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
121: bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 38,012(-100%)

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 7 · prior 12 0

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

8: on the schedule
1: producing
1: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
4: plugged

How it got them

5: permitted itself
3: 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
Recompletion	0	0	16
Drill	0	0	4
Reenter	0	0	3

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
Wildcat6001	3	0
Cadiz (2ND Slick Wilcox)14551800	1	0
Cadiz (Queen City)14551300	1	0
Dinero West (Pettus)24888664	1	0
Gamble Gully SW. (7100)33883600	1	1
Swinney Switch (Hockley Second)87777333	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Jan 4, 2026; Gas gatheringGas operatorOil operator

Address: P O Box 29; Beeville, TX 78104; (361) 362-7888

Officers and agents: Dirks, Wayne D · Texas Resident Agent; Dirks, Wayne David · Sole Proprietor; Amsler, Casey · Filing Agent; Amsler, Donovan · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
735664	Jul 9, 2012	Jul 9, 2012	Dirks Petroleum Company	Live Oak	Koemel #2	9,500	29730738
738615	Jun 12, 2012	Jun 12, 2012	Choice Exploration, Inc.	Live Oak	Dirks #1	6,200	29735136
734818	May 19, 2012	May 19, 2012	Dirks Petroleum Company	Bee	Brooks Trust No. 2 GU #4	1,990	02533816
738139	Apr 25, 2012	Apr 25, 2012	Choice Exploration, Inc.	Live Oak	Lakehouse Unit #1	4,800	29735134
733383	Feb 28, 2012	Feb 28, 2012	Dirks Petroleum Company	Live Oak	Gamble Gully Gas Unit #1 #1	9,312	29730527
725389	Oct 13, 2011	Oct 13, 2011	Dirks Petroleum Company	Bee	Brooks Trust Unit #2 #3	8,500	02533099
725389	Oct 13, 2011	Oct 13, 2011	Dirks Petroleum Company	Bee	Brooks Trust Unit #2 #3	8,500	02533099
690034	Feb 8, 2010	Feb 8, 2010	Dirks Petroleum Company	Live Oak	Grossman, Simon #3	1,480	29730883
682162	Jul 2, 2009	Jul 2, 2009	Dirks Petroleum Company	Washington	Nath Winfield #1	1,500	47730976
678838	Mar 11, 2009	Mar 11, 2009	Dirks Petroleum Company	Bee	Brooks Trust #1	8,900	02533009
678645	Mar 2, 2009	Mar 2, 2009	Dirks Petroleum Company	Live Oak	Unit #5 #3	550	29734833
676974	Jan 27, 2009	Jan 27, 2009	Dirks Petroleum Company	Live Oak	Koemel #2	9,500	29730738
677245	Jan 15, 2009	Jan 15, 2009	Prime Operating Company	Bee	Brooks Trust #1	9,500	02533009
675690	Dec 10, 2008	Dec 10, 2008	Dirks Petroleum Company	Live Oak	Grossman #1	550	29734825
659001	Apr 30, 2008	Apr 30, 2008	Dirks Petroleum Company	Bee	Brooks Trust #2	8,500	02533043

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/220833, documented in the API reference.