OPERATORS · RRC 220838 · P-5 STATUS Y

Dirks, R.W. Pet. Eng. Inc

Tuleta, TX

Dirks, R.W. Pet. Eng. Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 2, 1993.

The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.

7 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; 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 2 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.

57%: spud rate · 4 of 7 mature permits
7: median days permit to spud · middle half 4–12
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
3: expired undrilled
1: permits a year over 13 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
Duval county →	—	2	0	Jan 14, 1985
Goliad county →	—	2	0	Jun 20, 1991
Webb county →	—	2	1	Apr 2, 1993
Caldwell county →	—	1	0	May 25, 1981

All 7 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
Escondido	1	0
Navarro	1	0
Olmos	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

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

How it got them

0: permitted itself
2: acquired from others
4: 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	4
Other	0	0	2
Recompletion	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
Las Tiendas (Olmos)52211060	1	0
Wharco Shilling (Frio 4050)96702040	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

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

Address: P O Drawer 200; Tuleta, TX 78162

Officers and agents: Fischer, Laura E. · President; Fischer, Jon R. · General Manager; Dirks, Susan A. · Vice President; Dirks, Richard W., Jr · Secretary

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
410459	Apr 2, 1993	Apr 2, 1993	Dirks, R.W. Pet. Eng. Inc.	Webb	Gonzales, M. A. #1	6,470	47931241
389164	Jun 20, 1991	Jun 20, 1991	Dirks, R.W. Pet. Eng. Inc.	Goliad	Floeck #1	5,450	17532613
372496	Apr 30, 1990	Apr 30, 1990	Dirks, R.W. Pet. Eng. Inc.	Goliad	Horney #1	3,500	17532505
264124	Jan 14, 1985	Jan 14, 1985	Dirks, R.W. Pet. Eng. Inc.	Duval	Blackwell, Lora #9	2,800	13103007
264123	Jan 14, 1985	Jan 14, 1985	Dirks, R.W. Pet. Eng. Inc.	Duval	Blackwell, Lora #10	2,800	13103008
200193	Jul 1, 1983	Jul 1, 1983	Newton Oil & Gas Corporation	Wharton	Harfst, G.H. "D" #1	6,800	48132527
155905	Apr 7, 1982	Apr 7, 1982	Newton Oil & Gas Corporation	Webb	Palafox Exp. Co. A #1	7,500	47933296
119182	May 25, 1981	May 25, 1981	Dirks, R.W. Pet. Eng. Inc.	Caldwell	McCarley, Lois Tract A #1	2,750	05532006
108703	Feb 18, 1981	Feb 18, 1981	Dirks, R.W. Pet. Eng. Inc.	Webb	Hewell, Molly et AL #2	8,000	47932965

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/220838, documented in the API reference.