OPERATORS · RRC 227537 · P-5 STATUS Y

Dowco Petro, Inc

Henderson, TX

Dowco Petro, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 2, 1986.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.

25 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 3, 1993.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 1 of record
2: 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.

44%: spud rate · 11 of 25 mature permits
24: median days permit to spud · middle half 8–34
0: spuds, last 180 days
4%: cancelled · 1 permits
13: expired undrilled
3: permits a year over 9 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
Rusk county →	—	25	1	Dec 2, 1986

All 25 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
Travis Peak	4	0
Rodessa	3	0
Pettit	3	0
James Lime	2	0
Paluxy	1	0
Massive Anhydrite (marker)	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

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

How it got them

0: permitted itself
0: acquired from others
11: 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	20
Recompletion	0	0	4
Other	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
Fite (Travis Peak)31061500	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Dec 3, 1993

Address: 3167 US Hwy 2595; Henderson, TX 75652

Officers and agents: Dowden, T. L. · President; Dowden, JO Ann · Secretary; Phenix, James N · 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
320322	Dec 2, 1986	Dec 2, 1986	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Alford, R. O. #1	7,585	40100473
255126	Oct 22, 1984	Oct 22, 1984	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Lagrone, David #1	8,500	40132073
228764	Jan 30, 1984	Jan 30, 1984	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Smith, R. T. Unit #1 #1	7,500	40131432
224607	Dec 22, 1983	Dec 22, 1983	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Frolick, G. T. #2 #2	7,758	40131337
224609	Dec 22, 1983	Dec 22, 1983	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	G. T. Frolick Unit #1 #1	7,620	40131039
217518	Oct 17, 1983	Oct 17, 1983	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Tipps, Russell #1 #1	8,500	40131791
192927	Apr 28, 1983	Apr 28, 1983	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	W.P. Fite Unit #2 #1	7,750	40131673
180726	Dec 20, 1982	Dec 20, 1982	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	J M Hays Unit #1 #1	8,200	40131588
181378	Dec 16, 1982	Dec 16, 1982	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Earl Pat Best Unit #1 #1	8,130	40131541
180506	Dec 14, 1982	Dec 14, 1982	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Ruby Hunt Unit #1 #1	7,700	40131279
174739	Oct 14, 1982	Oct 14, 1982	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Smith, R T Unit #2 #1	8,000	40100330
173300	Sep 22, 1982	Sep 22, 1982	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Smith, R. T. Unit No. 1 #1	7,900	40131432
160073	May 4, 1982	May 4, 1982	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Wells, Artie #1	8,103	40131453
155242	Apr 1, 1982	Apr 1, 1982	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Smith, R. T. #1	7,850	40131432
141558	Nov 25, 1981	Nov 25, 1981	Dowco Petroleum, Inc.	Rusk	Frolick, G. T. #2 #2	7,758	40131337

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/227537, documented in the API reference.