OPERATORS · RRC 239009  · P-5 STATUS Y

East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co

East Tex Salt Water Disposal CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 27, 2016.

The RRC wellbore file lists 140 wells under its operatorship.

It holds 87 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 320M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

93 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 140 of record
40
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.

72%
spud rate · 67 of 93 mature permits
57
median days permit to spud · middle half 36–98
0
spuds, last 180 days
3%
cancelled · 3 permits
23
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 38 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Gregg county →—3654Jan 27, 2016
Upshur county →—2741Dec 29, 2014
Rusk county →—2433Aug 27, 2014
Smith county →—612Sep 25, 2014

All 93 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Woodbine730
Pecan Gap620
Taylor520
Nacatoch360
Austin Chalk250
Navarro110
Midway50

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
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

140
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
83
injection
0
temp. abandoned
55
plugged

How it got them

76
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
0
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

87
active UIC permits of 149
1.97M
permitted bbl/day, active
320M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Gregg34 active767K bbl/d
Upshur31 active712K bbl/d
Rusk18 active396K bbl/d
Smith4 active91K 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0093

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.

FieldWellsProducing
East Texas273020011400

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 4, 2026
Oil operator
Address
1209 Industrial Blvd
Kilgore, TX 75662
(903) 984-3063
Officers and agents
Stoudt, William K · Chairman
Nault, Patrick John · Director
Welch, Mason A · President,ceo
Basa Resources, Inc. · 25% Owner/ Stockholder
Knowlton, Lary · Director,vice President,basa Res
Henson, Samantha Annette · Secretary,treasurer
Foster, Michael N Jr · Director,president,of Basa Resou

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
813219Jan 27, 2016Jan 27, 2016East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.GreggStarnes-Williams #5R3,75018332155
802107Dec 29, 2014Dec 29, 2014East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.UpshurEverett-Lake #83,83045931482
801377Dec 8, 2014Dec 8, 2014East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.GreggStarnes-Williams #123,75018332151
795410Sep 25, 2014Sep 25, 2014East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.SmithShank #13,90042332359
793991Sep 16, 2014Sep 16, 2014East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.GreggBailey-Merrill #63,85018332149
793608Sep 12, 2014Sep 12, 2014East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.UpshurBlum #93,88045931477
793607Sep 12, 2014Sep 12, 2014East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.UpshurEverett-Lake #73,83045931476
793606Sep 12, 2014Sep 12, 2014East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.UpshurDowning #53,85045931475
793020Aug 27, 2014Aug 27, 2014East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.SmithSharp #103,90042332356
793018Aug 27, 2014Aug 27, 2014East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.RuskChester-Kee #63,90040135319
747355Sep 24, 2012Sep 24, 2012East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.RuskBlackwell #33,90040135228
477203Jun 24, 1998Jun 24, 1998East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.RuskBlackwell #33,90040135228
470679Dec 8, 1997Dec 8, 1997East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.GreggHamon #43,80018331303
456934Jan 8, 1997Jan 8, 1997East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.GreggStarnes-Williams #113,70018331274
451327Aug 14, 1996Aug 14, 1996East Tex Salt Water Disposal Co.GreggStarnes- Williams #103,70018331246

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/239009, documented in the API reference.