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OPERATORS · RRC 250685  · P-5 STATUS Y

Elsbury, Joe W

Lafayette, LA

Watch this operator

Elsbury, Joe W has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 26, 1992.

The RRC wellbore file lists 17 wells under its operatorship.

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

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 17 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.

24%
spud rate · 6 of 25 mature permits
48
median days permit to spud · middle half 16–58
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
19
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 14 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Hardin county →—2516Aug 26, 1992

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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Wilcox70
Yegua20
Sparta10
Cook Mountain10
Miocene (undifferentiated)10

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 →

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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

17
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
14
plugged

How it got them

5
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
7
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

0
active UIC permits of 4
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Hardin0 active0 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
Drill0016
Recompletion007
Other002

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
Jackson-Doty (Yegua -C- Sd.)4540940050
Jimmie Owen (Yegua #1)4649325020
Jimmie Owen (Yegua #3)4649375020
Maple Slough (Wilcox Upper)5729977520
Camp Eleven1507800110
Maple Slough (Wilcox 10000)5729982510
Jackson-Doty (Yegua -T- Sd.)4540960010
Hampton South (Yegua C-1)3861320010
Hampton South (Yegua H-3)3861389310
Jackson-Doty (Yegua No. 4)4540980010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 5, 1993
Address
Box 51284 O.C.S.
Lafayette, LA 70505
Officers and agents
Fortenberry, Rex G. · Texas Resident Agent
Elsbury, Joe W. · Owner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
402341Aug 26, 1992Aug 26, 1992Elsbury, Joe W.HardinH & TC Fee Sec. 201 #106,76619931824
323163Nov 18, 1986Nov 18, 1986Elsbury, Joe W.HardinArco-Binns #112,00019932415
323163Nov 18, 1986Nov 18, 1986Elsbury, Joe W.HardinSouth Hampton Unit #2311,30519932415
320055Sep 9, 1986Sep 9, 1986Elsbury, Joe W.HardinHollyfield Unit #110,41219932321
302581May 27, 1986May 27, 1986Elsbury, Joe W.HardinArco Fee #210,50019932381
298344Feb 24, 1986Feb 24, 1986Elsbury, Joe W.HardinD.J. Unit C #810,25019932363
296922Feb 5, 1986Feb 5, 1986Elsbury, Joe W.HardinArco Fee #110,26019932358
283286Aug 20, 1985Aug 20, 1985Elsbury, Joe W.HardinHollyfield Hrs. #110,50019932321
278223Jun 20, 1985Jun 20, 1985Elsbury, Joe W.HardinJackson, Doty "A" #710,50019932293
276518May 30, 1985May 30, 1985Elsbury, Joe W.HardinDoty-Jackson W-11 #17,50019900135
267336Feb 15, 1985Feb 15, 1985Elsbury & McGrewHardinSouth Hampton Unit #228,60019932260
252817Sep 25, 1984Sep 25, 1984Elsbury, Joe W.HardinJackson, Doty "X" 34 #111,00019932181
238356May 10, 1984May 10, 1984Elsbury, Joe W.HardinDoty-Jackson W #111,50019931922
219818Nov 4, 1983Nov 4, 1983Elsbury, Joe W.HardinDoty-Jackson X #111,00019932056
203442Jul 29, 1983Jul 29, 1983Elsbury & McGrewHardinSouth Hampton Unit #158,42619900345

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/250685, documented in the API reference.