OPERATORS · RRC 251425 · P-5 STATUS Y
Empire Drilling Co
Dallas, TX
Watch this operatorEmpire Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 13, 1979.
8 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 3, 1992.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 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.
- 75%
- spud rate · 6 of 8 mature permits
- 12
- median days permit to spud · middle half 10–14
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 2
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scurry county → | — | 6 | 0 | Aug 8, 1979 |
| Garza county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 22, 1977 |
| Haskell county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 13, 1979 |
All 8 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 →
- 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
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 3
- 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 →
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jan 3, 1992
- Address
- 3458 Webb Chapel Extension #130
- Dallas, TX 75220
- Officers and agents
- Brewer, Jerry W. · Texas Resident Agent
- Brewer, Jerry W. · Secretary/Treasurer
- Hunt, Sherman M. · President
- Hunt, John S. · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63695 | Nov 13, 1979 | Nov 13, 1979 | Empire Drilling Company | Haskell | Ratliff #1 | 5,615 | 20730863 |
| 54932 | Aug 8, 1979 | Aug 8, 1979 | Empire Drilling Company | Scurry | Shannon Estate #3463 | 8,200 | 41531414 |
| 47045 | Apr 23, 1979 | Apr 23, 1979 | Empire Drilling Company | Scurry | Shannon Estate #1E-D | 4,450 | 41503670 |
| 29340 | Jul 28, 1978 | Jul 28, 1978 | Empire Drilling Company | Scurry | Shannon Estate #346-2 | 8,250 | 41531271 |
| 27844 | Jul 3, 1978 | Jul 3, 1978 | Empire Drilling Company | Scurry | Shannon Estate #346-1 | 8,250 | 41531268 |
| 26101 | Jun 9, 1978 | Jun 9, 1978 | Empire Drilling Company | Scurry | Shannon Estate #347-1 | 8,134 | 41531256 |
| 22657 | Apr 24, 1978 | Apr 24, 1978 | Empire Drilling Company | Scurry | Shannon Estate #1 | 8,250 | 41531249 |
| 15270 | Dec 22, 1977 | Dec 22, 1977 | Empire Drilling Company | Garza | Blakey #1 | 7,917 | 16930917 |
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/251425, documented in the API reference.