OPERATORS · RRC 251442 · P-5 STATUS Y
Empire Oil Co
Coppell, TX
Watch this operatorEmpire Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 26, 1984.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship (1 producing).
Lease reports credit it with 1.68K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 28% on the year before.
5 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 1
- producing wells, of 1 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.
- 80%
- spud rate · 4 of 5 mature permits
- 6
- median days permit to spud · middle half 3–23
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 1
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red River county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 25, 1980 |
| Cooke county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 2, 1984 |
| Lamar county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 12, 1982 |
| Montague county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 26, 1984 |
All 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Strawn | 2 | 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 →
- 1.68K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -28%
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 58.9K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 1,683 · prior 12 2,325(-28%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 1
- on the schedule
- 1
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 2
- 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 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cooke County Regular20350001 | 1 | 1 |
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
- 201 Magnolia Drive
- Coppell, TX 75019
- (214) 336-9484
- Officers and agents
- Ward, Joe M · Joint Venturer
- Ward, John M · Joint Venturer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253332 | Sep 26, 1984 | Sep 26, 1984 | Empire Oil Company | Montague | Durham #1 | 3,400 | 33732437 |
| 247238 | Aug 2, 1984 | Aug 2, 1984 | Empire Oil Company | Cooke | Harris, P. C. #1 | 3,400 | 09732609 |
| 166305 | Jul 12, 1982 | Jul 12, 1982 | Empire Oil Company | Lamar | Couch, Marvin C. #1 | 2,000 | 27730104 |
| 87753 | Jul 25, 1980 | Jul 25, 1980 | Empire Oil Company | Red River | Chapman, Helen and Harry Jr. #1 | 2,800 | 38730264 |
| 69164 | Jan 10, 1980 | Jan 10, 1980 | Empire Oil Company | Red River | Scott, Mrs. M. B. #1 | 5,500 | 38730224 |
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/251442, documented in the API reference.