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OPERATORS · RRC 258400  · P-5 STATUS Y

Fair Oil Co

Tyler, TX

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Fair Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 31, 1996.

The RRC wellbore file lists 59 wells under its operatorship.

92 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 1997.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 59 of record
14
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.

57%
spud rate · 52 of 92 mature permits
25
median days permit to spud · middle half 9–38
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
39
expired undrilled
5
permits a year over 17 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Marion county →—2512Jan 9, 1996
Wood county →—2511Jul 31, 1996
Frio county →—713Oct 19, 1984
Gonzales county →—71Sep 3, 1985
Kaufman county →—67Aug 6, 1993
Smith county →—68Dec 8, 1994
Anderson county →—41Aug 17, 1983
Hopkins county →—30May 12, 1994
Rusk county →—20Dec 15, 1982
Cass county →—10Aug 1, 1988
Delta county →—10Jun 6, 1989
Lamar county →—10Dec 8, 1988
Limestone county →—10May 15, 1989
Navarro county →—10Oct 25, 1988
Shelby county →—10Oct 4, 1983
Titus county →—10Oct 11, 1995

All 92 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
Austin Chalk160
Woodbine100
Travis Peak70
Goodland70
Pettit70
Massive Anhydrite (marker)70
Paluxy60
Wilcox50
Buda50
Nacatoch50
Navarro50
Sub-Clarksville40
Midway40
Rodessa40
Pecan Gap30

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
480K
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

59
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
44
plugged

How it got them

10
permitted itself
8
acquired from others
46
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 11
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Marion0 active0 bbl/d
Harrison0 active0 bbl/d
Kaufman0 active0 bbl/d
Wood0 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
Drill0075
Recompletion0014
Reenter002
Other001

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
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)69981125130
Green Fox (Pettit -A-)3666345660
Hawkins3972400150
Walter Fair9498100150
Walter Fair (Rodessa)9498133320
Woodlawn (Pettit)9856341520
Southland (Rodessa)8476367520
Green Fox (Pettit 6200)3666360820
Green Fox (Travis Peak 6340)3666383620
Chapel Hill E. (Paluxy)1700933320
Green Fox (Pettit)3666338010
Green Fox (Brooks 6400)3666307610

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 4, 1997
Address
P. O. Box 689
Tyler, TX 75710
Officers and agents
Fair, James W. · President
Strawn, J. Mark · Vice President
Fair, Wilton H. · Vice President
Ray, Richard L. · Vice President
Bright, Sam · Treasurer
Stenhouse, Wilma · Secretary
Goodwin, Nat F. · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
450903Jul 31, 1996Jul 31, 1996Fair Oil CompanyWoodFarris #3H7,40049931876
450246Jul 15, 1996Jul 15, 1996Fair Oil CompanyWoodPittman, E. N. et AL #1A8,55049931305
443357Jan 9, 1996Jan 9, 1996Fair Oil CompanyMarionJim L. Williams Unit #16,17531501157
440686Oct 11, 1995Oct 11, 1995Fair Oil CompanyTitusRing #15,30044930519
436945Jun 21, 1995Jun 21, 1995Fair Oil CompanyMarionHall, Sam #16,60031530824
430615Dec 8, 1994Dec 8, 1994Fair Oil CompanySmithHackett, Oliver #17,35042331430
430615Dec 8, 1994Dec 8, 1994Fair Oil CompanySmithHackett, Oliver #17,35042331430
427750Sep 6, 1994Sep 6, 1994Fair Oil CompanyWoodScoggins, F.E. #38,35049901007
423689May 12, 1994May 12, 1994Fair Oil CompanyHopkinsMcMullen, Albert #15,00022330462
415160Aug 24, 1993Aug 24, 1993Fair Oil CompanyMarionHasty-Chew-Unit #16,20031530797
414540Aug 6, 1993Aug 6, 1993Fair Oil CompanyWoodI. McLeod Unit #16,90049931825
414539Aug 6, 1993Aug 6, 1993Fair Oil CompanyKaufmanM. Clayton Unit #15,10025730378
408574Feb 4, 1993Feb 4, 1993Fair Oil CompanyMarionAnthony, James E. Trustee "A" #15,96031501125
408573Feb 1, 1993Feb 1, 1993Fair Oil CompanyMarionAnthony, James E. Trustee #26,78031500530
405251Nov 6, 1992Nov 6, 1992Fair Oil CompanyMarionHasty-Chew Unit #16,60031530797

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/258400, documented in the API reference.