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OPERATORS · RRC 264227  · P-5 STATUS Y

Federal Oil, Inc

Big Spring, TX

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Federal Oil, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 27, 1998.

The RRC wellbore file lists 25 wells under its operatorship.

30 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1988; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 7, 2006.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 25 of record
19
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 · 24 of 30 mature permits
8
median days permit to spud · middle half 5–14
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
6
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 10 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Howard county →—1211Jul 22, 1997
Haskell county →—40Feb 27, 1998
Scurry county →—33Feb 17, 1995
Jones county →—20Sep 4, 1996
Taylor county →—25Dec 13, 1988
Coke county →—11Oct 18, 1994
Concho county →—12Dec 14, 1989
Gaines county →—10May 15, 1996
Nolan county →—10Nov 9, 1993
Runnels county →—10Mar 26, 1990
Stephens county →—13Jan 2, 1996
Stonewall county →—10May 16, 1994

All 30 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
Cisco80
Spraberry70
Canyon60
Wolfcamp30
Ellenburger10
Clear Fork10
Strawn10

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
342K
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

25
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
25
plugged

How it got them

10
permitted itself
14
acquired from others
12
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

Howard0 active0 bbl/d
Rusk0 active0 bbl/d
Taylor0 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
Drill0025
Reenter004
Recompletion001

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
Lake Abilene (Cross Cut)5136520050
Austin Seth (Canyon Reef)447007530
Wildcat1600130
Reid-McLennan (Miss.)7572850020
Ride (Cisco Lime)7657750020
Luther E. (Canyon Reef)5581633320
Brittany Noel (Canyon)1206920010
Ride S.W. (Penn Reef)7658550010
Summer Rae (Cisco Reef)8709307510
Vealmoor Central (Canyon Reef)9330950010
Glenda (Cisco Reef)3535507510
Coyote Valley (Cisco)2141807510

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 7, 2006
Address
P O Box 2758
Big Spring, TX 79721
Officers and agents
Smith, Stephen R. · President/Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
541980Feb 19, 2004Feb 19, 2004Parish, John R.HowardEngle, C. J. #17,00022733728
473861Feb 27, 1998Feb 27, 1998Federal Oil, Inc.HaskellSimpson #16,40020732406
465253Jul 22, 1997Jul 22, 1997Federal Oil, Inc.HowardSchafer #18,30022735230
460127Mar 25, 1997Mar 25, 1997Federal Oil, Inc.HowardWagner #18,40022735182
454357Oct 28, 1996Oct 28, 1996Federal Oil, Inc.HowardMitchell #18,30022735085
452113Sep 4, 1996Sep 4, 1996Federal Oil, Inc.JonesShinnery #14,70025334358
451907Aug 26, 1996Aug 26, 1996Federal Oil, Inc.JonesBumpass #14,70025334353
450421Jul 16, 1996Jul 16, 1996Federal Oil, Inc.HowardO'Daniel "B" #38,50022735053
448153May 15, 1996May 15, 1996Federal Oil, Inc.GainesGabrielle #15,80016534999
447180Apr 18, 1996Apr 18, 1996Federal Oil, Inc.HowardHodnett #18,30022735034
445575Mar 11, 1996Mar 11, 1996Federal Oil, Inc.HowardCarpenter #18,50022735015
444770Feb 16, 1996Feb 16, 1996Federal Oil, Inc.HowardO'Daniel "A" #28,50022735000
443382Jan 2, 1996Jan 2, 1996Federal Oil, Inc.StephensBridge #1H4,50042935553
441808Nov 10, 1995Nov 10, 1995Federal Oil, Inc.HowardWildhorse #18,40022734968
440111Sep 21, 1995Sep 21, 1995Federal Oil, Inc.HowardO'Daniel #18,45022734942

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.

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