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OPERATORS · RRC 268962  · P-5 STATUS Y

Finnell Oil Co

Wichita Falls, TX

Watch this operator

Finnell Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 17, 2004.

The RRC wellbore file lists 33 wells under its operatorship.

92 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 8, 2010.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 33 of record
5
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.

8%
spud rate · 7 of 92 mature permits
5
median days permit to spud · middle half 0–41
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
85
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 27 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Archer county →—434Nov 21, 1989
Wichita county →—378Mar 29, 1993
Hardeman county →—66May 7, 1991
Clay county →—40May 17, 2004
Montague county →—20May 1, 1984

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
Palo Pinto40
Ellenburger30
KMA30
Cisco20
Gunsight20
Canyon10
Permian (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 →

0
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
238K
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

33
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
19
plugged

How it got them

6
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
38
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 7
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Wilbarger0 active0 bbl/d
Archer0 active0 bbl/d
Hardeman0 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
Drill0091
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
Wilbarger County Regular97331001150
Wichita County Regular9715500170
Swartz (Palo Pinto)8753655050
Archer County Regular344600140
K-M-A (Ellenburger)4790233210
Quanah7360900110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 8, 2010
Address
P O Box 9199
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Officers and agents
Finnell, Leslie B., Jr. · Owner
Finnell, Susan Christine · Geologist/Manager
Finnell, Luke Baron · Manager

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
545693May 17, 2004May 17, 2004Finnell Oil Co.ClayGoad, A. #1132,90007704264
410187Mar 29, 1993Mar 29, 1993Finnell Oil Co.WichitaChilson D #81,80048542796
391133Aug 23, 1991Aug 23, 1991Finnell Oil Co.WichitaCullum "C" #51,80048542417
387282May 7, 1991May 7, 1991Finnell Oil Co.HardemanTinker #28,90019731173
385317Apr 8, 1991Apr 8, 1991Menasco, J.HardemanJeffery #26,00019731165
382222Dec 11, 1990Dec 11, 1990Finnell Oil Co.WichitaCullum "C" #41,80048542279
381314Nov 21, 1990Nov 21, 1990Finnell Oil Co.WichitaCullum "C" #31,80048542271
379528Oct 16, 1990Oct 16, 1990Finnell Oil Co.WichitaCullum "C" #21,80048542226
379066Oct 8, 1990Oct 8, 1990Finnell Oil Co.WichitaChilson "D" #71,80048542217
378191Sep 24, 1990Sep 24, 1990Finnell Oil Co.WichitaCullum "C" #11,80048542197
366803Nov 21, 1989Nov 21, 1989Finnell Oil Co.ArcherFinnell #231,85000940173
364337Sep 25, 1989Sep 25, 1989Finnell Oil Co.ArcherFinnell #221,85000940141
363227Aug 28, 1989Aug 28, 1989Finnell Oil Co.ArcherFinnell #211,85000940126
362795Aug 16, 1989Aug 16, 1989Finnell Oil Co.WichitaCullum Headquarters #41,80048541933
362062Jul 28, 1989Jul 28, 1989Finnell Oil Co.WichitaChilson D #61,89048541926

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/268962, documented in the API reference.