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OPERATORS · RRC 275740  · P-5 STATUS Y

Forest Oil Corp

Houston, TX

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Forest Oil Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 21, 2015.

The RRC wellbore file lists 326 wells under its operatorship.

1,861 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 11, 2015.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 326 of record
327
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.

73%
spud rate · 1,352 of 1,861 mature permits
40
median days permit to spud · middle half 17–84
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 5 permits
505
expired undrilled
49
permits a year over 38 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Wheeler county →—2423Aug 14, 2013
Hemphill county →—2228Sep 5, 2013
Gonzales county →—1932Oct 31, 2014
Rusk county →—1369Jan 21, 2015
Webb county →—13116Jul 23, 2008
Harrison county →—1152Jul 8, 2013
Zapata county →—1148Feb 12, 2010
Hidalgo county →—7321Jan 3, 2011
Waller county →—554Nov 14, 2011
Gaines county →—540Apr 11, 2008
Loving county →—5076Mar 28, 2008
Andrews county →—4719Jan 11, 2010
Wharton county →—4113Oct 14, 2011
Howard county →—341Jun 16, 2008
Starr county →—3121Apr 11, 2012
Leon county →—290Jul 9, 2010
Hill county →—230Jul 23, 2008
Cherokee county →—211Jan 20, 2015
Midland county →—200Jul 27, 2009
Winkler county →—193Sep 28, 2006
Pecos county →—138Mar 12, 2012
Gregg county →—121Dec 18, 2013
Brooks county →—111Oct 29, 1981
Dawson county →—101Aug 26, 1983
DE Witt county →—100May 28, 2009
Roberts county →—101Nov 7, 2013
Upton county →—103Oct 10, 2008
Ward county →—103Jun 18, 2008
Reeves county →—93Jan 21, 2012
Refugio county →—96Aug 6, 2010
Kleberg county →—88Mar 16, 2011
Shelby county →—81May 7, 2010
Lee county →—70May 20, 2011
Panola county →—79Apr 10, 2014
Crockett county →—61Dec 2, 2011
Erath county →—60May 29, 2008
Upshur county →—612Aug 21, 2014
Wilson county →—60Jan 24, 2011
Crane county →—50Jun 3, 2005
Marion county →—50Dec 30, 2008
Terry county →—50Aug 25, 1983
Lipscomb county →—31Aug 5, 2011
Chambers county →—20Jul 29, 1994
Dimmit county →—20Jun 30, 1977
Duval county →—20Aug 9, 2004
Goliad county →—23Oct 27, 1981
Irion county →—21Feb 2, 2006
Jim Hogg county →—20Jan 13, 1995
Liberty county →—20May 18, 2006
Live Oak county →—20May 29, 1997
Martin county →—21Jan 26, 1998
Nueces county →—210Jul 26, 1978
San Jacinto county →—20Aug 15, 2007
Terrell county →—20Feb 9, 1995
Austin county →—10Apr 25, 1978
Culberson county →—10Aug 7, 1985
Fort Bend county →—11May 14, 2007
Freestone county →—10Mar 20, 2013
Houston county →—10Oct 7, 2011
Karnes county →—10Oct 31, 1980
Lavaca county →—10Jul 18, 1977
Matgrda IS-SB county →—18Aug 8, 2003
Mitchell county →—10Apr 27, 2004
Sterling county →—10Mar 20, 1981
Yoakum county →—10Dec 16, 1981

All 1,861 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
Granite Wash2190
Des Moines2170
Travis Peak1501
Austin Chalk1340
Cotton Valley1341
Oswego1300
Eagle Ford1220
Atoka1190
Wilcox1140
Douglas1090
Tonkawa1040
James Lime951
Pennsylvanian920
Anacacho890
Pettit721

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
14.7M
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

326
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
156
plugged

How it got them

93
permitted itself
153
acquired from others
972
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 27
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Ector0 active0 bbl/d
Andrews0 active0 bbl/d
Zavala0 active0 bbl/d
Starr0 active0 bbl/d
Hemphill0 active0 bbl/d
Howard0 active0 bbl/d
Kleberg0 active0 bbl/d
Reeves0 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
Drill001,614
Recompletion00237
Other004
Reenter003
Reclass002
Field transfer001

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
Dimmitt (Cherry Canyon)24853400350
Dimmit Northeast (Delaware SD)24862300160
Wildcat16001140
Rincon (Vicksburg Cons.)76721550140
Dimmitt (Delaware Cons)24853600110
Gilmer(jurassic)3494375090
McAllen Ranch (Vicksburg Y)5874291190
Vermejo (Delaware)9358430080
Fullerton3323000160
Hawkins3972400160
Henderson E. (Cotton Valley)4035620050
McAllen Ranch (Vksbg P-V S Cons)5874234240

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Sep 11, 2015
Address
1415 Louisiana Ste 1600
Houston, TX 77002
(866) 520-0402
Officers and agents
Corporation Services Company · Texas Resident Agent
Sambrooks, David J. · President/Ceo
Levesque, Todd · Vice President/Coo

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
819364Oct 21, 2016Oct 21, 2016Hilcorp Energy CompanyStarrSlick, T.B. Estate a 527 #2034,13742733705
819364Oct 21, 2016Oct 21, 2016Hilcorp Energy CompanyStarrSlick, T.B. Estate 'a' 527 #2037,51542733705
809920Sep 3, 2015Sep 3, 2015Hilcorp Energy CompanyWallerKgfcu (I-A) #84087,33547331173
802724Jan 21, 2015Jan 21, 2015Forest Oil CorporationRuskLake- Hinson-Taliaferro #1HH14,00040135344
802691Jan 20, 2015Jan 20, 2015Forest Oil CorporationCherokeeBradford-Wilson #110,45007330572
801865Dec 22, 2014Dec 22, 2014Forest Oil CorporationCherokeeCarson Unit #1HH12,00007331526
791855Nov 12, 2014Nov 12, 2014Forest Oil CorporationRuskRca-Hinson #1HH13,00040135314
799435Oct 31, 2014Oct 31, 2014Forest Oil CorporationGonzalesRossow-BRZOZOWSKI1 #1HH13,50017732965
796613Oct 17, 2014Oct 17, 2014Forest Oil CorporationGonzalesTinsley-Vana #1 HH11,98417732526
796429Oct 3, 2014Oct 3, 2014Forest Oil CorporationRuskHarmon-Dickeson #1HH13,00040135328
796429Oct 3, 2014Oct 3, 2014Forest Oil CorporationRuskHarmon-Dickeson #1HH13,00040135328
790011Sep 18, 2014Sep 18, 2014Forest Oil CorporationRuskNichols-Houston-C4 #1HH13,00040135306
792382Sep 6, 2014Sep 6, 2014Forest Oil CorporationRuskRca-Dollar #1HH13,00040135316
795529Sep 4, 2014Sep 4, 2014Forest Oil CorporationGonzalesMahan #1SR7,99517733478
793265Sep 2, 2014Sep 2, 2014Forest Oil CorporationGonzalesC. Sample-Mills #1 HH10,18517733015

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/275740, documented in the API reference.