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OPERATORS · RRC 277105  · P-5 STATUS Y

Forney, Bill, Inc

Houston, TX

Watch this operator

Forney, Bill, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 26, 1985.

The RRC wellbore file lists 13 wells under its operatorship.

134 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 5, 1993.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 13 of record
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leases it reports
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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.

48%
spud rate · 64 of 134 mature permits
31
median days permit to spud · middle half 18–76
0
spuds, last 180 days
3%
cancelled · 4 permits
66
expired undrilled
17
permits a year over 8 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Live Oak county →—552Dec 12, 1984
Dimmit county →—182Jan 7, 1985
Wharton county →—142Feb 26, 1985
Harris county →—80Jun 30, 1978
Goliad county →—71Apr 24, 1984
Brazoria county →—60Apr 28, 1983
Karnes county →—63Oct 2, 1984
Montgomery county →—41May 12, 1978
Colorado county →—30Oct 5, 1984
Matagorda county →—30Mar 27, 1984
DE Witt county →—20Oct 20, 1982
Refugio county →—20Nov 30, 1984
Bee county →—10Apr 23, 1982
Chambers county →—10Jan 17, 1984
Duval county →—10Oct 9, 1984
San Patricio county →—12Sep 22, 1981
Scurry county →—10Dec 7, 1984
Victoria county →—10Sep 6, 1983

All 134 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
Frio100
Yegua80
Vicksburg80
Wilcox40
Queen City20
Catahoula10
Greta10
Midway10
Navarro10
Taylor10
Olmos10
Cook Mountain10

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 →

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

13
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
10
plugged

How it got them

8
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
39
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill00117
Recompletion0012
Other005

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
Wildcat200120
Charline (Forney 4-B)1724040010
Charline (Forney 6)1724055010
Ginny S. (Frio)3499130010
Hillje N. (5050)4149250010
McCaskill SW. (Sholl-4)5894340010
Bonus S.E. (Frio 4300)1051835010
McCaskill (Wilcox M-3)5893237510
Sinton West (Shallow)8376016510
Swickheimer South (4630)8774867510
Tomball (1200)9062098010
McCaskill (Wilcox M-2 A)5893227010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 5, 1993
Address
5599 San Felipe, Ste 1200
Houston, TX 77056
Officers and agents
Forney, Bill Jr. · President/Ceo
Haikin, Ricky · Vice President
Wyont, Larry · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
701707Sep 13, 2010Sep 13, 2010McCombs Energy, Ltd.Live OakSteinmeyer, A. H. #1A7,60029731854
701707Sep 13, 2010Sep 13, 2010McCombs Energy, Ltd.Live OakSteinmeyer, A. H. #1A8,48029731854
487429Sep 10, 1999Sep 10, 1999McCombs Energy LLCLive OakSteinmeyer, A. H. #1A9,78729731854
344980May 25, 1988May 25, 1988Clay EnergyKarnesButler, B. C. #29,61525530126
267920Feb 26, 1985Feb 26, 1985Forney, Bill, Inc.WhartonPitts, Aniela #28,00048132531
263256Jan 8, 1985Jan 8, 1985Forney, Bill, Inc.WhartonReynolds #28,00048132793
263187Jan 7, 1985Jan 7, 1985Forney, Bill, Inc.DimmitHughes #34,00012732606
263148Dec 31, 1984Dec 31, 1984Forney, Bill, Inc.DimmitSteubing #44,00012732605
261103Dec 12, 1984Dec 12, 1984Forney, Bill, Inc.Live OakLyne Gas Unit "B" #112,99429732021
260141Dec 7, 1984Dec 7, 1984Forney, Bill, Inc.ScurryHamlett #18,00041532716
259368Nov 30, 1984Nov 30, 1984Forney, Bill, Inc.RefugioRoche Ranch, Tract "A" #17,50039131822
258014Nov 19, 1984Nov 19, 1984Forney, Bill, Inc.WhartonReynolds #18,50048132757
256190Oct 30, 1984Oct 30, 1984Forney, Bill, Inc.WhartonWittig #18,50048132752
253745Oct 9, 1984Oct 9, 1984Forney, Bill, Inc.DuvalGruy Estate #113,00013136559
253761Oct 5, 1984Oct 5, 1984Forney, Bill, Inc.ColoradoBroyles #110,50008931526

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/277105, documented in the API reference.