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OPERATORS · RRC 277160  · P-5 STATUS Y

Forney Oil Corp

Houston, TX

Watch this operator

Forney Oil Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 22, 1997.

The RRC wellbore file lists 16 wells under its operatorship.

115 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 5, 1998.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 16 of record
16
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.

43%
spud rate · 50 of 115 mature permits
24
median days permit to spud · middle half 9–46
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
64
expired undrilled
8
permits a year over 15 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 →—5610May 22, 1997
Wharton county →—310Jul 30, 1987
DE Witt county →—72Jun 10, 1993
Dimmit county →—53Jan 22, 1991
Duval county →—50Feb 4, 1988
Karnes county →—30Jan 11, 1991
Brazoria county →—20Mar 31, 1988
Goliad county →—21Jul 27, 1988
Chambers county →—10Aug 8, 1986
Colorado county →—10Nov 6, 1985
Fort Bend county →—10Aug 15, 1986
Scurry county →—10Apr 23, 1985

All 115 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
Wilcox170
Yegua160
Queen City120
Frio90
Vicksburg80
Reklaw20
Olmos20
Catahoula10

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
122K
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

16
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
12
plugged

How it got them

9
permitted itself
7
acquired from others
43
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
Drill0081
Recompletion0034

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
Oakville (Wilcox 9700)6651979830
Charline (Forney)1724010020
TRC (Olmos -E-)8803550020
Wildcat400120
Kittsie (Olmos -E-)4977050010
Limes (Wilcox F-1)5359025010
Lyne Maxine (Hockley -B-)5599716610
Henze (Luling)4061712510
Swickheimer South (4340)8774858010
Houdman (Pettus B)4283342510
July 4TH (Hockley)4763950010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 5, 1998
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
462797May 22, 1997May 22, 1997Forney Oil CorporationLive OakSteinmeyer, A. H. #312,50029732026
459060Feb 28, 1997Feb 28, 1997Forney Oil CorporationLive OakLyne Gas Unit "B" #27,20029732703
452857Oct 24, 1996Oct 24, 1996Forney Oil CorporationLive OakSteinmeyer, A. H. #812,00029734211
451577Sep 25, 1996Sep 25, 1996Forney Oil CorporationLive OakLyne Gas Unit "A" #512,00029734206
448455May 30, 1996May 30, 1996Forney Oil CorporationLive OakLyne #27,56629732004
448454May 30, 1996May 30, 1996Forney Oil CorporationLive OakSchreiner Ranch Trust II #99,82529734039
442641Dec 8, 1995Dec 8, 1995Trans-Pecos Resources, Inc.DE WittKrueger Unit #18,00012331734
435690May 11, 1995May 11, 1995Forney Oil CorporationLive OakDrastata, F. J. #2 #24,00029733988
430991Dec 16, 1994Dec 16, 1994Forney Oil CorporationLive OakSchreiner Ranch Trust II #88,80029733979
420196Jan 19, 1994Jan 19, 1994Forney Oil CorporationLive OakSchreiner Ranch Trust II #49,70029733235
415797Sep 14, 1993Sep 14, 1993Forney Oil CorporationLive OakSchreiner Ranch Trust II #109,90029734081
416011Sep 13, 1993Sep 13, 1993Forney Oil CorporationLive OakJ.W. McClelland Gas Unit #29,90029734082
415267Aug 25, 1993Aug 25, 1993Forney Oil CorporationLive OakMartin #19,90029734077
412443Jun 10, 1993Jun 10, 1993Ken Petroleum CorporationDE WittKrueger Unit #114,00012331734
412443Jun 10, 1993Jun 10, 1993Forney Oil CorporationDE WittKrueger Unit #114,50012331734

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/277160, documented in the API reference.