OPERATORS · RRC 278565 · P-5 STATUS Y
Fortson, Ben J
Fort Worth, TX
Watch this operatorFortson, Ben J has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 1, 1986.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
21 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 13, 1987.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 1 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 52%
- spud rate · 11 of 21 mature permits
- 7
- median days permit to spud · middle half 3–20
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 10
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 6 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardeman county → | — | 9 | 0 | Oct 1, 1986 |
| Wilbarger county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jul 21, 1986 |
| Haskell county → | — | 2 | 0 | Aug 22, 1986 |
| Leon county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 25, 1985 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 31, 1985 |
| Freestone county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 24, 1981 |
| Frio county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 1, 1983 |
| Rusk county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 31, 1982 |
All 21 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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Chester | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 2 | 0 |
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
- 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
- 1
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- 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 →
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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards -04- (Ellenburger S.)27775664 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Feb 13, 1987
- Address
- 3000 Texas American Bank Bldg.
- Fort Worth, TX 76102
- Officers and agents
- Fortson, Ben J. · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321331 | Oct 1, 1986 | Oct 1, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Hardeman | Nichols-Evans Unit #1 | 8,900 | 19730970 |
| 320911 | Sep 22, 1986 | Sep 22, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Hardeman | Cato-McLennan Unit #1 | 8,600 | 19730967 |
| 320072 | Sep 3, 1986 | Sep 3, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Hardeman | Huse #1 | 8,800 | 19730963 |
| 305558 | Aug 22, 1986 | Aug 22, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Haskell | Butler #1 | 5,200 | 20731828 |
| 305448 | Aug 20, 1986 | Aug 20, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Hardeman | Durham #1 | 8,700 | 19730962 |
| 304922 | Aug 5, 1986 | Aug 5, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Hardeman | Grange #1 | 8,600 | 19730959 |
| 304420 | Jul 21, 1986 | Jul 21, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Wilbarger | Bell #1 | 8,600 | 48732027 |
| 303030 | Jun 10, 1986 | Jun 10, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Wilbarger | Turkett Unit #1 | 8,600 | 48732025 |
| 303030 | Jun 10, 1986 | Jun 10, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Wilbarger | Turkett Unit #1 | 8,416 | 48732025 |
| 300356 | Mar 27, 1986 | Mar 27, 1986 | Fortson, Ben J. | Hardeman | Lance-Crawford Unit #2 | 8,800 | 19730939 |
| 294526 | Dec 31, 1985 | Dec 31, 1985 | Fortson, Ben J. | Tom Green | Mikeska #2 | 6,500 | 45131670 |
| 291495 | Nov 25, 1985 | Nov 25, 1985 | Fortson, Ben J. | Tom Green | Mikeska #1 | 6,440 | 45131566 |
| 291358 | Nov 25, 1985 | Nov 25, 1985 | Fortson, Ben J. | Leon | Challacombe Ranch #2 | 11,925 | 28930502 |
| 290370 | Nov 19, 1985 | Nov 19, 1985 | Fortson, Ben J. | Hardeman | Tabor #1 | 8,800 | 19730908 |
| 285671 | Sep 25, 1985 | Sep 25, 1985 | Fortson, Ben J. | Hardeman | Emerson #1 | 8,800 | 19730895 |
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/278565, documented in the API reference.