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OPERATORS · RRC 278745  · P-5 STATUS Y

Fortune Drilling Co., Inc

Shreveport, LA

Watch this operator

Fortune Drilling CO., Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 11, 1980.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.

45 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 15, 1986.

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.

71%
spud rate · 32 of 45 mature permits
5
median days permit to spud · middle half 2–8
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
13
expired undrilled
15
permits a year over 3 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Irion county →—280Mar 18, 1980
Tom Green county →—101Apr 11, 1980
Schleicher county →—60Oct 17, 1978
Coke county →—10Nov 2, 1978

All 45 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
Wolfcamp30
Canyon30

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
1
plugged

How it got them

0
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
35
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
Drill0041
Other004

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
Demere (Canyon)2420050010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 15, 1986
Address
P.O. Box 21568
Shreveport, LA 71120
Officers and agents
Gregory, Robert R. · Secretary
Degenhart, Paul V. · President
Jordan, Dennis · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
78053Apr 11, 1980Apr 11, 1980Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.Tom GreenWood, Luther #14,77545130614
75518Mar 18, 1980Mar 18, 1980Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionPhillips "A" #27,30023531531
70199Jan 18, 1980Jan 18, 1980Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionEckert "A" #47,30023531500
61617Oct 23, 1979Oct 23, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionEckert "A" #37,30023531454
59840Oct 5, 1979Oct 5, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionTankersley #17,60723531437
59687Oct 4, 1979Oct 4, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionPhillips "A" #17,10023531189
54192Aug 1, 1979Aug 1, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.Tom GreenProbandt "A" #18,60045130499
51479Jun 21, 1979Jun 21, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionMurphey "1149" #27,30023531399
50529Jun 12, 1979Jun 12, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionEckert "A" #27,30023531391
47926May 7, 1979May 7, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionWinterbotham "E" #66,80023531376
45514Mar 30, 1979Mar 30, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionBaker "B" #17,30023531368
44031Mar 9, 1979Mar 9, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionBaker "A" #17,25023500322
42776Feb 20, 1979Feb 20, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionWinterbotham "D" #36,80023531358
42344Feb 12, 1979Feb 12, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionMurphey "1149" #17,30023531355
41898Feb 1, 1979Feb 1, 1979Fortune Drilling Co., Inc.IrionEckert "A" #17,30023531352

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/278745, documented in the API reference.