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OPERATORS · RRC 278766  · P-5 STATUS Y

Fortune Oper Co

Willis, TX

Watch this operator

Fortune Oper CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 15, 2011.

The RRC wellbore file lists 17 wells under its operatorship.

42 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1995; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 17 of record
15
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.

50%
spud rate · 21 of 42 mature permits
17
median days permit to spud · middle half 11–35
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
21
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 16 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Shelby county →—84May 25, 2004
Kenedy county →—60Apr 14, 2006
Guadalupe county →—45Dec 15, 2011
Sherman county →—42Feb 13, 1998
Zavala county →—40Nov 1, 2000
Frio county →—34Mar 26, 1996
Willacy county →—30Jul 11, 2006
Fayette county →—20Oct 23, 1996
Moore county →—21Apr 30, 1998
Navarro county →—20Jan 16, 1997
Matagorda county →—10Mar 14, 2006
Smith county →—10Jun 6, 1997
Throckmorton county →—10Oct 16, 1997
Zapata county →—10Jun 30, 2000

All 42 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
Eagle Ford30
Austin Chalk30
Wilcox20
Paluxy10
Brown Dolomite10
Taylor10
Anacacho10
Miocene (undifferentiated)10

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
382K
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

17
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
16
plugged

How it got them

8
permitted itself
4
acquired from others
7
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 1
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Frio0 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
Drill0034
Recompletion008

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
Darst Creek (Buda)2319133350
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)6998112550
Fortune Operating (Frdksbg)3227020040
Texas Hugoton8912000130

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 4, 2026
Gas operator
Address
502 W Montgomery NO 363
Willis, TX 77378
(800) 525-5883
Officers and agents
Vera, Russell Lane · President/Secretary/Treasurer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
729587Dec 15, 2011Dec 15, 2011Fortune Operating CompanyGuadalupeRanft #3HH3,80018733579
729584Dec 15, 2011Dec 15, 2011Fortune Operating CompanyGuadalupeRanft #2HH3,80018733578
719579Jul 14, 2011Jul 14, 2011Fortune Operating CompanyGuadalupeRanft #1HH3,80018733574
710927Mar 8, 2011Mar 8, 2011Fortune Operating CompanyGuadalupeRanft #13,50018733569
622039Jul 11, 2006Jul 11, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyWillacyH P Pinnell Unit C #110,00048931153
622038Jul 11, 2006Jul 11, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyWillacyH P Pinnell Unit B #110,50048931152
622037Jul 11, 2006Jul 11, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyWillacyH P Pinnell Unit A #110,50048931151
617615Apr 14, 2006Apr 14, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyKenedyReema/Stacey #17,00026131407
617615Apr 14, 2006Apr 14, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyKenedyReema/Stacey #18,00026131407
617615Apr 14, 2006Apr 14, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyKenedyKMF-352 #18,00026131407
617613Apr 14, 2006Apr 14, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyKenedyReema/Stacey #27,00026131406
617613Apr 14, 2006Apr 14, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyKenedyReema/Stacey #28,00026131406
617613Apr 14, 2006Apr 14, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyKenedyKMF-352 #28,00026131406
615828Mar 14, 2006Mar 14, 2006Fortune Operating CompanyMatagordaSkylar #17,00032132104
546116May 25, 2004May 25, 2004Fortune Operating CompanyShelbyFortune/Allied #1 HH3,50041930935

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/278766, documented in the API reference.