OPERATORS · RRC 278849 · P-5 STATUS Y
Fossil Bay Petro, Inc
Farmers Brnch, TX
Watch this operatorFossil Bay Petro, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 7, 1990.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
19 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1989; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 15, 1991.
- 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.
- 53%
- spud rate · 10 of 19 mature permits
- 6
- median days permit to spud · middle half 4–12
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 9
- expired undrilled
- 10
- permits a year over 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio county → | — | 10 | 0 | Aug 7, 1990 |
| Dimmit county → | — | 6 | 0 | Feb 15, 1990 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 21, 1990 |
| Cooke county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 16, 1989 |
| Hood county → | — | 1 | 1 | Feb 9, 1989 |
All 19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 4 | 0 |
| Anacacho | 3 | 0 |
| Eagle Ford | 2 | 0 |
| San Miguel | 2 | 0 |
| Buda | 1 | 0 |
| Strawn | 1 | 0 |
| Midway | 1 | 0 |
| Olmos | 1 | 0 |
| Escondido | 1 | 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
- —
- 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
- 1
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 8
- 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lipan (Strawn)53826500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 15, 1991
- Address
- 2828 Forest Lane #1131
- Farmers Brnch, TX 75234
- Officers and agents
- Gerard, Geoffrey A. · Texas Resident Agent
- Pruett, Jack · Ceo
- Ness, Myra · Vice President
- Neww, Mervyn I. · President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376236 | Aug 7, 1990 | Aug 7, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Luna #1H | 9,000 | 16332795 |
| 375870 | Jul 27, 1990 | Jul 27, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Tschirhart, L. #2A | 7,000 | 16332786 |
| 374103 | Jun 6, 1990 | Jun 6, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Tschirhart, L. #2H | 9,000 | 16332742 |
| 373469 | May 16, 1990 | May 16, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Rankin #1H | 9,000 | 16332731 |
| 373469 | May 16, 1990 | May 16, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Rankin #1H | 9,000 | 16332731 |
| 371183 | Mar 28, 1990 | Mar 28, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Williams #1H | 9,000 | 16332678 |
| 371183 | Mar 28, 1990 | Mar 28, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Williams #1 | 9,000 | 16332678 |
| 370378 | Feb 28, 1990 | Feb 28, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Tschirhart, L. #1H | 9,500 | 16332658 |
| 370378 | Feb 28, 1990 | Feb 28, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Tschirhart, L. #1 | 9,500 | 16332658 |
| 370044 | Feb 21, 1990 | Feb 21, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Atascosa | Vickers, Dawson et UX #1H | 7,500 | 01333934 |
| 369866 | Feb 15, 1990 | Feb 15, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Dimmit | Nelson, Beulah G. #2H | 9,000 | 12732852 |
| 369866 | Feb 15, 1990 | Feb 15, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Dimmit | Nelson, Beulah G. #2H | 9,000 | 12732852 |
| 369002 | Jan 23, 1990 | Jan 23, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Dimmit | Bustamante #1H | 7,727 | 12732845 |
| 368595 | Jan 12, 1990 | Jan 12, 1990 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Dimmit | Johnson #1H | 6,000 | 12732842 |
| 367654 | Dec 14, 1989 | Dec 14, 1989 | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Frio | Booth Ranch #1H | 9,000 | 16332606 |
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/278849, documented in the API reference.