OPERATORS · RRC 280420 · P-5 STATUS Y
Foster Well Service, Inc
Conroe, TX
Watch this operatorFoster Well Service, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 12, 1984.
The RRC wellbore file lists 9 wells under its operatorship.
31 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 30, 2001.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 9 of record
- 2
- 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.
- 16%
- spud rate · 5 of 31 mature permits
- 107
- median days permit to spud · middle half 91–120
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 26
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 7 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 31 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 4 | 0 |
| Caprock | 3 | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 31.3K
- 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
- 9
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 7
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 3
- acquired from others
- 22
- 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 | 29 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sour Lake84693001 | 6 | 0 |
| Batson Old6129001 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jan 30, 2001
- Address
- Box 250
- Conroe, TX 77305
- Officers and agents
- Kahn, Melba M. · President
- Butler, Robert J. · Vice President
- Sellers, William R. · Secretary/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232463 | Mar 15, 1984 | Mar 15, 1984 | Griffin, S. M. | Hardin | Lewis #9 | 4,300 | 19932110 |
| 226796 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jan 12, 1984 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | West Parrafine #A5 | 1,400 | 19931206 |
| 225114 | Dec 29, 1983 | Dec 29, 1983 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | West Parrafine #9 | 1,400 | 19932090 |
| 204684 | Aug 8, 1983 | Aug 8, 1983 | Griffin, S. M. | Hardin | Lewis #B1 | 4,100 | 19931945 |
| 205328 | Aug 5, 1983 | Aug 5, 1983 | Griffin, S. M. | Hardin | Lewis #5A | 4,100 | 19931951 |
| 201270 | Jul 13, 1983 | Jul 13, 1983 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | West Parrafine #8D | 1,300 | 19931931 |
| 195473 | May 18, 1983 | May 18, 1983 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | Parrafine, West #7A | 1,300 | 19931893 |
| 195471 | May 18, 1983 | May 18, 1983 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | Parrafine, West #6A | 1,300 | 19931892 |
| 158685 | Apr 29, 1982 | Apr 29, 1982 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | Gulf Fee #623 #12 | 1,209 | 19931736 |
| 158526 | Apr 28, 1982 | Apr 28, 1982 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | Gulf Fee A #21 | 1,168 | 19931722 |
| 155566 | Apr 5, 1982 | Apr 5, 1982 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | Gulf Fee A #22 | 1,500 | 19931716 |
| 143157 | Dec 8, 1981 | Dec 8, 1981 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | Gulf Wiess #1 | 1,500 | 19931677 |
| 137481 | Oct 22, 1981 | Oct 22, 1981 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | Gulf-Hooks #7 | 2,159 | 19931658 |
| 135282 | Sep 29, 1981 | Sep 29, 1981 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | Gulf Hooks #6 | 700 | 19931645 |
| 135279 | Sep 29, 1981 | Sep 29, 1981 | Foster Well Service, Inc. | Hardin | Gulf Hooks #5 | 700 | 19931644 |
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/280420, documented in the API reference.