OPERATORS · RRC 283825 · P-5 STATUS Y

Franz, Kenneth A

Lockhart, TX

Franz, Kenneth A has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 10, 1981.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.

5 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 3, 1992.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 1 of record
1: 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.

20%: spud rate · 1 of 5 mature permits
2: median days permit to spud · middle half 2–2
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
4: expired undrilled
1: permits a year over 4 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
Fayette county →	—	2	1	Sep 17, 1980
Lavaca county →	—	2	0	Feb 10, 1981
Caldwell county →	—	1	0	Jun 28, 1979

All 5 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
No completion tops on file.

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

0: permitted itself
0: acquired from others
0: 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	5

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
Cistern18322001	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Jan 3, 1992

Address: RR 1 Box 239 B; Lockhart, TX 78644

Officers and agents: Franz, Kenneth M. · Partner; Surman, Joan E. · Partner

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
108044	Feb 10, 1981	Feb 10, 1981	Franz, Kenneth A.	Lavaca	Higgins, Kate #1	3,000	28531554
92841	Sep 17, 1980	Sep 17, 1980	Franz, Kenneth A.	Fayette	Janecka, Delphin D. #2	3,000	14930729
51770	Jun 28, 1979	Jun 28, 1979	Franz, Kenneth A.	Caldwell	Franz, Kenneth M. #1	2,014	05531193
50134	Jun 4, 1979	Jun 4, 1979	Franz, Kenneth A.	Fayette	Surman, James C. #1	1,110	14930344
1774	Jun 27, 1977	Jun 27, 1977	Franz, Kenneth A.	Lavaca	Technik, Jerome #1	1,275	28531161

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/283825, documented in the API reference.