OPERATORS · RRC 285420  · P-5 STATUS Y

French Prod Inc

French Prod Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 22, 1996.

The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.

22 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1990; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 6, 1998.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 4 of record
13
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.

82%
spud rate · 18 of 22 mature permits
32
median days permit to spud · middle half 13–70
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
4
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 6 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Chambers county →—102Mar 15, 1994
Harris county →—91Jan 22, 1996
Matagorda county →—20Jun 8, 1994
Jackson county →—11Jun 18, 1991

All 22 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
Yegua10
Vicksburg10

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
320K
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

4
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
4
plugged

How it got them

2
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
6
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
Recompletion0014
Drill007
Other001

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 6, 1998
Address
6200 Savoy Dr Ste 1200
Houston, TX 77086
Officers and agents
French, L. R. III · President
Werner, Daniel Philip · Vice President
Hughes, James Baker · Secretary/Treasurer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
486420Oct 1, 1999Oct 1, 1999Panaco Production CoChambersState Tract 87 #10U9,01007131946
442234Jan 22, 1996Jan 22, 1996French Production IncorporatedHarrisArnold, Charles #111,94820131809
431625Jan 9, 1995Jan 9, 1995French Production IncorporatedHarrisUlrich, Jerry #3ST8,47020132194
428764Oct 4, 1994Oct 4, 1994French Production IncorporatedHarrisCochran, Steven T. Gas Unit 1 #112,50020131640
424391Jun 8, 1994Jun 8, 1994French Production IncorporatedMatagordaLewis #16,50032131500
423216May 13, 1994May 13, 1994French Production IncorporatedHarrisArnold, Charles #113,20020131809
422323Apr 21, 1994Apr 21, 1994French Production IncorporatedHarrisUlrich Heirs Gas Unit #311,20020132092
421861Mar 15, 1994Mar 15, 1994French Production IncorporatedChambersState Tract 87 #10L9,18907131946
418512Dec 6, 1993Dec 6, 1993French Production IncorporatedChambersState Tract 74 #99,50007131993
412247Jun 16, 1993Jun 16, 1993French Production IncorporatedHarrisOsgood-Matlock #112,87920131838
412247Jun 16, 1993Jun 16, 1993French Production IncorporatedHarrisOsgood-Matlock #112,87920131838
412273Jun 14, 1993Jun 14, 1993French Production IncorporatedHarrisUlrich, Jerry #113,30320131692
408787Feb 24, 1993Feb 24, 1993French Production IncorporatedHarrisUlrich, Jerry #113,30320131692
408690Feb 19, 1993Feb 19, 1993French Production IncorporatedMatagordaLewis #16,50032131500
407845Dec 31, 1992Dec 31, 1992French Production IncorporatedChambersTexas State Tract 87 #29,40007102786

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/285420, documented in the API reference.