OPERATORS · RRC 29347 · P-5 STATUS Y
Arco Permian
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorArco Permian has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 15, 2002.
The RRC wellbore file lists 168 wells under its operatorship.
739 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1994; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 1, 2002.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 168 of record
- 120
- 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.
- 79%
- spud rate · 586 of 739 mature permits
- 28
- median days permit to spud · middle half 11–63
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 4 permits
- 149
- expired undrilled
- 92
- permits a year over 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland county → | — | 246 | 10 | Sep 21, 2001 |
| Upton county → | — | 126 | 15 | Dec 27, 2001 |
| Andrews county → | — | 90 | 24 | Feb 15, 2002 |
| Crane county → | — | 59 | 0 | Jan 10, 2001 |
| Ector county → | — | 52 | 2 | Jun 14, 2001 |
| Terrell county → | — | 45 | 3 | Nov 20, 2001 |
| Martin county → | — | 31 | 0 | Feb 28, 2001 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 17 | 0 | Oct 5, 1998 |
| Crockett county → | — | 14 | 2 | Oct 3, 1997 |
| Yoakum county → | — | 14 | 2 | Jan 19, 2001 |
| Reeves county → | — | 13 | 4 | Apr 23, 2001 |
| Ward county → | — | 10 | 2 | Jan 5, 2001 |
| Pecos county → | — | 9 | 0 | Sep 29, 1997 |
| Gaines county → | — | 7 | 2 | May 3, 1999 |
| Val Verde county → | — | 5 | 2 | May 23, 1997 |
| Terry county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 21, 1999 |
All 739 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wolfcamp | 270 | 0 |
| Dean | 226 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 209 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 205 | 0 |
| San Andres | 77 | 0 |
| Grayburg | 67 | 0 |
| Yates | 61 | 0 |
| Wichita-Albany | 58 | 0 |
| Devonian | 51 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 45 | 0 |
| Queen | 34 | 0 |
| Fusselman | 32 | 0 |
| Strawn | 28 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 25 | 0 |
| Holt | 18 | 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
- 58M
- 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
- 168
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 58
- plugged
How it got them
- 41
- permitted itself
- 23
- acquired from others
- 451
- 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 33
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Crane | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Ector | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Yoakum | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Midland | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Rusk | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Andrews | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Pecos | 0 active | 0 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 525 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Reclass | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| East Texas27302001 | 100 | 0 |
| Martin (Wichita)57774747 | 16 | 0 |
| War-San (Pennsylvanian)95108625 | 5 | 0 |
| Wilshire (Consolidated)97834003 | 4 | 0 |
| Martin (Clear Fork)57774083 | 4 | 0 |
| Wilshire (Pennsylvanian)97834750 | 4 | 0 |
| Waha W. (Consolidated Delaware)94656086 | 3 | 0 |
| Pegasus (Spraberry)70279750 | 3 | 0 |
| Martin (Clear Fork LO)57774166 | 3 | 0 |
| Brown-Bassett (Wolfcamp)12390750 | 2 | 0 |
| Wildflower (Strawn)97368375 | 2 | 0 |
| Block 16 (Devonian)9269284 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Feb 1, 2002
- Address
- Attn Amy Spang WL 4 RM 266 200 Westlake Park Blvd
- Houston, TX 77079
- Officers and agents
- Gile, Marshall · President
- Clancy, Steve · Vice President
- Gelbs, Thalia Randall · Manager
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 550946 | Sep 16, 2004 | Sep 16, 2004 | BP America Production Company | Andrews | University 11 Sec. 2 #E 11 | 7,600 | 00334697 |
| 546205 | May 28, 2004 | May 28, 2004 | BP America Production Company | Andrews | University 11, Sec. 2 #E 9 | 7,100 | 00334552 |
| 542566 | Mar 1, 2004 | Mar 1, 2004 | BP America Production Company | Andrews | University 11 Sec. 11 F #3 | 7,100 | 00335106 |
| 538924 | Nov 21, 2003 | Nov 21, 2003 | Alto Minerals, Inc. | Ector | Cowden, Emma "D" #29 | 4,500 | 13537380 |
| 537236 | Nov 4, 2003 | Nov 4, 2003 | BP America Production Company | Upton | McElroy Ranch Co. 130 #21 | 12,439 | 46103756 |
| 521740 | Jul 10, 2002 | Jul 10, 2002 | BP America Production Company | Andrews | University 11 Section 1 #C 1 | 9,100 | 00300438 |
| 516240 | Feb 15, 2002 | Feb 15, 2002 | Arco Permian | Andrews | Univeristy 11 Sec. 2 #E 18 | 8,900 | 00338943 |
| 516246 | Jan 22, 2002 | Jan 22, 2002 | Arco Permian | Andrews | University 11 Sec. 2 #E 19 | 8,900 | 00338936 |
| 516245 | Jan 18, 2002 | Jan 18, 2002 | Arco Permian | Andrews | University 11 Sec. 11 -A- #9 | 8,900 | 00338937 |
| 516243 | Jan 18, 2002 | Jan 18, 2002 | Arco Permian | Andrews | Univ. 11 Sec. 11 -F- #8 | 8,900 | 00338940 |
| 516242 | Jan 18, 2002 | Jan 18, 2002 | Arco Permian | Andrews | Univ. 11 Sec. 11 -F- #7 | 8,900 | 00338939 |
| 516241 | Jan 18, 2002 | Jan 18, 2002 | Arco Permian | Andrews | Univeristy 11 Sec. 11 #10 | 8,900 | 00338938 |
| 515762 | Dec 31, 2001 | Dec 31, 2001 | Arco Permian | Andrews | Univ. -11- Sec. -1- #10C | 8,900 | 00338927 |
| 515761 | Dec 31, 2001 | Dec 31, 2001 | Arco Permian | Andrews | Univ. -11- Sec. -1- #10B | 8,900 | 00338926 |
| 515760 | Dec 31, 2001 | Dec 31, 2001 | Arco Permian | Andrews | Univ. -11- Sec. -1- #12C | 8,900 | 00338925 |
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/29347, documented in the API reference.