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OPERATORS · RRC 29348  · P-5 STATUS Y

Arco Oil & Gas Co.-Silsbee

Lafayette, LA

Watch this operator

Arco Oil & Gas CO.-Silsbee has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 21, 1992.

The RRC wellbore file lists 52 wells under its operatorship.

62 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 8, 1993.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 52 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.

13%
spud rate · 8 of 62 mature permits
58
median days permit to spud · middle half 24–74
0
spuds, last 180 days
2%
cancelled · 1 permits
53
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 14 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Hardin county →—4823May 16, 1986
Newton county →—914Aug 30, 1991
Liberty county →—312Sep 4, 1990
Parker county →—10Jul 28, 1978
Wood county →—10Apr 21, 1992

All 62 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
Yegua50
Wilcox50
Sparta20
Jackson10
Vicksburg10
Frio10
Miocene (undifferentiated)10

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
31.9K
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

52
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
34
plugged

How it got them

8
permitted itself
13
acquired from others
16
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 8
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Hardin0 active0 bbl/d
Newton0 active0 bbl/d
Liberty0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Recompletion0030
Other0022
Drill0010

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Devils Pocket West2445580070
Hull4338100140
Merchant (EY-1B Reservoir)6055850040
Hartburg NW. (Nodosaria Sd.)3942637530
Silsbee (2)8358488530
Silsbee (T)8358405020
Village Mills East (R)9383206420
Hampton (Yegua Y-1)3860975020
Sabine Tram SW. (Wilcox 11800)7937860020
Fortenberry (Yegua #1)3221925020
Merchant (EY-3 Reservoir)6055875020
Dolly West (Wilcox 11500)2523380010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 8, 1993
Address
PO Box 51408 %prod.oper.lao 384
Lafayette, LA 70505
Officers and agents
Middleton, J. A. · President
Rusnack, W. C. · Vice President
Henry, J. D. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
398505Apr 21, 1992Apr 21, 1992Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeWoodGilbreath #114,00049931777
391430Aug 30, 1991Aug 30, 1991Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeNewtonHankamer Section No. 1 Unit # 1 #112,50535130343
387699May 30, 1991May 30, 1991Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeNewtonDyer, Charles #112,00035130524
385024Mar 1, 1991Mar 1, 1991Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeNewtonHankamer, Curtis A-913 #112,00035130518
377508Sep 4, 1990Sep 4, 1990Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeLibertyStone #210,80029132075
369427Feb 6, 1990Feb 6, 1990Anderson Petro-Equipment, Inc.HardinH & TC Fee Sec. 197 #16,40019900093
349692Aug 10, 1988Aug 10, 1988Arco Oil & Gas Co.NewtonFoley Section 28 #112,30035130385
347073May 31, 1988May 31, 1988Sue-Ann Oil & Gas CompanyHardinH & TC Fee Sec. 197 #16,40019900093
302258May 16, 1986May 16, 1986Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeHardinCunningham, Mary J. #5U7,80019930806
301016Apr 15, 1986Apr 15, 1986Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeHardinWilliams, L. L. #27,34619900171
300584Apr 2, 1986Apr 2, 1986Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeHardinCunningham, Mary J. #47,85019900198
296116Jan 23, 1986Jan 23, 1986Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeHardinCunningham, Mary J. #47,85019900198
288662Oct 30, 1985Oct 30, 1985Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeHardinCarter, W. R. et AL #36,63019900531
281220Jul 29, 1985Jul 29, 1985Arco Oil & Gas Co.-SilsbeeHardinTrusty Oil Unit #27,23319900556
278009Jun 18, 1985Jun 18, 1985Arco Oil & Gas Co.TylerLongbell #16,00045730374

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.

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