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OPERATORS · RRC 29413  · P-5 STATUS Y

Ard Drilling Co Inc

Abilene, TX

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Ard Drilling CO Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 15, 1999.

The RRC wellbore file lists 69 wells under its operatorship.

78 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 5, 2001.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 69 of record
21
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.

65%
spud rate · 51 of 78 mature permits
20
median days permit to spud · middle half 12–49
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
26
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 23 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Cochran county →—2751Nov 15, 1999
Dawson county →—205Feb 13, 1998
Yoakum county →—183Feb 25, 1985
King county →—85Nov 9, 1988
Gaines county →—40Mar 28, 1985
Andrews county →—14Feb 29, 1984

All 78 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
San Andres300
Glorieta120
Yates100
Clear Fork70
Spraberry50
Wichita-Albany20
Wolfcamp20
Strawn20
Grayburg10
Rustler10
Pennsylvanian10
Dean10

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
1.41M
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

69
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
37
plugged

How it got them

22
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
37
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 3
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Yoakum0 active0 bbl/d
Dawson0 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
Drill0064
Recompletion0014

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
Levelland (San Andres)53411426320
Levelland53411001190
Andrews (Wolfcamp)272575030
Tom B. (Bunger Sand)9045533320
Barbara (San Andres)557550020
Juniper (Bend Congl.)4770933320
Tom B. (Strawn)9045575010
Wasson (Wolfcamp)9539780010
Wells (Devonian)9620250010
Wells (Miss.)9620275010
Bakke (Ellenburger)516644410
Gin (Spraberry)3496175010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 5, 2001
Address
PO Box 3739
Abilene, TX 79604
Officers and agents
Greathouse, Myrle · President
Morris, David · Vice President/Secretary/Treasur

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
712616Mar 25, 2011Mar 25, 2011Walsh Petroleum, Inc.CochranJ.M. Wright Unit #37HH5,50007900131
701893Sep 10, 2010Sep 10, 2010Walsh Petroleum, Inc.CochranJ.M. Wright Unit #57HH5,50007910005
489367Nov 15, 1999Nov 15, 1999Ard Drilling Company Inc.CochranWright, J. M. Unit #615,20007932972
489366Nov 15, 1999Nov 15, 1999Ard Drilling Company Inc.CochranWright, J. M. Unit #625,20007932967
489365Nov 15, 1999Nov 15, 1999Ard Drilling Company Inc.CochranWright, J. M. Unit #635,20007932966
472860Feb 13, 1998Feb 13, 1998Ard Drilling Company Inc.DawsonJones-Spruill Unit #112,50011533014
460013Jun 5, 1997Jun 5, 1997Ard Drilling Company Inc.DawsonLove, W. E. #1R6,86011531712
418661Jan 14, 1994Jan 14, 1994Ard Drilling Company Inc.DawsonLove, W.E. #27,75011532761
417196Nov 1, 1993Nov 1, 1993Ard Drilling Company Inc.DawsonLove, W.E. "A" #27,55711531851
411851May 20, 1993May 20, 1993Ard Drilling Company Inc.DawsonLove, W.E. #27,75011532761
408763Feb 9, 1993Feb 9, 1993Ard Drilling Company Inc.DawsonEd Dubose Unit #2 #210,00011530078
405662Nov 10, 1992Nov 10, 1992Ard Drilling Company Inc.DawsonEd Dubose Unit #410,00011532314
397633Apr 1, 1992Apr 1, 1992Ard Drilling Company Inc.DawsonLove, W. E. "A" #27,55711531851
395607Jan 9, 1992Jan 9, 1992Ard Drilling Company Inc.DawsonLove, W. E. "A" #37,62511531884
353178Nov 9, 1988Nov 9, 1988Ard Drilling Company Inc.KingMasterson, Ben & Tom #86,73526930402

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/29413, documented in the API reference.