OPERATORS · RRC 297345 · P-5 STATUS Y
Gauge Oil Co
Luling, TX
Watch this operatorGauge Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 19, 2005.
The RRC wellbore file lists 223 wells under its operatorship (177 producing).
Lease reports credit it with 24.9K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 5% on the year before.
It holds 6 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 278K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
3 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2002; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 177
- producing wells, of 223 of record
- 35
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 1 | 0 |
| Buda | 1 | 0 |
| Del Rio | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor | 1 | 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 →
- 24.9K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +5%
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 636K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 24,911 · prior 12 23,645(+5%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 223
- on the schedule
- 177
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 4
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 22
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 32
- acquired from others
- 1
- 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
- 6
- active UIC permits of 9
- 12K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 278K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lytton Springs56054001 | 112 | 95 |
| Dunlap26620001 | 45 | 40 |
| Salt Flat79905001 | 25 | 13 |
| Darst Creek (Buda)23191333 | 21 | 10 |
| Buchanan12849001 | 20 | 19 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 4, 2025
- Oil operator
- Address
- PO Box 1051
- Luling, TX 78648
- (830) 857-4592
- Officers and agents
- Williams, Mark Owen · Sole Proprietor
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 605213 | Aug 19, 2005 | Aug 19, 2005 | Gauge Oil Company | Caldwell | Fulps, J.M. #7 | 2,300 | 05534823 |
| 519148 | Apr 16, 2002 | Apr 16, 2002 | Gauge Oil Company | Caldwell | Rodenberg, Alton T. -B- #4 | 2,480 | 05533001 |
| 519147 | Apr 16, 2002 | Apr 16, 2002 | Gauge Oil Company | Caldwell | Rodenberg, Alton T. -BB- #6 | 2,600 | 05533003 |
| 369199 | Jan 30, 1990 | Jan 30, 1990 | Shale Operating Co. | Caldwell | Watson, J. P. #A 6 | 3,000 | 05534480 |
| 368494 | Jan 10, 1990 | Jan 10, 1990 | Shale Operating Co. | Caldwell | Watson, J.P. #A 5 | 2,900 | 05534476 |
| 366748 | Nov 22, 1989 | Nov 22, 1989 | Shale Operating Co. | Caldwell | Watson, J.P. #A 3 | 2,600 | 05534468 |
| 364240 | Sep 21, 1989 | Sep 21, 1989 | Shale Operating Co. | Caldwell | Watson, J. P. #A 1 | 2,700 | 05534457 |
| 283506 | Aug 26, 1985 | Aug 26, 1985 | Luloc Oil Co. | Caldwell | Brown, L. K. Estate #23 | 2,300 | 05533971 |
| 282532 | Aug 13, 1985 | Aug 13, 1985 | Windsor Gas Corporation | Caldwell | Beaty, Clyde #5 | 1,812 | 05520137 |
| 282531 | Aug 13, 1985 | Aug 13, 1985 | Windsor Gas Corporation | Caldwell | Beaty, C. H. et AL #45 | 2,055 | 05500390 |
| 282527 | Aug 13, 1985 | Aug 13, 1985 | Windsor Gas Corporation | Caldwell | Beaty, C. H. et AL #37 | 2,007 | 05581440 |
| 282530 | Aug 13, 1985 | Aug 13, 1985 | Windsor Gas Corporation | Caldwell | Beaty, Clyde #9 | 1,889 | 05504929 |
| 253138 | Sep 28, 1984 | Sep 28, 1984 | Luloc Oil Co. | Caldwell | Brown #22 | 2,400 | 05533677 |
| 240649 | May 31, 1984 | May 31, 1984 | Lockhart Oil & Gas | Caldwell | Brewer, H. A. #2 | 2,000 | 05533587 |
| 184276 | Jan 11, 1983 | Jan 11, 1983 | Waconex Co. | Caldwell | Alton T. Rodenberg - B #6 | 2,600 | 05533003 |
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/297345, documented in the API reference.