OPERATORS · RRC 298374 · P-5 STATUS Y
Gco Drilling Co
Midland, TX
Watch this operatorGco Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 21, 1990.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
22 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 7, 1994.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 1 of record
- 0
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 18%
- spud rate · 4 of 22 mature permits
- 6
- median days permit to spud · middle half 3–9
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 18
- expired undrilled
- 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling county → | — | 10 | 0 | Mar 17, 1987 |
| Midland county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jun 8, 1987 |
| Mitchell county → | — | 2 | 0 | Aug 12, 1986 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 2, 1983 |
| Upton county → | — | 2 | 1 | Oct 22, 1986 |
| Coke county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 29, 1986 |
| Crane county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 21, 1990 |
| Fisher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 13, 1986 |
| Runnels county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 12, 1986 |
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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Strawn | 9 | 0 |
| Canyon | 6 | 0 |
| Coleman Junction | 4 | 0 |
| Mississippian | 1 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
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- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 3.65K
- 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
- 1
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 13
- 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Recompletion | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85279200 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jan 7, 1994
- Address
- PO Box 10489% IP Petro:sullivan
- Midland, TX 79702
- Officers and agents
- Floyd, John C. · Chairman
- Swonke, John C. · Controller
- Montague, J. R. · President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376820 | Aug 21, 1990 | Aug 21, 1990 | Gco Drilling Company | Crane | Day, Hallie #9 | 6,000 | 10334077 |
| 331348 | Jun 8, 1987 | Jun 8, 1987 | Gco Drilling Company | Midland | Evans #1 | 12,000 | 32931850 |
| 331348 | Jun 8, 1987 | Jun 8, 1987 | Gco Drilling Company | Midland | Evans #1 | 12,000 | 32931850 |
| 327852 | Mar 17, 1987 | Mar 17, 1987 | Gco Drilling Company | Sterling | Brown "169" #1 | 7,500 | 43131841 |
| 323179 | Nov 18, 1986 | Nov 18, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Sterling | Knight #6 | 7,500 | 43131836 |
| 322241 | Oct 28, 1986 | Oct 28, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Sterling | Welch 168 #3 | 8,100 | 43131830 |
| 322055 | Oct 22, 1986 | Oct 22, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Upton | Shirk #1 | 3,000 | 46132602 |
| 305216 | Aug 13, 1986 | Aug 13, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Fisher | Newman #1 | 6,200 | 15132100 |
| 305145 | Aug 12, 1986 | Aug 12, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Runnels | McClellan #1 | 4,400 | 39933754 |
| 305159 | Aug 12, 1986 | Aug 12, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Mitchell | McCabe "C" #1 | 7,285 | 33532982 |
| 304723 | Jul 29, 1986 | Jul 29, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Coke | Chapman #1 | 7,000 | 08131412 |
| 304126 | Jul 15, 1986 | Jul 15, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Upton | J & B Heirs #1 | 2,500 | 46132588 |
| 303623 | Jun 27, 1986 | Jun 27, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Sterling | Welch 168 #2 | 7,500 | 43131820 |
| 303558 | Jun 26, 1986 | Jun 26, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Sterling | Welch 168 #1 | 7,500 | 43131819 |
| 302839 | Jun 4, 1986 | Jun 4, 1986 | Gco Drilling Company | Sterling | Knight #4 | 7,350 | 43131817 |
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/298374, documented in the API reference.