OPERATORS · RRC 298876 · P-5 STATUS Y
Gel Petro, Inc
Bay City, TX
Watch this operatorGel Petro, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 20, 2009.
The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship (1 shut in).
12 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1998; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 29, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 3 of record
- 5
- 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.
- 75%
- spud rate · 9 of 12 mature permits
- 72
- median days permit to spud · middle half 56–168
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 3
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matagorda county → | — | 10 | 1 | Oct 20, 2009 |
| Houston county → | — | 1 | 1 | Apr 25, 2001 |
| Shelby county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 17, 1998 |
All 12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 4 | 0 |
| Frio | 2 | 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
- 177K
- 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
- 3
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 1
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 2
- acquired from others
- 6
- 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 2
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Matagorda | 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bay City East (10300 Frio)6288945 | 1 | 0 |
| Laura la Velle S. (1600)52278700 | 1 | 0 |
| Paxton (Hill)69855400 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 29, 2025
- Oil operator
- Address
- 5617 County Road 417
- Bay City, TX 77414
- (832) 788-3372
- Officers and agents
- Lewis, Pam · Texas Resident Agent
- Lewis, Gary Dean · President
- Lewis, Elaine K. · Vice President
- Lewis, Pamela · Secretary/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 686189 | Oct 20, 2009 | Oct 20, 2009 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Howard Smith Fee #52 | 1,300 | 32132295 |
| 686190 | Oct 16, 2009 | Oct 16, 2009 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Howard Smith Fee #53 | 1,300 | 32132294 |
| 686188 | Oct 16, 2009 | Oct 16, 2009 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Howard Smith Fee #51 | 1,300 | 32132293 |
| 683022 | Sep 24, 2009 | Sep 24, 2009 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Howard Smith Fee #50 | 1,300 | 32132283 |
| 682599 | Jul 21, 2009 | Jul 21, 2009 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Howard Smith #49 | 1,300 | 32132284 |
| 682597 | Jul 16, 2009 | Jul 16, 2009 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Howard Smith #48 | 1,300 | 32132285 |
| 682427 | Jul 7, 2009 | Jul 7, 2009 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Howard Smith #47 | 1,300 | 32132280 |
| 678891 | Mar 17, 2009 | Mar 17, 2009 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Howard Smith Fee #46 | 1,300 | 32132276 |
| 656085 | Apr 15, 2008 | Apr 15, 2008 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Howard Smith Fee #45 | 1,200 | 32132227 |
| 543726 | Sep 29, 2004 | Sep 29, 2004 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Matagorda | Insall Gas Unit #1 | 11,520 | 32100989 |
| 508188 | Apr 25, 2001 | Apr 25, 2001 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Houston | Lewis #1 | 1,600 | 22530978 |
| 474036 | Mar 4, 1998 | Mar 4, 1998 | Columbus Energy Corp. | Matagorda | Moore Unit #1 | 10,900 | 32131757 |
| 474036 | Mar 4, 1998 | Mar 4, 1998 | Columbus Energy Corp. | Matagorda | Moore Unit #1 | 10,650 | 32131757 |
| 473137 | Feb 17, 1998 | Feb 17, 1998 | Gel Petroleum, Inc. | Shelby | Majors #1A | 5,191 | 41930285 |
| 80530 | May 5, 1980 | May 5, 1980 | Eastex Royalty & Dev. Co. Inc. | Panola | Mims, J. D. #1 | 5,200 | 36531092 |
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/298876, documented in the API reference.