OPERATORS · RRC 341598 · P-5 STATUS Y
HW Oper, LLC
Wichita Falls, TX
Watch this operatorHW Oper, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 11, 2024.
The RRC wellbore file lists 35 wells under its operatorship (12 producing, 3 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 9.29K barrels of oil and 68.1K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 20% on the year before.
It holds 4 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 31.7K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
41 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2012; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 12
- producing wells, of 35 of record
- 33
- 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.
- 95%
- spud rate · 39 of 41 mature permits
- 12
- median days permit to spud · middle half 5–22
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 2
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 13 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 9 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 12
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concho county → | — | 13 | 7 | Sep 18, 2023 |
| Wichita county → | — | 9 | 4 | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Archer county → | — | 5 | 2 | Jul 3, 2024 |
| Knox county → | — | 3 | 0 | Oct 14, 2022 |
| Clay county → | — | 2 | 0 | Sep 8, 2015 |
| Haskell county → | — | 2 | 4 | May 2, 2022 |
| Jack county → | — | 2 | 2 | Dec 13, 2021 |
| Kent county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 3, 2021 |
| Dawson county → | — | 1 | 1 | Nov 17, 2020 |
| Lynn county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 30, 2024 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 11, 2024 |
All 41 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman Junction | 11 | 0 |
| Cisco | 11 | 0 |
| Canyon | 11 | 0 |
| Strawn | 9 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 4 | 0 |
| Caddo | 4 | 0 |
| Bryson | 3 | 0 |
| Tannehill | 3 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 3 | 0 |
| KMA | 2 | 0 |
| Viola | 2 | 0 |
| Saddle Creek | 1 | 0 |
| Yates | 1 | 1 |
| San Andres | 1 | 1 |
| Glorieta | 1 | 1 |
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 →
- 9.29K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -20%
- vs the 12 months before
- 68.1K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 205K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 68,052 · prior 12 99,496(-32%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 9,291 · prior 12 11,659(-20%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 35
- on the schedule
- 12
- producing
- 3
- shut in
- 2
- injection
- 2
- temp. abandoned
- 11
- plugged
How it got them
- 16
- permitted itself
- 15
- acquired from others
- 17
- 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
- 4
- active UIC permits of 5
- 12K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 31.7K
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reclass | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lucy North (Penn)55578500 | 14 | 3 |
| Haskell County Regular39583001 | 4 | 0 |
| Cordero Perdio (Capps Lime)20598300 | 3 | 3 |
| Chile Pieper (L. King Sand)17723240 | 2 | 1 |
| Minor West61984001 | 2 | 0 |
| Kickapoo Bend (Strawn)49152600 | 2 | 1 |
| Newark East (Barnett Shale)65280200 | 2 | 1 |
| Wichita County Regular97155001 | 1 | 1 |
| Bartons Chapel S. (Strawn 3600)5974550 | 1 | 1 |
| Burns-Jones S. (Miss.)13810333 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack County Regular (Gas)45274025 | 1 | 0 |
| K-M-A47902001 | 1 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Dec 4, 2025
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- PO Box 9386
- Wichita Falls, TX 76308
- (940) 631-4008
- Officers and agents
- Hawkins, Joel · Managing Member
- Burgess, Jordan · Filing Agent
- Appling, Richard · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 903182 | Oct 11, 2024 | Oct 11, 2024 | HW Operating, LLC | Tom Green | Bud #1 | 7,200 | 45132920 |
| 900841 | Jul 3, 2024 | Jul 3, 2024 | HW Operating, LLC | Archer | Arthur Ranch #2 | 7,000 | 00943359 |
| 899921 | May 30, 2024 | May 30, 2024 | HW Operating, LLC | Lynn | Park #1 | 9,000 | 30530572 |
| 893630 | Sep 18, 2023 | Sep 18, 2023 | HW Operating, LLC | Concho | K-P #4 | 3,500 | 09532468 |
| 885078 | Oct 25, 2022 | Oct 25, 2022 | HW Operating, LLC | Concho | K-P #3 | 3,500 | 09532466 |
| 884790 | Oct 14, 2022 | Oct 14, 2022 | HW Operating, LLC | Knox | Thompson #1 | 2,000 | 27532362 |
| 881206 | Jun 22, 2022 | Jun 22, 2022 | HW Operating, LLC | Concho | Chico #1 | 4,250 | 09532439 |
| 880525 | Jun 3, 2022 | Jun 3, 2022 | HW Operating, LLC | Concho | Chico #7 | 6,000 | 09532464 |
| 879612 | May 2, 2022 | May 2, 2022 | HW Operating, LLC | Haskell | Everett #1 | 6,000 | 20733005 |
| 877140 | Feb 18, 2022 | Feb 18, 2022 | HW Operating, LLC | Archer | Arthur Ranch #1 | 7,000 | 00943283 |
| 875104 | Dec 13, 2021 | Dec 13, 2021 | HW Operating, LLC | Jack | R. W. Rider #6 | 5,000 | 23740601 |
| 874870 | Dec 3, 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 | HW Operating, LLC | Kent | Swenson #1 | 6,500 | 26332148 |
| 870106 | Jun 17, 2021 | Jun 17, 2021 | HW Operating, LLC | Haskell | Isbell #1 | 6,000 | 20732987 |
| 868340 | Mar 18, 2021 | Mar 18, 2021 | HW Operating, LLC | Jack | Reed Henderson #1 | 8,000 | 23740574 |
| 867588 | Feb 12, 2021 | Feb 12, 2021 | HW Operating, LLC | Concho | K-P #2 | 3,500 | 09532460 |
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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