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OPERATORS · RRC 344250  · P-5 STATUS Y

Halbouty, Michel T

Houston, TX

Watch this operator

Halbouty, Michel T has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 24, 1992.

The RRC wellbore file lists 47 wells under its operatorship.

22 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 6, 1998.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 47 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.

55%
spud rate · 12 of 22 mature permits
18
median days permit to spud · middle half 14–36
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
9
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 16 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Reagan county →—100Jun 6, 1978
Brazoria county →—30May 23, 1980
Matagorda county →—37Jun 20, 1990
Lavaca county →—20Jun 12, 1979
Goliad county →—10Jul 30, 1991
Montgomery county →—18Aug 30, 1977
Refugio county →—10Sep 24, 1992
Van Zandt county →—10Oct 30, 1980

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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
No completion tops on file.

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
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
44.3K
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

47
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
4
plugged

How it got them

2
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0018
Recompletion004

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
Boling South1023300170
Port Acres (Hack. Lo.)7237827060
Fostoria (Wilcox 10 900)3232360050
Poesta Creek (2650)7209458040
Poesta Creek (2750)7209469630
Fostoria (Wilcox 9 100)3232340030
Pheasant (Simpson)7112193630
Poesta Creek (Hartzendorf)7209434820
Celeste-Fay (Olmos 2-A)1664714220
Pheasant (Nelson)7112172810
Port Acres (Frio 5)7237809010
Riverside West (Frio 6500)7705533310

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 6, 1998
Address
5100 Westheimer Halbouty CTR
Houston, TX 77056
Officers and agents
Halbouty, Michel T. · Owner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
524837Oct 25, 2002Oct 25, 2002Main Energy, Inc.MatagordaState Tract 173 #25,88232130833
524837Oct 25, 2002Oct 25, 2002Main Energy, Inc.MatagordaState Tract 173 #25,88232130833
403371Sep 24, 1992Sep 24, 1992Halbouty, Michel T.RefugioHale, C.C. #14,00039132080
390293Jul 30, 1991Jul 30, 1991Halbouty, Michel T.GoliadDeiz y Seis de Julio #18,90017532622
373715Jun 20, 1990Jun 20, 1990Halbouty, Michel T.MatagordaGunter-Sisson Unit #1 #1L9,55532101907
246082Jul 25, 1984Jul 25, 1984Convest Energy CorporationMatagordaState Tract 173 #25,88232130833
97633Oct 30, 1980Oct 30, 1980Halbouty, Michel T.Van ZandtSwinney, M. #15,48346730474
97378Oct 28, 1980Oct 28, 1980May Petroleum, Inc.MatagordaState Tract 173 #22,65032130833
82019May 23, 1980May 23, 1980Halbouty, Michel T.BrazoriaBrothers, Irving S. #211,35903931554
62389Oct 26, 1979Oct 26, 1979Halbouty, Michel T.BrazoriaBrothers, Irving S. Est. G. U. #111,52003931492
56046Aug 20, 1979Aug 20, 1979Halbouty, Michel T.MatagordaEast Frio Gas Unit #19,65532102027
52295Jul 3, 1979Jul 3, 1979Halbouty, Michel T.BrazoriaStern, R. et al, Gas Unit #111,50003931459
55031Jun 12, 1979Jun 12, 1979Halbouty, Michel T.LavacaBorchers, Vivian et al Gas Unit #111,00028531404
38990Dec 15, 1978Dec 15, 1978Halbouty, Michel T.LavacaStovall, Guy F., Jr. #22,21528530675
37190Nov 20, 1978Nov 20, 1978Halbouty, Michel T.MatagordaWest Gas Unit #110,20132180229

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/344250, documented in the API reference.