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OPERATORS · RRC 356795  · P-5 STATUS Y

Hardwick Oil Co

Sugar Land, TX

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Hardwick Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 30, 1997.

The RRC wellbore file lists 8 wells under its operatorship.

52 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 1, 2002.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 8 of record
4
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.

54%
spud rate · 28 of 52 mature permits
32
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–59
0
spuds, last 180 days
2%
cancelled · 1 permits
23
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 17 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Victoria county →—142Apr 26, 1990
Wharton county →—111May 30, 1997
San Patricio county →—70Dec 15, 1993
Austin county →—40Oct 22, 1985
Goliad county →—42Dec 28, 1990
Fort Bend county →—32Sep 12, 1984
Live Oak county →—20Feb 22, 1988
Bee county →—10May 27, 1981
Hidalgo county →—10Oct 5, 1983
Jackson county →—11Mar 3, 1989
Karnes county →—10Dec 28, 1990
Lynn county →—10Aug 4, 1982
Montgomery county →—10Jul 20, 1989
Polk county →—10Dec 18, 1990

All 52 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
Catahoula110
Frio100
Vicksburg30
Wilcox20
Anahuac20
Miocene (undifferentiated)20
Yegua10

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
693K
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

8
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
8
plugged

How it got them

8
permitted itself
0
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

0
active UIC permits of 1
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Wharton0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0046
Recompletion004
Reenter002

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
Goliad (Frio 2740)3568055510
Goliad N. (2850)3568769010
LA Salle North (5200)5102720010
Needville (5500)6479394610
Needville (Frio 6100)6479364510
Pridham Lake South (Frio 4300)7315050010
Raisin (4190)7427880010
Trans-Tex (3000 Cat.)9097049710

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 1, 2002
Address
245 Commerce Green Ste 280
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Officers and agents
Hardwick, Paul M. · President
Taylor, Donald W. · Vice President/Treasurer
Hardwick, Pat C. · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
461346May 30, 1997May 30, 1997Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonBrothers-Knipling Oil Unit #13,86048133591
422513Mar 29, 1994Mar 29, 1994Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonBrothers Cattle Co. Inc #45,00048133697
419357Dec 15, 1993Dec 15, 1993Hardwick Oil CompanySan PatricioWebb, Patricia F. #16,50040932351
410957May 21, 1993May 21, 1993Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonKnipling, Richard #24,10048133629
410047Apr 30, 1993Apr 30, 1993Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonBrothers-Knipling Oil Unit #14,10048133591
409785Mar 11, 1993Mar 11, 1993Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonHillje Estate #1A4,30048133624
405947Nov 10, 1992Nov 10, 1992Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonHillje Oil Unit #14,30048133598
404342Oct 6, 1992Oct 6, 1992Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonBrothers - Knipling Oil Unit #14,30048133591
403996Oct 2, 1992Oct 2, 1992Hardwick Oil CompanySan PatricioLittle et AL #26,20040932411
400924Jul 7, 1992Jul 7, 1992Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonKnipling, Richard #14,20048133580
398562Apr 22, 1992Apr 22, 1992Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonBrothers Cattle Company #34,30048133568
397917Mar 30, 1992Mar 30, 1992Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonBrothers Cattle Co. SWD #1F4,37348101456
397795Mar 30, 1992Mar 30, 1992Hardwick Oil CompanySan PatricioBaker, Katheryn #26,10040932397
397781Mar 26, 1992Mar 26, 1992Hardwick Oil CompanySan PatricioBaker, Katherine #26,10040932397
394612Dec 2, 1991Dec 2, 1991Hardwick Oil CompanyWhartonBrothers Cattle Co. Inc #14,29048133414

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/356795, documented in the API reference.