OPERATORS · RRC 36550 · P-5 STATUS Y

Atlantic Richfield Co

Houston, TX

Atlantic Richfield CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 29, 1985.

The RRC wellbore file lists 726 wells under its operatorship.

627 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 8, 1993.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 726 of record
3: 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.

41%: spud rate · 260 of 627 mature permits
30: median days permit to spud · middle half 13–60
0: spuds, last 180 days
1%: cancelled · 8 permits
356: expired undrilled
70: permits a year over 9 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
Duval county →	—	117	13	Mar 28, 1979
Ector county →	—	70	38	Mar 30, 1979
Cooke county →	—	67	15	Aug 9, 1978
Crane county →	—	54	11	Mar 13, 1979
Hardin county →	—	28	86	Nov 17, 1978
Cochran county →	—	22	1	May 25, 1978
Andrews county →	—	20	25	Mar 27, 1979
Hutchinson county →	—	20	6	Mar 1, 1979
Nueces county →	—	20	51	Dec 18, 1978
Howard county →	—	15	0	Apr 16, 1979
Liberty county →	—	14	9	Aug 4, 1978
Rusk county →	—	14	16	Jul 29, 1980
Carson county →	—	12	0	Nov 2, 1978
Crockett county →	—	10	7	Oct 27, 1978
Hidalgo county →	—	10	24	Feb 28, 1979
Jim Hogg county →	—	9	2	Nov 21, 1978
Glasscock county →	—	8	0	Jan 10, 1979
Irion county →	—	8	28	Apr 5, 1978
Refugio county →	—	8	17	Mar 30, 1978
Bee county →	—	7	3	Jun 23, 1977
Live Oak county →	—	7	28	Feb 12, 1979
Panola county →	—	7	4	Jan 17, 1979
Roberts county →	—	7	0	Nov 2, 1977
Yoakum county →	—	7	6	Nov 13, 1978
McMullen county →	—	6	19	Mar 27, 1979
Gray county →	—	5	2	May 17, 1978
High IS-LB county →	—	5	0	Oct 29, 1985
Montague county →	—	5	0	Apr 10, 1978
Reeves county →	—	5	3	Apr 27, 1978
Grayson county →	—	4	2	Mar 20, 1979
Midland county →	—	4	4	Jul 24, 1978
Chambers county →	—	3	1	Aug 17, 1978
Schleicher county →	—	3	7	Nov 27, 1978
Brazoria county →	—	2	0	Sep 13, 1978
Culberson county →	—	2	0	Mar 28, 1979
Newton county →	—	2	42	Aug 15, 1978
N Padre IS-LB county →	—	2	0	Aug 10, 1984
Pecos county →	—	2	6	Nov 6, 1978
San Patricio county →	—	2	12	Jan 12, 1979
Sutton county →	—	2	0	Sep 12, 1977
Aransas county →	—	1	6	Jan 9, 1978
Brooks county →	—	1	0	Sep 27, 1978
Calhoun county →	—	1	6	Mar 1, 1979
Fort Bend county →	—	1	0	Feb 12, 1979
Lavaca county →	—	1	0	Dec 5, 1977
Lipscomb county →	—	1	2	Aug 16, 1978
Moore county →	—	1	4	Aug 31, 1977
Presidio county →	—	1	0	Aug 12, 1977
Reagan county →	—	1	0	Aug 4, 1978
Tyler county →	—	1	32	Mar 29, 1978
Ward county →	—	1	5	Sep 22, 1977
Winkler county →	—	1	1	Nov 22, 1978

All 627 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
Grayburg	31	0
San Andres	23	0
Yates	13	0
Queen	13	0
Devonian	9	0
Holt	8	0
Glorieta	8	0
Rustler	7	0
Atoka	6	0
Pennsylvanian	6	0
Strawn	4	0
Woodford	4	0
Austin Chalk	4	0
Queen City	3	0
Spraberry	3	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
0: 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

726: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
200: plugged

How it got them

9: permitted itself
55: acquired from others
226: 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 84
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Ector	0 active	0 bbl/d
Yoakum	0 active	0 bbl/d
Andrews	0 active	0 bbl/d
Cooke	0 active	0 bbl/d
Liberty	0 active	0 bbl/d
Schleicher	0 active	0 bbl/d
Montgomery	0 active	0 bbl/d
Live Oak	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 →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	463
Recompletion	0	0	127
Other	0	0	37

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
East Texas27302001	31	0
Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork)49099500	28	0
Conroe20211001	27	0
Theuvenins Creek (Wilcox 8400)89324200	25	0
Conroe ( Cockfield Upper)20211040	16	0
Village Mills East (V-Y)93832232	15	0
Saratoga West81063001	14	0
Village Mills East (Z)93832870	11	0
Silsbee83584001	10	0
Panhandle West68831001	9	0
Village Mills East93832001	8	0
Red Fish Bay-Mus. IS (Common 10)75220500	8	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Oct 8, 1993

Address: P.O. Box 2451; Houston, TX 77252

Officers and agents: Muse, A. A. Jr. · Manager; Morrison, J.S. · President; Kieschnick, W.F. · President

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
682310	Jun 22, 2009	Jun 22, 2009	OXY USA Inc.	Ward	Worsham 42 #1D	17,903	47530563
629257	Dec 6, 2006	Dec 6, 2006	BP America Production Company	Jim Hogg	Marrs McLean Trust -A- #3	13,902	24702799
618572	May 11, 2006	May 11, 2006	38 Oil & Gas, L.L.C.	Refugio	Rooke, P. H. #25	4,700	39103020
613354	Feb 1, 2006	Feb 1, 2006	Merit Energy Company	Hardin	Trusty Oil Unit #1	7,210	19900075
609073	Nov 9, 2005	Nov 9, 2005	Merit Energy Company	Hardin	Nona Fletcher Mineral Co. #28	6,609	19900544
537587	Oct 20, 2003	Oct 20, 2003	Rincon Petroleum Corporation	Nueces	Bickler - Mosley #4	8,204	35504300
524729	Oct 23, 2002	Oct 23, 2002	Acock/Anaqua Operating Co., LC	Refugio	O'Brien, J. J. A #9	5,175	39130261
523481	Sep 9, 2002	Sep 9, 2002	Occidental Permian Ltd.	Yoakum	Denver Unit #4716	5,600	50101824
519154	Apr 16, 2002	Apr 16, 2002	Gruy Petroleum Management Co.	McMullen	Baker, Earl #4	9,700	31102314
517075	Jan 24, 2002	Jan 24, 2002	Merit Energy Company	Hardin	Fletcher, Nona Mineral Co. #28	6,609	19900544
499444	Sep 14, 2000	Sep 14, 2000	Olsen Energy Inc.	Pecos	Arco Fee "21" #4	5,850	37130041
493082	Mar 14, 2000	Mar 14, 2000	Merit Energy Company	Hardin	Gallsworthy, Jimmiebel #1	7,223	19900061
491949	Feb 10, 2000	Feb 10, 2000	Merit Energy Company	Hardin	Carter, W. R. #2	7,218	19900530
491949	Feb 10, 2000	Feb 10, 2000	Merit Energy Company	Hardin	Carter, W. R. #2	7,218	19900530
486503	Aug 9, 1999	Aug 9, 1999	Merit Energy Company	Hardin	Trusty Oil Unit #1	7,210	19900075

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/36550, documented in the API reference.