OPERATORS · RRC 374347 · P-5 STATUS Y

Helms Oil & Gas, LLC

Midland, TX

Helms Oil & Gas, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 21, 2020.

The RRC wellbore file lists 56 wells under its operatorship (33 shut in).

It holds 6 active disposal or injection permits.

6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2012; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2026.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 56 of record
11: 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.

33%: spud rate · 2 of 6 mature permits
275: median days permit to spud · middle half 258–292
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
4: expired undrilled
1: permits a year over 8 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	Last
Loving county →	—	2	Mar 26, 2020
Midland county →	—	1	May 29, 2019
Reagan county →	—	1	Oct 23, 2012
Reeves county →	—	1	Sep 21, 2020
Ward county →	—	1	Jul 16, 2018

All 6 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
Delaware	1	0
Cherry Canyon	1	0
Red Bluff	1	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
65.4K: 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

56: on the schedule
0: producing
33: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
20: plugged

How it got them

0: permitted itself
22: acquired from others
1: 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

6: active UIC permits of 9
16.5K: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Ector	6 active	16.5K bbl/d
Ward	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	6

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
Cowden South21292001	33	0
Double -H- (Grayburg)25742500	18	0
Holt Ranch (Consolidated)42341300	5	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Apr 4, 2026; Oil operator

Address: PO Box 52808; Midland, TX 79710; (432) 638-9009

Officers and agents: Stewart, Michael · President; Stewart, David · Treasurer; Stewart, Patricia · Secretary

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
865122	Sep 21, 2020	Sep 21, 2020	Helms Oil & Gas, LLC	Reeves	Abram SWD #1	7,600	38939185
863037	Mar 26, 2020	Mar 26, 2020	Helms Oil & Gas, LLC	Loving	Tom Jones SWD #1	5,750	30135080
853510	May 29, 2019	May 29, 2019	Helms Oil & Gas, LLC	Midland	Goliath SWD #1	14,350	32943414
842451	Jul 16, 2018	Jul 16, 2018	Helms Oil & Gas, LLC	Ward	Harrison SWD #1	6,350	47537623
823503	Feb 28, 2017	Feb 28, 2017	Helms Oil & Gas, LLC	Loving	East Mentone SWD #1	6,050	30133238
813731	Feb 12, 2016	Feb 12, 2016	Saga Petroleum LLC of Colorado	Ector	Foster, H.S. #7	4,750	13504888
813411	Jan 28, 2016	Jan 28, 2016	Saga Petroleum LLC of Colorado	Ector	HS Foster C #55	9,500	13543155
810651	Sep 29, 2015	Sep 29, 2015	Saga Petroleum LLC of Colorado	Ector	Foster, H. S. #6	4,750	13504887
809576	Aug 20, 2015	Aug 20, 2015	Midenergy Operating, LLC	Crockett	Meadows 73 #2	11,500	10542300
806898	Jun 18, 2015	Jun 18, 2015	Midenergy Operating, LLC	Crockett	Meadows 71 #1	11,500	10542261
807003	Jun 9, 2015	Jun 9, 2015	Midenergy Operating, LLC	Crockett	Meadows 72 #2	11,500	10542260
806364	May 13, 2015	May 13, 2015	Saga Petroleum LLC of Colorado	Ector	HS Foster C #11	5,000	13543347
806363	May 13, 2015	May 13, 2015	Saga Petroleum LLC of Colorado	Ector	HS Foster C #10	5,000	13543346
796948	Oct 7, 2014	Oct 7, 2014	Midenergy Operating, LLC	Crockett	Meadows #4	11,500	10542156
796948	Oct 7, 2014	Oct 7, 2014	Midenergy Operating, LLC	Crockett	Meadows 3 QR #1	11,500	10542156

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/374347, documented in the API reference.