OPERATORS · RRC 37680  · P-5 STATUS Y

Austral Oil Co Inc

Austral Oil CO Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 8, 2002.

The RRC wellbore file lists 28 wells under its operatorship.

16 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 6, 2005.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 28 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.

69%
spud rate · 11 of 16 mature permits
13
median days permit to spud · middle half 5–26
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
5
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 25 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Liberty county →—60Feb 8, 2002
Concho county →—21Oct 27, 1993
Runnels county →—20May 16, 1997
Brooks county →—10Oct 4, 2001
Crockett county →—11Sep 13, 1995
Jasper county →—10Mar 4, 1993
Jefferson county →—11Apr 29, 1997
Madison county →—10Oct 9, 1992
Nueces county →—11Jul 22, 1977

All 16 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
Ellenburger10
Yegua10
Tannehill10

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
31.2K
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

28
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
7
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
3
acquired from others
9
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 6
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Caldwell0 active0 bbl/d
Dawson0 active0 bbl/d
Dickens0 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
Drill0013
Reenter002
Recompletion001

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 6, 2005
Address
2701 Maplewood Dr
Sulphur, LA 70663
Officers and agents
Litchfield, Bruce · Texas Resident Agent
Palermo, Myron J. · President
Lee, Frances Jack · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
517470Feb 8, 2002Feb 8, 2002Austral Oil Company IncorporatedLibertyOdum Fee #4R1,05029132429
516782Jan 11, 2002Jan 11, 2002Austral Oil Company IncorporatedLibertyOdum Fee #390029132425
516781Jan 11, 2002Jan 11, 2002Austral Oil Company IncorporatedLibertyOdum Fee #580029132424
516780Jan 11, 2002Jan 11, 2002Austral Oil Company IncorporatedLibertyOdum Fee #41,05029132423
516514Dec 31, 2001Dec 31, 2001Austral Oil Company IncorporatedLibertyOdum Fee #290029132420
516513Dec 31, 2001Dec 31, 2001Austral Oil Company IncorporatedLibertyOdum Fee #190029132421
513869Oct 4, 2001Oct 4, 2001Austral Oil Company IncorporatedBrooksMangel #29,00004731960
497570Aug 2, 2000Aug 2, 2000Ted, Inc.CrockettMeadows Ranch #12,14510536352
457999May 16, 1997May 16, 1997Austral Oil Company IncorporatedRunnelsBrookshire #1A4,00039934508
461770Apr 29, 1997Apr 29, 1997Austral Oil Company IncorporatedJeffersonDaniell-Quinn #18,00024532151
455652Dec 9, 1996Dec 9, 1996Austral Oil Company IncorporatedRunnelsHoffman, J.L. #1B5,00039934493
439134Sep 13, 1995Sep 13, 1995Austral Oil Company IncorporatedCrockettDivide #12,14510536352
435569May 5, 1995May 5, 1995Energy Development Corp.OrangeBean-Donner #19,50036130705
417440Oct 27, 1993Oct 27, 1993Austral Oil Company IncorporatedConchoTickle #25,00009531592
412529Jun 7, 1993Jun 7, 1993Meridian Oil Inc.CrockettDivide #18,10010536352

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/37680, documented in the API reference.