OPERATORS · RRC 381740 · P-5 STATUS Y
Hess, Jerry Oper Co
Muenster, TX
Watch this operatorHess, Jerry Oper CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 10, 2022.
The RRC wellbore file lists 188 wells under its operatorship (27 producing, 1 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 7.11K barrels of oil and 199K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 11% on the year before.
It holds 7 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 2.53M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
146 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 27
- producing wells, of 188 of record
- 157
- 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.
- 66%
- spud rate · 97 of 146 mature permits
- 30
- median days permit to spud · middle half 15–67
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 48
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 40 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 1 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton county → | — | 26 | 18 | Oct 3, 2013 |
| Callahan county → | — | 22 | 16 | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Cooke county → | — | 20 | 24 | Jul 1, 2021 |
| Haskell county → | — | 17 | 4 | Aug 13, 2009 |
| Jack county → | — | 10 | 8 | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Montague county → | — | 9 | 7 | Jul 6, 2018 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 9 | 1 | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Runnels county → | — | 7 | 2 | Feb 4, 2015 |
| Erath county → | — | 4 | 1 | Aug 27, 2008 |
| Palo Pinto county → | — | 4 | 1 | Aug 19, 2013 |
| Clay county → | — | 3 | 30 | Sep 6, 2013 |
| Jones county → | — | 3 | 0 | Oct 23, 2007 |
| Parker county → | — | 3 | 24 | Apr 25, 2005 |
| Bastrop county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 19, 2010 |
| Eastland county → | — | 2 | 21 | Aug 15, 1995 |
| Baylor county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 21, 1988 |
| Concho county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 14, 2012 |
| Grayson county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 12, 1992 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 3, 1992 |
| Wise county → | — | 1 | 15 | Aug 22, 2001 |
All 146 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barnett | 28 | 0 |
| Viola | 17 | 0 |
| Forestburg | 12 | 0 |
| Caddo | 11 | 0 |
| Strawn | 10 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 8 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 8 | 0 |
| Canyon | 4 | 0 |
| Mississippian | 4 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 3 | 0 |
| Coleman Junction | 3 | 0 |
| Atoka | 3 | 0 |
| Duffer | 2 | 0 |
| Bryson | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 2 | 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 →
- 7.11K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -11%
- vs the 12 months before
- 199K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 644K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 198,722 · prior 12 234,992(-15%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 7,111 · prior 12 8,010(-11%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 188
- on the schedule
- 27
- producing
- 1
- shut in
- 4
- injection
- 2
- temp. abandoned
- 141
- plugged
How it got them
- 45
- permitted itself
- 99
- acquired from others
- 55
- 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
- 7
- active UIC permits of 16
- 46.1K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 2.53M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Montague | 3 active | 30K bbl/d |
| Cooke | 2 active | 15.1K bbl/d |
| Clay | 2 active | 973 bbl/d |
| Parker | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Callahan | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Stephens | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Eastland | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Jack | 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 | 115 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cooke County Regular20350001 | 23 | 5 |
| Newark East (Barnett Shale)65280200 | 22 | 10 |
| Lutz (Strawn)55864750 | 19 | 1 |
| Gas Finders (Congl.)34128300 | 12 | 3 |
| Boonsville (Bend Congl. Gas)10574520 | 6 | 0 |
| Wildcat22001 | 5 | 0 |
| Tee Jay (3900)88667600 | 4 | 0 |
| Eastland County Regular27358001 | 4 | 0 |
| Callahan County Regular14820001 | 4 | 0 |
| Gorman E. (Caddo)36036300 | 3 | 0 |
| Lilly Bell (Congl.)53580300 | 3 | 1 |
| Cherrington (Strawn)17485250 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 4, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- P O Box 557
- Muenster, TX 76252
- (940) 736-3504
- Officers and agents
- Pagel, Laura J · Texas Resident Agent
- Pagel, Laura J. · Director,president,secretary
- Hess, Tina · Director,treasurer,vice Presiden
- Hess, Gerald · Director
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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/381740, documented in the API reference.