OPERATORS · RRC 381860 · P-5 STATUS Y

Hester, B. M

Wichita Falls, TX

Hester, B. M has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 22, 1984.

The RRC wellbore file lists 51 wells under its operatorship.

49 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 6, 1998.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 51 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.

35%: spud rate · 17 of 49 mature permits
58: median days permit to spud · middle half 14–148
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
32: expired undrilled
7: permits a year over 7 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
Polk county →	—	14	18	Aug 21, 1980
Archer county →	—	11	4	May 22, 1984
Montgomery county →	—	6	26	Apr 13, 1982
Young county →	—	6	0	Jul 31, 1979
Harris county →	—	5	1	Jun 14, 1979
Dickens county →	—	3	0	Jun 22, 1978
Waller county →	—	3	1	May 13, 1980
Jefferson county →	—	1	0	May 4, 1979

All 49 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
Sparta	1	0
Wilcox	1	0
Yegua	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
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

51: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
34: plugged

How it got them

9: 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 2
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Polk

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	40
Recompletion	0	0	8
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
Conroe ( Cockfield Upper)20211040	22	0
Livingston54193001	5	0
Livingston (Sparta)54193440	4	0
Archer County Regular3446001	2	0
B. M. Hester (Ellenburger)4755300	2	0
Conroe20211001	2	0
Livingston (1500)54193840	2	0
H. H. H. (7800)37666750	1	0
Conroe South (Wilcox 9400)20216650	1	0
Livingston (Yegua 4100)54193770	1	0
Livingston (2220)54193854	1	0
Livingston (2410)54193859	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Feb 6, 1998

Address: P O Box 1680 %floyd Stiles; Wichita Falls, TX 76307

Officers and agents: Hester, Bayless Milton Est. · Owner; Leonard, John A. · Trustee

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
239853	May 22, 1984	May 22, 1984	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminex B #1	7,340	00935720
209209	Sep 1, 1983	Sep 1, 1983	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminex B #4	5,600	00937629
200214	Jul 1, 1983	Jul 1, 1983	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminex "A" #4	7,617	00937255
197815	Jun 9, 1983	Jun 9, 1983	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminex "B" #3	3,820	00987134
189093	Mar 14, 1983	Mar 14, 1983	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminex A #3	5,600	00936972
181979	Dec 31, 1982	Dec 31, 1982	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminex B #2	5,600	00936846
177409	Nov 16, 1982	Nov 16, 1982	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminex "A" #2	8,600	00936690
156674	Apr 13, 1982	Apr 13, 1982	Hester, B. M.	Montgomery	Keystone Mills Company #1W	9,900	33930049
143830	Dec 11, 1981	Dec 11, 1981	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminex C #1	7,300	00935828
140218	Nov 4, 1981	Nov 4, 1981	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminix A #1	7,300	00935721
141194	Nov 3, 1981	Nov 3, 1981	Hester, B. M.	Montgomery	Keystone Mills Co. #3W	9,428	33930402
139326	Nov 2, 1981	Nov 2, 1981	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Aminex B #1	7,300	00935720
106327	Jan 26, 1981	Jan 26, 1981	Hester, B. M.	Archer	Wilson, L. F. Estate #1	6,000	00934970
93191	Aug 21, 1980	Aug 21, 1980	Hester, B. M.	Polk	Cooper-Crockett-Shrove Unit #1	3,700	37300198
81102	May 13, 1980	May 13, 1980	Hester, B. M.	Waller	Sauerbrunn, Geo. #2	13,000	47330327

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/381860, documented in the API reference.