OPERATORS · RRC 39773 · P-5 STATUS Y
B & B Drilling Co
Milano, TX
Watch this operatorB & B Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 15, 1992.
28 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 10, 1994.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 11%
- spud rate · 3 of 28 mature permits
- 188
- median days permit to spud · middle half 95–280
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 25
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milam county → | — | 12 | 0 | Apr 15, 1992 |
| Lee county → | — | 10 | 0 | Apr 20, 1989 |
| Burleson county → | — | 3 | 0 | May 13, 1983 |
| Fayette county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 12, 1989 |
| Wharton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 1, 1987 |
| Williamson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 22, 1985 |
All 28 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Navarro | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 5.71K
- 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
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 12
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
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 | 28 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 10, 1994
- Address
- Rt. 1 Box 99
- Milano, TX 76556
- Officers and agents
- Betchan, Thomas W. · Partner
- Betchan, Stanley E. · Partner
- Betchan, Donnie R. · Partner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398447 | Apr 15, 1992 | Apr 15, 1992 | B & B Drilling Co. | Milam | Betchan #3 | 1,300 | 33133345 |
| 358425 | Apr 20, 1989 | Apr 20, 1989 | B & B Drilling Co. | Lee | Moerbe-Wolf Unit #1 | 6,300 | 28732250 |
| 358425 | Apr 20, 1989 | Apr 20, 1989 | B & B Drilling Co. | Lee | Moerbe, T. G. E. #1 | 6,300 | 28732250 |
| 355140 | Jan 12, 1989 | Jan 12, 1989 | B & B Drilling Co. | Fayette | Cherry #1 | 2,400 | 14932313 |
| 345377 | Apr 18, 1988 | Apr 18, 1988 | B & B Drilling Co. | Lee | Brown #1 | 3,100 | 28732201 |
| 328511 | Apr 1, 1987 | Apr 1, 1987 | B & B Drilling Co. | Wharton | Zboril #1 | 7,300 | 48133044 |
| 295388 | Jan 15, 1986 | Jan 15, 1986 | B & B Drilling Co. | Milam | B & B Lease #1 | 3,500 | 33133013 |
| 283789 | Sep 3, 1985 | Sep 3, 1985 | B & B Drilling Co. | Milam | Betchan #2 | 1,500 | 33132950 |
| 276777 | Jun 4, 1985 | Jun 4, 1985 | B & B Drilling Co. | Milam | Betchan #1 | 1,300 | 33132884 |
| 270268 | Mar 22, 1985 | Mar 22, 1985 | B & B Drilling Co. | Williamson | Wuensche, C. A. #1 | 1,300 | 49130370 |
| 252720 | Sep 27, 1984 | Sep 27, 1984 | B & B Drilling Co. | Lee | Smith, A. W. #1 | 5,000 | 28731715 |
| 248050 | Aug 10, 1984 | Aug 10, 1984 | B & B Drilling Co. | Lee | Gold, Alvin #1 | 5,000 | 28731687 |
| 238451 | May 11, 1984 | May 11, 1984 | B & B Drilling Co. | Milam | Lagrone #1 | 3,500 | 33132603 |
| 227510 | Jan 26, 1984 | Jan 26, 1984 | B & B Drilling Co. | Lee | Schneider #1 | 5,000 | 28731559 |
| 224082 | Dec 21, 1983 | Dec 21, 1983 | B & B Drilling Co. | Lee | Farquhar, R. H. #1 | 5,000 | 28731541 |
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/39773, documented in the API reference.