OPERATORS · RRC 399760 · P-5 STATUS Y

Hopson, Fred S

Laredo, TX

Hopson, Fred S has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 2, 1991.

The RRC wellbore file lists 7 wells under its operatorship.

29 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 1, 1996.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 7 of record
8: 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.

41%: spud rate · 12 of 29 mature permits
12: median days permit to spud · middle half 2–21
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
17: expired undrilled
3: permits a year over 11 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
Webb county →	—	23	7	Aug 2, 1991
Zapata county →	—	6	0	Mar 27, 1987

All 29 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
Queen City	6	0
Wilcox	3	0
Reklaw	1	0
Queen	1	0
Carrizo	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

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

How it got them

7: permitted itself
0: acquired from others
7: 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	27
Recompletion	0	0	2

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
Del Mar (Lower Hirsch)24139500	2	0
Lake Casa Blanca SE. (Lobo)51405700	2	0
Agua Roja (Lobo)851500	1	0
Lake Casa Blanca (Clark)51397500	1	0
Lake Casa Blanca (Lobo)51400700	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Mar 1, 1996

Address: P O Box 2038; Laredo, TX 78044

Officers and agents: Hopson, Fred S. · Owner

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
390541	Aug 2, 1991	Aug 2, 1991	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	Milagro #2	7,500	47934226
342412	Feb 10, 1988	Feb 10, 1988	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	L.N.B. #1X	8,000	47934377
332081	Jun 24, 1987	Jun 24, 1987	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	L.N.B. #2	8,000	47934545
328347	Mar 27, 1987	Mar 27, 1987	Hopson, Fred S.	Zapata	Vela, Humberto Jr. #5	10,000	50532304
328004	Mar 20, 1987	Mar 20, 1987	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	Milagro #8	7,500	47934497
327339	Mar 4, 1987	Mar 4, 1987	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	Milagro #7	7,500	47934490
302172	May 14, 1986	May 14, 1986	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	L. N. B. #1	8,000	47934377
295468	Jan 16, 1986	Jan 16, 1986	Hopson, Fred S.	Zapata	Gutierrez Heirs #1	13,500	50532165
294092	Jan 2, 1986	Jan 2, 1986	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	Milagro #6	7,500	47934309
293257	Dec 18, 1985	Dec 18, 1985	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	Milagro #5	7,500	47934306
289083	Nov 4, 1985	Nov 4, 1985	Hopson, Fred S.	Zapata	Vela, Humberto Jr. #4	10,000	50532136
289084	Nov 4, 1985	Nov 4, 1985	Hopson, Fred S.	Zapata	Vela, Humberto Jr. #3	10,000	50532137
289079	Nov 4, 1985	Nov 4, 1985	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	Milagro #4	7,500	47934284
286196	Oct 1, 1985	Oct 1, 1985	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	Milagro #3	7,500	47934257
282703	Aug 19, 1985	Aug 19, 1985	Hopson, Fred S.	Webb	Milagro #2	7,500	47934226

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/399760, documented in the API reference.