OPERATORS · RRC 401921  · P-5 STATUS Y

Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc

Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 17, 2005.

The RRC wellbore file lists 11 wells under its operatorship.

31 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 9, 2009.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 11 of record
5
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.

71%
spud rate · 22 of 31 mature permits
10
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–12
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
9
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 20 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Sterling county →—2210May 17, 2005
Pecos county →—21Nov 25, 1996
Shackelford county →—20May 19, 1989
Ward county →—20Jul 9, 1987
Concho county →—10Aug 13, 1986
Gaines county →—10Aug 25, 1997
Stonewall county →—10Dec 3, 1986

All 31 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 →

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
68.8K
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

11
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
6
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
5
acquired from others
21
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0027
Reenter004

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 Jan 9, 2009
Address
310 W Wall St Suite 511
Midland, TX 79701
Officers and agents
Ragsdale, Tom M. · President/Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
600651May 17, 2005May 17, 2005Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingWhiskey Chute #17,90043133145
600651May 17, 2005May 17, 2005Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingWhiskey Chute #19,00043133145
556676Apr 26, 2005Apr 26, 2005Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingFoxtrot #17,90043133131
546506Jun 10, 2004Jun 10, 2004Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingHildebrand #37,50043133112
546506Jun 10, 2004Jun 10, 2004Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingHildebrand #38,14043133112
546506Jun 10, 2004Jun 10, 2004Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingHildebrand #38,14043133112
546137May 26, 2004May 26, 2004Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingMcEntire #37,50043133111
538373Nov 7, 2003Nov 7, 2003Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingHildebrand #28,85043133081
505377Mar 6, 2001Mar 6, 2001Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingMcEntire #35037,60043133013
505376Mar 6, 2001Mar 6, 2001Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingMcEntire #35027,60043133012
505190Feb 12, 2001Feb 12, 2001Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingMcEntire #26027,60043133011
505190Feb 12, 2001Feb 12, 2001Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingMcEntire #26027,60043133011
466876Aug 28, 1997Aug 28, 1997Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.SterlingWilkinson #11027,60043132890
466380Aug 25, 1997Aug 25, 1997Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.GainesCorrigan #18,00016535256
455472Nov 25, 1996Nov 25, 1996Houghton Oil & Gas, Inc.PecosAnnie Lease #16,70037130956

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/401921, documented in the API reference.