OPERATORS · RRC 404440 · P-5 STATUS Y
Houston Oper, Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorHouston Oper, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 5, 1998.
The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.
12 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1990; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 11, 2015.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 3 of record
- 3
- 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.
- 58%
- spud rate · 7 of 12 mature permits
- 66
- median days permit to spud · middle half 38–203
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 5
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado county → | — | 4 | 0 | Aug 5, 1998 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 3 | 1 | Jul 29, 1994 |
| Grimes county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 21, 1994 |
| Wharton county → | — | 2 | 1 | May 5, 1998 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 3, 1995 |
All 12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 3 | 0 |
| Yegua | 3 | 0 |
| Frio | 2 | 0 |
| Jackson | 1 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 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
- 4.98K
- 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
- 3
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 6
- 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 | 9 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reenter | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Long Mott SE (8600)54687800 | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy (Yegua)80638700 | 1 | 0 |
| Wildcat4001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 11, 2015
- Address
- PO Box 27703-20
- Houston, TX 77027
- Officers and agents
- Davis, Richard Michael · Texas Resident Agent
- Markman, Marvin Joseph · President
- Davis, Richard Michael · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 478520 | Aug 5, 1998 | Aug 5, 1998 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Colorado | Shilk, J. B. #1 | 9,400 | 08932086 |
| 476011 | May 5, 1998 | May 5, 1998 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Wharton | Hancock #2 | 6,800 | 48134045 |
| 462670 | May 20, 1997 | May 20, 1997 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Wharton | Hancock #1 | 6,800 | 48133973 |
| 444559 | Feb 7, 1996 | Feb 7, 1996 | Oil Solutions, Inc. | Goliad | Jank, Edward C. et AL #1 | 8,000 | 17532895 |
| 440489 | Oct 3, 1995 | Oct 3, 1995 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Lavaca | Buethel, Paul #1 | 9,000 | 28532332 |
| 426414 | Jul 29, 1994 | Jul 29, 1994 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Calhoun | Clark, Gussie Lee #1 | 8,350 | 05730179 |
| 426151 | Jul 21, 1994 | Jul 21, 1994 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Grimes | Neblett #1 | 5,200 | 18530458 |
| 426151 | Jul 21, 1994 | Jul 21, 1994 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Grimes | Neblett #1 | 5,200 | 18530458 |
| 419873 | Jan 13, 1994 | Jan 13, 1994 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Calhoun | Roemer #1A | 7,890 | 05731133 |
| 415221 | Sep 1, 1993 | Sep 1, 1993 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Colorado | Rasmussen #1 | 5,600 | 08931879 |
| 411389 | May 13, 1993 | May 13, 1993 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Colorado | Massey #1 | 10,500 | 08931873 |
| 411389 | May 13, 1993 | May 13, 1993 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Colorado | Massey #1 | 10,500 | 08931873 |
| 382126 | Dec 20, 1990 | Dec 20, 1990 | Houston Operating, Inc. | Calhoun | Roemer #1A | 9,216 | 05731133 |
| 138077 | Oct 27, 1981 | Oct 27, 1981 | Marine Contrac. & Supply, Inc. | Calhoun | Roemer #1-A | 9,000 | 05731133 |
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/404440, documented in the API reference.