OPERATORS · RRC 404500 · P-5 STATUS Y
Houston Petro Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorHouston Petro CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 3, 2018.
The RRC wellbore file lists 39 wells under its operatorship.
223 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 39 of record
- 45
- 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.
- 44%
- spud rate · 99 of 223 mature permits
- 22
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–50
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 3 permits
- 121
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 42 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 → | — | 84 | 14 | Aug 3, 2018 |
| Houston county → | — | 47 | 3 | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 20 | 9 | Mar 10, 2006 |
| San Jacinto county → | — | 19 | 3 | Oct 13, 1993 |
| Lee county → | — | 12 | 1 | May 10, 2006 |
| Robertson county → | — | 11 | 1 | Mar 28, 2018 |
| Galveston county → | — | 8 | 4 | Nov 15, 2017 |
| Walker county → | — | 6 | 1 | May 18, 2007 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jan 23, 1980 |
| Frio county → | — | 2 | 1 | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Polk county → | — | 2 | 0 | Apr 19, 1982 |
| Bastrop county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 19, 1984 |
| Burleson county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 5, 1978 |
| Hardin county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jul 29, 1981 |
| Harris county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 29, 1987 |
| Jackson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 3, 1982 |
| Liberty county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 28, 1983 |
| Starr county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 30, 1983 |
| Wharton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 12, 1979 |
| Williamson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 30, 1983 |
All 223 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 | 27 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 23 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 21 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 17 | 0 |
| Sparta | 11 | 0 |
| Frio | 11 | 2 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 7 | 1 |
| Midway | 7 | 1 |
| Nacatoch | 7 | 0 |
| Buda | 7 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 7 | 0 |
| Edwards | 7 | 0 |
| Queen City | 4 | 0 |
| Carrizo | 3 | 0 |
| Taylor | 2 | 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
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 1.12M
- 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
- 39
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 29
- plugged
How it got them
- 25
- permitted itself
- 5
- acquired from others
- 63
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Galveston | 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 | 161 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reclass | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trinity91244001 | 4 | 0 |
| Danbury Dome (5655 Sand)22975450 | 3 | 0 |
| Cold Springs (Yegua -E-)19428630 | 2 | 0 |
| Danbury Dome (F-2-B)22975055 | 2 | 0 |
| Milbur (Navarro)61349333 | 2 | 0 |
| Cherokee (Navarro)17466333 | 2 | 0 |
| Cherokee (Austin Chalk Lo.)17466111 | 2 | 0 |
| Cherokee (Nacatoch)17466300 | 1 | 0 |
| Cold Springs (3500)19428945 | 1 | 0 |
| Algoa ( 8 000)1484846 | 1 | 0 |
| Cistern18322001 | 1 | 0 |
| Chriesman17949001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 4, 2026
- Address
- 3100 Timmons Lane Ste 200
- Houston, TX 77027
- (713) 661-2818
- Officers and agents
- O'Donnell, Richard · President
- Pustejovsky, Wesley · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 843160 | Aug 3, 2018 | Aug 3, 2018 | Houston Petroleum Company | Milam | Dubois #2 | 1,550 | 33135041 |
| 840787 | Jun 7, 2018 | Jun 7, 2018 | Houston Petroleum Company | Milam | Batte-Hickman #5 | 1,500 | 33135037 |
| 837924 | Mar 28, 2018 | Mar 28, 2018 | Houston Petroleum Company | Robertson | Hill-Anderson #1 | 1,930 | 39500070 |
| 832565 | Nov 21, 2017 | Nov 21, 2017 | Houston Petroleum Company | Milam | J. S. Corpora #3 | 4,000 | 33132039 |
| 832872 | Nov 15, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 | Houston Petroleum Company | Galveston | Cooper B Unit #2 | 12,152 | 16731517 |
| 826820 | Jun 13, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | Houston Petroleum Company | Milam | Batte-Hickman #4 | 5,940 | 33130258 |
| 801007 | Dec 30, 2014 | Dec 30, 2014 | Houston Petroleum Company | Houston | Trinity State Bank #13 | 3,500 | 22531385 |
| 782771 | May 3, 2014 | May 3, 2014 | Houston Petroleum Company | Galveston | Cooper B Unit #2 | 12,152 | 16731517 |
| 776688 | Jan 7, 2014 | Jan 7, 2014 | Houston Petroleum Company | Galveston | Davis Unit #2 | 10,000 | 16731515 |
| 769876 | Sep 27, 2013 | Sep 27, 2013 | Houston Petroleum Company | Galveston | Davis Unit #1 | 11,500 | 16731514 |
| 751963 | Nov 30, 2012 | Nov 30, 2012 | Houston Petroleum Company | Galveston | Williams Unit #1 | 10,000 | 16731510 |
| 727097 | Nov 1, 2011 | Nov 1, 2011 | Houston Petroleum Company | Milam | P. H. Perry Jr. et AL #2 | 6,041 | 33132629 |
| 711744 | Mar 10, 2011 | Mar 10, 2011 | Houston Petroleum Company | Houston | Trinity State Bank #12 | 2,500 | 22531182 |
| 711744 | Mar 10, 2011 | Mar 10, 2011 | Houston Petroleum Company | Houston | Trinity State Bank #12 | 3,000 | 22531182 |
| 710264 | Feb 23, 2011 | Feb 23, 2011 | Houston Petroleum Company | Houston | Mollie Shaw #30 | 2,500 | 22531180 |
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/404500, documented in the API reference.