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OPERATORS · RRC 406140  · P-5 STATUS Y

Howell Drilling, Inc

San Antonio, TX

Watch this operator

Howell Drilling, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 9, 1995.

The RRC wellbore file lists 100 wells under its operatorship.

176 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 22, 2001.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 100 of record
4
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.

23%
spud rate · 40 of 176 mature permits
11
median days permit to spud · middle half 5–33
0
spuds, last 180 days
2%
cancelled · 4 permits
132
expired undrilled
10
permits a year over 18 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Lavaca county →—11636Mar 5, 1993
DE Witt county →—3016Sep 20, 1984
Jackson county →—1420May 9, 1995
Victoria county →—1020Jul 2, 1984
Colorado county →—31Dec 23, 1983
Bastrop county →—10Sep 5, 1980
Bee county →—10Aug 20, 1980
Caldwell county →—10Dec 31, 1980

All 176 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Wilcox241
Yegua160
Edwards70
Austin Chalk50
Navarro40
Midway40
Jackson30
Frio10

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
17.5K
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

100
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
59
plugged

How it got them

34
permitted itself
7
acquired from others
40
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 3
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Lavaca0 active0 bbl/d
Victoria0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill00110
Recompletion0061
Other005

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Coletto Creek (2800)1955737640
Garrett (Yegua 5650)3402875020
Charlie Daubert (8100)1722542020
Boothe (3150)1061230020
Dunwolters (Seg. D)2669275020
Ganado (Marg. B)3388962420
Dunwolters (Seg. C Pettus Sd.)2669250020
Balfour (Wilcox 7800)524350020
Charlie Daubert (8850)1722552520
Charlie Daubert N. (Orsak 9250)1722750020
Anna Barre N. (Wilcox A)300550020
Hallettsville (Shallow)3824107020

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Mar 22, 2001
Address
11507 Whisper Cir
San Antonio, TX 78230
Officers and agents
Burns, Ernest E. · Texas Resident Agent
Burns, Ernest E. · Vice President
Smith, O. Lewis · Vice President
Hanke, Dan H. · Vice President/Secretary/Treasur

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
548911Jul 29, 2004Jul 29, 2004Escondido Petroleum Company, IncLavacaGerdes #111,50028531625
435656May 9, 1995May 9, 1995Howell Drilling, Inc.JacksonSkalicky, R. J. #26,50023932852
430556Dec 19, 1994Dec 19, 1994Howell Drilling, Inc.JacksonSkalicky #18,00023932836
409373Mar 5, 1993Mar 5, 1993Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaBarnes, Leon "B" #18,66628531608
388708Jun 24, 1991Jun 24, 1991Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaBarnes -C- Gas Unit #211,50028532114
386653Apr 15, 1991Apr 15, 1991Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaMary B. Golsch Gas Unit #615,63228531860
386653Apr 15, 1991Apr 15, 1991Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaMary B. Golsch Gas Unit #615,63228531860
376106Aug 2, 1990Aug 2, 1990Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaGolsch, Mary B. #79,50028532079
367280Dec 7, 1989Dec 7, 1989Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaLeona M. Anders Gas Unit #110,30028531902
367280Dec 7, 1989Dec 7, 1989Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaLeona M. Anders Gas Unit #110,30028531902
363876Sep 20, 1989Sep 20, 1989Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaSchulte Gas Unit #3 #3A90028532056
363516Sep 8, 1989Sep 8, 1989Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaJulius Technik Gas Unit #310,20028531865
363516Sep 8, 1989Sep 8, 1989Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaJulius Technik Gas Unit #310,20028531865
362060Aug 1, 1989Aug 1, 1989Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaSchulte Gas Unit #3 #31,00028532052
361939Jul 27, 1989Jul 27, 1989Howell Drilling, Inc.LavacaFrank Holik Gas Unit #2 #19,85028530166

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/406140, documented in the API reference.