OPERATORS · RRC 406610 · P-5 STATUS Y
Howell Petro Corp
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorHowell Petro Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 23, 2002.
The RRC wellbore file lists 49 wells under its operatorship.
99 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 2, 2004.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 49 of record
- 30
- 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 · 44 of 99 mature permits
- 28
- median days permit to spud · middle half 14–37
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 54
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazos county → | — | 26 | 17 | Aug 9, 1999 |
| Wharton county → | — | 16 | 24 | Apr 27, 1993 |
| Parker county → | — | 8 | 0 | Oct 23, 2002 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 6 | 0 | Sep 25, 1987 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 6 | 0 | Feb 27, 1995 |
| Kent county → | — | 5 | 0 | Sep 19, 1994 |
| Pecos county → | — | 5 | 0 | Aug 3, 1988 |
| Victoria county → | — | 5 | 0 | May 11, 1987 |
| Jack county → | — | 4 | 0 | May 21, 1985 |
| Yoakum county → | — | 4 | 0 | Dec 27, 1989 |
| Carson county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jan 22, 1985 |
| Galveston county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 23, 1996 |
| Lynn county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 2, 1984 |
| Orange county → | — | 2 | 0 | Oct 24, 1996 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 27, 1990 |
| Burleson county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jun 22, 1994 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 1, 1982 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 20, 1994 |
| Hutchinson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 15, 1984 |
| Jefferson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 15, 1990 |
All 99 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Ford | 16 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 15 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 9 | 0 |
| Buda | 8 | 0 |
| Del Rio | 7 | 0 |
| Barnett | 4 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 4 | 0 |
| Caddo | 3 | 0 |
| Atoka | 3 | 0 |
| Big Saline | 2 | 0 |
| Strawn | 2 | 0 |
| Brown Dolomite | 2 | 0 |
| Granite Wash | 2 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 1 | 0 |
| Mississippian | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 1.04M
- 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
- 49
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 47
- plugged
How it got them
- 16
- permitted itself
- 13
- acquired from others
- 24
- 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 4
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hutchins-Kubela (Gilcrease Sd.)43836434 | 15 | 0 |
| Caldwell NE (Georgetown)14713500 | 8 | 0 |
| Kurten (Buda)50424500 | 8 | 0 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85279200 | 4 | 0 |
| Hutchins-Kubela (5875)43836900 | 3 | 0 |
| Shanghai (D-5)82654400 | 3 | 0 |
| Hutchins-Kubela (5800)43836895 | 2 | 0 |
| Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500 | 2 | 0 |
| Lone Camp (Bend Conglomerate)54580400 | 2 | 0 |
| Shanghai (D-3)82654350 | 1 | 0 |
| Whitted NW. (6900)97135500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 2, 2004
- Address
- P O Box 1330
- Houston, TX 77251
- Officers and agents
- CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
- Rose, Michael E. · Vice President/Cfo
- Larson, James R. · Vice President
- Dickey, Diane L. · Vice President/Controller
- Emme, James J. · Vice President
- Pease, Mark L. · Vice President
- Richey, Albert L. · Vice President/Treasurer
- Suter, Suzanne · Vice President/Secretary
- All 11 on the P-5 →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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/406610, documented in the API reference.