OPERATORS · RRC 40709 · P-5 STATUS Y
B.L.S. Drilling
Brownwood, TX
Watch this operatorB.L.S. Drilling has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 12, 1986.
The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.
22 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 6, 1996.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 3 of record
- 1
- 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 · 5 of 22 mature permits
- 70
- median days permit to spud · middle half 61–98
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 17
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown county → | — | 18 | 2 | Nov 12, 1986 |
| Coleman county → | — | 2 | 1 | Nov 19, 1982 |
| McCulloch county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 6, 1983 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 8, 1985 |
All 22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 1 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 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
- 0
- 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
- 1
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 13
- 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 | 22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brown County Regular12406001 | 2 | 0 |
| Coleman County Regular19511001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 6, 1996
- Address
- 125 Meadow LN
- Brownwood, TX 76801
- Officers and agents
- Sweeney, David N. · Texas Resident Agent
- Sweeney, James O. · President
- Sweeney, David N. · Secretary/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322929 | Nov 12, 1986 | Nov 12, 1986 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Taber #1B | 800 | 04934748 |
| 303924 | Jul 8, 1986 | Jul 8, 1986 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Shelton #1B | 1,800 | 04934703 |
| 275490 | May 20, 1985 | May 20, 1985 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Leach #2 | 1,000 | 04934382 |
| 271608 | Apr 8, 1985 | Apr 8, 1985 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | McBride #2 | 1,400 | 04934321 |
| 271600 | Apr 8, 1985 | Apr 8, 1985 | B.L.S. Drilling | Throckmorton | Spain Estate #1 | 750 | 44734373 |
| 265699 | Jan 31, 1985 | Jan 31, 1985 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Leach #1 | 1,000 | 04934244 |
| 256747 | Nov 5, 1984 | Nov 5, 1984 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | McBride #1 | 1,000 | 04934181 |
| 251933 | Sep 19, 1984 | Sep 19, 1984 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Brandt, T. F. #5 | 1,200 | 04934141 |
| 248283 | Aug 14, 1984 | Aug 14, 1984 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Traweek #5A | 2,500 | 04934105 |
| 238421 | May 10, 1984 | May 10, 1984 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Levisay #2 | 800 | 04934016 |
| 236663 | Apr 25, 1984 | Apr 25, 1984 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Levisay #1 | 780 | 04933987 |
| 236324 | Apr 23, 1984 | Apr 23, 1984 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Yarbrough #2 | 1,300 | 04933985 |
| 231872 | Mar 8, 1984 | Mar 8, 1984 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Traweek, T. H. "20" #4 | 990 | 04933949 |
| 222053 | Nov 30, 1983 | Nov 30, 1983 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Traweek #3 | 1,400 | 04933850 |
| 216521 | Oct 5, 1983 | Oct 5, 1983 | B.L.S. Drilling | Brown | Brandt #3 | 1,200 | 04933799 |
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/40709, documented in the API reference.