OPERATORS · RRC 451280 · P-5 STATUS Y
Karper Oil & Gas Corp
Graham, TX
Watch this operatorKarper Oil & Gas Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 13, 2018.
The RRC wellbore file lists 56 wells under its operatorship (8 producing, 4 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 8.13K barrels of oil and 221K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 22% on the year before.
It holds 2 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 43.6K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
18 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2003; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 8
- producing wells, of 56 of record
- 47
- 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.
- 72%
- spud rate · 13 of 18 mature permits
- 34
- median days permit to spud · middle half 17–52
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 5
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto county → | — | 4 | 0 | Jan 9, 2006 |
| Smith county → | — | 4 | 2 | Dec 1, 2006 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 3 | 1 | Feb 5, 2013 |
| Young county → | — | 2 | 34 | Nov 2, 2016 |
| Callahan county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 12, 2004 |
| Duval county → | — | 1 | 2 | Aug 13, 2018 |
| Knox county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 28, 2009 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 1 | 2 | Jun 12, 2008 |
| Wise county → | — | 1 | 3 | Jul 21, 2003 |
All 18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marble Falls | 2 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 1 | 0 |
| Strawn | 1 | 0 |
| Smithwick | 1 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 1 | 0 |
| Woodbine | 1 | 0 |
| Buda | 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 →
- 8.13K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -22%
- vs the 12 months before
- 221K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 530K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 221,372 · prior 12 306,313(-28%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 8,132 · prior 12 10,468(-22%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 56
- on the schedule
- 8
- producing
- 4
- shut in
- 2
- injection
- 1
- temp. abandoned
- 37
- plugged
How it got them
- 5
- permitted itself
- 24
- acquired from others
- 10
- 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
- 2
- active UIC permits of 6
- 1.9K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 43.6K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Young | 2 active | 1.9K bbl/d |
| Stonewall | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Throckmorton | 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 | 12 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lupton-McLester55788001 | 15 | 0 |
| Langston-Kleiner (Strawn)51982332 | 6 | 3 |
| Young County Regular99480001 | 5 | 1 |
| Boonsville (Bend Congl. Gas)10574520 | 4 | 0 |
| Karran North (Marble Falls)48180500 | 4 | 0 |
| Chapel Hill NE. (Travis Peak)17011500 | 2 | 0 |
| Shackelford County Regular82522001 | 2 | 0 |
| Walker-Davis (Duffer Lime)94762498 | 2 | 0 |
| Karran North (Chappel)48180250 | 2 | 0 |
| Dejay (Chernosky)24012500 | 2 | 1 |
| Walker-Davis (Congl. 3850)94762301 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernard East (7700)7301747 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 4, 2025
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- P O Box 149
- Graham, TX 76450
- (940) 229-1786
- Officers and agents
- Karper, William Kent · President
- Karper, John Philip · Treasurer
- Karper, Gene · Vice President
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.
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