OPERATORS · RRC 453792  · P-5 STATUS Y

Kelley Oil Corp

Kelley Oil Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 10, 2001.

The RRC wellbore file lists 11 wells under its operatorship.

13 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1988; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 14, 2001.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 11 of record
10
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.

85%
spud rate · 11 of 13 mature permits
30
median days permit to spud · middle half 13–64
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
2
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 13 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Marion county →—42May 3, 1991
Brazos-SB county →—30Feb 9, 2001
Brazoria county →—20Aug 11, 2000
Jackson county →—26Nov 17, 2000
Jim Wells county →—10Apr 18, 2001
Orange county →—10Oct 10, 2001

All 13 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
Pettit30
James Lime20
Sligo20
Yegua10
BMA10

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
31.9K
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

11
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
9
plugged

How it got them

2
permitted itself
5
acquired from others
5
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Recompletion007
Drill006

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Sep 14, 2001
Address
601 Jefferson Suite 1100
Houston, TX 77002
Officers and agents
Hellings, John D. · Texas Resident Agent
Bookout, John F. · Chairman/Ceo/President
Lester, Rick · Vice President/Cfo
Sanders, Kenneth R. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
514359Oct 10, 2001Oct 10, 2001Kelley Oil CorporationOrangeBowlin, Hannah #114,50036130787
507923Apr 18, 2001Apr 18, 2001Kelley Oil CorporationJim WellsDriscoll Ranch #70110,50024932394
504972Feb 9, 2001Feb 9, 2001Kelley Oil CorporationBrazos-SBState Tract 444-S Unit #49,08060430171
504972Feb 9, 2001Feb 9, 2001Kelley Oil CorporationBrazos-SBState Tract 444-S Unit #49,08060430171
501632Nov 17, 2000Nov 17, 2000Kelley Oil CorporationJacksonAnders Gas Unit #29,51723932672
501632Nov 17, 2000Nov 17, 2000Kelley Oil CorporationJacksonAnders Gas Unit #29,51723932672
499026Aug 30, 2000Aug 30, 2000Kelley Oil CorporationBrazos-SBState Tract 444-S Unit #1AL8,24860430170
497016Aug 11, 2000Aug 11, 2000Kelley Oil CorporationBrazoriaState Tract 444-S Unit #58,88060430173
481814Dec 29, 1998Dec 29, 1998Kelley Oil CorporationBrazoriaSt. Tr. 444-S Unit #1A8,24860430170
387484May 3, 1991May 3, 1991Kelley Oil CorporationMarionAllen, Travis #16,20031530782
379198Oct 9, 1990Oct 9, 1990Kelley Oil CorporationMarionVerschoyle Etal Gas Unit #16,20031530776
366837Nov 29, 1989Nov 29, 1989Tri-C Resources, Inc.McMullenWheeler, Lee #210,00031132805
363521Sep 7, 1989Sep 7, 1989Tri-C Resources, Inc.MatagordaCornelius #29,56832131552
362953Aug 21, 1989Aug 21, 1989Kelley Oil CorporationMarionStewart #17,50031530763
354345Dec 15, 1988Dec 15, 1988Kelley Oil CorporationMarionMorgan #16,80031530759

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/453792, documented in the API reference.