OPERATORS · RRC 457510 · P-5 STATUS Y

Kern Co

Houston, TX

Kern CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 13, 2015.

The RRC wellbore file lists 18 wells under its operatorship.

52 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 6, 2023.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 18 of record
9: 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.

56%: spud rate · 29 of 52 mature permits
45: median days permit to spud · middle half 15–64
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
23: expired undrilled
1: permits a year over 38 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
Taylor county →	—	47	17	Apr 13, 2015
Ward county →	—	4	1	Jun 30, 1981
Crockett county →	—	1	0	Dec 8, 1980

All 52 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
Palo Pinto	4	0
Canyon	4	0
Coleman Junction	3	0
Saddle Creek	3	0
Queen	1	0
Yates	1	0
Rustler	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
363K: 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

18: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
18: plugged

How it got them

5: permitted itself
0: acquired from others
25: 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 9
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Taylor	0 active	0 bbl/d
Crockett	0 active	0 bbl/d
Ward	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	39
Recompletion	0	0	10
Other	0	0	2
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
Taylor County Regular88520001	15	0
Black (Flippen)8503332	1	0
Black (Hardy Sand)8503498	1	0
C & M (Queen)14321500	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Mar 6, 2023

Address: 16711 Coyotillo LN; Houston, TX 77095; (325) 721-1389

Officers and agents: Kern, William G · President,treasurer

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
805510	Apr 13, 2015	Apr 13, 2015	Kern Co.	Taylor	Kern #4	3,900	44134508
768795	Aug 26, 2013	Aug 26, 2013	Kern Co.	Taylor	A.P. Tice #7	3,000	44134152
763563	Jun 11, 2013	Jun 11, 2013	Kern Co.	Taylor	Tice, A.P. #8	3,000	44134425
715452	May 6, 2011	May 6, 2011	Kern Co.	Taylor	Young, R F #7	4,990	44134333
696064	May 21, 2010	May 21, 2010	Kern Co.	Taylor	Kern #4	3,850	44134299
693146	Mar 26, 2010	Mar 26, 2010	Kern Co.	Taylor	Kern #3	3,850	44134290
685085	Sep 15, 2009	Sep 15, 2009	Kern Co.	Taylor	Kern #2	5,350	44134277
634735	Mar 14, 2007	Mar 14, 2007	Kern Co.	Taylor	Tice, A. P. #5D	5,375	44134178
634735	Mar 14, 2007	Mar 14, 2007	Kern Co.	Taylor	Tice, A. P. #5D	5,349	44134178
621388	Jul 11, 2006	Jul 11, 2006	Kern Co.	Taylor	Tice, A. P. #6	4,610	44130786
612934	Jan 25, 2006	Jan 25, 2006	Kern Co.	Taylor	Tice, A. P. #7	3,100	44134152
521151	Jun 21, 2002	Jun 21, 2002	Kern Co.	Taylor	Ledbetter Ranch #4K	3,500	44134049
518571	Mar 26, 2002	Mar 26, 2002	Kern Co.	Taylor	Ledbetter Ranch #3K	3,800	44134042
514583	Oct 26, 2001	Oct 26, 2001	Kern Co.	Taylor	Ledbetter Ranch #2K	3,500	44134030
514583	Oct 26, 2001	Oct 26, 2001	Kern Co.	Taylor	Ledbetter Ranch #2K	3,500	44134030

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/457510, documented in the API reference.