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OPERATORS · RRC 465296  · P-5 STATUS Y

King Oper Corp

Fort Worth, TX · most active in Ochiltree County

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King Oper Corp was issued 9 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 5 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by Ochiltree with 5. 100% were horizontal.

3 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 2 in the prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 87 wells under its operatorship (28 producing, 12 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 28.1K barrels of oil and 684K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 40% on the year before.

It holds 4 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 126K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

180 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1997; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.

9
permits, last 12 months
+80%
vs prior 12 months (5)
2
counties, 12 months
28
producing wells, of 87 of record
118
leases it reports
100%
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.

74%
spud rate · 129 of 175 mature permits
12
median days permit to spud · middle half 3–33
0
spuds, last 180 days -100%
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
51
expired undrilled
6
permits a year over 30 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 18 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 23

02462023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Ochiltree county →5912Aug 3, 2026
Potter county →480Sep 24, 2026
Scurry county →—753Oct 26, 2017
Martin county →—160Nov 12, 2004
Borden county →—151Jun 27, 2025
Eastland county →—140Mar 20, 2003
Harrison county →—924Apr 5, 2023
Duval county →—80Jul 28, 2016
Sutton county →—62Oct 10, 2014
Robertson county →—40Nov 15, 1999
Montague county →—30Apr 27, 1998
Hansford county →—213Sep 21, 2022
Hardeman county →—20Jul 10, 2003
Knox county →—20Jul 19, 1999
Rusk county →—21Jan 23, 2006
Mitchell county →—11May 7, 2013
Taylor county →—10Oct 11, 2000
Terry county →—17Sep 27, 2021
Willacy county →—10Jan 11, 2007
Wood county →—10Apr 25, 2000

All 180 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
Wolfcamp342
Strawn281
Canyon221
Spraberry151
San Andres141
Yates131
Coleman Junction130
Dean110
Clear Fork90
Caddo80
Travis Peak70
Wichita-Albany71
Rodessa70
Pettit70
Duffer70

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 →

28.1K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-40%
vs the 12 months before
684K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
2.29M
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 683,850 · prior 12 933,944(-27%)

050K100K202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 28,128 · prior 12 46,934(-40%)

05K10K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

87
on the schedule
28
producing
12
shut in
1
injection
13
temp. abandoned
22
plugged

How it got them

13
permitted itself
48
acquired from others
64
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

4
active UIC permits of 8
50K
permitted bbl/day, active
126K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Terry2 active35K bbl/d
Harrison1 active10K bbl/d
Harris1 active5K bbl/d
Duval0 active0 bbl/d
Eastland0 active0 bbl/d
Mitchell0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill94165
Recompletion0112
Reenter003

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Goose Creek3586200180
Spraberry (Trend Area)8528030061
Waskom9536900151
Pan Petro (Cleveland)6873512043
Hansford (Morrow Upper)3879768243
Gooch (Pettit)3573050040
Allen-Parker (Marmaton)168550044
Gooch (Travis Peak)3573060030
Mathers Ranch (Douglas)5825720020
Apache (Douglas)323008021
Ellis Ranch (Keys)2850638021
East Texas2730200120

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
PO Box 470578
Fort Worth, TX 76147
(214) 673-2205
Officers and agents
Young, James (Jay) R · President,secretary,ceo
Mullican, Stephen W · Chief Operations Officer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
918784Sep 26, 2026Sep 24, 2026King Operating CorporationPotterBivins #3902NH11,00037531951
918706Sep 24, 2026Sep 22, 2026King Operating CorporationPotterBivins #3901SH11,00037531950
917517Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026King Operating CorporationOchiltreeMcLarty-Lawrence #1HH9,00035733782
916686Jun 29, 2026Jun 29, 2026King Operating CorporationOchiltreeThurman 23 #1HH9,00035733781
915909May 29, 2026May 29, 2026King Operating CorporationOchiltreeO'Dell 73 #1HH9,00035733780
915196Apr 30, 2026Apr 30, 2026King Operating CorporationOchiltreeHaley 102 #1 HH9,00035733778
912048Dec 9, 2025Dec 9, 2025King Operating CorporationOchiltreePrescott - Irvin #4354HMH9,00035733775
911513Nov 7, 2025Nov 7, 2025King Operating CorporationPotterBivins #1042NH11,00037531947
911511Nov 5, 2025Nov 5, 2025King Operating CorporationPotterBivins #1041SH11,00037531946
907798Jun 27, 2025Jun 27, 2025King Operating CorporationBordenMiller Ranch #A501MH8,34203332620
904449Aug 30, 2026Dec 9, 2024King Operating CorporationPotterBivins #3502NH11,00037531943
904448Aug 30, 2026Dec 9, 2024King Operating CorporationPotterBivins #3501SH11,00037531942
904449Dec 9, 2024Dec 9, 2024King Operating CorporationPotterBivins #3502NH11,00037531943
904448Dec 9, 2024Dec 9, 2024King Operating CorporationPotterBivins #3501SH11,00037531942
896803Feb 2, 2024Feb 2, 2024King Operating CorporationBordenMiller Ranch #C3059,00003332680

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/465296, documented in the API reference.