OPERATORS · RRC 48163 · P-5 STATUS Y
Ball Oil Field Service
Eastland, TX
Watch this operatorBall Oil Field Service has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 3, 1997.
The RRC wellbore file lists 24 wells under its operatorship.
4 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1993; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 8, 2004.
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- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 24 of record
- 8
- leases it reports
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- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026
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 → | — | 3 | 4 | Nov 24, 1993 |
| Stephens county → | — | 1 | 10 | Apr 3, 1997 |
All 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Strawn | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- 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
- 24
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 19
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 9
- acquired from others
- 2
- 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
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- active UIC permits of 2
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- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bowar (Mississippi)10835750 | 10 | 0 |
| Monahans NE. (Penn Detrital UP)62418666 | 3 | 0 |
| U. C. S. L. (Miss.)92276500 | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto Co. Reg. (Gas)68707333 | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto County Regular68707001 | 2 | 0 |
| Bratten (Strawn)11499500 | 1 | 0 |
| RFC (Morrow Upper)74011500 | 1 | 0 |
| Claytonville SE. (5000 Sand)18805666 | 1 | 0 |
| Coleman County Regular19511001 | 1 | 0 |
| Higgins W. (Cleveland)41110500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 8, 2004
- Address
- Box 818
- Eastland, TX 76448
- Officers and agents
- Ball, Chris · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460527 | Apr 3, 1997 | Apr 3, 1997 | Ball Oil Field Service | Stephens | Sherley #1 | 4,500 | 42935634 |
| 418640 | Nov 24, 1993 | Nov 24, 1993 | Ball Oil Field Service | Palo Pinto | Bird, Henry #3W | 999 | 36334231 |
| 417667 | Oct 29, 1993 | Oct 29, 1993 | Ball Oil Field Service | Palo Pinto | Bird, Henry #1W | 4,500 | 36334230 |
| 417066 | Oct 18, 1993 | Oct 18, 1993 | Ball Oil Field Service | Palo Pinto | Bird, Henry #2W | 4,500 | 36334220 |
| 409522 | Mar 26, 1993 | Mar 26, 1993 | Kaiser-Francis Oil Company | Lipscomb | Wright #1075 | 10,983 | 29530606 |
| 246720 | Jul 11, 1984 | Jul 11, 1984 | Shanley Oil Company | Baylor | Heydrick #2 | 5,300 | 02331098 |
| 222627 | Nov 1, 1983 | Nov 1, 1983 | Eldorado Oil & Gas Inc. | Baylor | Heydrick #1 | 5,500 | 02330005 |
| 190051 | Mar 30, 1983 | Mar 30, 1983 | Pioneer Production Corp. | Roberts | Payne #1 | 10,500 | 39330946 |
| 121422 | Jun 17, 1981 | Jun 17, 1981 | Monsanto Company | Winkler | Flossie #1 | 9,300 | 49531370 |
| 121393 | Jun 8, 1981 | Jun 8, 1981 | Monsanto Company | Winkler | Blake #1 | 9,300 | 49531368 |
| 107011 | Jan 30, 1981 | Jan 30, 1981 | Monsanto Company | Winkler | Green #1 | 9,300 | 49531316 |
| 49099 | May 23, 1979 | May 23, 1979 | Miles Production Co. | Coleman | Miller Ranch Four #1 | 3,000 | 08331744 |
| 35282 | Oct 23, 1978 | Oct 23, 1978 | Amarillo Oil Co. | Lipscomb | Wright #1-75 | 11,000 | 29530606 |
| 13918 | Dec 13, 1977 | Dec 13, 1977 | Energy Fund of America, Inc. | Hood | Maj, Henry P. #1 | 5,000 | 22130442 |
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/48163, documented in the API reference.