OPERATORS · RRC 48164 · P-5 STATUS Y

Ball Producing Co

Argyle, TX

Ball Producing CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 17, 1990.

The RRC wellbore file lists 30 wells under its operatorship (2 producing, 1 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 18 barrels of oil and 170 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026.

41 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
2: producing wells, of 30 of record
14: 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.

41%: spud rate · 17 of 41 mature permits
36: median days permit to spud · middle half 10–102
0: spuds, last 180 days
2%: cancelled · 1 permits
23: expired undrilled
3: permits a year over 14 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
Stephens county →	—	18	13	Aug 17, 1990
Eastland county →	—	14	8	Aug 16, 1982
Palo Pinto county →	—	8	3	Jun 28, 1985
Brown county →	—	1	0	May 12, 1986

All 41 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
Caddo	5	0
Mississippian	2	0
Barnett	1	0
Strawn	1	0
Ellenburger	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 →

18: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
170: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
32.2K: bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 18 · prior 12 54(-67%)

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 170 · prior 12 357(-52%)

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

30: on the schedule
2: producing
1: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
26: plugged

How it got them

16: permitted itself
11: acquired from others
7: 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 3
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Stephens

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	36
Other	0	0	4
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
Eastland County Regular27358001	3	0
Stephens County Regular85948001	3	1
Ball (Conglomerate)5262300	3	0
Beattie N. (Marble Falls)6520500	3	0
Reid-McLennan (Miss.)75728500	3	0
Palo Pinto Co. Reg. (Gas)68707333	2	0
Snake Den (Congl. 4200)84379250	2	0
Atwood W. (Gardner)4331250	2	0
Foster (Marble Falls)32300500	2	0
Gorman (Ranger)36035600	2	0
Wildcat14001	1	0
Beattie (Marble Falls)6514500	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Oct 4, 2025; Gas operatorOil operator

Address: 787 E Hickory Hill RD; Argyle, TX 76226; (918) 214-3560

Officers and agents: Ball, Chris · Texas Resident Agent; Ball, Chris · President,secretary

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
376628	Aug 17, 1990	Aug 17, 1990	Ball Producing Co.	Stephens	Ball "B" #1	4,200	42935229
328515	Apr 1, 1987	Apr 1, 1987	Ball Producing Co.	Stephens	Norton #1	2,000	42934859
327576	Mar 9, 1987	Mar 9, 1987	Ball Producing Co.	Stephens	Ball "B" #B 1	4,800	42900696
321633	Oct 13, 1986	Oct 13, 1986	Investek Inc.	Stephens	Compton #2	1,850	42934795
301987	May 12, 1986	May 12, 1986	Ball Producing Co.	Brown	Early #1	1,500	04934685
301571	Apr 28, 1986	Apr 28, 1986	Ball Producing Co.	Stephens	Ball #1A	4,800	42934727
278956	Jun 28, 1985	Jun 28, 1985	Ball Producing Co.	Palo Pinto	Hisel #4	2,500	36333597
261039	Dec 13, 1984	Dec 13, 1984	Investek Inc.	Stephens	Compton #1	4,400	42934329
215180	Sep 28, 1983	Sep 28, 1983	Ball Producing Co.	Palo Pinto	Hart 866 #5	5,200	36333197
184779	Feb 1, 1983	Feb 1, 1983	Ball Producing Co.	Stephens	Ball 1255 B #1	4,650	42933577
184778	Feb 1, 1983	Feb 1, 1983	Ball Producing Co.	Stephens	McGaha #2	4,600	42930150
170807	Sep 3, 1982	Sep 3, 1982	Ball Producing Co.	Palo Pinto	Hart 866 #3	3,500	36332977
170805	Sep 3, 1982	Sep 3, 1982	Ball Producing Co.	Palo Pinto	Hart 866 #4	5,200	36332976
169415	Aug 16, 1982	Aug 16, 1982	Ball Producing Co.	Eastland	Kinnebrew #1	1,700	13330233
166724	Jul 21, 1982	Jul 21, 1982	Ball Producing Co.	Stephens	Lake Hubbard #1	4,800	42933387

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/48164, documented in the API reference.