OPERATORS · RRC 500600 · P-5 STATUS Y
Lightning Oil Co
San Antonio, TX
Watch this operatorLightning Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 3, 2015.
The RRC wellbore file lists 25 wells under its operatorship (3 producing).
72 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 3
- producing wells, of 25 of record
- 21
- 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.
- 54%
- spud rate · 39 of 72 mature permits
- 30
- median days permit to spud · middle half 10–60
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 33
- expired undrilled
- 2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goliad county → | — | 32 | 11 | Jun 8, 2009 |
| Dimmit county → | — | 20 | 10 | Jan 29, 2014 |
| LA Salle county → | — | 10 | 4 | Mar 3, 2015 |
| Bexar county → | — | 4 | 0 | Apr 28, 1981 |
| McMullen county → | — | 4 | 0 | Dec 6, 1978 |
| Bee county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 26, 1984 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 16, 1979 |
All 72 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 10 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 9 | 0 |
| Olmos | 9 | 0 |
| Escondido | 8 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 6 | 0 |
| Eagle Ford | 5 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 4 | 0 |
| Midway | 3 | 0 |
| Yegua | 3 | 0 |
| Edwards | 2 | 0 |
| Buda | 2 | 0 |
| Queen City | 2 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 1 | 0 |
| San Miguel | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 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
- 107K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 8.41K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 106,968 · prior 12 146,373(-27%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 25
- on the schedule
- 3
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 4
- temp. abandoned
- 17
- plugged
How it got them
- 19
- permitted itself
- 2
- acquired from others
- 16
- 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Recompletion | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Big Oak (Frio 2825)8010600 | 3 | 0 |
| Big Oak (Frio 2000)8010475 | 2 | 0 |
| Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)12018200 | 2 | 2 |
| Light (Olmos A-3)53554333 | 2 | 0 |
| Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)27135700 | 2 | 1 |
| Goliad West (2650)35694800 | 1 | 0 |
| Goliad West (Wilcox)35694175 | 1 | 0 |
| Light Ranch (Olmos 5730)53557500 | 1 | 0 |
| Muy Bueno (9800)64137700 | 1 | 0 |
| Sage Creek (Olmos 5900)79516275 | 1 | 0 |
| Sage Creek (Olmos 5950)79516300 | 1 | 0 |
| Sage Creek W. (2ND Olmos A-3)79520550 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Apr 4, 2026
- Gas operator
- Address
- 4901 Broadway Suite 211 PO Box 6598
- San Antonio, TX 78209
- (210) 828-6203
- Officers and agents
- Light, Walter S · President,secretary
- Daly, Kyle · Filing Agent
- Gartner, Emily · Filing Agent
- Waters, Weldon · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 804220 | Mar 3, 2015 | Mar 3, 2015 | Lightning Oil Company | LA Salle | Cutlass East #C 3V | 9,800 | 28335391 |
| 778459 | Jan 29, 2014 | Jan 29, 2014 | Lightning Oil Company | Dimmit | Cutlass West A #3H | 8,266 | 12736010 |
| 762603 | May 16, 2013 | May 16, 2013 | Lightning Oil Company | Dimmit | Cutlass West A #2H | 9,000 | 12735522 |
| 760565 | Apr 16, 2013 | Apr 16, 2013 | Lightning Oil Company | LA Salle | Cutlass East #B 2H | 9,000 | 28333890 |
| 760565 | Apr 16, 2013 | Apr 16, 2013 | Lightning Oil Company | LA Salle | Cutlass East #B 2H | 9,000 | 28333890 |
| 740840 | May 25, 2012 | May 25, 2012 | Lightning Oil Company | LA Salle | Cutlass East #1A | 10,000 | 28333261 |
| 740840 | May 25, 2012 | May 25, 2012 | Lightning Oil Company | LA Salle | Cutlass East #1A | 15,500 | 28333261 |
| 734269 | Mar 29, 2012 | Mar 29, 2012 | Lightning Oil Company | Dimmit | Cutlass West A #1H | 9,200 | 12734592 |
| 681864 | Jun 8, 2009 | Jun 8, 2009 | Lightning Oil Company | Goliad | Rob & Van Ramsey Unit #1 | 11,200 | 17534141 |
| 681864 | Jun 8, 2009 | Jun 8, 2009 | Lightning Oil Company | Goliad | Rob & Van Ramsey Unit #1 | 11,200 | 17534141 |
| 630963 | Dec 22, 2006 | Dec 22, 2006 | Lightning Oil Company | Goliad | Pittman #3 | 15,000 | 17533965 |
| 540252 | Dec 31, 2003 | Dec 31, 2003 | Lightning Oil Co. | Goliad | Cohn #1 | 12,000 | 17533600 |
| 540252 | Dec 31, 2003 | Dec 31, 2003 | Lightning Oil Co. | Goliad | Cohn #1 | 12,000 | 17533600 |
| 534850 | Jul 31, 2003 | Jul 31, 2003 | Lightning Oil Co. | Goliad | Cohn #9 | 3,350 | 17533556 |
| 534850 | Jul 31, 2003 | Jul 31, 2003 | Lightning Oil Co. | Goliad | Cohn #9 | 3,327 | 17533556 |
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/500600, documented in the API reference.