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OPERATORS · RRC 503944  · P-5 STATUS Y

Live Oak Reserves, Inc

Houston, TX

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Live Oak Reserves, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 21, 2009.

The RRC wellbore file lists 13 wells under its operatorship.

65 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1991; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 13 of record
28
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.

49%
spud rate · 32 of 65 mature permits
27
median days permit to spud · middle half 13–82
0
spuds, last 180 days
2%
cancelled · 1 permits
32
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 19 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Aransas county →—272Jul 21, 2009
Duval county →—242Jun 21, 2006
Jim Wells county →—68Jul 14, 2000
Hidalgo county →—50May 22, 1996
Brazoria county →—21Apr 30, 1997
Refugio county →—10Dec 19, 1994

All 65 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
Frio90
Jackson80
Yegua50
Oakville40
Vicksburg20
Miocene (undifferentiated)20
Anahuac10
Queen City10

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
209K
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

13
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
11
plugged

How it got them

5
permitted itself
4
acquired from others
18
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

Jim Wells0 active0 bbl/d
Aransas0 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
Recompletion0032
Drill0031
Reenter002

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
Amargosa (2700)224150020
Amargosa West (Carrl UP)224950010
Bell Lake (9800)691060010
Fulton Beach West (A-2)3330502610
Fulton Beach West (K-3)3330578010
Realitos East (6430 SD)7504075010
Tecolote (Frio 3300)8862633310
Tecolote West (2200)8863246110
Tecolote West (Stillwell)8863233310
Teresa (3110)8886633310
Amargosa (2300)224140010
Wildcat800110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Mar 4, 2026
Gas operator
Address
2727 Allen Parkway Ste 1200
Houston, TX 77019
Officers and agents
Lawing, Douglas L. Esq. · Texas Resident Agent
Lawing, Douglas L · President/Secretary/Treasurer
Deyoung, Kathryn S. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
682481Jul 21, 2009Jul 21, 2009Live Oak Reserves, Inc.AransasCopano Bay State #798,00000730739
677375Jan 26, 2009Jan 26, 2009Live Oak Reserves, Inc.AransasCopano Bay State #798,00000730739
666527Sep 6, 2008Sep 6, 2008Live Oak Reserves, Inc.AransasCopano Bay State #166,50600700205
663978Jun 13, 2008Jun 13, 2008Live Oak Reserves, Inc.AransasCopano Bay State #798,00000730739
655210Feb 26, 2008Feb 26, 2008Live Oak Reserves, Inc.AransasCopano Bay State #818,00000730899
645430Sep 24, 2007Sep 24, 2007Live Oak Reserves, Inc.AransasCopano Bay State #795,09800730739
621309Jun 21, 2006Jun 21, 2006Live Oak Reserves, Inc.DuvalSouthwest Texas Corporation #176,60013138890
616964Apr 4, 2006Apr 4, 2006Live Oak Reserves, Inc.AransasCopano Bay State #796,39000730739
616964Apr 4, 2006Apr 4, 2006Live Oak Reserves, Inc.AransasCopano Bay State #796,39000730739
614613Feb 22, 2006Feb 22, 2006Live Oak Reserves, Inc.DuvalSouthwest Texas Corporation #1610,50013138861
611192Dec 19, 2005Dec 19, 2005Live Oak Reserves, Inc.DuvalSouthwest Texas Corporation #155,45013138849
611192Dec 19, 2005Dec 19, 2005Live Oak Reserves, Inc.DuvalSouthwest Texas Corporation #155,45013138849
604452Aug 4, 2005Aug 4, 2005Live Oak Reserves, Inc.DuvalSouthwest Texas Corp. #146,50013138823
604452Aug 4, 2005Aug 4, 2005Live Oak Reserves, Inc.DuvalSouthwest Texas Corp. #146,50013138823
604138Aug 1, 2005Aug 1, 2005Live Oak Reserves, Inc.DuvalSouthwest Texas Corp #106,80013138707

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/503944, documented in the API reference.