OPERATORS · RRC 533004 · P-5 STATUS Y
Matador Drilling Corp
Midland, TX
Watch this operatorMatador Drilling Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 26, 1994.
The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.
15 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1987; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 3, 2002.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 3 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 60%
- spud rate · 9 of 15 mature permits
- 10
- median days permit to spud · middle half 6–17
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 6
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 8 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wolfcamp | 6 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 5 | 0 |
| San Andres | 5 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 3 | 0 |
| Dean | 3 | 0 |
| Yates | 2 | 0 |
| Rustler | 2 | 0 |
| Seven Rivers | 1 | 0 |
| Queen | 1 | 0 |
| Grayburg | 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
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 399K
- 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
- 3
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 8
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Andrews | 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 | 15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cobra (Wolfcamp)19235700 | 2 | 0 |
| Shafter Lake N. (San Andres)82572666 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 3, 2002
- Address
- P O Box 7409
- Midland, TX 79708
- Officers and agents
- Kuethe, Kenneth W. Jr. · Texas Resident Agent
- Kuethe, Kenneth W. Jr. · President
- Kuethe, Regina D. · Secretary/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427239 | Aug 26, 1994 | Aug 26, 1994 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Powell "B" #1 | 8,500 | 17332455 |
| 425984 | Jul 18, 1994 | Jul 18, 1994 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Cooper "a" 35 #1 | 8,400 | 17332450 |
| 424042 | May 18, 1994 | May 18, 1994 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Hillger, Dale #1 | 8,400 | 17332438 |
| 418944 | Dec 3, 1993 | Dec 3, 1993 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Cooper 35 #1 | 8,500 | 17332386 |
| 410920 | Apr 21, 1993 | Apr 21, 1993 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Hillger "C" #1 | 8,500 | 17332316 |
| 408148 | Jan 15, 1993 | Jan 15, 1993 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Powell "A" #1 | 8,400 | 17332286 |
| 401061 | Jul 28, 1992 | Jul 28, 1992 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Andrews | University "C" #5518 | 4,852 | 00337105 |
| 389066 | Jun 20, 1991 | Jun 20, 1991 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Andrews | University #1802 | 4,852 | 00336950 |
| 387122 | May 3, 1991 | May 3, 1991 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Hillger #1B | 3,200 | 17332166 |
| 380840 | Nov 14, 1990 | Nov 14, 1990 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Andrews | University #1801 | 4,850 | 00336848 |
| 373890 | Jun 5, 1990 | Jun 5, 1990 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Cooper A #303 | 8,200 | 17332134 |
| 359542 | May 24, 1989 | May 24, 1989 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Alton #1301 | 8,500 | 17332081 |
| 359542 | May 24, 1989 | May 24, 1989 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Alton #1301 | 7,900 | 17332081 |
| 333746 | Aug 3, 1987 | Aug 3, 1987 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Hillger #4 | 8,000 | 17331992 |
| 332578 | Jul 7, 1987 | Jul 7, 1987 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Cooper #3601 | 8,200 | 17331989 |
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/533004, documented in the API reference.