OPERATORS · RRC 534465 · P-5 STATUS Y
Maximus Oper, Ltd
Kilgore, TX · most active in Anderson County
Watch this operatorMaximus Oper, Ltd was issued 4 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 1 in the prior year, across 4 counties led by Anderson with 1. 25% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 31 wells under its operatorship (9 producing, 1 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 122K barrels of oil and 65.7K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 16% on the year before.
It holds 2 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 520K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
107 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2005; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 4, 2025.
- 4
- permits, last 12 months
- +300%
- vs prior 12 months (1)
- 4
- counties, 12 months
- 9
- producing wells, of 31 of record
- 35
- leases it reports
- 25%
- 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.
- 92%
- spud rate · 96 of 104 mature permits
- 25
- median days permit to spud · middle half 10–42
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days -100%
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 11
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 21 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 11 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 15
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston county → | 1 | 4 | 3 | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Anderson county → | 1 | 3 | 3 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Cherokee county → | 1 | 3 | 1 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Leon county → | 1 | 1 | 3 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Smith county → | — | 30 | 9 | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Shelby county → | — | 22 | 2 | Dec 10, 2021 |
| Panola county → | — | 13 | 3 | May 25, 2011 |
| Upshur county → | — | 12 | 2 | Mar 5, 2018 |
| Henderson county → | — | 8 | 2 | Nov 4, 2019 |
| Wood county → | — | 7 | 2 | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Rusk county → | — | 2 | 0 | Feb 12, 2008 |
| Gregg county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jan 27, 2011 |
| Van Zandt county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 8, 2015 |
All 107 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rodessa | 29 | 2 |
| Travis Peak | 26 | 1 |
| Paluxy | 25 | 2 |
| Glen Rose | 21 | 3 |
| Austin Chalk | 19 | 1 |
| Pettit | 17 | 0 |
| Cotton Valley | 15 | 2 |
| Woodbine | 14 | 1 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 7 | 1 |
| Buda | 6 | 1 |
| James Lime | 6 | 1 |
| Nacatoch | 5 | 1 |
| Goodland | 5 | 0 |
| Bossier | 3 | 1 |
| Haynesville | 3 | 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 →
- 122K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -16%
- vs the 12 months before
- 65.7K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 2.98M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 121,882 · prior 12 145,408(-16%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 65,650 · prior 12 190,826(-66%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 31
- on the schedule
- 9
- producing
- 1
- shut in
- 2
- injection
- 2
- temp. abandoned
- 12
- plugged
How it got them
- 11
- permitted itself
- 19
- acquired from others
- 55
- 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
- 2
- active UIC permits of 3
- 3K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 520K
- 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crow (Paluxy Lower)21971410 | 6 | 4 |
| Loretta Rose (Paluxy)54931270 | 3 | 1 |
| Wildcat12001 | 3 | 0 |
| Long Lake (Rodessa 8745)54664444 | 2 | 0 |
| Cedar Springs (Cot. Valley Lo.)16613175 | 1 | 0 |
| Centerville S. (Woodbine W-1)16704500 | 1 | 1 |
| Fort Trinidad East (Buda)32157071 | 1 | 1 |
| Ft. Trinidad S.(ottos Sand)32175825 | 1 | 0 |
| Glenwood (Woodbine)35415550 | 1 | 0 |
| Black Fork Creek (Travis Peak)8526600 | 1 | 0 |
| Huxley (Fredricksburg)43940350 | 1 | 0 |
| Joaquin (Travis Peak)46597900 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 4, 2025
- G/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
- Address
- P O Box 921
- Kilgore, TX 75663
- (903) 753-0941
- Officers and agents
- Maximus Operating Mgmt, L.L.C. · General Partner
- Joseph, George Eric · Managing Member
- Bodenheimer, Steven J · Managing Member
- Wolf, Karen · Filing Agent
- Rolph, Charla · Filing Agent
- Sipes, Terri · Filing Agent
- Wright, James R Mr · Managing Member
- McAlister, Robin · Filing Agent
- All 9 on the P-5 →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917040 | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Leon | Trinity Bluff #1 | 8,999 | 28932231 |
| 917214 | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Anderson | Gibson #1 | 6,000 | 00132876 |
| 911304 | Jun 12, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Cherokee | Vallier-Sessions #1HH | 15,000 | 07331589 |
| 911722 | Dec 9, 2025 | Dec 9, 2025 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Houston | RBM #1 | 8,000 | 22531440 |
| 910803 | Oct 3, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Houston | Weeks #1 | 11,165 | 22531216 |
| 903394 | Oct 22, 2024 | Oct 22, 2024 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Houston | Red Town #1 | 8,000 | 22531437 |
| 895960 | Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Smith | Afg #2 | 9,000 | 42332468 |
| 895960 | Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Smith | Afg #2 | 9,000 | 42332468 |
| 894719 | Oct 23, 2023 | Oct 23, 2023 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Smith | Newton, W F (ST02) #1X | 8,999 | 42331345 |
| 893781 | Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Houston | McFaddin #1 | 19,000 | 22531146 |
| 893448 | Sep 13, 2023 | Sep 13, 2023 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Smith | Newton, W F 1X #1X | 8,999 | 42331345 |
| 884119 | Sep 22, 2022 | Sep 22, 2022 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Cherokee | Vallier-Sessions #1 | 11,000 | 07331589 |
| 884119 | Sep 22, 2022 | Sep 22, 2022 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Cherokee | Vallier-Sessions #1 | 14,000 | 07331589 |
| 882556 | Aug 12, 2022 | Aug 12, 2022 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Smith | Anderson Charitable Trust #2 | 7,800 | 42332304 |
| 875069 | Dec 10, 2021 | Dec 10, 2021 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Shelby | Hughes #1 | 8,500 | 41931825 |
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/534465, documented in the API reference.