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OPERATORS · RRC 539250  · P-5 STATUS Y

McCarter, A. Nelson

Houston, TX

Watch this operator

Mccarter, A. Nelson has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 21, 2000.

The RRC wellbore file lists 25 wells under its operatorship.

54 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 5, 2002.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 25 of record
8
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.

33%
spud rate · 18 of 54 mature permits
39
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–122
0
spuds, last 180 days
4%
cancelled · 2 permits
34
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
Harris county →—309Aug 13, 1992
Wharton county →—80Sep 11, 1995
Brazoria county →—71Jul 5, 1990
Chambers county →—25Jan 21, 2000
Gonzales county →—20Jul 13, 1988
Fayette county →—10Aug 9, 1983
Fort Bend county →—10Mar 7, 1985
Galveston county →—10Oct 10, 1985
Lavaca county →—10Oct 11, 1983
Matagorda county →—15Oct 31, 1983

All 54 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
Frio120
Miocene (undifferentiated)30

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
11.7K
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

25
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
21
plugged

How it got them

8
permitted itself
3
acquired from others
21
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 5
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Harris0 active0 bbl/d
Chambers0 active0 bbl/d
Hardin0 active0 bbl/d
Matagorda0 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
Drill0051
Recompletion002
Other001

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
Mykawa New6418500160
Arriola*386200120
Turtle Bay (Lotz Marg. 6100)9195963920
Mykawa New (Mio. 4000)6418577720
Tidehaven N. (6767)8985580020
Tidehaven N (Frio Upper 6600)8985525020
Mykawa New (Mio. 3850)6418570010
Turtle Bay (Lotz)9195949710
Pena (Wilcox 7700)7039750010
Turtle Bay (Lotz Carlton 6200)9195956810
Alvin City (Frio 9980)212920510
Turtle Bay (F-3)9195921310

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Apr 5, 2002
Address
7757 San Felipe St Ste 200
Houston, TX 77063
Officers and agents
McCarter, Alfred Nelson · Owner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
491334Jan 21, 2000Jan 21, 2000McCarter, A. NelsonChambersPattillo #19,00007132168
491334Jan 21, 2000Jan 21, 2000McCarter, A. NelsonChambersPattillo #19,00007132168
439792Sep 11, 1995Sep 11, 1995McCarter, A. NelsonWhartonJennings #17,40048133826
433185Feb 23, 1995Feb 23, 1995McCarter, A. NelsonWhartonJohnson #16,60048133771
433185Feb 23, 1995Feb 23, 1995McCarter, A. NelsonWhartonJohnson #16,89948133771
424107May 20, 1994May 20, 1994McCarter, A. NelsonWhartonHatton #14,40048133709
401133Aug 13, 1992Aug 13, 1992McCarter, A. NelsonHarrisStephens #15,00020132291
394165Nov 19, 1991Nov 19, 1991McCarter, A. NelsonWhartonZboril et AL #16,60048133539
380166Oct 26, 1990Oct 26, 1990McCarter, A. NelsonHarrisGulf Meadows Baptist Church #17,00020132215
379202Oct 12, 1990Oct 12, 1990McCarter, A. NelsonHarrisHill #17,00020132209
375203Jul 5, 1990Jul 5, 1990McCarter, A. NelsonBrazoriaSmith, Wm. A. #38,51503932400
369136Jan 26, 1990Jan 26, 1990McCarter, A. NelsonBrazoriaSmith, Wm. A. #28,30003932375
369136Jan 26, 1990Jan 26, 1990McCarter, A. NelsonBrazoriaSmith, Wm. A. #28,70003932375
361989Jul 26, 1989Jul 26, 1989McCarter, A. NelsonWhartonLancaster, L. E. #16,50048133282
358551Apr 24, 1989Apr 24, 1989McCarter, A. NelsonHarrisKings Row Ltd. #2A5,00020132174

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/539250, documented in the API reference.