OPERATORS · RRC 539262  · P-5 STATUS Y

McCarter, W. B. Jr

Mccarter, W. B. JR has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 23, 2001.

The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.

29 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 5, 2001.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 3 of record
2
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.

41%
spud rate · 12 of 29 mature permits
20
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–37
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
17
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 17 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Brazoria county →—172Oct 11, 1996
Refugio county →—121Apr 23, 2001

All 29 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
Frio40
Miocene (undifferentiated)20

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
16.4K
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

3
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
10
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 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Brazoria0 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
Drill0017
Other005
Recompletion005
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
Bell Lake (9800)691060010
Dudley Campbell (1800)2632526010
Rowan NE (Frio 10600)7861660010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 5, 2001
Address
7757 San Felipe Suite 100
Houston, TX 77063
Officers and agents
McCarter, William Blair Jr. · Owner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
508057Apr 23, 2001Apr 23, 2001McCarter, W. B. Jr.RefugioCampbell, Dudley T. #1R1,55039132421
480729Nov 20, 1998Nov 20, 1998McCarter, W. B. Jr.RefugioCampbell, Dudley T. #1A6,31239131884
450015Oct 11, 1996Oct 11, 1996McCarter, W. B. Jr.BrazoriaWestmoreland, J. W. #19,25603932056
441669Nov 10, 1995Nov 10, 1995McCarter, W. B. Jr.BrazoriaParlette et AL #19,31003932568
429515Dec 7, 1994Dec 7, 1994McCarter, W. B. Jr.BrazoriaWestmoreland, J. W. #19,95803932056
427018Aug 15, 1994Aug 15, 1994McCarter, W. B. Jr.BrazoriaWestmoreland, J. W. #29,55003932532
424832Jun 20, 1994Jun 20, 1994McCarter, W. B. Jr.RefugioWestmoreland, V. E. W. #1D2,60503904849
385240Mar 7, 1991Mar 7, 1991McCarter, W. B. Jr.BrazoriaFauntleroy #14,20003932425
376802Aug 20, 1990Aug 20, 1990McCarter, W. B. Jr.BrazoriaWest Moreland #1D8,80003931938
374274Jun 8, 1990Jun 8, 1990McCarter, W. B. Jr.RefugioCampbell, Dudley T. #42,85039132021
371972May 3, 1990May 3, 1990McCarter, W. B. Jr.BrazoriaChristofferson #14,20003932389
363007Aug 28, 1989Aug 28, 1989McCarter, W. B. Jr.RefugioCampbell, Dudley T. #36,50039131937
363007Aug 28, 1989Aug 28, 1989McCarter, W. B. Jr.RefugioCampbell, Dudley T. #36,50039131937
362155Aug 17, 1989Aug 17, 1989McCarter, W. B. Jr.RefugioCampbell, Dudly T. #1A6,31239131884
362155Aug 17, 1989Aug 17, 1989McCarter, W. B. Jr.RefugioCampbell, Dudly T. #1A6,31239131884

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/539262, documented in the API reference.