OPERATORS · RRC 548000 · P-5 STATUS Y
McDonnell Oil Co., Inc
Abilene, TX
Watch this operatorMcdonnell Oil CO., Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 31, 1978.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
19 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 1 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.
- 42%
- spud rate · 8 of 19 mature permits
- 4
- median days permit to spud · middle half 2–17
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 11
- expired undrilled
- 19
- permits a year over 1 active year
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto | 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
- 0
- 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
- 1
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- 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 →
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 | 16 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Winters SW. (Jennings Sand)98189810 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed —
- Address
- Rt. 4, Box 142C
- Abilene, TX 79601
- Officers and agents
- McDonnell, Bell · Secretary/Treasurer
- McDonnell, R. W. · President
- King, Nell · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29522 | Jul 31, 1978 | Jul 31, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus -B- #10 | 4,500 | 39931227 |
| 28135 | Jul 10, 1978 | Jul 10, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Kirkham, et AL #2 | 4,500 | 39931082 |
| 24101 | May 12, 1978 | May 12, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "B" #8 | 4,500 | 39931173 |
| 24100 | May 12, 1978 | May 12, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "B" #9 | 4,500 | 39931172 |
| 23279 | May 1, 1978 | May 1, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "C" #9 | 4,500 | 39931163 |
| 22878 | Apr 26, 1978 | Apr 26, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "B" #6-A | 4,500 | 39931160 |
| 20175 | Mar 16, 1978 | Mar 16, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "B" #6 | 3,216 | 39931136 |
| 20174 | Mar 16, 1978 | Mar 16, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "B" #7 | 4,500 | 39931135 |
| 20171 | Mar 16, 1978 | Mar 16, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "B" #5 | 4,500 | 39931134 |
| 18672 | Feb 21, 1978 | Feb 21, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "C" #8 | 4,500 | 39931121 |
| 16758 | Jan 20, 1978 | Jan 20, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "C" #C-7 | 4,550 | 39931098 |
| 15847 | Jan 6, 1978 | Jan 6, 1978 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Sparkman, J. S. #1 | 4,900 | 39931089 |
| 14952 | Dec 27, 1977 | Dec 27, 1977 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Kirkham, et AL #2 | 4,428 | 39931082 |
| 7496 | Dec 19, 1977 | Dec 19, 1977 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Allen, Rufus "B" #B-3 | 4,500 | 39931006 |
| 14012 | Dec 12, 1977 | Dec 12, 1977 | McDonnell Oil Co., Inc. | Runnels | Kirkham, et AL #1 | 4,800 | 39931062 |
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/548000, documented in the API reference.