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OPERATORS · RRC 549832  · P-5 STATUS Y

McGowan Working Ptrs

Jackson, MS

Watch this operator

Mcgowan Working Ptrs has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 1, 2000.

The RRC wellbore file lists 26 wells under its operatorship.

76 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1989; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 6, 1999.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 26 of record
37
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.

76%
spud rate · 58 of 76 mature permits
24
median days permit to spud · middle half 4–41
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
18
expired undrilled
7
permits a year over 11 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Victoria county →—198Sep 9, 1997
Duval county →—140Dec 31, 1992
Wharton county →—125Mar 18, 1999
Newton county →—83Mar 1, 2000
Calhoun county →—73Oct 19, 1999
Brazoria county →—61Aug 3, 1998
Chambers county →—30Feb 26, 1996
Jackson county →—30Feb 28, 1997
Orange county →—20Jan 4, 1995
Fort Bend county →—10Jan 14, 2000
Galveston county →—13Jul 29, 1997

All 76 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
Catahoula30
Frio30
Miocene (undifferentiated)30
Greta30
Anahuac10

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
4.1M
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

26
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
11
plugged

How it got them

5
permitted itself
5
acquired from others
32
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 26
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Duval0 active0 bbl/d
Fort Bend0 active0 bbl/d
Victoria0 active0 bbl/d
Wharton0 active0 bbl/d
Calhoun0 active0 bbl/d
Chambers0 active0 bbl/d
Newton0 active0 bbl/d
Jim Hogg0 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
Recompletion0033
Drill0031
Reenter0010
Field transfer002

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
Heyser (5400 #2)4095761670
Gillock South3492900130
Gist (7200 Sand)3510687530
Colorado1980800130
Etta (Wiggington)2956333220
Lane City (Miocene 4100)5185944410
Magnet Withers (M-5)5668860710
Walk Man (Frio 8000)9474039010
Withers North (Marg. 1)9829056810
Heyser (3900)4095746210
Heyser (5400 #3)4095763810
Heyser (7030)4095791110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Aug 6, 1999
Address
P O Box 55809
Jackson, MS 39296
Officers and agents
Haney, Joe · Texas Resident Agent
McGowan, John W. · Partner
Russell, David B. · Manager/Partner
McGowen, Joseph P. · Partner/Engineer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
517707Feb 22, 2002Feb 22, 2002McGowan Working Partners, Inc.BrazoriaKnape, J. #18,34403932324
492094Mar 1, 2000Mar 1, 2000McGowan Working PartnersNewtonMorgan, C. A. "A" #17,56235100398
492093Feb 17, 2000Feb 17, 2000McGowan Working PartnersNewtonMorgan Etal #18,01335100399
492092Feb 17, 2000Feb 17, 2000McGowan Working PartnersNewtonMorgan, C. A. "B" #17,60035100397
491092Jan 14, 2000Jan 14, 2000McGowan Working PartnersFort BendWhittemore, Clara R. "A" #25,39715702708
488491Oct 19, 1999Oct 19, 1999McGowan Working PartnersCalhounBennett, W. H. #A 18,41605731521
483347Mar 18, 1999Mar 18, 1999McGowan Working PartnersWhartonSecurity Bank and Trust Co. #125,71048131140
480723Nov 12, 1998Nov 12, 1998McGowan Working PartnersWhartonSecurity Bank & Trust #85,50348102622
478338Aug 3, 1998Aug 3, 1998McGowan Working PartnersBrazoriaRamsey State Prison Farm 'A' #107,00003932654
477951Jul 15, 1998Jul 15, 1998McGowan Working PartnersWhartonEtta Wigginton Etal #37,72648102381
477950Jul 15, 1998Jul 15, 1998McGowan Working PartnersNewtonMorgan, V. J. #27,50035100363
476192May 12, 1998May 12, 1998McGowan Working PartnersNewtonMorgan, V. J. #027,50035100363
475516Apr 22, 1998Apr 22, 1998McGowan Working PartnersBrazoriaRamsey State Prison Farm "A" #97,00003932647
475516Apr 22, 1998Apr 22, 1998McGowan Working PartnersBrazoriaRamsey State Prison Farm "A" #97,00003932647
475515Apr 22, 1998Apr 22, 1998McGowan Working PartnersBrazoriaRamsey State Prison Farm "A" #56,36803901865

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/549832, documented in the API reference.