OPERATORS · RRC 556484 · P-5 STATUS Y
MDC Oper, Inc
Midland, TX
Watch this operatorMdc Oper, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 23, 2007.
The RRC wellbore file lists 18 wells under its operatorship.
7 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1997; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 2, 2022.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 18 of record
- 14
- 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.
- 86%
- spud rate · 6 of 7 mature permits
- 12
- median days permit to spud · middle half 12–23
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 1
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 10 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 1 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 1 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 831K
- 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
- 18
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 13
- plugged
How it got them
- 3
- permitted itself
- 15
- acquired from others
- 3
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Howard | 0 active | 0 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cobra (Wolfcamp)19235700 | 7 | 0 |
| Hillger41472500 | 4 | 0 |
| Vincent SE. (Strawn)93858500 | 4 | 0 |
| Double B (Canyon)25648150 | 2 | 0 |
| Big Whit(wolfcamp)8077500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Dec 2, 2022
- Address
- P O Box 7409
- Midland, TX 79708
- (432) 620-0909
- Officers and agents
- Kuethe, Kenneth W., Jr. · Texas Resident Agent
- Kuethe, Kenneth W Jr · President,secretary
- Kuethe, Regina D. · Secretary,vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 632170 | Jan 23, 2007 | Jan 23, 2007 | MDC Operating, Inc. | Glasscock | Cooper "301" Lease #2 | 8,300 | 17333294 |
| 520955 | Jun 13, 2002 | Jun 13, 2002 | MDC Operating, Inc. | Glasscock | Hillger WSW #1 | 3,200 | 17333082 |
| 507531 | Apr 6, 2001 | Apr 6, 2001 | MDC Operating, Inc. | Howard | Hope #1 | 4,900 | 22735701 |
| 499295 | Sep 6, 2000 | Sep 6, 2000 | MDC Operating, Inc. | Howard | Elizabeth #1 | 4,900 | 22735590 |
| 486572 | Aug 13, 1999 | Aug 13, 1999 | Redstone Oil & Gas Company | Glasscock | Cooper #3 | 8,100 | 17332979 |
| 486221 | Jul 28, 1999 | Jul 28, 1999 | MDC Operating, Inc. | Glasscock | Hillger "B" #2 | 3,200 | 17332975 |
| 458804 | Feb 24, 1997 | Feb 24, 1997 | MDC Operating, Inc. | Glasscock | Cooper 3 #2 | 8,400 | 17332737 |
| 458508 | Feb 19, 1997 | Feb 19, 1997 | MDC Operating, Inc. | Glasscock | Powell, "A" #2 | 8,400 | 17332736 |
| 430857 | Dec 12, 1994 | Dec 12, 1994 | Trend Exploration Company | Mitchell | Sterling Family Trust "C" #6001 | 7,600 | 33533689 |
| 427239 | Aug 26, 1994 | Aug 26, 1994 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Powell "B" #1 | 8,500 | 17332455 |
| 418614 | Nov 23, 1993 | Nov 23, 1993 | Trend Exploration Company | Mitchell | Sterling Family Trust "B" #6101 | 7,600 | 33533657 |
| 418614 | Nov 23, 1993 | Nov 23, 1993 | Trend Exploration Company | Mitchell | Sterling Family Trust "B" #6101 | 8,800 | 33533657 |
| 408148 | Jan 15, 1993 | Jan 15, 1993 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Powell "A" #1 | 8,400 | 17332286 |
| 407641 | Dec 23, 1992 | Dec 23, 1992 | Trend Exploration Company | Mitchell | Sterling Family Trust #3301 | 8,500 | 33533624 |
| 387122 | May 3, 1991 | May 3, 1991 | Matador Drilling Corp. | Glasscock | Hillger #1B | 3,200 | 17332166 |
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/556484, documented in the API reference.