OPERATORS · RRC 557091 · P-5 STATUS Y
Mecom, the John W. Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorMecom, The John W. CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 29, 1981.
The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.
6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 15, 1984.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 4 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.
- 17%
- spud rate · 1 of 6 mature permits
- —
- median days permit to spud
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 5
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 4 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galveston county → | — | 4 | 2 | Sep 29, 1981 |
| Hidalgo county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 8, 1979 |
| Webb county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 26, 1978 |
All 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
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
- 4
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 4
- 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 | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| High Island41139001 | 2 | 0 |
| Liberty South53498001 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 15, 1984
- Address
- PO Box 2566
- Houston, TX 77252
- Officers and agents
- Wicker Ben L., Jr. · Vice President
- Mecom, John W. Jr. · Chairman
- Mize, Doyle · President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135137 | Sep 29, 1981 | Sep 29, 1981 | Mecom, the John W. Co. | Galveston | San Leon Farms et al Unit #1 #1A | 11,200 | 16730864 |
| 71265 | Jan 31, 1980 | Jan 31, 1980 | Mecom, the John W. Co. | Galveston | Cade, E. K. #73 | 8,200 | 16700294 |
| 56110 | Aug 21, 1979 | Aug 21, 1979 | Mecom, the John W. Co. | Galveston | Cade, E. K. #54 | 8,000 | 16730736 |
| 56103 | Aug 21, 1979 | Aug 21, 1979 | Mecom, the John W. Co. | Galveston | Cade, E. K. #72 | 8,000 | 16730735 |
| 54865 | Aug 8, 1979 | Aug 8, 1979 | Mecom, the John W. Co. | Hidalgo | Yturria, H. Land and Cattle Co. #1 | 15,000 | 21530946 |
| 22909 | Apr 26, 1978 | Apr 26, 1978 | Mecom, the John W. Co. | Webb | Cuellar, J. V. #1 | 10,648 | 47931999 |
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/557091, documented in the API reference.