OPERATORS · RRC 559455 · P-5 STATUS Y
Mellon Engy Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorMellon Engy CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 16, 1979.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
21 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 15, 1982.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 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.
- 38%
- spud rate · 8 of 21 mature permits
- 69
- median days permit to spud · middle half 28–88
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 13
- expired undrilled
- 7
- permits a year over 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matagorda county → | — | 11 | 2 | Nov 16, 1979 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 3 | 0 | Feb 17, 1978 |
| Galveston county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 7, 1977 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 30, 1978 |
| Colorado county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 4, 1978 |
| Montgomery county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 25, 1978 |
| Webb county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 23, 1977 |
All 21 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 →
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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
- 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
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 1
- 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 →
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 | 18 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hamman (10 900)38524888 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucky South (Sloan 9200)55473700 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 15, 1982
- Address
- 1001 Fannin Ste 2300
- Houston, TX 77002
- Officers and agents
- Black, John · Manager
- Sandefer, J. D. III · President
- Andress, Thurmon · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 336347 | Sep 25, 1987 | Sep 25, 1987 | Howell Petroleum Corporation | Matagorda | Richers, Alfred B. #1 | 10,952 | 32130820 |
| 64270 | Nov 16, 1979 | Nov 16, 1979 | Mellon Energy Co. | Matagorda | Cornelius Gas Unit #1 | 12,500 | 32130956 |
| 47376 | Apr 27, 1979 | Apr 27, 1979 | Mellon Energy Co. | Matagorda | Savage, Stewart #1A | 8,800 | 32101111 |
| 42860 | Feb 20, 1979 | Feb 20, 1979 | Mellon Energy Co. | Matagorda | Huebner, M. D. #1 | 11,200 | 32130020 |
| 42697 | Feb 16, 1979 | Feb 16, 1979 | Mellon Energy Co. | Matagorda | Cornelius, Ethel #1 | 10,000 | 32130906 |
| 42645 | Feb 16, 1979 | Feb 16, 1979 | Mellon Energy Co. | Matagorda | Cornelius, Simon C. #1 | 9,966 | 32130905 |
| 34790 | Oct 17, 1978 | Oct 17, 1978 | Mellon Energy Co. | Matagorda | Savage, Stewart et AL #1 | 10,000 | 32130883 |
| 25983 | Jun 8, 1978 | Jun 8, 1978 | Mellon Energy Co. | Matagorda | Norris, Harry A. #1 | 3,608 | 32130859 |
| 25671 | Jun 2, 1978 | Jun 2, 1978 | Mellon Energy Co. | Matagorda | Copano-Braman #1 | 10,000 | 32101135 |
| 25373 | May 30, 1978 | May 30, 1978 | Mellon Energy Co. | Live Oak | Christensen, Clay West Burns #1 | 4,975 | 29731731 |
| 22803 | Apr 25, 1978 | Apr 25, 1978 | Mellon Energy Co. | Montgomery | The Woodlands Dev. Corp #1 | 12,000 | 33930405 |
| 18501 | Feb 17, 1978 | Feb 17, 1978 | Mellon Energy Co. | Brazoria | Sharp Corporation "A" #1 | 9,000 | 03931237 |
| 17655 | Feb 6, 1978 | Feb 6, 1978 | Mellon Energy Co. | Brazoria | Brown, B.R. et AT #1 | 6,562 | 03931234 |
| 15542 | Jan 4, 1978 | Jan 4, 1978 | Mellon Energy Co. | Colorado | Abell, A. C. et AL #1 | 10,100 | 08930922 |
| 15536 | Jan 4, 1978 | Jan 4, 1978 | Mellon Energy Co. | Live Oak | Burns, Kitty West #1 | 9,600 | 29731679 |
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/559455, documented in the API reference.