OPERATORS · RRC 559567  · P-5 STATUS Y

Melton Drilling & Explor. Co

Melton Drilling & Explor. CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 11, 1984.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.

13 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 15, 1988.

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.

54%
spud rate · 7 of 13 mature permits
13
median days permit to spud · middle half 10–30
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
6
expired undrilled
4
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.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Garza county →—31Oct 30, 1981
Dawson county →—20Aug 15, 1983
Martin county →—20Apr 23, 1984
Yoakum county →—20Jul 15, 1982
Hockley county →—10Sep 12, 1983
Howard county →—10Apr 9, 1982
Lubbock county →—10Jul 11, 1984
Mitchell county →—10Nov 1, 1982

All 13 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
Dean10
San Andres10
Spraberry10

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
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
5
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0013

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
H & L (Glorieta)3769550010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jun 15, 1988
Address
110 West Louisiana, Ste. 200
Midland, TX 79701
Officers and agents
Goodrum, David H. · Texas Resident Agent
Melton, Joe M. L. · Chairman
Goodrum, David H. · President/Treasurer
Tedder, Joyce · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
244824Jul 11, 1984Jul 11, 1984Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.LubbockHill #15,00030331032
236317Apr 23, 1984Apr 23, 1984Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.MartinPeters #19,00031732924
232501Mar 15, 1984Mar 15, 1984Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.MartinJim Tom #19,00031732909
211221Sep 12, 1983Sep 12, 1983Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.HockleyIvey #17,30021934070
205516Aug 15, 1983Aug 15, 1983Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.DawsonJones #18,50011531860
197594Jun 8, 1983Jun 8, 1983Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.DawsonJohnson #19,50011531834
176175Nov 1, 1982Nov 1, 1982Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.MitchellEllwood #17,75133532415
166292Jul 15, 1982Jul 15, 1982Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.YoakumWeaver #15,35050132257
166291Jul 15, 1982Jul 15, 1982Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.YoakumWeaver #25,35050132256
156251Apr 9, 1982Apr 9, 1982Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.HowardStanley #19,00022732709
138987Oct 30, 1981Oct 30, 1981Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.GarzaPost Estate "A" #33,70016931683
138986Oct 30, 1981Oct 30, 1981Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.GarzaPost Estate "A" #23,50016931682
126314Jul 23, 1981Jul 23, 1981Melton Drilling & Explor. Co.GarzaPost Estate #13,70016931607

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/559567, documented in the API reference.