OPERATORS · RRC 559568 · P-5 STATUS Y

Melton Drilling-Hanover Engy

Midland, TX

Melton Drilling-Hanover Engy has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 20, 1984.

6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1984; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 15, 1985.

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

33%: spud rate · 2 of 6 mature permits
128: median days permit to spud · middle half 95–160
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
4: expired undrilled
6: permits a year over 1 active year

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
Reagan county →	—	4	0	May 21, 1984
Dawson county →	—	2	0	Jun 20, 1984

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
Spraberry	3	0
Dean	3	0
Jo Mill	2	0
Wolfcamp	1	0
Pennsylvanian	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 →

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

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

How it got them

0: permitted itself
0: 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	6

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Mar 15, 1985

Address: P.O. Box 4203; Midland, TX 79704

Officers and agents: Goodrum, David H. · President (Melton Drilling); Melton, Joe M.L. · President (Hanover Energy)

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
242624	Jun 20, 1984	Jun 20, 1984	Melton Drilling-Hanover Energy	Dawson	Graham #1	9,000	11532047
242548	Jun 20, 1984	Jun 20, 1984	Melton Drilling-Hanover Energy	Dawson	Graham #2	9,000	11532045
239494	May 21, 1984	May 21, 1984	Melton Drilling-Hanover Energy	Reagan	University "4" #1	8,000	38333068
239493	May 21, 1984	May 21, 1984	Melton Drilling-Hanover Energy	Reagan	University "4" #2	8,000	38333067
239491	May 21, 1984	May 21, 1984	Melton Drilling-Hanover Energy	Reagan	University "4" #3	8,000	38333066
239488	May 21, 1984	May 21, 1984	Melton Drilling-Hanover Energy	Reagan	University "4" #4	8,000	38333065

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.

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