OPERATORS · RRC 559580 · P-5 STATUS Y
Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc
Midland, TX
Watch this operatorMelton, Joe, Drlg. CO., Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 24, 1997.
The RRC wellbore file lists 5 wells under its operatorship.
122 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 6, 2005.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 5 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.
- 26%
- spud rate · 32 of 122 mature permits
- 36
- median days permit to spud · middle half 20–54
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 90
- expired undrilled
- 6
- permits a year over 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochran county → | — | 50 | 0 | Sep 8, 1983 |
| Val Verde county → | — | 18 | 0 | Oct 16, 1985 |
| Howard county → | — | 16 | 3 | Dec 9, 1983 |
| Mitchell county → | — | 13 | 0 | Feb 18, 1981 |
| Hockley county → | — | 10 | 0 | Dec 20, 1990 |
| Yoakum county → | — | 4 | 0 | Oct 22, 1990 |
| Garza county → | — | 3 | 0 | Nov 25, 1981 |
| Lamb county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jan 30, 1979 |
| Lubbock county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 22, 1981 |
| Crosby county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 29, 1978 |
| Kent county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 24, 1997 |
| Zavala county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 20, 1985 |
All 122 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 7 | 0 |
| San Andres | 7 | 0 |
| Yates | 4 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 3 | 0 |
| Rustler | 3 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 1 | 0 |
| Grayburg | 1 | 0 |
| Santa Rosa | 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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 176K
- 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
- 5
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 3
- permitted itself
- 2
- acquired from others
- 48
- 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moore62711001 | 2 | 0 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85279200 | 2 | 0 |
| Varel (San Andres)93233333 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 6, 2005
- Address
- Box 4203
- Midland, TX 79704
- Officers and agents
- Allen, Karen Sue · Texas Resident Agent
- Allen, Karen Sue · President/Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 467597 | Sep 24, 1997 | Sep 24, 1997 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Kent | O'Keefe #1 | 7,000 | 26331626 |
| 382289 | Dec 20, 1990 | Dec 20, 1990 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Hockley | Post Montgomery "A" #2 | 5,000 | 21935708 |
| 377911 | Oct 22, 1990 | Oct 22, 1990 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Yoakum | Weaver #3 | 5,350 | 50133608 |
| 290531 | Nov 20, 1985 | Nov 20, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Zavala | Lee Ranch #1 | 2,100 | 50732170 |
| 288032 | Oct 16, 1985 | Oct 16, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "30" #1 | 5,000 | 46530464 |
| 288028 | Oct 16, 1985 | Oct 16, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "30" #2 | 5,000 | 46530462 |
| 288030 | Oct 16, 1985 | Oct 16, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "30" #3 | 5,000 | 46530463 |
| 288025 | Oct 16, 1985 | Oct 16, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "30" #4 | 5,000 | 46530461 |
| 284862 | Sep 16, 1985 | Sep 16, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "14" #1 | 5,000 | 46530460 |
| 274099 | Apr 26, 1985 | Apr 26, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "121 1/2" #1 | 5,000 | 46530440 |
| 273527 | Apr 26, 1985 | Apr 26, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "120" #1 | 5,002 | 46530439 |
| 270874 | Mar 28, 1985 | Mar 28, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "122" #2 | 4,600 | 46530453 |
| 269921 | Mar 19, 1985 | Mar 19, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "124" #1 | 4,600 | 46530452 |
| 269920 | Mar 19, 1985 | Mar 19, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "124" #2 | 4,600 | 46530451 |
| 269916 | Mar 19, 1985 | Mar 19, 1985 | Melton, Joe, Drlg. Co., Inc. | Val Verde | Hackberry Canyon "124" #3 | 4,600 | 46530450 |
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/559580, documented in the API reference.