OPERATORS · RRC 559631 · P-5 STATUS Y

Melzer Expl Co

Midland, TX

Melzer Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 31, 1990.

9 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1987; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 2, 1993.

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.

22%: spud rate · 2 of 9 mature permits
30: median days permit to spud · middle half 29–32
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
7: expired undrilled
3: 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	Last
Hockley county →	—	6	Oct 31, 1990
Ward county →	—	2	Feb 17, 1988
Winkler county →	—	1	Jan 21, 1988

All 9 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
San Andres	5	0
Cherry Canyon	2	0
Delaware	2	0
Rustler	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
8: 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	8
Recompletion	0	0	1

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Apr 2, 1993

Address: P.O. Box 2083; Midland, TX 79702

Officers and agents: Melzer, L. Stephen · Partner; Melzer, L. S. · Partner

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
379924	Oct 31, 1990	Oct 31, 1990	Melzer Exploration Company	Hockley	Piercy-Taylor #1	5,000	21935684
379923	Oct 24, 1990	Oct 24, 1990	Melzer Exploration Company	Hockley	Silvey, Louise #5	5,000	21935683
373334	May 17, 1990	May 17, 1990	Melzer Exploration Company	Hockley	Silvey, Louise #4	5,000	21935581
365928	Nov 6, 1989	Nov 6, 1989	Melzer Exploration Company	Hockley	Silvey, Louise #3	5,000	21935495
359582	May 24, 1989	May 24, 1989	Melzer Exploration Company	Hockley	Silvey, Louise #2	5,000	21935435
355631	Jan 31, 1989	Jan 31, 1989	Melzer Exploration Company	Hockley	Silvey, Louise #1	5,000	21935400
342604	Feb 17, 1988	Feb 17, 1988	Melzer Exploration Company	Ward	Bush #2	7,500	47533870
341527	Jan 21, 1988	Jan 21, 1988	Melzer Exploration Company	Winkler	Sealy-Smith "A" #1	9,100	49532054
339373	Dec 1, 1987	Dec 1, 1987	Melzer Exploration Company	Ward	Bush #1	7,000	47533843

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/559631, documented in the API reference.