OPERATORS · RRC 561132 · P-5 STATUS Y

Meridian Oil Inc

Houston, TX

Meridian Oil Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 4, 1996.

The RRC wellbore file lists 110 wells under its operatorship.

804 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 14, 2001.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 110 of record
63: 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.

66%: spud rate · 532 of 804 mature permits
24: median days permit to spud · middle half 10–54
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 2 permits
270: expired undrilled
73: permits a year over 11 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
Sutton county →	—	375	2	Jul 3, 1996
Winkler county →	—	79	1	Sep 4, 1996
Edwards county →	—	73	18	May 10, 1996
Mitchell county →	—	30	0	Jul 5, 1995
Cochran county →	—	27	0	Oct 28, 1994
Crockett county →	—	26	3	Jul 5, 1995
Jackson county →	—	21	0	Jun 27, 1996
Lamb county →	—	20	0	Jun 20, 1996
Upton county →	—	18	0	Aug 22, 1996
Howard county →	—	12	3	Apr 24, 1990
Loving county →	—	12	0	Aug 20, 1996
Gonzales county →	—	11	2	Jan 29, 1992
Hemphill county →	—	7	8	May 20, 1996
Stonewall county →	—	7	0	Jul 7, 1995
Andrews county →	—	6	0	Aug 31, 1994
Collingsworth county →	—	6	47	Jan 30, 1992
Guadalupe county →	—	6	1	Aug 4, 1995
Ward county →	—	6	0	Nov 9, 1995
Frio county →	—	5	1	Dec 20, 1990
Glasscock county →	—	5	2	Jun 7, 1996
Caldwell county →	—	4	0	Jun 3, 1992
Ector county →	—	4	1	Jul 25, 1996
Kent county →	—	4	0	Feb 27, 1995
Coke county →	—	3	1	May 18, 1992
Dimmit county →	—	3	0	Apr 19, 1990
Gaines county →	—	3	0	Jul 3, 1996
Irion county →	—	3	0	May 21, 1990
Calhoun county →	—	2	0	May 24, 1996
Lavaca county →	—	2	2	Mar 17, 1995
Liberty county →	—	2	1	Sep 6, 1995
Pecos county →	—	2	0	Dec 3, 1986
Sterling county →	—	2	0	Oct 19, 1988
Victoria county →	—	2	0	May 31, 1996
Borden county →	—	1	0	Nov 2, 1988
DE Witt county →	—	1	0	Apr 9, 1986
Garza county →	—	1	2	Dec 12, 1990
Hockley county →	—	1	0	Oct 3, 1995
Karnes county →	—	1	0	Feb 10, 1992
Live Oak county →	—	1	0	May 28, 1996
Lynn county →	—	1	0	May 27, 1987
Martin county →	—	1	3	Sep 29, 1995
Mustang IS-SB county →	—	1	0	Jul 19, 1988
Nueces county →	—	1	0	Nov 24, 1987
Ochiltree county →	—	1	1	Aug 31, 1988
Reagan county →	—	1	0	Mar 24, 1988
Roberts county →	—	1	1	May 23, 1995
Wharton county →	—	1	0	May 22, 1995
Yoakum county →	—	1	1	Nov 26, 1991
Zavala county →	—	1	1	Feb 16, 1990

All 804 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	323	0
Base Cretaceous (marker)	146	0
San Andres	78	0
Clear Fork	49	0
Yates	44	1
Rustler	42	1
Wolfcamp	31	0
Ellenburger	30	0
Pennsylvanian	23	0
Wichita-Albany	19	0
Grayburg	19	0
Strawn	18	0
Austin Chalk	15	0
Anacacho	13	0
Queen	11	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
5.71M: 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

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

How it got them

29: permitted itself
15: acquired from others
479: 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 32
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Mitchell	0 active	0 bbl/d
Collingsworth	0 active	0 bbl/d
Upton	0 active	0 bbl/d
Cochran	0 active	0 bbl/d
Winkler	0 active	0 bbl/d
Glasscock	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 →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	708
Recompletion	0	0	75
Reenter	0	0	17
Other	0	0	2
Field transfer	0	0	2

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
Panhandle East68826001	53	0
Sawyer (Canyon)81267333	18	0
Sulphur Draw (Dean 8790)87073333	3	0
Wildcat20001	3	0
Cresson (San Andres)21673400	3	0
Cain (Strawn)14627666	2	0
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)69981125	2	0
Buffalo Wallow (Granite Wash)13147285	2	0
Flying -W- (Wolfcamp)31768666	1	0
Canadian SW. (Morrow Up.)15218500	1	0
Fasken South (Penn)30398750	1	0
Dry Hollow (Yegua 4)26214700	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Aug 14, 2001

Address: P.O. Box 4239-Corp Sec Office; Houston, TX 77210

Officers and agents: C T Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent; Shackouls, Bobby S. · President; Hagale, John E. · Vice President/Cfo; Mundt, Randolph P. · Vice President; Haunschild, Harold E. · Vice President; Schissler, Gerald J. · Vice President; Owen, C. Ray · Vice President/Coo; Buchanan, James S.,jr. · Vice President; All 14 on the P-5 →

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
812976	Jan 4, 2016	Jan 4, 2016	Cantera Operating, LLC	Lavaca	O. A. Lampley GU 1 #1	13,606	28531642
607395	Oct 11, 2005	Oct 11, 2005	Sigma Energy & Exploration Co.	Crockett	Sigma Meadows #3	1,880	10536223
606536	Sep 20, 2005	Sep 20, 2005	Sigma Energy & Exploration Co.	Crockett	Sigma Meadows #2	1,880	10536044
449484	Sep 4, 1996	Sep 4, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Winkler	Keystone Cattle Company #409	8,374	49532334
449482	Aug 29, 1996	Aug 29, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Winkler	Keystone Cattle Company #406	8,800	49532330
450920	Aug 22, 1996	Aug 22, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Upton	Lane, J.F. Act. #2 #1R	2,516	46133669
450621	Aug 20, 1996	Aug 20, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Loving	EL Mar/Delaware/Unit #1522	4,625	30110025
450760	Aug 19, 1996	Aug 19, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Upton	Lane, J. F. -A- #1R	2,544	46133666
449483	Jul 26, 1996	Jul 26, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Winkler	Keystone Cattle Company #429	7,400	49532382
449433	Jul 26, 1996	Jul 26, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Winkler	Keystone Cattle Company #430	7,430	49532383
449738	Jul 25, 1996	Jul 25, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Ector	Fasken Unit -14- #6	8,765	13535536
450622	Jul 23, 1996	Jul 23, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Loving	EL Mar/Delaware/Unit #1543W	4,550	30100540
450620	Jul 23, 1996	Jul 23, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Loving	EL Mar/Delaware/Unit #1534W	4,500	30100049
449693	Jul 19, 1996	Jul 19, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Ector	Fasken -S- 13- #1	8,950	13510639
450476	Jul 17, 1996	Jul 17, 1996	Meridian Oil Inc.	Upton	Lane -B- #4R	2,500	46133663

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/561132, documented in the API reference.