OPERATORS · RRC 562425 · P-5 STATUS Y
Metts, D. A
Midland, TX
Watch this operatorMetts, D. A has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 6, 1980.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
20 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 15, 1987.
- 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
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- 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.
- 55%
- spud rate · 11 of 20 mature permits
- 11
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–26
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 5%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 8
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pecos county → | — | 5 | 1 | Jan 14, 1980 |
| Garza county → | — | 4 | 0 | Oct 1, 1980 |
| Hockley county → | — | 2 | 0 | Apr 9, 1980 |
| Irion county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jan 5, 1978 |
| Nolan county → | — | 2 | 0 | Aug 5, 1980 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jan 2, 1979 |
| Crockett county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 6, 1980 |
| Fisher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 14, 1979 |
| Scurry county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 18, 1980 |
All 20 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 1 | 0 |
| Seven Rivers | 1 | 0 |
| Queen | 1 | 0 |
| San Andres | 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 →
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- 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
- 0
- 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Girvintex (Queen)35092333 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 15, 1987
- Address
- P.O. Box 50393
- Midland, TX 79710
- Officers and agents
- Metts, D. A. · President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98156 | Nov 6, 1980 | Nov 6, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Crockett | Owens, W. W. #1 | 2,500 | 10533123 |
| 94363 | Oct 1, 1980 | Oct 1, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Garza | Alldredge "A" #1 | 8,250 | 16931361 |
| 90044 | Aug 18, 1980 | Aug 18, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Scurry | Whatley #1 | 8,200 | 41531674 |
| 88701 | Aug 5, 1980 | Aug 5, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Nolan | Ramsey #1 | 4,170 | 35330961 |
| 84004 | Jun 13, 1980 | Jun 13, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Garza | Alldredge #2 | 8,247 | 16931289 |
| 84002 | Jun 13, 1980 | Jun 13, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Garza | Lovelady - Alldredge #1 | 8,200 | 16931288 |
| 79090 | Apr 24, 1980 | Apr 24, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Nolan | Lee #1 | 5,700 | 35330899 |
| 77733 | Apr 9, 1980 | Apr 9, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Hockley | Post - Montgomery #1 | 10,200 | 21932875 |
| 77471 | Apr 8, 1980 | Apr 8, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Garza | Aldridge #1 | 8,300 | 16931244 |
| 69636 | Jan 14, 1980 | Jan 14, 1980 | Metts, D. A. | Pecos | Neal #1 | 22,700 | 37132895 |
| 66858 | Dec 14, 1979 | Dec 14, 1979 | Metts, D. A. | Fisher | Watson #1 | 5,800 | 15131027 |
| 40879 | Jan 15, 1979 | Jan 15, 1979 | Metts, D. A. | Hockley | Keen #1 | 468 | 21932645 |
| 39967 | Jan 2, 1979 | Jan 2, 1979 | Metts, D. A. | Tom Green | Brewer, Baker #1 | 4,200 | 45130458 |
| 39679 | Dec 28, 1978 | Dec 28, 1978 | Metts, D. A. | Pecos | Lawrence #2 | 1,450 | 37132691 |
| 35184 | Oct 20, 1978 | Oct 20, 1978 | Metts, D. A. | Tom Green | Runion #1 | 6,340 | 45130450 |
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/562425, documented in the API reference.