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OPERATORS · RRC 565000  · P-5 STATUS Y

Middleton Oil Co

Houston, TX

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Middleton Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 12, 2013.

The RRC wellbore file lists 88 wells under its operatorship (56 producing).

60 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
56
producing wells, of 88 of record
91
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.

48%
spud rate · 29 of 60 mature permits
18
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–67
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
31
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 36 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Webb county →—2768Mar 12, 2013
Colorado county →—2114Apr 11, 2012
Chambers county →—105Nov 29, 1993
Liberty county →—21Jun 4, 1991

All 60 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Olmos100
Frio50
Miocene (undifferentiated)30
Wilcox30
Midway20
Carrizo10
San Miguel10
Escondido10

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
427K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
126K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 427,247 · prior 12 400,478(+7%)

020K40K60K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

88
on the schedule
56
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
2
temp. abandoned
30
plugged

How it got them

32
permitted itself
24
acquired from others
9
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 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Chambers0 active0 bbl/d
Colorado0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0055
Recompletion004
Reenter001

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Las Tiendas (Olmos)522110606250
Rock Island W. (1570)7761566061
Rock Island W. (Wilcox 9700)7761562052
Hankamer SE. (Frio Upper)3869906230
Owen (Olmos)6788540033
Rock Island W. (2300)7716570010
Rock Island W.(2300)7761570010
Segundo (Olmos)8216850010
Belton Lane (Frio)698040010
Wildcat600110
Hankamer (Miocene Sand)3869338010
Hankamer SE. (Seg B Marg I)3869937210

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 4, 2026
Gas operator
Address
4306 Yoakum Blvd Ste 540
Houston, TX 77006
(512) 791-9987
Officers and agents
Middleton, David Mayes II · Director,president,treasurer
Keeton, Victoria Kay · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
758213Mar 12, 2013Mar 12, 2013Middleton Oil CompanyWebbTriphene Middleton #30017,10047930588
736211Apr 11, 2012Apr 11, 2012Middleton Oil CompanyColoradoMiddleton Upton Unit #15,04508932686
720001Jul 13, 2011Jul 13, 2011Escondido Resources II, LLCWebbHowze #1HH13,00047941388
720001Jul 13, 2011Jul 13, 2011Escondido Resources II, LLCWebbHowze #1HH13,00047941388
717389May 31, 2011May 31, 2011Escondido Resources II, LLCWebbHerradura #1HH13,00047941323
703877Oct 19, 2010Oct 19, 2010Middleton Oil CompanyWebbTriphene Middleton "D" #56,90047941087
703876Oct 19, 2010Oct 19, 2010Middleton Oil CompanyWebbTriphene Middleton "D" #46,90047941086
703874Oct 19, 2010Oct 19, 2010Middleton Oil CompanyWebbTriphene Middleton #27016,90047941088
700040Aug 3, 2010Aug 3, 2010Escondido Resources II, LLCWebbNash #1HH12,00047941001
700040Aug 3, 2010Aug 3, 2010Escondido Resources II, LLCWebbNash #1HH12,00047941001
695571May 7, 2010May 7, 2010Escondido Resources II, LLCWebbUvalle State #1HH12,00047940898
682371Jul 3, 2009Jul 3, 2009Middleton Oil CompanyWebbTriphene Middleton #28023,50047940426
673009Oct 24, 2008Oct 24, 2008Middleton Oil CompanyWebbTriphene Middleton "D" #56,90047940429
673008Oct 24, 2008Oct 24, 2008Middleton Oil CompanyWebbTriphene Middleton "D" #46,90047941086
672986Oct 17, 2008Oct 17, 2008Middleton Oil CompanyWebbTriphene Middleton #28023,50047940426

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/565000, documented in the API reference.