OPERATORS · RRC 576914 · P-5 STATUS Y
Monsanto Oil Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorMonsanto Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 20, 1986.
The RRC wellbore file lists 151 wells under its operatorship.
193 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 15, 1986.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 151 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.
- 38%
- spud rate · 74 of 193 mature permits
- 24
- median days permit to spud · middle half 10–38
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 118
- expired undrilled
- 32
- permits a year over 6 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 → | — | 44 | 116 | Oct 19, 1984 |
| Scurry county → | — | 44 | 0 | Feb 10, 1986 |
| Andrews county → | — | 32 | 0 | Feb 5, 1985 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 9 | 0 | Nov 13, 1985 |
| Yoakum county → | — | 9 | 3 | Jul 2, 1984 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 6 | 1 | Dec 31, 1985 |
| Ward county → | — | 6 | 1 | Nov 4, 1983 |
| Crockett county → | — | 5 | 3 | Jul 12, 1985 |
| Reagan county → | — | 5 | 0 | Jul 24, 1985 |
| Crane county → | — | 4 | 1 | May 15, 1985 |
| Hemphill county → | — | 4 | 0 | Feb 20, 1986 |
| Pecos county → | — | 4 | 2 | Aug 29, 1985 |
| Winkler county → | — | 4 | 2 | May 7, 1985 |
| Martin county → | — | 3 | 0 | Apr 5, 1984 |
| Starr county → | — | 3 | 0 | Dec 17, 1985 |
| DE Witt county → | — | 2 | 3 | Jul 6, 1983 |
| Reeves county → | — | 2 | 1 | Sep 20, 1983 |
| Victoria county → | — | 2 | 1 | Dec 5, 1985 |
| Howard county → | — | 1 | 5 | Mar 19, 1984 |
| Lynn county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 26, 1983 |
| Refugio county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 30, 1984 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 1 | 1 | Sep 27, 1984 |
| Wheeler county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 15, 1983 |
All 193 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 | 90 | 0 |
| Yates | 19 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 16 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 13 | 0 |
| Queen | 12 | 0 |
| Grayburg | 9 | 0 |
| Wichita-Albany | 6 | 0 |
| Cherry Canyon | 6 | 0 |
| Tubb | 4 | 0 |
| Capitan | 3 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 3 | 0 |
| Delaware | 3 | 0 |
| Frio | 2 | 0 |
| Canyon | 2 | 0 |
| Seven Rivers | 2 | 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
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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
- 151
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 34
- plugged
How it got them
- 8
- permitted itself
- 121
- acquired from others
- 129
- 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
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 | 164 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Levelland53411001 | 115 | 0 |
| Hutto South (Wolfcamp)43926600 | 4 | 0 |
| Credo (Wolfcamp)21597250 | 3 | 0 |
| Camar N. (Canyon Sand)14983500 | 2 | 0 |
| Sable N. (San Andres)79395500 | 2 | 0 |
| Big Hill (Marginulina 8500)7884567 | 1 | 0 |
| Big Hill (Discorbis M)7884035 | 1 | 0 |
| Bachelor Hill (Grayburg)4880300 | 1 | 0 |
| Buckshot (4950)12961500 | 1 | 0 |
| Belitz (Wilcox Upper)6873250 | 1 | 0 |
| Casey Draw (Delaware)16234400 | 1 | 0 |
| Block 46 East (Grayburg)9493500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 15, 1986
- Address
- 5051 Westheimer, Ste 1300
- Houston, TX 77056
- Officers and agents
- Mandigo, Clark R. · Director/Vice President
- Loughridge, Dennis W. · Director/Vice President
- Bley, J. R., Jr. · Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 332823 | Jul 14, 1987 | Jul 14, 1987 | Bettis, Boyle & Stovall | DE Witt | Belitz, Henry #1 | 10,517 | 12300351 |
| 298066 | Feb 20, 1986 | Feb 20, 1986 | Monsanto Oil Company | Hemphill | Fields-State #2 | 11,000 | 21131822 |
| 297321 | Feb 10, 1986 | Feb 10, 1986 | Monsanto Oil Company | Scurry | Lion Diamond M Unit #M9 | 6,980 | 41501433 |
| 297323 | Feb 10, 1986 | Feb 10, 1986 | Monsanto Oil Company | Scurry | Lion Diamond M Unit #M9 | 6,980 | 41501433 |
| 293882 | Dec 31, 1985 | Dec 31, 1985 | BHP Petroleum Company Inc. | Brazoria | Austin College #3 | 17,700 | 03932117 |
| 293244 | Dec 17, 1985 | Dec 17, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Starr | Sanchez, Juana #1 | 9,000 | 42731840 |
| 291882 | Dec 5, 1985 | Dec 5, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Victoria | Reeves, Leona #7 | 5,113 | 46930339 |
| 290049 | Nov 14, 1985 | Nov 14, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Brazoria | Beretta, M. A. #1 | 16,000 | 03932110 |
| 289878 | Nov 13, 1985 | Nov 13, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Glasscock | Brunson, G. #6 | 8,800 | 17331915 |
| 283942 | Sep 4, 1985 | Sep 4, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Brazoria | Stringfellow, Nannie M. Est. #1 | 17,500 | 03932093 |
| 283583 | Aug 29, 1985 | Aug 29, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Pecos | Tyrrell Estate #2A | 5,500 | 37135586 |
| 280914 | Jul 24, 1985 | Jul 24, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Reagan | University 48-11 #8 | 2,600 | 38333527 |
| 280139 | Jul 12, 1985 | Jul 12, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Reagan | University 48-11 #5 | 2,600 | 38333521 |
| 280138 | Jul 12, 1985 | Jul 12, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Reagan | University 48-11 #9 | 2,600 | 38333520 |
| 280144 | Jul 12, 1985 | Jul 12, 1985 | Monsanto Oil Company | Reagan | University 48-11 #14 | 2,600 | 38333523 |
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/576914, documented in the API reference.