OPERATORS · RRC 588595 · P-5 STATUS Y
Morris, W. Dale Inc
Mineral Wells, TX
Watch this operatorMorris, W. Dale Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 24, 2009.
The RRC wellbore file lists 27 wells under its operatorship.
60 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 5, 2021.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 27 of record
- 11
- 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.
- 58%
- spud rate · 35 of 60 mature permits
- 23
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–88
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 25
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell county → | — | 12 | 0 | Dec 31, 1986 |
| Fayette county → | — | 8 | 1 | Mar 8, 2004 |
| Nolan county → | — | 4 | 5 | Feb 28, 1989 |
| Tyler county → | — | 4 | 0 | Sep 18, 1997 |
| Bee county → | — | 3 | 0 | Aug 5, 2005 |
| Coleman county → | — | 3 | 5 | Mar 5, 1996 |
| Jones county → | — | 3 | 5 | Nov 27, 1984 |
| Runnels county → | — | 3 | 5 | May 13, 1992 |
| Taylor county → | — | 3 | 1 | Sep 19, 1983 |
| Burleson county → | — | 2 | 2 | Feb 28, 1997 |
| Haskell county → | — | 2 | 0 | Oct 23, 1986 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 16, 1986 |
| Angelina county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 31, 1995 |
| Chambers county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 11, 1997 |
| Crockett county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 16, 2001 |
| Eastland county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 25, 1990 |
| Goliad county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 7, 2001 |
| Grimes county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 16, 1995 |
| Hamilton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 29, 2004 |
| Karnes county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 24, 2009 |
| Lee county → | — | 1 | 1 | Apr 29, 1998 |
| Pecos county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 21, 1991 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 13, 1988 |
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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 8 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 6 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 5 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 4 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 2 | 0 |
| Yegua | 1 | 0 |
| Canyon | 1 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 1 | 0 |
| Midway | 1 | 0 |
| Navarro | 1 | 0 |
| Olmos | 1 | 0 |
| Edwards | 1 | 0 |
| Glen Rose | 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
- 609K
- 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
- 27
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 27
- plugged
How it got them
- 9
- permitted itself
- 14
- acquired from others
- 29
- 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 3
- 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 | 43 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500 | 4 | 0 |
| Watts N. (Gardner Sd.)95504500 | 4 | 0 |
| Bartlett East5934001 | 4 | 0 |
| Fritzess (Gardner Sand)33050400 | 3 | 0 |
| Naylor (Jennings Sand)64636750 | 2 | 0 |
| McIntosh (Strawn)59542500 | 1 | 0 |
| Rowena South (Ellenburger)78722500 | 1 | 0 |
| Sandia (Fry)80585300 | 1 | 0 |
| Shep SE (Gardner Sand Lower)83031250 | 1 | 0 |
| Truby N. (Palo Pinto)91528333 | 1 | 0 |
| Wildcat4001 | 1 | 0 |
| Coleman County Regular19511001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Nov 5, 2021
- Address
- PO Box 1233
- Mineral Wells, TX 76068
- (325) 668-0333
- Officers and agents
- Morris, Wallace Dale · President/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 837212 | Mar 9, 2018 | Mar 9, 2018 | Geosurveys, Inc. | Jones | Hawthorne #2 | 2,999 | 25302750 |
| 682454 | Jun 24, 2009 | Jun 24, 2009 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Karnes | Mueller #1 | 14,674 | 25531471 |
| 604508 | Aug 5, 2005 | Aug 5, 2005 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Bee | Nichols Gas Unit #1H | 13,500 | 02533352 |
| 557634 | Feb 14, 2005 | Feb 14, 2005 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Bee | Zuniga Gas Unit #1H | 13,500 | 02533319 |
| 557634 | Feb 14, 2005 | Feb 14, 2005 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Bee | Zuniga Gas Unit #1H | 16,000 | 02533319 |
| 555448 | Dec 29, 2004 | Dec 29, 2004 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Hamilton | Ryan #1A | 4,800 | 19330261 |
| 542673 | Mar 8, 2004 | Mar 8, 2004 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Fayette | Hawk Unit #1H | 8,999 | 14933138 |
| 532901 | Jun 9, 2003 | Jun 9, 2003 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Fayette | Polk Unit #1H | 8,999 | 14933125 |
| 532901 | Jun 9, 2003 | Jun 9, 2003 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Fayette | Polk Unit #1H | 8,999 | 14933125 |
| 515985 | Dec 10, 2001 | Dec 10, 2001 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Fayette | Mullins #1H | 13,000 | 14932449 |
| 512198 | Aug 7, 2001 | Aug 7, 2001 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Goliad | Big Burner #1 | 13,500 | 17533376 |
| 506480 | Mar 16, 2001 | Mar 16, 2001 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Crockett | University '12' #1 | 8,900 | 10538588 |
| 483487 | May 5, 1999 | May 5, 1999 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Fayette | Ethelmae #1HH | 15,500 | 14932602 |
| 482545 | Feb 19, 1999 | Feb 19, 1999 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Fayette | Rose Marie Unit #1HH | 15,000 | 14932761 |
| 480837 | Nov 19, 1998 | Nov 19, 1998 | Morris, W. Dale Inc. | Fayette | Heidi HO Unit #1HH | 14,500 | 14932793 |
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/588595, documented in the API reference.