OPERATORS · RRC 593996 · P-5 STATUS Y
Murdoch Petro Co
Abilene, TX
Watch this operatorMurdoch Petro CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 11, 1984.
38 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 17, 1986.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 11%
- spud rate · 4 of 38 mature permits
- 35
- median days permit to spud · middle half 18–47
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 34
- expired undrilled
- 19
- permits a year over 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shackelford county → | — | 29 | 0 | Oct 3, 1984 |
| Cochran county → | — | 3 | 0 | Aug 5, 1983 |
| Haskell county → | — | 3 | 0 | Dec 11, 1984 |
| Jones county → | — | 3 | 0 | Dec 15, 1983 |
All 38 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto | 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
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 15
- 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 17, 1986
- Address
- 3300 S. 14TH #203
- Abilene, TX 79605
- Officers and agents
- Murdoch, David J. · President
- Murdoch, Willa Gail · Secretary/Treasurer
- Boring, George A. · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260610 | Dec 11, 1984 | Dec 11, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Haskell | Raughton, C. G. #1 | 3,500 | 20731629 |
| 253426 | Oct 3, 1984 | Oct 3, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Gail, Willa #15 | 2,200 | 41735998 |
| 253429 | Oct 3, 1984 | Oct 3, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Gail, Willa #12 | 2,200 | 41736000 |
| 253428 | Oct 3, 1984 | Oct 3, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Gail, Willa #14 | 2,000 | 41735999 |
| 249765 | Aug 29, 1984 | Aug 29, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #8 | 2,000 | 41735949 |
| 249626 | Aug 27, 1984 | Aug 27, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #9 | 3,900 | 41735947 |
| 249021 | Aug 21, 1984 | Aug 21, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #10 | 2,000 | 41735933 |
| 248642 | Aug 17, 1984 | Aug 17, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #12 | 3,900 | 41735932 |
| 248567 | Aug 16, 1984 | Aug 16, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #11 | 2,000 | 41735930 |
| 248566 | Aug 16, 1984 | Aug 16, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #14 | 2,000 | 41735929 |
| 248184 | Aug 13, 1984 | Aug 13, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #15 | 2,000 | 41735926 |
| 248183 | Aug 13, 1984 | Aug 13, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #17 | 2,000 | 41735925 |
| 248182 | Aug 13, 1984 | Aug 13, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #16 | 3,900 | 41735924 |
| 241277 | Jun 6, 1984 | Jun 6, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #4 | 4,990 | 41735836 |
| 241269 | Jun 6, 1984 | Jun 6, 1984 | Murdoch Petroleum Co. | Shackelford | Raughton, Lorene #7 | 4,990 | 41735835 |
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/593996, documented in the API reference.