OPERATORS · RRC 594675 · P-5 STATUS Y
Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - USA
Houston, TX · most active in Dimmit County
Watch this operatorMurphy Expl. & Prod. CO. - USA was issued 28 drilling permits in the past 12 months, down 24% on the prior year, all in Dimmit County. 100% were horizontal.
8 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 3 in the prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 977 wells under its operatorship (893 producing, 65 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 11.5M barrels of oil and 23.7M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 29% on the year before.
It holds 2 active disposal or injection permits.
1,458 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2010; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.
- 28
- permits, last 12 months
- -24%
- vs prior 12 months (37)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 893
- producing wells, of 977 of record
- 263
- leases it reports
- 100%
- 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.
- 86%
- spud rate · 1,245 of 1,450 mature permits
- 108
- median days permit to spud · middle half 47–185
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days -100%
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 213
- expired undrilled
- 86
- permits a year over 17 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 29 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 59 · prior 12 70(-16%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimmit county → | 28 | 416 | 296 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Karnes county → | — | 421 | 310 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| McMullen county → | — | 418 | 257 | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 166 | 112 | Jun 17, 2019 |
| LA Salle county → | — | 33 | 0 | Apr 18, 2016 |
| Dawson county → | — | 4 | 1 | Apr 26, 2017 |
All 1,458 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Ford | 926 | 48 |
| Olmos | 900 | 33 |
| Austin Chalk | 623 | 49 |
| Wilcox | 438 | 22 |
| Escondido | 436 | 33 |
| Yegua | 369 | 22 |
| Frio | 368 | 22 |
| Anacacho | 315 | 6 |
| Navarro | 299 | 6 |
| Carrizo | 281 | 16 |
| Queen City | 265 | 16 |
| Reklaw | 262 | 16 |
| San Miguel | 220 | 27 |
| Midway | 196 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 159 | 5 |
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 →
- 11.5M
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +29%
- vs the 12 months before
- 23.7M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 212M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 11,547,373 · prior 12 8,917,962(+29%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 23,663,969 · prior 12 18,386,357(+29%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 977
- on the schedule
- 893
- producing
- 65
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 966
- permitted itself
- 11
- acquired from others
- 78
- 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
- 2
- active UIC permits of 5
- 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 | 28 | 37 | 1,447 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)27135700 | 366 | 342 |
| Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)12018200 | 290 | 274 |
| Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)27135750 | 281 | 248 |
| Sugarkane (Austin Chalk)86950300 | 26 | 23 |
| Lorenzo (Austin Chalk)54928500 | 5 | 5 |
| Eagleville (Eagle Ford)27135500 | 3 | 0 |
| Indio Tanks (Pearsall)44510500 | 2 | 1 |
| Jourdanton (Buda)47358200 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcelina Creek (Austin Chalk)57367500 | 1 | 0 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300 | 1 | 0 |
| Ammann (Buda)2396500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 4, 2026
- Oil operator
- Address
- Attn:misti Johnson 9805 Katy Freeway Ste G200
- Houston, TX 77024
- (888) 266-7093
- Officers and agents
- Hambly, Eric · President
- Lorino, Christopher · Vice President
- Mireles, Thomas J · Vice President,cfo
- Garcia, Franciso · Sr Vice President
- Kennedy, Jeff · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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/594675, documented in the API reference.