OPERATORS · RRC 604295 · P-5 STATUS Y

Nelson, James L

Pettus, TX

Nelson, James L has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 28, 2018.

The RRC wellbore file lists 44 wells under its operatorship.

51 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1989; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 5, 2021.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 44 of record
68: 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.

45%: spud rate · 23 of 51 mature permits
52: median days permit to spud · middle half 8–80
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
28: expired undrilled
2: permits a year over 29 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
Goliad county →	—	42	34	Jun 25, 2014
Live Oak county →	—	5	0	Mar 10, 2008
Karnes county →	—	3	0	Sep 28, 2018
San Patricio county →	—	1	0	May 24, 2007

All 51 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
Vicksburg	7	0
Yegua	7	0
Frio	6	0
Wilcox	2	0
Reklaw	2	0
Cook Mountain	2	0
Jackson	2	0
Queen City	1	0
Carrizo	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
404K: 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

44: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
43: plugged

How it got them

7: permitted itself
30: 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 →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

0: active UIC permits of 4
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Goliad

0 active

0 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 →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Reenter	0	0	29
Recompletion	0	0	18
Drill	0	0	4

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
Poehler (Cook Mt.)72079046	2	0
Berclair (2200 Frio)7250540	2	0
Karen Beauchamp (2600)48104611	2	0
Weesatche West (Yegua)95853820	2	0
Holly (Yegua 4500)42261625	2	0
Boyce (4590 Sand)11023950	1	0
Boyce (4450 Sand)11023923	1	0
Barvo (Yegua Sand)5982800	1	0
Cabeza Creek S. (Cook MT S)14438165	1	0
Cabeza Creek (Pettus)14433180	1	0
Cadena (Yegua 5800)14537755	1	0
Bomba ( 800)10357800	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Feb 5, 2021

Address: P O Box 134; Pettus, TX 78146; (361) 375-2757

Officers and agents: Nelson, Helen J. · Sole Proprietor/Owner; Nelson, Julie · Manager; Powers, William · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
845169	Sep 28, 2018	Sep 28, 2018	Nelson, James L.	Karnes	Karnes SWD #2	7,400	25536161
781087	Jun 25, 2014	Jun 25, 2014	Nelson, James L.	Goliad	Wm. Altman #2	7,688	17500219
749501	Oct 19, 2012	Oct 19, 2012	Nelson, James L.	Goliad	Ideus #1	5,300	17533204
749506	Oct 15, 2012	Oct 15, 2012	Nelson, James L.	Goliad	Ideus #2	5,210	17533224
734146	Mar 7, 2012	Mar 7, 2012	Nelson, James L.	Goliad	Leggett, R.L. #2	4,343	17500029
709015	Jan 27, 2011	Jan 27, 2011	Nelson, James L.	Goliad	Dohman #R 1	5,200	17531994
694316	Apr 14, 2010	Apr 14, 2010	Nelson, James L.	Goliad	Fromme #2	5,300	17533074
670036	Sep 16, 2008	Sep 16, 2008	Nelson, James L.	Goliad	E. Henke #1	5,412	17530990
662033	Jun 5, 2008	Jun 5, 2008	Nelson, James L.	Goliad	Chapman #R 2	5,400	17534094
658826	Apr 18, 2008	Apr 18, 2008	Nelson, James L.	Goliad	Kenne #1	2,150	17533261
656422	Mar 10, 2008	Mar 10, 2008	Nelson, James L.	Live Oak	Jack Brown #1	3,250	29732671
639304	May 24, 2007	May 24, 2007	Nelson, James L.	San Patricio	Henderson et AL #1	4,500	40931700
637841	May 3, 2007	May 3, 2007	Nelson, James L.	Live Oak	Henderson, J. W. #1	4,662	29731699
629221	Nov 20, 2006	Nov 20, 2006	Nelson, James L.	Live Oak	Henderson, J. W. #3	4,635	29732173
629221	Nov 20, 2006	Nov 20, 2006	Nelson, James L.	Live Oak	Henderson, J. W. #3	4,635	29732173

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/604295, documented in the API reference.