OPERATORS · RRC 608700  · P-5 STATUS Y

Newton, Richard R

Wichita Falls, TX

Watch this operator

Newton, Richard R has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 7, 1981.

The RRC wellbore file lists 8 wells under its operatorship.

25 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 2, 1997.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 8 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.

8%
spud rate · 2 of 25 mature permits
6
median days permit to spud · middle half 4–8
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
23
expired undrilled
6
permits a year over 4 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Clay county →—258Apr 7, 1981

All 25 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
No completion tops on file.

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
6.48K
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

8
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
7
plugged

How it got them

5
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
14
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 8
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Clay0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0023
Other002

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Clay County Regular1870700180

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 2, 1997
Address
3006 McNiel Ave Apt 401
Wichita Falls, TX 76309
Officers and agents
Newton, Richard R. · Owner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
114733Apr 7, 1981Apr 7, 1981Newton, Richard R.ClayHouseholder #51,80007732153
107588Feb 3, 1981Feb 3, 1981Newton, Richard R.ClayHouseholder #41,80007780708
77706Apr 9, 1980Apr 9, 1980Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #W1D65007731708
65140Nov 30, 1979Nov 30, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #16A25007731579
65138Nov 30, 1979Nov 30, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #15A25007731578
65135Nov 30, 1979Nov 30, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #14A25007731577
64853Nov 28, 1979Nov 28, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #13A25007731572
63603Nov 13, 1979Nov 13, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #9A25007731550
63602Nov 13, 1979Nov 13, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #10A25007731549
63601Nov 13, 1979Nov 13, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #11A25007731548
63599Nov 12, 1979Nov 12, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #12A25007731547
61459Oct 22, 1979Oct 22, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #7A25007731507
61457Oct 22, 1979Oct 22, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #8A1,10007731506
57835Sep 11, 1979Sep 11, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMeazel #477007731464
57532Sep 10, 1979Sep 10, 1979Newton, Richard R.ClayMassie #6A1,10007731467

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/608700, documented in the API reference.