OPERATORS · RRC 609730 · P-5 STATUS Y
Nichols Brothers
Abilene, TX
Watch this operatorNichols Brothers has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 18, 2011.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
7 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 3, 2019.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 of record
- 4
- 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.
- 57%
- spud rate · 4 of 7 mature permits
- 52
- median days permit to spud · middle half 38–59
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 3
- expired undrilled
- 0
- permits a year over 34 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saddle Creek | 2 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 102K
- 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
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 4
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Jones | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Field transfer | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jones County Regular47113001 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 3, 2019
- Address
- P O Box 2774
- Abilene, TX 79604
- (325) 823-2878
- Officers and agents
- Nichols, John D. · Texas Resident Agent
- Nichols, John Dwight · Partner
- Nichols, Billy Mack · Partner
- Nichols, Jay Boyd · Partner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 721903 | Aug 18, 2011 | Aug 18, 2011 | Nichols Brothers | Jones | White, J.H. #1 #1 | 2,400 | 25333774 |
| 381345 | Nov 28, 1990 | Nov 28, 1990 | Cottonwood Petroleum Co. | Jones | White, J. H. "A" #1 | 2,500 | 25333880 |
| 302455 | May 23, 1986 | May 23, 1986 | Nichols Brothers | Jones | White, J. H. #4 | 2,000 | 25333466 |
| 163508 | Jun 9, 1982 | Jun 9, 1982 | Nichols Brothers | Jones | Wood, M.E. #1 | 2,400 | 25380089 |
| 84952 | Jun 4, 1980 | Jun 4, 1980 | Nichols Brothers | Jones | Walser, S. J. #4 | 2,400 | 25331490 |
| 82097 | May 27, 1980 | May 27, 1980 | Nichols Brothers | Jones | Foster, Ruth #1 | 2,300 | 25331498 |
| 56193 | Aug 21, 1979 | Aug 21, 1979 | Nichols Brothers | Jones | White, J. H. "A" #1 | 2,355 | 25380086 |
| 23406 | May 2, 1978 | May 2, 1978 | Nichols Brothers | Jones | Walser, S. J. #1 | 1,985 | 25305446 |
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/609730, documented in the API reference.