OPERATORS · RRC 620960 · P-5 STATUS Y
Oil Well Buyers Corp
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorOil Well Buyers Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 23, 2006.
The RRC wellbore file lists 10 wells under its operatorship.
6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 5, 2017.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 10 of record
- 6
- 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.
- 50%
- spud rate · 3 of 6 mature permits
- 29
- median days permit to spud · middle half 29–29
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 3
- expired undrilled
- 0
- permits a year over 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson county → | — | 3 | 5 | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Chambers county → | — | 2 | 4 | Feb 26, 1985 |
| Hardin county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 23, 2006 |
All 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 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
- 340K
- 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
- 10
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 6
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 2
- acquired from others
- 2
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lolita (Toney Zone)54457621 | 4 | 0 |
| Willow Slough North (F-2 Sand)97738172 | 2 | 0 |
| Collier (2200)19667500 | 1 | 0 |
| Fig Ridge30822001 | 1 | 0 |
| Martha57756001 | 1 | 0 |
| Willow Slough North (F-4 8400)97738473 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 5, 2017
- Address
- 55 E Broad Oaks
- Houston, TX 77056
- (434) 422-2364
- Officers and agents
- Smitherman, Gene A. · President/Secretary/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 615689 | Mar 23, 2006 | Mar 23, 2006 | Oil Well Buyers Corp. | Hardin | Gulf Hopkins Fee Tract 23 #2301 | 8,101 | 19900915 |
| 493440 | Mar 28, 2000 | Mar 28, 2000 | Oil Well Buyers Corp. | Jackson | L Ranch Co. -B- #4 | 5,935 | 23902257 |
| 455188 | Dec 3, 1996 | Dec 3, 1996 | Oil Well Buyers Corp. | Jackson | Ten Cate #4 | 6,508 | 23902132 |
| 418779 | Dec 23, 1993 | Dec 23, 1993 | Oil Well Buyers Corp. | Jackson | L Ranch Co. - "A" #3 | 5,959 | 23902228 |
| 283316 | Aug 23, 1985 | Aug 23, 1985 | Exxon Corp. | Jackson | L. Ranch Co. "B" #6 | 5,937 | 23902259 |
| 267832 | Feb 26, 1985 | Feb 26, 1985 | Oil Well Buyers Corp. | Chambers | Connerly, Josephine #1 | 8,600 | 07131235 |
| 218889 | Oct 27, 1983 | Oct 27, 1983 | Oil Well Buyers Corp. | Chambers | Doornbos, C. #6 | 8,700 | 07131124 |
| 141503 | Nov 24, 1981 | Nov 24, 1981 | Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Houston | Chambers | Connerly, Josephine #2 | 8,700 | 07131280 |
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/620960, documented in the API reference.