OPERATORS · RRC 635450  · P-5 STATUS Y

Palmer Drilling Co

Wichita Falls, TX

Watch this operator

Palmer Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 10, 1984.

The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.

7 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 22, 1991.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 2 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.

29%
spud rate · 2 of 7 mature permits
25
median days permit to spud · middle half 18–32
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
5
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 7 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Wichita county →—51Feb 10, 1984
Archer county →—10Oct 24, 1977
Cooke county →—10Aug 24, 1983

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 →

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 →

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bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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vs the 12 months before
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mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
0
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
0
acquired from others
1
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 3
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Archer0 active0 bbl/d
Wichita0 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
Drill007

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
Panhandle East6882600110
Wichita County Regular9715500110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 22, 1991
Address
2304 Midwestern PK.#106
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Officers and agents
Palmer, James W. · Partner
Palmer, Roger L. · Partner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
228996Feb 10, 1984Feb 10, 1984Palmer Drilling Co.WichitaWaggoner "J" #351,80048539720
207295Aug 24, 1983Aug 24, 1983Palmer Drilling Co.CookeSarles #12,40009732349
37586Nov 27, 1978Nov 27, 1978Palmer Drilling Co.WichitaJackson, J. L. #473048535252
33196Sep 21, 1978Sep 21, 1978Palmer Drilling Co.WichitaJackson, J. L. #31,00048535102
33195Sep 21, 1978Sep 21, 1978Palmer Drilling Co.WichitaJackson, J. L. #273448535101
24082May 12, 1978May 12, 1978Palmer Drilling Co.WichitaJackson, J. L. Jr. #173648534866
10488Oct 24, 1977Oct 24, 1977Palmer Drilling Co.ArcherBritton, A. D. #265000933068

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/635450, documented in the API reference.