OPERATORS · RRC 637969  · P-5 STATUS Y

Panhandle Drilling Co

Wellington, TX

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Panhandle Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 16, 1985.

35 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 13, 1989.

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permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
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counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 0 of record
0
leases it reports
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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.

66%
spud rate · 23 of 35 mature permits
9
median days permit to spud · middle half 2–28
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
12
expired undrilled
18
permits a year over 2 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Wheeler county →—330Jan 16, 1985
Collingsworth county →—10May 7, 1984
Hutchinson county →—10Dec 22, 1983

All 35 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
Panhandle Lime280
Brown Dolomite270
Granite Wash210
Ellenburger60
Wolfcamp10

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

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

How it got them

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permitted itself
0
acquired from others
28
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

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active UIC permits of 1
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permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Wheeler0 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
Drill0035

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 13, 1989
Address
Box 832
Wellington, TX 79095
Officers and agents
Spillman, Bill · President
Spillman, Norma · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
264283Jan 16, 1985Jan 16, 1985Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerSpain #12,20048331246
262760Dec 28, 1984Dec 28, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerFitzgerald, A. #12,40048331244
260806Dec 10, 1984Dec 10, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerEvans #32,40048331241
260045Dec 6, 1984Dec 6, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerRuth Ann #32,40048331240
259045Nov 28, 1984Nov 28, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerLaycock #52,40048331239
257806Nov 15, 1984Nov 15, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerLaycock #D42,35048331238
257509Nov 12, 1984Nov 12, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerLaycock #D32,35048331236
256634Nov 5, 1984Nov 5, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerLaycock #D22,35048331231
255671Oct 25, 1984Oct 25, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerLaycock #D 12,35048331230
251683Sep 18, 1984Sep 18, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerLaycock #82,30048331227
249594Aug 27, 1984Aug 27, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerLocke #8M2,30048331223
249593Aug 27, 1984Aug 27, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerLaycock #72,30048331222
248543Aug 15, 1984Aug 15, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerBeau #22,40048331207
248032Aug 13, 1984Aug 13, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerTindal #42,40048331218
244254Jul 5, 1984Jul 5, 1984Panhandle Drilling CompanyWheelerPayne #12,30048331213

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/637969, documented in the API reference.