OPERATORS · RRC 646680  · P-5 STATUS Y

Payne, W. C

Nichols Hill, OK

Watch this operator

Payne, W. C has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 27, 2004.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.

11 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 5, 2005.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 1 of record
1
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.

55%
spud rate · 6 of 11 mature permits
27
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–58
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
5
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 22 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Hemphill county →—70Jan 27, 2004
Hansford county →—21Jan 13, 1993
Montague county →—20Dec 9, 1993

All 11 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
Morrow20
Granite Wash20
Cleveland10
Douglas10
Tonkawa10
Atoka10

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
251
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

1
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
1
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
5
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

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
Drill0011

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
Spearman East (Atoka)8500020010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Aug 5, 2005
Address
7005 N Robinson
Nichols Hill, OK 73116
Officers and agents
Allspaugh, Roger J. · Texas Resident Agent
Payne, William Carlos · Owner
Robins, Raymond E. · Controller
Payne, William Gordon · Manager

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
541137Jan 27, 2004Jan 27, 2004Payne, W. C.HemphillYoung #206613,60021132919
518215Mar 11, 2002Mar 11, 2002Payne, W. C.HemphillMahler 'A' #213810,70021132589
418765Dec 9, 1993Dec 9, 1993Payne, W. C.MontagueMoore #16,50033732961
418765Dec 9, 1993Dec 9, 1993Payne, W. C.MontagueMoore #16,50033732961
407271Jan 13, 1993Jan 13, 1993Payne, W. C.HansfordSisters #18,15019531169
407271Jan 13, 1993Jan 13, 1993Payne, W. C.HansfordSisters #18,15019531169
299732Mar 17, 1986Mar 17, 1986Payne, W. C.HemphillYoung #106613,30021131760
267134Feb 19, 1985Feb 19, 1985Payne, W. C.HemphillWebb "B" #118810,60021131750
260244Dec 7, 1984Dec 7, 1984Payne, W. C.HemphillWebb "A" #118810,60021131733
240504May 30, 1984May 30, 1984Payne, W. C.HemphillWebb #112510,60021131690
176882Nov 8, 1982Nov 8, 1982Payne, W. C.HemphillMahler #1-13810,60021131542

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/646680, documented in the API reference.