OPERATORS · RRC 66005 · P-5 STATUS Y
Bentley & Laing
Wichita Falls, TX
Watch this operatorBentley & Laing has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 19, 1992.
The RRC wellbore file lists 7 wells under its operatorship.
59 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 27, 1992.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 7 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.
- 49%
- spud rate · 29 of 59 mature permits
- 20
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–34
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 2%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 29
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concho county → | — | 33 | 3 | May 19, 1992 |
| Wichita county → | — | 11 | 2 | Jun 3, 1988 |
| Jones county → | — | 10 | 0 | Aug 16, 1984 |
| Clay county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 13, 1983 |
| Cooke county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jul 29, 1991 |
| Grayson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 16, 1982 |
| Scurry county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 16, 1980 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 26, 1983 |
All 59 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | 4 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 3 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 2 | 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
- 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
- 7
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 5
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 2
- acquired from others
- 42
- 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 9
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Other | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Speck South (Strawn C-1)85076750 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob-K NW. (Hudspeth -G-)10021600 | 1 | 0 |
| K-M-A47902001 | 1 | 0 |
| K-M-A (1600)47902845 | 1 | 0 |
| Old Glory NW. (Bend Congl.)66968333 | 1 | 0 |
| Werner (King Sd.)96392750 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 27, 1992
- Address
- P O Box 4625
- Wichita Falls, TX 76308
- Officers and agents
- Laing, Carroll B. · Partner
- Bentley, Doyle · Partner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 399068 | May 19, 1992 | May 19, 1992 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor, V. "A" #A3 | 4,000 | 09531101 |
| 399067 | May 12, 1992 | May 12, 1992 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor-Caffey A #4 | 2,400 | 09531461 |
| 395224 | Dec 27, 1991 | Dec 27, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor, Vanie #7 | 2,400 | 09531431 |
| 392771 | Oct 28, 1991 | Oct 28, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Henderson A #2 | 4,200 | 09531406 |
| 392245 | Sep 30, 1991 | Sep 30, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor Caffey A #3 | 2,400 | 09531395 |
| 391943 | Sep 20, 1991 | Sep 20, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor B #3 | 2,350 | 09531393 |
| 391302 | Aug 29, 1991 | Aug 29, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Spiser, G.H. #4 | 2,320 | 09510210 |
| 390738 | Aug 12, 1991 | Aug 12, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor-Caffey A #2 | 2,300 | 09531375 |
| 390277 | Jul 29, 1991 | Jul 29, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Cooke | Murrell, S.F. #8 | 2,250 | 09733148 |
| 390079 | Jul 24, 1991 | Jul 24, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Henderson A #1 | 2,450 | 09531356 |
| 388243 | May 28, 1991 | May 28, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor, V. D #6 | 2,300 | 09531320 |
| 387827 | May 16, 1991 | May 16, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor, V. D #1A | 4,000 | 09531317 |
| 387827 | May 16, 1991 | May 16, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor, V. D #1A | 4,000 | 09531317 |
| 387075 | Apr 25, 1991 | Apr 25, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor, V. D #5 | 2,300 | 09531312 |
| 386715 | Apr 18, 1991 | Apr 18, 1991 | Bentley & Laing | Concho | Armor, V. D #4 | 2,300 | 09531302 |
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/66005, documented in the API reference.