OPERATORS · RRC 671840 · P-5 STATUS Y
Porter, James W
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorPorter, James W has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 18, 1984.
51 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 10, 1994.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 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.
- 25%
- spud rate · 13 of 51 mature permits
- 43
- median days permit to spud · middle half 13–65
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 2%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 37
- expired undrilled
- 6
- permits a year over 8 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 51 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) | 3 | 0 |
| Frio | 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 →
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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
- 35.7K
- 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
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 25
- 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 10, 1994
- Address
- P O Box 40726
- Houston, TX 77240
- Officers and agents
- Porter, James W. · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254867 | Oct 18, 1984 | Oct 18, 1984 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Choate Fee #19 | 2,450 | 19932193 |
| 254866 | Oct 18, 1984 | Oct 18, 1984 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Choate Fee #21 | 2,800 | 19932192 |
| 166615 | Jul 20, 1982 | Jul 20, 1982 | Porter, James W. | Jasper | Brown, George W. #1 | 1,327 | 24130340 |
| 128534 | Aug 4, 1981 | Aug 4, 1981 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Choate Fee #8 | 3,136 | 19901067 |
| 124814 | Jul 10, 1981 | Jul 10, 1981 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Choate Fee #7 | 3,060 | 19901066 |
| 118317 | May 18, 1981 | May 18, 1981 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Wing, Wilson D. #221 | 1,123 | 19903394 |
| 115967 | Apr 24, 1981 | Apr 24, 1981 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Choate Fee #10 | 2,692 | 19901069 |
| 115965 | Apr 24, 1981 | Apr 24, 1981 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Choate Fee #4 | 2,992 | 19901063 |
| 113806 | Apr 1, 1981 | Apr 1, 1981 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Wing, Wilson D. #221 | 1,123 | 19903394 |
| 107711 | Feb 5, 1981 | Feb 5, 1981 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Wing, Wilson D. #261 | 1,350 | 19931557 |
| 101968 | Dec 12, 1980 | Dec 12, 1980 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Wing, Wilson D. #260 | 1,300 | 19931508 |
| 89786 | Aug 14, 1980 | Aug 14, 1980 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Choate Fee #18 | 2,400 | 19931480 |
| 89784 | Aug 14, 1980 | Aug 14, 1980 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Choate Fee #17 | 2,800 | 19931479 |
| 89782 | Aug 14, 1980 | Aug 14, 1980 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Wing, Wilson D. #259 | 2,250 | 19931478 |
| 89778 | Aug 14, 1980 | Aug 14, 1980 | Porter, James W. | Hardin | Wing, Wilson D. #258 | 2,300 | 19931477 |
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/671840, documented in the API reference.