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OPERATORS · RRC 671842  · P-5 STATUS Y

Porter, James W. Special

Blanco, TX

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Porter, James W. Special has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 21, 2025.

The RRC wellbore file lists 131 wells under its operatorship (28 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 37.2K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 5% on the year before.

It holds 1 active disposal or injection permit, injecting 64.1K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

91 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1996; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
-100%
vs prior 12 months (2)
0
counties, 12 months
28
producing wells, of 131 of record
4
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.

86%
spud rate · 78 of 91 mature permits
96
median days permit to spud · middle half 48–156
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
13
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 30 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 3 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 6

0122025

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Hardin county →—91128Aug 21, 2025

All 91 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
Miocene (undifferentiated)160
Caprock30

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 →

37.2K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+5%
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
1.39M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 37,210 · prior 12 35,533(+5%)

02K4K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

131
on the schedule
28
producing
0
shut in
1
injection
0
temp. abandoned
90
plugged

How it got them

65
permitted itself
17
acquired from others
10
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

1
active UIC permits of 1
1K
permitted bbl/day, active
64.1K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Hardin1 active1K 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
Drill0290
Reenter001

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
Batson Old612900112828
Porter(harwell)7245030020
Green Branch (3300)3665250010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jun 4, 2026
Oil operator
Address
3598 Kendalia RD
Blanco, TX 78606
(512) 669-3761
Officers and agents
J. Michael Porter Management, LL · General Partner,partner
Porter, James Michael · Managing Member,partner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
909964Aug 21, 2025Aug 21, 2025Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3391,20019933642
909963Aug 21, 2025Aug 21, 2025Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3381,20019933643
881855Jul 7, 2022Jul 7, 2022Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3381,20019933643
881745Jul 1, 2022Jul 1, 2022Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3391,20019933642
878143Mar 25, 2022Mar 25, 2022Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3371,20019933637
878140Mar 22, 2022Mar 22, 2022Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3361,20019933636
871549Jul 28, 2021Jul 28, 2021Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3351,00019933633
866019Nov 16, 2020Nov 16, 2020Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3341,20019933631
866018Nov 16, 2020Nov 16, 2020Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3331,20019933630
860640Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWing, Wilson D. #3321,20019933627
847104Nov 27, 2018Nov 27, 2018Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWilson D. Wing #3311,11019933567
847102Nov 27, 2018Nov 27, 2018Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWilson D. Wing #3301,11019933566
847100Nov 27, 2018Nov 27, 2018Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWilson D. Wing #3291,11019933563
847074Nov 27, 2018Nov 27, 2018Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWilson D. Wing #3281,11019933565
818227Sep 16, 2016Sep 16, 2016Porter, James W. SpecialHardinWilson D. Wing #3311,11019933567

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.

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