OPERATORS · RRC 677741 · P-5 STATUS Y
Primal Engy Corp
The Woodlands, TX
Watch this operatorPrimal Engy Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 16, 2022.
The RRC wellbore file lists 112 wells under its operatorship (52 producing, 1 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 5 barrels of oil and 94.7K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026.
59 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1996; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 52
- producing wells, of 112 of record
- 107
- 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.
- 73%
- spud rate · 43 of 59 mature permits
- 63
- median days permit to spud · middle half 24–90
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 2%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 15
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 27 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 1 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett county → | — | 30 | 73 | Sep 16, 2022 |
| Pecos county → | — | 13 | 34 | Dec 28, 2006 |
| Harris county → | — | 5 | 3 | Aug 10, 2005 |
| Andrews county → | — | 4 | 0 | Apr 28, 1998 |
| Upton county → | — | 4 | 0 | Jan 11, 2013 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 2 | 0 | Feb 26, 2001 |
| Howard county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 2, 2000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 13 | 0 |
| Yates | 10 | 0 |
| Strawn | 5 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 4 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 4 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 3 | 0 |
| Dean | 2 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 2 | 0 |
| Woodford | 1 | 0 |
| San Andres | 1 | 0 |
| Rustler | 1 | 0 |
| Cisco | 1 | 0 |
| Devonian | 1 | 0 |
| Fusselman | 1 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 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 →
- 5
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 94.7K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 749K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 94,749 · prior 12 174,166(-46%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 5 · prior 12 0
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 112
- on the schedule
- 52
- producing
- 1
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 7
- temp. abandoned
- 32
- plugged
How it got them
- 28
- permitted itself
- 72
- acquired from others
- 9
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Pecos | 0 active | 0 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reclass | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| American (Canyon)2328480 | 36 | 31 |
| Leon Valley (Obrien)53235200 | 28 | 0 |
| Ozona (Canyon Sand)67995200 | 21 | 15 |
| MPF (Yates)56294666 | 6 | 0 |
| Read Ranch (Strawn)75029370 | 5 | 5 |
| American (Spraberry B)2328497 | 4 | 0 |
| American (Spraberry D)2328499 | 3 | 0 |
| Pierce Junction71444001 | 2 | 0 |
| American (Spraberry A)2328496 | 1 | 0 |
| Toyah (Penn. 11350)90880500 | 1 | 0 |
| Ingham (Clear Fork)44558350 | 1 | 0 |
| Ingham (Devonian)44558666 | 1 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Feb 4, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 1733 Woodstead Court, #200
- The Woodlands, TX 77380
- (832) 289-2233
- Officers and agents
- Funkhouser, Paul W. · Texas Resident Agent
- Funkhouser, Paul William · President,secretary,ceo
- Heal, Lisa · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 883854 | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | Primal Energy Corporation | Crockett | Hoover 1A #2 | 7,400 | 10533249 |
| 873780 | Oct 22, 2021 | Oct 22, 2021 | Primal Energy Corporation | Crockett | Hoover 3B #3 | 7,700 | 10537017 |
| 752764 | Jan 11, 2013 | Jan 11, 2013 | Primal Energy Corporation | Upton | University 12 #1 | 11,500 | 46134124 |
| 747275 | Sep 18, 2012 | Sep 18, 2012 | Primal Energy Corporation | Upton | University 12 #1 | 11,500 | 46134124 |
| 628763 | Dec 28, 2006 | Dec 28, 2006 | Primal Energy Corporation | Pecos | State University a & D #14 | 3,000 | 37135023 |
| 628762 | Dec 28, 2006 | Dec 28, 2006 | Primal Energy Corporation | Pecos | State University a & D #9 | 2,800 | 37134474 |
| 604713 | Aug 10, 2005 | Aug 10, 2005 | Primal Energy Corporation | Harris | E.R. Taylor #4 | 2,600 | 20132732 |
| 560920 | Apr 26, 2005 | Apr 26, 2005 | Primal Energy Corporation | Harris | Taylor, E. R. #3 | 2,700 | 20132717 |
| 548959 | Aug 4, 2004 | Aug 4, 2004 | Primal Energy Corporation | Harris | Taylor, E. R. #2 | 3,000 | 20132695 |
| 540881 | Jan 16, 2004 | Jan 16, 2004 | Primal Energy Corporation | Harris | Taylor, E.R. #106 | 2,750 | 20132520 |
| 539864 | Dec 5, 2003 | Dec 5, 2003 | Primal Energy Corporation | Harris | Taylor, E. R. #105 | 3,000 | 20132462 |
| 536169 | Sep 10, 2003 | Sep 10, 2003 | Primal Energy Corporation | Crockett | Hoover 4 #7 | 7,500 | 10539111 |
| 536167 | Sep 10, 2003 | Sep 10, 2003 | Primal Energy Corporation | Crockett | Dunlap 12 #4 | 4,500 | 10539112 |
| 534898 | Aug 5, 2003 | Aug 5, 2003 | Primal Energy Corporation | Crockett | Hoover 4 #5 | 7,500 | 10539091 |
| 534897 | Aug 5, 2003 | Aug 5, 2003 | Primal Energy Corporation | Crockett | Hoover 3B #7 | 7,500 | 10539092 |
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/677741, documented in the API reference.