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OPERATORS · RRC 677770  · P-5 STATUS Y

Prime Oper Co

Midland, TX · most active in Polk County

Watch this operator

Prime Oper CO was issued 1 drilling permit in the past 12 months, after a quiet prior year, all in Polk County. 0% were horizontal.

None were issued in the past 90 days.

The RRC wellbore file lists 966 wells under its operatorship (281 producing, 22 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 307K barrels of oil and 1.2M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 24% on the year before.

It holds 10 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 7.2M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

595 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1992; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.

1
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
1
counties, 12 months
281
producing wells, of 966 of record
412
leases it reports
0%
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.

77%
spud rate · 458 of 595 mature permits
41
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–115
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
137
expired undrilled
18
permits a year over 34 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 6 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 6

01202320242026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Polk county →16154Feb 6, 2026
Reagan county →—262293Oct 13, 2022
Dimmit county →—35283Nov 30, 2016
Colorado county →—259Jul 28, 2009
Newton county →—2414Jul 19, 2018
Calhoun county →—228Mar 10, 2017
Martin county →—2282Sep 13, 2016
Midland county →—1910Sep 10, 2013
Leon county →—1812Feb 15, 2011
Bee county →—141Jan 15, 2009
Duval county →—1023Oct 30, 2014
Matagorda county →—100Sep 2, 1998
Walker county →—103Dec 4, 2006
Gaines county →—70Oct 15, 2007
Maverick county →—78Jul 14, 1994
Grimes county →—52Aug 15, 2012
Chambers county →—41Jan 8, 2021
Crockett county →—421Jul 15, 1999
San Jacinto county →—41Oct 19, 2007
DE Witt county →—31Jun 20, 2001
Jim Hogg county →—31Sep 24, 2014
Upton county →—392Mar 28, 2016
Webb county →—38Aug 4, 2000
Wilbarger county →—30Jul 12, 1993
Harris county →—20Jan 16, 2003
Liberty county →—20Sep 27, 2002
Pecos county →—21Dec 3, 2001
Victoria county →—20Feb 15, 1996
Cherokee county →—10Dec 12, 1994
Fort Bend county →—10Apr 11, 1997
Houston county →—10Jul 3, 2012
Montgomery county →—10Jul 30, 2003
Schleicher county →—11Dec 8, 1994
Waller county →—10Jun 24, 2003
Young county →—12Mar 14, 1994
Zapata county →—10Jul 12, 2000
Zavala county →—11Jul 11, 2001

All 595 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
Spraberry1880
Wolfcamp1860
Dean1700
Strawn540
Cline350
Yegua301
Olmos290
Bend270
San Miguel270
Miocene (undifferentiated)250
Escondido230
Frio211
Wilcox211
Jackson200
San Andres180

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 →

307K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-24%
vs the 12 months before
1.2M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
21.3M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 307,187 · prior 12 404,806(-24%)

020K40K60K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 1,200,410 · prior 12 1,304,178(-8%)

050K100K150K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

966
on the schedule
281
producing
22
shut in
5
injection
0
temp. abandoned
616
plugged

How it got them

275
permitted itself
563
acquired from others
55
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

10
active UIC permits of 37
84.3K
permitted bbl/day, active
7.2M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Reagan4 active51.5K bbl/d
Martin1 active20K bbl/d
Polk3 active7K bbl/d
Newton1 active5K bbl/d
Midland1 active800 bbl/d
Dimmit0 active0 bbl/d
Chambers0 active0 bbl/d
Crockett0 active0 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
Recompletion10172
Drill00409
Reenter0013
Field transfer001

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
Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300464257
Hugh Fitzsimmons (San Miguel)433056662800
EL Mesquite (5200)28054730200
Holt Ranch (Ellenburger)42341500200
Segno Deep82141001174
Segno82140001110
Segno South (Wilcox)8214511083
Panhandle Gray County Field6887300170
Alabama Ferry (Glenrose D West)103210070
Hugh Fitzsimons (Olmos)4330533360
Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc8527920166
Powderhorn South (4650)7278530050

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 4, 2025
CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
3300 N. "a" Street Ste 238 Building 1
Midland, TX 79705
(800) 310-3434
Officers and agents
Drimal, Charles E. Jr. · Director,president
Cummings, Beverly A. · Director,secretary,treasurer,vic

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
913208Feb 6, 2026Feb 6, 2026Prime Operating CompanyPolkWing, Sarah F. #809,51237330809
903221Oct 16, 2024Oct 16, 2024Prime Operating CompanyPolkWing, Sarah F. #1611,70037331308
892429Aug 2, 2023Aug 2, 2023Prime Operating CompanyPolkWing, Sarah F. #411,63037331159
889925Apr 25, 2023Apr 25, 2023Prime Operating CompanyPolkWing, Sarah F. #411,63037331159
880709Oct 13, 2022Oct 13, 2022Prime Operating CompanyReaganHunt #170810,99238337103
880707Jul 15, 2022Jul 15, 2022Prime Operating CompanyReaganHunt #171110,86038337088
866439Jan 8, 2021Jan 8, 2021Prime Operating CompanyChambersDaugherty-Harmsen Unit #28,24907132411
866500Dec 15, 2020Dec 15, 2020Prime Operating CompanyPolkWing, Sarah F. #858,61637330862
846878Nov 19, 2018Nov 19, 2018Prime Operating CompanyChambersDaugherty #110,10007132388
844807Sep 19, 2018Sep 19, 2018Prime Operating CompanyPolkWing, Sarah F. #848,41237330869
842499Jul 19, 2018Jul 19, 2018Prime Operating CompanyNewtonAdirondack Timber #110,90035130816
828502Jul 13, 2017Jul 13, 2017Prime Operating CompanyNewtonMel K #1A11,43835100503
822626Mar 10, 2017Mar 10, 2017Prime Operating CompanyCalhounDegolyer #96,10005731552
822626Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017Prime Operating CompanyCalhounDegolyer #96,10005731552
822104Jan 23, 2017Jan 23, 2017Prime Operating CompanyChambersDaugherty #110,10007132388

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/677770, documented in the API reference.