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OPERATORS · RRC 681900  · P-5 STATUS Y

Prudential Drilling Co

The Woodlands, TX

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Prudential Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 13, 1985.

The RRC wellbore file lists 80 wells under its operatorship.

40 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 15, 1987.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 80 of record
0
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.

43%
spud rate · 17 of 40 mature permits
21
median days permit to spud · middle half 4–51
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
23
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 9 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Chambers county →—2124Jul 26, 1983
Jefferson county →—919Dec 21, 1984
Brazoria county →—20Nov 13, 1985
Galveston county →—20Jul 23, 1985
Tyler county →—211Jul 9, 1984
Bee county →—10May 7, 1985
Colorado county →—10Dec 3, 1984
Liberty county →—10Nov 13, 1985
Newton county →—14Apr 30, 1984

All 40 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
Frio40
Miocene (undifferentiated)30
Yegua20
Jackson10
Vicksburg10

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 →

0
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

80
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
22
plugged

How it got them

3
permitted itself
5
acquired from others
12
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

Jefferson0 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
Drill0036
Recompletion004

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
Port Arthur (-C-)7239841630
Village Mills (Wilcox 3RD)9383162520
Cooks Lake (5550)2036466620
Drakes Branch W. (Wilcox 3RD)2606480020
Port Arthur (-D-)7239846820
Port Arthur (-E-)7239852020
Drakes Branch E.(cockfield 2ND)2605966620
Cooks Lake (Frio 7350)2036433320
Devillier (Vicksburg)2443350020
Drakes Branch W. (Wilcox 1ST)2606460020
Goodwin West (Quinn)3585450020
Wildcat600120

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 15, 1987
Address
2203 Timberloch PL #128
The Woodlands, TX 77380
Officers and agents
Walling, Richard · Vice President
Newton, Albert H "AL" · President/Ceo
Hodges, Edward G. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
638018May 7, 2007May 7, 2007Elliott Oil & Gas Operating Co.ChambersKahla-Jones #19,00007103282
638018May 7, 2007May 7, 2007Elliott Oil & Gas Operating Co.ChambersKahla-Jones #16,70007103282
535872Oct 10, 2003Oct 10, 2003Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Hooks Unit #16,08045730091
517429Feb 13, 2002Feb 13, 2002Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #17,34545730061
497412Jul 25, 2000Jul 25, 2000Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #17,34545730061
486379Aug 13, 1999Aug 13, 1999Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Hooks Unit #15,31845730091
475637May 4, 1998May 4, 1998Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #17,34545730061
470981Dec 17, 1997Dec 17, 1997Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Hooks Unit #16,08045730091
468420Oct 10, 1997Oct 10, 1997Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #17,34545730061
430636Jan 3, 1995Jan 3, 1995Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #17,34545730061
419285Jan 5, 1994Jan 5, 1994Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #26,07045730068
407871Jan 28, 1993Jan 28, 1993Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Hooks Oil Unit #16,08045730091
290107Nov 13, 1985Nov 13, 1985Prudential Drilling CompanyLibertyDaniel, Price et AL #111,50029131956
289856Nov 13, 1985Nov 13, 1985Prudential Drilling CompanyBrazoriaNiems, L. H. #111,80003932108
280819Jul 23, 1985Jul 23, 1985Prudential Drilling CompanyGalvestonState Tract 311 #117,50016731070

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/681900, documented in the API reference.