OPERATORS · RRC 683540  · P-5 STATUS Y

Putnam, Joe Oil Co

Putnam, Joe Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 8, 1994.

The RRC wellbore file lists 192 wells under its operatorship (1 shut in).

10 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 192 of record
27
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.

30%
spud rate · 3 of 10 mature permits
15
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–15
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
7
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 10 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Throckmorton county →—10192Apr 8, 1994

All 10 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
Mississippian40
Caddo30
Strawn20
Tannehill10

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
6.14K
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

192
on the schedule
0
producing
1
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
166
plugged

How it got them

2
permitted itself
38
acquired from others
4
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 25
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Throckmorton0 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
Drill008
Reenter001
Recompletion001

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 4, 2025
Oil operator
Address
5133 Meadow Dr
Abilene, TX 79606
Officers and agents
Putnam, Joe S · Sole Proprietor

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
450789Jul 29, 1996Jul 29, 1996Cottonwood Petroleum Co.ThrockmortonPutman "M" #24,99944735536
443910Jan 19, 1996Jan 19, 1996Cottonwood Petroleum Co.ThrockmortonPutnam "C" #14,99944735599
443910Jan 19, 1996Jan 19, 1996Cottonwood Petroleum Co.ThrockmortonPutnam "C" #14,99944735599
440292Sep 26, 1995Sep 26, 1995Cottonwood Petroleum Co.ThrockmortonPutnam "B" #14,99944735571
437272Jun 28, 1995Jun 28, 1995Cottonwood Petroleum Co.ThrockmortonPutnam #14,99944735555
432215Jan 26, 1995Jan 26, 1995Cottonwood Petroleum Co.ThrockmortonPutnam "M" #24,99944735536
432215Jan 26, 1995Jan 26, 1995Cottonwood Petroleum Co.ThrockmortonPutnam "M" #24,99944735536
422790Apr 8, 1994Apr 8, 1994Putnam, Joe Oil CompanyThrockmortonPutnam #14,99944734956
418397Nov 22, 1993Nov 22, 1993Central Energy Producing CompanyThrockmortonMatthews, Joe B. #J 381244735096
379469Nov 8, 1990Nov 8, 1990Bearco Operating Co., Inc.ThrockmortonShelton 108 A #41,20044735141
373620May 21, 1990May 21, 1990Central Energy Producing CompanyThrockmortonMatthews, Joe B. #J 385044735096
370573Mar 7, 1990Mar 7, 1990Central Energy Producing CompanyThrockmortonMatthews, Joe B. #J 285044735085
353205Nov 17, 1988Nov 17, 1988Bearco Operating Co., Inc.ThrockmortonShelton, Martha J. #7A98544732717
351228Sep 14, 1988Sep 14, 1988Bearco Operating Co., Inc.ThrockmortonShelton, Martha J. #598544701596
340629Jan 7, 1988Jan 7, 1988Putnam, Joe Oil CompanyThrockmortonPutnam -a- Lease #11B4,60044734829

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/683540, documented in the API reference.