Petrora

OPERATORS · RRC 68610  · P-5 STATUS Y

BHP Petro (Americas) Inc

Houston, TX

Watch this operator

Bhp Petro (Americas) Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 8, 1993.

The RRC wellbore file lists 37 wells under its operatorship.

142 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 14, 2000.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 37 of record
30
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 · 43 of 142 mature permits
14
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–24
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
99
expired undrilled
10
permits a year over 14 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Reagan county →—3922Apr 10, 1992
Garza county →—150Sep 23, 1992
Upton county →—91Dec 2, 1991
DE Witt county →—70Oct 24, 1989
Liberty county →—70Jul 8, 1993
Ward county →—51Jul 16, 1991
Yoakum county →—53Sep 4, 1987
Borden county →—41Dec 4, 1986
Harris county →—40Feb 9, 1989
Jefferson county →—40Oct 30, 1992
Brazos-LB county →—30Mar 20, 1992
Crockett county →—30Aug 15, 1990
Duval county →—30Sep 17, 1991
Hansford county →—30Jan 17, 1992
Irion county →—30Mar 18, 1992
Matgrda IS-SB county →—30May 29, 1990
Mustang IS-LB county →—31May 2, 1989
Frio county →—21Apr 21, 1989
Gaines county →—20Dec 27, 1985
LA Salle county →—21Jan 8, 1986
McMullen county →—20Jul 6, 1988
Sutton county →—20May 26, 1989
Victoria county →—20Jan 13, 1988
Wharton county →—20Dec 18, 1991
Bee county →—12May 26, 1988
Coke county →—10Aug 22, 1985
Gregg county →—10Dec 19, 1985
Hemphill county →—10Jan 4, 1988
Karnes county →—10Jun 4, 1990
Starr county →—10May 14, 1990
Waller county →—10Sep 11, 1985
Winkler county →—10Oct 3, 1991

All 142 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
Dean310
Spraberry180
Wolfcamp150
San Andres130
Yates70
Strawn60
Ellenburger50
Frio50
Yegua50
Vicksburg40
Jackson40
Jo Mill40
Anahuac30
Wilcox20
Rustler20

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
—
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
1.48M
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

37
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
23
plugged

How it got them

7
permitted itself
8
acquired from others
80
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 15
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Smith0 active0 bbl/d
Cochran0 active0 bbl/d
Harris0 active0 bbl/d
Jefferson0 active0 bbl/d
Gregg0 active0 bbl/d
Garza0 active0 bbl/d
Bee0 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
Drill00123
Recompletion0015
Field transfer002
Other001
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
Calvin (Dean)14937333220
Brahaney (Miss.)1130833330
Blanconia (4100 Sinton)879453210
Dick Richardson (Capps Lime)2463218010
Gomez (Queen)3570850010
Mustang Isl. 750-L (Marg Tex 10)6412550010
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)6998112510
Pearsall (Navarro Sand)6998150010
Pegasus (Spraberry)7027975010
Smiley SE (Austin Chalk)8425350010
Taurus (Ellenburger)8846550010
Bethany NE. (Lime 3850)753042610

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Apr 14, 2000
Address
Attn Reg Dept 1360 Post Oak Blvd 500
Houston, TX 77056
Officers and agents
Bowden, Jon M. · Texas Resident Agent
Paver, Howold · Director/Ceo/President
Weill, Michael A. · Director/Vice President/Chairman
Wirth, Bernard A. · Director/Vice President
BHP Holdings (Operations) Inc. · Owner
Grubbs, R. Kent · Vice President
Killion, Larry D. · Vice President
Sanders, Richard S. · Vice President
All 14 on the P-5 →

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
413655Jul 8, 1993Jul 8, 1993BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.LibertyDavis, W. #113,00029132179
405499Oct 30, 1992Oct 30, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.JeffersonKyle Gas Unit #28,75024531858
403806Sep 23, 1992Sep 23, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.GarzaCrisp, H. N. #2W3,90016933131
403805Sep 23, 1992Sep 23, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.GarzaCrisp, H. N. #1W3,90016933130
402472Aug 18, 1992Aug 18, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.LibertyPoole, V. #113,00029132158
402472Aug 18, 1992Aug 18, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.LibertyPoole, V. #113,00029132158
399047May 6, 1992May 6, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.LibertyVan Deventer, L. Q. #113,00029132148
398261Apr 10, 1992Apr 10, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.ReaganGreer, O. L. #15A8,30038334172
397683Mar 20, 1992Mar 20, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.Brazos-LBState Tract 478L #0113,50070430295
396047Mar 18, 1992Mar 18, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.IrionSugg, Ela C. "D" #12,30023500494
395410Jan 17, 1992Jan 17, 1992BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.HansfordClement #18,53319500430
394390Dec 30, 1991Dec 30, 1991BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.ReaganCook, Thomas E. #58,30038334152
395210Dec 18, 1991Dec 18, 1991BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.WhartonBHP/Yuma Wilson, George M Estate #18,50048133553
395210Dec 18, 1991Dec 18, 1991BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.WhartonBHP/Yuma Wilson, George M Estate #18,50048133553
394885Dec 13, 1991Dec 13, 1991BHP Petroleum (Americas) Inc.ReaganRicker, Rupert P. "KO" #128,30038334159

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/68610, documented in the API reference.