OPERATORS · RRC 69160 · P-5 STATUS Y

Big "6" Drilling Co

Houston, TX

Big "6" Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 12, 1999.

The RRC wellbore file lists 6 wells under its operatorship.

21 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2019.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 6 of record
2: 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.

29%: spud rate · 6 of 21 mature permits
13: median days permit to spud · middle half 7–17
0: spuds, last 180 days
5%: cancelled · 1 permits
14: expired undrilled
1: permits a year over 22 active years

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
Colorado county →	—	5	0	Jun 8, 1990
Ector county →	—	4	1	Nov 12, 1999
Newton county →	—	3	2	Dec 28, 1992
Victoria county →	—	3	0	May 23, 1980
Jackson county →	—	2	1	Jan 26, 1978
Brazoria county →	—	1	0	Aug 18, 1986
Guadalupe county →	—	1	0	Feb 2, 1981
Lavaca county →	—	1	0	Jul 23, 1980
Tyler county →	—	1	0	May 10, 1988

All 21 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
Ellenburger	2	0
San Andres	2	0
Strawn	2	0
Yegua	1	0
Grayburg	1	0
Canyon	1	0
Wilcox	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 →

0: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
726K: 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

6: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
4: plugged

How it got them

3: permitted itself
0: acquired from others
6: 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 2
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Ector

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
Recompletion	0	0	11
Drill	0	0	9
Other	0	0	1

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
Camptown W. (5630)15197500	2	0
Stacy (Olmos -A-)85457500	2	0
Babb (6500)4877600	1	0
Harper (Strawn)39176830	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Oct 4, 2019

Address: 7500 San Felipe Ste 250; Houston, TX 77063; (713) 783-2300

Officers and agents: Stone, Michael D. · Texas Resident Agent; Stone, Michael D. · President; Burnett, Jack C. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
489095	Nov 12, 1999	Nov 12, 1999	Big "6" Drilling Company	Ector	Fraser, George C. "B" #7	12,175	13530434
407489	Dec 28, 1992	Dec 28, 1992	Big "6" Drilling Company	Newton	Dyer, C.A. -A- #2	7,400	35130557
404453	Oct 14, 1992	Oct 14, 1992	Big "6" Drilling Company	Newton	Dyer, C. A. -A- #1	7,322	35130061
374124	Jun 8, 1990	Jun 8, 1990	Big "6" Drilling Company	Colorado	Walker, Virginia A. #1	10,000	08931775
364055	Sep 19, 1989	Sep 19, 1989	Big "6" Drilling Company	Colorado	Walker, Virginia A. #1	10,000	08931775
351194	Sep 15, 1988	Sep 15, 1988	Big "6" Drilling Company	Colorado	Glasscock Unit #1	10,100	08931706
346334	May 10, 1988	May 10, 1988	Big "6" Drilling Company	Tyler	Exxon Fee #1	10,500	45730425
337954	Oct 27, 1987	Oct 27, 1987	Big "6" Drilling Company	Colorado	Glasscock Unit #1	10,100	08931706
337954	Oct 27, 1987	Oct 27, 1987	Big "6" Drilling Company	Colorado	Glasscock Unit #1	10,100	08931706
305303	Aug 18, 1986	Aug 18, 1986	Big "6" Drilling Company	Brazoria	Bernand Unit #4	8,650	03900900
219923	Nov 4, 1983	Nov 4, 1983	Big "6" Drilling Company	Newton	Dyer, C. A. #2	7,315	35130060
155648	Apr 1, 1982	Apr 1, 1982	Big "6" Drilling Company	Ector	Fraser, Geo. C. "B" #8	4,200	13533911
154418	Mar 24, 1982	Mar 24, 1982	Big "6" Drilling Company	Ector	Fraser, Geo. C. "A" #8	4,200	13533900
143376	Dec 9, 1981	Dec 9, 1981	Big "6" Drilling Company	Ector	Fraser, Geo. C. -A- #7	4,345	13510064
107287	Feb 2, 1981	Feb 2, 1981	Big "6" Drilling Company	Guadalupe	Tschoepe, Fritz #1	1,765	18731443

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/69160, documented in the API reference.