OPERATORS · RRC 72480 · P-5 STATUS Y
Bishop, D. L
Midland, TX
Watch this operatorBishop, D. L has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 20, 1990.
The RRC wellbore file lists 9 wells under its operatorship.
46 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 2, 2012.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 9 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.
- 52%
- spud rate · 24 of 46 mature permits
- 40
- median days permit to spud · middle half 18–73
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 2%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 21
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett county → | — | 21 | 0 | Aug 26, 1985 |
| Mitchell county → | — | 13 | 0 | Sep 20, 1990 |
| Reagan county → | — | 6 | 0 | Sep 24, 1981 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 2 | 0 | Mar 9, 1981 |
| Upton county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 7, 1983 |
| Scurry county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 20, 1983 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 6, 1981 |
All 46 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grayburg | 4 | 0 |
| Seven Rivers | 3 | 0 |
| Queen | 3 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 1 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 1 | 0 |
| Yates | 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
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 702K
- 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
- 9
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 5
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 30
- 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 3
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brown & Thorp (Clear Fork)12448200 | 8 | 0 |
| Donnelly North (Grayburg)25349500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Nov 2, 2012
- Address
- P O Box 2698
- Midland, TX 79702
- (432) 682-6297
- Officers and agents
- Bishop, Don L. · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 378055 | Sep 20, 1990 | Sep 20, 1990 | Bishop, D. L. | Mitchell | Jackson "A" #6 | 3,100 | 33533553 |
| 283387 | Aug 26, 1985 | Aug 26, 1985 | Bishop, D. L. | Crockett | University "44-11" #1 | 1,900 | 10534900 |
| 253580 | Oct 5, 1984 | Oct 5, 1984 | Bishop, D. L. | Mitchell | Powell "B" #1 | 3,000 | 33532846 |
| 250691 | Sep 7, 1984 | Sep 7, 1984 | Bishop, D. L. | Crockett | Weger Unit #711 | 2,650 | 10534892 |
| 202185 | Jul 20, 1983 | Jul 20, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Scurry | Marr, C. C. #4 | 3,500 | 41532472 |
| 200722 | Jul 7, 1983 | Jul 7, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Crockett | Weger Unit #711 | 2,650 | 10534892 |
| 200710 | Jul 7, 1983 | Jul 7, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Upton | Starnes & Fowler #8 | 2,650 | 46132047 |
| 200709 | Jul 7, 1983 | Jul 7, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Upton | Starnes & Fowler #7 | 2,650 | 46132046 |
| 200706 | Jul 7, 1983 | Jul 7, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Crockett | Weger Unit #709 | 2,650 | 10534526 |
| 200705 | Jul 7, 1983 | Jul 7, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Crockett | Weger Unit #710 | 2,650 | 10534525 |
| 200384 | Jul 6, 1983 | Jul 6, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Mitchell | Mobil #2 | 3,350 | 33532575 |
| 200358 | Jul 5, 1983 | Jul 5, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Mitchell | Powell #3 | 3,000 | 33532846 |
| 198251 | Apr 29, 1983 | Apr 29, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Crockett | Weger Unit #1112 | 2,650 | 10534503 |
| 193130 | Apr 29, 1983 | Apr 29, 1983 | Bishop, D. L. | Crockett | Weger Unit #1111 | 2,650 | 10534467 |
| 179185 | Dec 3, 1982 | Dec 3, 1982 | Bishop, D. L. | Crockett | Bush-Shannon #1 | 2,526 | 10534264 |
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/72480, documented in the API reference.