OPERATORS · RRC 72587 · P-5 STATUS Y
Bitter Creek Petroleum Co.
Knox City, TX
Watch this operatorBitter Creek Petroleum CO. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months.
The RRC wellbore file lists 66 wells under its operatorship.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 66 of record
- 29
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026
Where
No permits on file under this operator number. Counties of its wells of record, from the RRC wellbore file.
| County | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Knox county → | 37 | — |
| Baylor county → | 20 | — |
| Haskell county → | 5 | — |
| Jones county → | 3 | — |
| Throckmorton county → | 1 | — |
All 0 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 |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
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
- 73.6K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 66
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 61
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 37
- acquired from others
- 0
- 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
| Knox | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Baylor | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Jones | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Shackelford | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baylor County Regular6334001 | 20 | 0 |
| Voss (Tannehill)94136333 | 13 | 0 |
| Goree35983001 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby B (Tann)10056500 | 5 | 0 |
| Ajax (Tannehill)933500 | 3 | 0 |
| Haskell County Regular39583001 | 3 | 0 |
| Jones County Regular47113001 | 3 | 0 |
| Reed (Tannehill Upper)75511750 | 2 | 0 |
| Knox City NW. (Tannehill)50011500 | 2 | 0 |
| Reed (Tannehill)75511250 | 2 | 0 |
| Styles (Tannehill)86840450 | 2 | 0 |
| Humphrey-Chapman43543001 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 4, 2026
- Oil operator
- Address
- P O Box 604
- Knox City, TX 79529
- (940) 203-2398
- Officers and agents
- Rizan, Jules D. · Texas Resident Agent
- Rizan, Jules D. · President,secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410071 | Mar 23, 1993 | Mar 23, 1993 | Palmer, James W. | Knox | Styles #5 | 2,200 | 27532028 |
| 395437 | Dec 27, 1991 | Dec 27, 1991 | Geonatural Resources, Inc. | Jones | Cox #G 1C | 4,000 | 25333965 |
| 373962 | Jun 5, 1990 | Jun 5, 1990 | Palmer, James W. | Knox | Styles #2 | 2,200 | 27531958 |
| 366397 | Nov 15, 1989 | Nov 15, 1989 | Delong, Lawrence H & Assoc Inc. | Haskell | East Canyon #1 | 2,600 | 20732040 |
| 366397 | Nov 15, 1989 | Nov 15, 1989 | Delong, Lawrence H & Assoc Inc. | Haskell | East Canyon #1H | 2,600 | 20732040 |
| 366270 | Nov 3, 1989 | Nov 3, 1989 | Palmer, James W. | Knox | Styles #1 | 2,200 | 27531933 |
| 366270 | Nov 3, 1989 | Nov 3, 1989 | Palmer, James W. | Knox | Styles #1 | 2,200 | 27531933 |
| 366270 | Nov 3, 1989 | Nov 3, 1989 | Palmer, James W. | Knox | Styles #1 | 2,200 | 27531933 |
| 356396 | Feb 28, 1989 | Feb 28, 1989 | Felderhoff Production Co. | Knox | Michels #2 | 2,500 | 27531911 |
| 348894 | Jul 14, 1988 | Jul 14, 1988 | Paschal Petroleum, Inc. | Haskell | Chapman, Jack #1 | 2,999 | 20731961 |
| 348715 | Jul 13, 1988 | Jul 13, 1988 | Felderhoff Production Co. | Knox | Michels #1 | 2,500 | 27531889 |
| 346677 | May 20, 1988 | May 20, 1988 | McMahon-Bullington Drilling Co. | Knox | Freeman, W. H. #2 | 2,300 | 27531883 |
| 341845 | Jan 26, 1988 | Jan 26, 1988 | McMahon-Bullington Drilling Co. | Knox | Freeman, W. H. #1 | 2,300 | 27531868 |
| 341845 | Jan 26, 1988 | Jan 26, 1988 | McMahon-Bullington Drilling Co. | Knox | Freeman, W. H. #1 | 2,300 | 27531868 |
| 336068 | Sep 22, 1987 | Sep 22, 1987 | Delong, Lawrence H & Assoc Inc. | Haskell | Chapman #1 | 4,300 | 20731897 |
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/72587, documented in the API reference.