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OPERATORS · RRC 737890  · P-5 STATUS Y

Rutherford Enterprises

Fort Worth, TX

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Rutherford Enterprises has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 29, 2025.

The RRC wellbore file lists 102 wells under its operatorship (21 producing, 5 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 26.9K barrels of oil and 1.26K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 17% on the year before.

It holds 2 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 9.58K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

317 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
-100%
vs prior 12 months (2)
0
counties, 12 months
21
producing wells, of 102 of record
58
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.

57%
spud rate · 182 of 317 mature permits
23
median days permit to spud · middle half 10–48
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
cancelled · 3 permits
132
expired undrilled
7
permits a year over 46 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 2 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 3

0122025

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Ector county →—11554Aug 29, 2025
Andrews county →—535Nov 27, 2001
Jones county →—3010Mar 18, 1993
Haskell county →—286Mar 7, 1985
Winkler county →—2718Mar 18, 1996
Midland county →—110Apr 13, 2015
Nolan county →—102May 15, 1984
Stonewall county →—102Dec 31, 1985
Brazoria county →—71Aug 26, 2010
Gaines county →—41May 2, 2003
Taylor county →—40Aug 23, 1984
Fisher county →—30Oct 14, 1981
Loving county →—30Mar 22, 2006
Runnels county →—20Nov 29, 1982
Shackelford county →—22Jul 14, 1983
Coke county →—10Aug 11, 1981
Crane county →—10Dec 11, 1992
Dickens county →—10Nov 10, 1980
Hardeman county →—10Jan 17, 2006
Mitchell county →—10Dec 31, 1982
Pecos county →—10Mar 26, 1986
Schleicher county →—11Dec 17, 1982
Young county →—10May 21, 1984

All 317 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
San Andres853
Yates661
Clear Fork392
Grayburg253
Glorieta133
Queen121
Tubb70
Wolfcamp72
Seven Rivers71
Santa Rosa61
Strawn50
Spraberry40
Ellenburger40
Holt41
Pennsylvanian40

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 →

26.9K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+17%
vs the 12 months before
1.26K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
3.57M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 26,855 · prior 12 23,021(+17%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 1,261 · prior 12 228(+453%)

01K2K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

102
on the schedule
21
producing
5
shut in
1
injection
1
temp. abandoned
59
plugged

How it got them

95
permitted itself
6
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

2
active UIC permits of 14
3.1K
permitted bbl/day, active
9.58K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Ector1 active2.6K bbl/d
Winkler1 active500 bbl/d
Haskell0 active0 bbl/d
Jones0 active0 bbl/d
Shackelford0 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
Drill00272
Recompletion0218
Reenter0012
Other009
Field transfer006

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
Cowden (Cisco)21287250216
Elwanda (Yates)28783500156
Mosswell (Strawn 8720)63225666106
Wildcat1800150
Harper3917600150
Noodlekirk (Ellenburger)6585550040
Goldsmith (5600)3565286840
Sagerton South (Congl)7954850040
Jay (Strawn)4586085030
TXL (Tubb)8807169631
Sagerton South7954800120
Harper (Glorieta)3917669022

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
Box 121369
Fort Worth, TX 76121
(817) 996-4619
Officers and agents
Rust, Charles B · Texas Resident Agent
Rust, Charles B · President,vice President
Rust, Lilian · Controller
Waters, Weldon · Filing Agent
Gartner, Emily · Filing Agent
Daly, Kyle · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
907256Aug 29, 2025Aug 29, 2025Rust Oil Corp.EctorCowden Ranch '6A' #39,00013535643
907215Aug 29, 2025Aug 29, 2025Rust Oil Corp.EctorCowden Ranch '7A' #19,20013535032
898098May 30, 2024May 30, 2024Rust Oil Corp.EctorCowden Ranch '6A' #59,60013535987
811917Dec 21, 2015Dec 21, 2015Rust Oil Corp.EctorCowden Ranch '9' #39,90013543398
804859Apr 13, 2015Apr 13, 2015Rust Oil Corp.MidlandSmith-Hughes '9' #111,50032937019
801699Feb 17, 2015Feb 17, 2015Rust Oil Corp.EctorCowden Ranch '9' #24,90013543311
801699Feb 17, 2015Feb 17, 2015Rust Oil Corp.EctorCowden Ranch '9' #29,70013543311
801706Feb 10, 2015Feb 10, 2015Rust Oil Corp.EctorCowden Ranch '16' #110,00013543310
787225May 30, 2014May 30, 2014Rust Oil Corp.EctorCowden Ranch '9' #110,00013543107
780984Mar 12, 2014Mar 12, 2014Rust Oil Corp.MidlandSmith-Hughes '9' #211,50032939236
780984Mar 12, 2014Mar 12, 2014Rust Oil Corp.MidlandSmith-Hughes '9' #211,50032939236
774116Dec 19, 2013Dec 19, 2013Rust Oil Corp.MidlandMoss Partnership '9' #211,90032939055
774116Dec 19, 2013Dec 19, 2013Rust Oil Corp.MidlandMoss Partnership '9' #211,90032939055
774116Dec 19, 2013Dec 19, 2013Rust Oil Corp.MidlandMoss Partnership '9' #211,90032939055
753465Jan 11, 2013Jan 11, 2013Rust Oil Corp.MidlandMoss Partnership '9' #111,50032938484

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.

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