OPERATORS · RRC 738155 · P-5 STATUS Y
Rutledge, Gerald
Merkel, TX
Watch this operatorRutledge, Gerald has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 27, 1985.
The RRC wellbore file lists 29 wells under its operatorship.
15 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 5, 2002.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 29 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.
- 40%
- spud rate · 6 of 15 mature permits
- 20
- median days permit to spud · middle half 9–66
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 9
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones county → | — | 8 | 23 | Nov 7, 1985 |
| Coleman county → | — | 3 | 0 | Aug 1, 1984 |
| Taylor county → | — | 3 | 6 | Dec 27, 1985 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 1, 1982 |
All 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman Junction | 2 | 0 |
| Canyon | 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
- 0
- 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
- 29
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 17
- plugged
How it got them
- 3
- permitted itself
- 8
- 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 4
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pitzer71779001 | 19 | 0 |
| Allyn (Gray)1853500 | 6 | 0 |
| Jones County Regular47113001 | 2 | 0 |
| Pitzer (Canyon Reef)71779222 | 1 | 0 |
| Purple (Noodle Creek Lime)73478550 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 5, 2002
- Address
- 14451 CR 421
- Merkel, TX 79536
- Officers and agents
- Rutledge, Gerald · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344546 | Mar 31, 1988 | Mar 31, 1988 | Gillespie, Lynn | Jones | Brown #303 | 4,420 | 25333525 |
| 322874 | Nov 13, 1986 | Nov 13, 1986 | Gillespie, Lynn | Jones | West Pitzer Unit #303 | 4,999 | 25333525 |
| 293589 | Dec 27, 1985 | Dec 27, 1985 | Rutledge, Gerald | Taylor | Scott #1 | 2,950 | 44133086 |
| 293588 | Dec 27, 1985 | Dec 27, 1985 | Rutledge, Gerald | Taylor | Moore #1 | 2,950 | 44133085 |
| 290813 | Nov 22, 1985 | Nov 22, 1985 | Gillespie, Lynn | Jones | Brown A #3002 | 5,500 | 25333360 |
| 289394 | Nov 7, 1985 | Nov 7, 1985 | Rutledge, Gerald | Jones | Toombs Est. #1 | 2,600 | 25333348 |
| 269851 | Mar 15, 1985 | Mar 15, 1985 | Rutledge, Gerald | Jones | Duncan, Nancy #1 | 4,100 | 25333178 |
| 295466 | Jan 16, 1985 | Jan 16, 1985 | Rutledge, Gerald | Jones | Hill, O. F. #1 | 4,200 | 25333402 |
| 264188 | Jan 15, 1985 | Jan 15, 1985 | Rutledge, Gerald | Jones | Herring #2 | 4,700 | 25333139 |
| 246982 | Aug 1, 1984 | Aug 1, 1984 | Rutledge, Gerald | Coleman | Mathews, R. O. #5 | 1,900 | 08334164 |
| 234105 | Apr 2, 1984 | Apr 2, 1984 | Reef Petroleum, Inc. | Taylor | Allyn #C2 | 5,000 | 44132737 |
| 223717 | Dec 14, 1983 | Dec 14, 1983 | Reef Petroleum, Inc. | Taylor | Allyn #1C | 5,500 | 44132660 |
| 219936 | Nov 4, 1983 | Nov 4, 1983 | Reef Petroleum, Inc. | Taylor | Allyn #6 | 5,000 | 44132633 |
| 219939 | Nov 4, 1983 | Nov 4, 1983 | Reef Petroleum, Inc. | Taylor | Allyn #5 | 5,000 | 44132636 |
| 214017 | Sep 22, 1983 | Sep 22, 1983 | Rutledge, Gerald | Taylor | Smith, Morris #1 | 3,000 | 44132608 |
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/738155, documented in the API reference.