OPERATORS · RRC 743170 · P-5 STATUS Y
Safari Drilling Co
Abilene, TX
Watch this operatorSafari Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 31, 1980.
The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.
14 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 17, 1982.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 4 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.
- 43%
- spud rate · 6 of 14 mature permits
- 51
- median days permit to spud · middle half 45–74
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 7%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 7
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimmit county → | — | 4 | 0 | Oct 4, 1977 |
| Brown county → | — | 3 | 2 | Dec 18, 1980 |
| Foard county → | — | 3 | 0 | Dec 29, 1978 |
| Eastland county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 31, 1980 |
| Cottle county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 7, 1980 |
| Hardeman county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jun 5, 1979 |
All 14 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
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- 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
- 4
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 3
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Hardeman | 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 →
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 County Regular12406001 | 2 | 0 |
| Redbird (Rogers)75389700 | 1 | 0 |
| Shackelford County Regular82522001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 17, 1982
- Address
- 610 First Natl. Bank Bldg.
- Abilene, TX 79601
- Officers and agents
- Scott, AL · President
- Williamson, Harry W. · Partner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104691 | Dec 31, 1980 | Dec 31, 1980 | Safari Drilling Company | Eastland | Agnew "A" #3 | 4,100 | 13332764 |
| 102778 | Dec 18, 1980 | Dec 18, 1980 | Safari Drilling Company | Brown | Carruth, Raymon #2 #2 | 2,200 | 04932560 |
| 92681 | Sep 16, 1980 | Sep 16, 1980 | Safari Drilling Company | Brown | Lanford, F. Scott #1 | 2,300 | 04932444 |
| 73795 | Feb 28, 1980 | Feb 28, 1980 | Safari Drilling Company | Brown | Carruth, Raymond #1 | 2,300 | 04932256 |
| 68723 | Jan 7, 1980 | Jan 7, 1980 | Safari Drilling Company | Cottle | Johnston, V. A. #1 | 5,011 | 10130280 |
| 50072 | Jun 5, 1979 | Jun 5, 1979 | Safari Drilling Company | Hardeman | Cato #2 | 7,500 | 19730306 |
| 41097 | Jan 18, 1979 | Jan 18, 1979 | Safari Drilling Company | Eastland | Mitcham-Agnew Unit #1 | 4,050 | 13330111 |
| 39797 | Dec 29, 1978 | Dec 29, 1978 | Safari Drilling Company | Foard | Kincaid-Speer #1 | 6,474 | 15530208 |
| 13127 | Jan 9, 1978 | Jan 9, 1978 | Safari Drilling Company | Foard | Johnson, James Glyndon #1 | 6,512 | 15530194 |
| 14568 | Dec 22, 1977 | Dec 22, 1977 | Safari Drilling Company | Foard | Johnson, J. G. #1-469 | 6,550 | 15530196 |
| 9152 | Oct 4, 1977 | Oct 4, 1977 | Safari Drilling Company | Dimmit | Riha-Wagner #1 | 6,500 | 12731591 |
| 7259 | Sep 12, 1977 | Sep 12, 1977 | Safari Drilling Company | Dimmit | Ward, Anna #1 | 7,711 | 12780856 |
| 6499 | Aug 30, 1977 | Aug 30, 1977 | Safari Drilling Company | Dimmit | Ward, J. S. #1 | 6,168 | 12731575 |
| 2732 | Jul 11, 1977 | Jul 11, 1977 | Safari Drilling Company | Dimmit | Riha, G. C. #1 | 7,700 | 12731547 |
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/743170, documented in the API reference.