OPERATORS · RRC 775325 · P-5 STATUS Y
Shelton, D. W
Denton, TX
Watch this operatorShelton, D. W has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 24, 1983.
The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.
13 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 15, 1986.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 3 of record
- 0
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 31%
- spud rate · 4 of 13 mature permits
- 190
- median days permit to spud · middle half 57–317
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 9
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 5 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 13 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 →
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- 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
- 3
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 1
- 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 →
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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shelton (Cotton Valley)82990500 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 15, 1986
- Address
- 1115 Austin St #3
- Denton, TX 76201
- Officers and agents
- Shelton, D. W. · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196354 | May 24, 1983 | May 24, 1983 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Huddleston, Gary #01 | 5,540 | 38730207 |
| 129535 | Aug 11, 1981 | Aug 11, 1981 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Anderson, R.E. et AL #3 | 1,900 | 38730311 |
| 96379 | Oct 22, 1980 | Oct 22, 1980 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Anderson, R.E. et AL #2 | 1,900 | 38730279 |
| 91929 | Sep 9, 1980 | Sep 9, 1980 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Anderson, Robert E. Etal #1 | 1,900 | 38730274 |
| 85588 | Jul 1, 1980 | Jul 1, 1980 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Huddleston, Gary -A- #3 | 4,200 | 38730258 |
| 82536 | May 30, 1980 | May 30, 1980 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Shelton, D. W. #03 | 5,500 | 38730252 |
| 82264 | May 28, 1980 | May 28, 1980 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Gill, J. W. #1 | 5,800 | 38730251 |
| 74458 | Mar 7, 1980 | Mar 7, 1980 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Deberry, T. G. #2 | 5,990 | 38730233 |
| 74457 | Mar 7, 1980 | Mar 7, 1980 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Huddleston, Gary #2 | 5,800 | 38730232 |
| 58336 | Sep 19, 1979 | Sep 19, 1979 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Deberry, T. G. #1 | 5,850 | 38730216 |
| 52206 | Jul 5, 1979 | Jul 5, 1979 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Ward, J. W. #1 | 5,875 | 38730214 |
| 36918 | Nov 15, 1978 | Nov 15, 1978 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Huddleston, Gary #1 | 5,505 | 38730207 |
| 27963 | Jul 6, 1978 | Jul 6, 1978 | Shelton, D. W. | Red River | Ward, Dean #2 | 5,800 | 38730204 |
| 725 | Jan 12, 1978 | Jan 12, 1978 | Wishbone Oil & Gas Co. | Red River | Burch #1 | 5,800 | 38730192 |
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/775325, documented in the API reference.