OPERATORS · RRC 789000 · P-5 STATUS Y
Smackover Shell Ltd
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorSmackover Shell Ltd has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 6, 1981.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
8 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 15, 1988.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 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.
- 100%
- spud rate · 8 of 8 mature permits
- 26
- median days permit to spud · middle half 21–98
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 0
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 3 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 1 | 0 |
| Woodbine | 1 | 0 |
| Goodland | 1 | 0 |
| Paluxy | 1 | 0 |
| Glen Rose | 1 | 0 |
| Rodessa | 1 | 0 |
| Pettit | 1 | 0 |
| Travis Peak | 1 | 0 |
| Bossier | 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
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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
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 0
- 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 →
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 | 8 |
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.
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 15, 1988
- Address
- Box 576 %shell Western E&P Inc.
- Houston, TX 77001
- Officers and agents
- Shell Western E&P Inc. · General Partner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107901 | Feb 6, 1981 | Feb 6, 1981 | Smackover Shell Limited | Henderson | Cockerell, L. L. Estate Unit 2 #1 | 12,825 | 21330065 |
| 105683 | Jan 13, 1981 | Jan 13, 1981 | Smackover Shell Limited | Henderson | Moseley, Johnnie Unit 1 #1 | 12,875 | 21330059 |
| 94952 | Oct 7, 1980 | Oct 7, 1980 | Smackover Shell Limited | Henderson | Cockerell, L. L. Estate Unit 1 #1 | 13,400 | 21330061 |
| 29328 | Jul 28, 1978 | Jul 28, 1978 | Smackover Shell Limited | Henderson | Williams, Homer #WWD-1 | 4,800 | 21330219 |
| 22645 | Apr 24, 1978 | Apr 24, 1978 | Smackover Shell Limited | Henderson | Richardson Brothers Gas Unit 1 #2 | 13,700 | 21330217 |
| 22644 | Apr 24, 1978 | Apr 24, 1978 | Smackover Shell Limited | Henderson | Jones, A. G Gas Unit 1 #2 | 13,700 | 21330216 |
| 22643 | Apr 24, 1978 | Apr 24, 1978 | Smackover Shell Limited | Henderson | Moseley, Johnnie Unit 1 #2 | 13,700 | 21330215 |
| 22642 | Apr 24, 1978 | Apr 24, 1978 | Smackover Shell Limited | Henderson | Cockerell, L. L. Estate Unit 1 #2 | 13,700 | 21330214 |
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/789000, documented in the API reference.