OPERATORS · RRC 789150  · P-5 STATUS Y

Smail, James R

Big Prairie, OH

Watch this operator

Smail, James R has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 10, 1997.

The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.

12 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1994; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 2, 1999.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 2 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.

83%
spud rate · 10 of 12 mature permits
24
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–33
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
2
expired undrilled
4
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.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Runnels county →—92Mar 25, 1997
Jones county →—20Jul 10, 1997
Concho county →—10Oct 11, 1996

All 12 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
Palo Pinto40
Coleman Junction10

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
34.2K
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
2
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
1
acquired from others
7
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0011
Recompletion001

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
Ballinger (Palo Pinto N.)531072010
Miles North6137000110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 2, 1999
Address
P O Box 98
Big Prairie, OH 44611
Officers and agents
Warren, Steve · Texas Resident Agent
Smail, James R. · Sole Proprietor

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
464597Jul 10, 1997Jul 10, 1997Smail, James R.JonesAmason #1A4,80025334405
464597Jul 10, 1997Jul 10, 1997Smail, James R.JonesAmason #1A4,80025334405
460139Mar 25, 1997Mar 25, 1997Smail, James R.RunnelsVogelsang #14,20039931827
453677Oct 11, 1996Oct 11, 1996Smail, James R.ConchoBruchmiller #53,95009531724
448037May 16, 1996May 16, 1996Smail, James R.RunnelsDavis #2A4,40039934446
447994May 16, 1996May 16, 1996Smail, James R.RunnelsCondra #14,20039934445
445502Mar 7, 1996Mar 7, 1996Smail, James R.RunnelsVogelsang #1A4,40039934430
441153Oct 25, 1995Oct 25, 1995Smail, James R.RunnelsVancil #34,25039934406
439919Sep 20, 1995Sep 20, 1995Smail, James R.RunnelsBrookshier #23,90039934400
437554Jul 10, 1995Jul 10, 1995Smail, James R.RunnelsByler #1A4,30039934392
430300Dec 1, 1994Dec 1, 1994Smail, James R.RunnelsWheeles "A" #1A4,30039934359
430139Nov 21, 1994Nov 21, 1994Smail, James R.RunnelsBrunson/Davis #1A4,20039934357
94641Oct 3, 1980Oct 3, 1980Pro OilRunnelsColeman-Fee #14,80039931748

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.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/789150, documented in the API reference.