OPERATORS · RRC 790865 · P-5 STATUS Y
Smith, E. L. III
Dallas, TX
Watch this operatorSmith, E. L. Iii has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 7, 1981.
19 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 0 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.
- 47%
- spud rate · 9 of 19 mature permits
- 23
- median days permit to spud · middle half 14–29
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 10
- expired undrilled
- 5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker county → | — | 4 | 0 | Oct 17, 1980 |
| Clay county → | — | 3 | 0 | Dec 7, 1981 |
| Foard county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 20, 1979 |
| Jack county → | — | 2 | 0 | Feb 20, 1981 |
| Montague county → | — | 2 | 0 | Oct 9, 1980 |
| Sutton county → | — | 2 | 0 | Oct 20, 1980 |
| Concho county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 10, 1978 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 2, 1981 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 27, 1980 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 2, 1981 |
All 19 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
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- 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 | 19 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 15, 1986
- Address
- Two Turtle Crk. Village, #1525
- Dallas, TX 75219
- Officers and agents
- Smith, E. L. III · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143050 | Dec 7, 1981 | Dec 7, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Clay | Moore et AL #1 | 4,370 | 07732475 |
| 121754 | Jun 18, 1981 | Jun 18, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Clay | Liggett, A. R. #1 | 6,925 | 07732245 |
| 110205 | Mar 2, 1981 | Mar 2, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Tom Green | Herring, Grace #1 | 5,110 | 45130736 |
| 110197 | Mar 2, 1981 | Mar 2, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Schleicher | O'Harrow, Grace #1 | 5,450 | 41331015 |
| 109026 | Feb 20, 1981 | Feb 20, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Jack | Rankin #1 | 3,253 | 23733618 |
| 97287 | Oct 28, 1980 | Oct 28, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Clay | Liggett, A. R. Sec. 3267 #1 | 7,000 | 07731950 |
| 96124 | Oct 20, 1980 | Oct 20, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Sutton | Wilson, Beavely #1 | 4,200 | 43532419 |
| 96123 | Oct 20, 1980 | Oct 20, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Sutton | Sykes, Wesley #1 | 3,261 | 43532418 |
| 95986 | Oct 17, 1980 | Oct 17, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Parker | Byrd, L.S. #2 | 4,985 | 36731994 |
| 95985 | Oct 17, 1980 | Oct 17, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Parker | Williams, Claude L. #1 | 5,044 | 36731993 |
| 95137 | Oct 9, 1980 | Oct 9, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Montague | Clark, Hinds #1 | 6,200 | 33731492 |
| 82098 | May 27, 1980 | May 27, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Stonewall | Martin, W. F. #1 | 6,500 | 43331047 |
| 66666 | Dec 12, 1979 | Dec 12, 1979 | Smith, E. L. III | Jack | Loving, Oliver et AL #1 | 3,300 | 23732949 |
| 64260 | Nov 20, 1979 | Nov 20, 1979 | Smith, E. L. III | Foard | Garrett, J. A. et AL #1 | 5,900 | 15530228 |
| 60177 | Oct 10, 1979 | Oct 10, 1979 | Smith, E. L. III | Montague | Daube, Leon et AL #1 | 6,000 | 33731277 |
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/790865, documented in the API reference.