OPERATORS · RRC 796705 · P-5 STATUS Y

Smith, W. Don

Breckenridge, TX

Smith, W. Don has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 1, 1993.

The RRC wellbore file lists 16 wells under its operatorship.

17 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 13, 2001.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 16 of record
5: 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.

24%: spud rate · 4 of 17 mature permits
26: median days permit to spud · middle half 18–68
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
13: expired undrilled
1: permits a year over 16 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
Stephens county →	—	15	5	Mar 1, 1993
Throckmorton county →	—	2	10	Oct 6, 1987

All 17 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
Caddo	4	0
Marble Falls	2	0
Mississippian	1	0
Duffer	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
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
7.95K: 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

16: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
14: plugged

How it got them

5: permitted itself
2: acquired from others
1: 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

Throckmorton

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 →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	9
Recompletion	0	0	5
Other	0	0	3

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
Throckmorton County Regular89812001	6	0
Stephens County Regular85948001	2	0
Stephens County Regular (Gas)85948100	2	0
Eastland County Regular (Gas)27358498	1	0
Bachman (Caddo)4891333	1	0
Mills (Caddo)61659250	1	0
Ivan (Congl. 4000)44838400	1	0
Burgess (Miss.)13480750	1	0
Burgess NW. (Caddo Lower)13484500	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Jul 13, 2001

Address: 9825 CR 168; Breckenridge, TX 76424

Officers and agents: Smith, William Don · Owner

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
409330	Mar 1, 1993	Mar 1, 1993	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	WDS Ranch -B- #1	3,880	42935335
397719	Mar 26, 1992	Mar 26, 1992	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	WDS Ranch -B- #1	4,950	42935335
336834	Oct 6, 1987	Oct 6, 1987	Smith, W. Don	Throckmorton	Bachman, Edith #2	5,000	44734795
332180	Jun 29, 1987	Jun 29, 1987	Smith, W. Don	Throckmorton	Bachman, Edith #1	3,390	44734278
279484	Jul 5, 1985	Jul 5, 1985	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	W. D. S. Ranch #1A	4,250	42932207
258884	Nov 26, 1984	Nov 26, 1984	Livingston, David Oil Company	Throckmorton	Bachman, Edith #2	4,999	44734278
249488	Aug 23, 1984	Aug 23, 1984	Livingston, David	Throckmorton	Massey-Christian #2	5,000	44734164
242948	Jun 25, 1984	Jun 25, 1984	Livingston, David	Throckmorton	Massey-Christian #1	5,400	44734109
207423	Aug 25, 1983	Aug 25, 1983	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	Smith Ranch #1	6,500	42933779
190998	Apr 11, 1983	Apr 11, 1983	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	Smith, W. Don #1	3,500	42932071
156139	Apr 8, 1982	Apr 8, 1982	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	Smith, Lloyd -A- #1KT	3,850	42932070
144986	Dec 21, 1981	Dec 21, 1981	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	Allen-Smith #1	3,600	42900325
95304	Oct 9, 1980	Oct 9, 1980	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	Smith, W. Don -C- #1	4,579	42932207
86296	Jul 10, 1980	Jul 10, 1980	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	Allen-Smith #2	4,700	42932606
43932	Mar 8, 1979	Mar 8, 1979	Smith, W. Don	Stephens	Allen-Smith #1	4,300	42900325

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/796705, documented in the API reference.