OPERATORS · RRC 806415  · P-5 STATUS Y

Southwest Oper, Inc.-Tyler

Tyler, TX · most active in Limestone County

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Southwest Oper, Inc.-Tyler was issued 2 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 2 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by Limestone with 1. 50% were horizontal.

2 were issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 204 wells under its operatorship (68 producing, 26 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 90K barrels of oil and 427K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 4% on the year before.

It holds 13 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 2.27M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

62 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 4, 2026.

2
permits, last 12 months
+0%
vs prior 12 months (2)
2
counties, 12 months
68
producing wells, of 204 of record
203
leases it reports
50%
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.

75%
spud rate · 45 of 60 mature permits
25
median days permit to spud · middle half 11–40
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
18
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 48 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 10 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 15

012320222023202420252026

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Limestone county →132Sep 22, 2026
Titus county →110Sep 24, 2026
Wood county →—1593May 9, 2022
Nacogdoches county →—1218Oct 20, 2008
Smith county →—104Mar 28, 2025
Freestone county →—51Sep 19, 2024
Rusk county →—45Dec 4, 2018
Anderson county →—215Mar 18, 2010
Franklin county →—22May 25, 2023
Leon county →—20Nov 27, 2006
Madison county →—22Sep 19, 2024
Cass county →—11Sep 10, 2010
Henderson county →—133Nov 6, 2007
Hopkins county →—11Apr 24, 2023
Van Zandt county →—14Aug 12, 2025

All 62 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 →

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 →

90K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-4%
vs the 12 months before
427K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
2.11M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 90,028 · prior 12 93,920(-4%)

05K10K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 427,290 · prior 12 282,574(+51%)

020K40K60K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

204
on the schedule
68
producing
26
shut in
7
injection
10
temp. abandoned
73
plugged

How it got them

18
permitted itself
100
acquired from others
19
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

13
active UIC permits of 28
32.8K
permitted bbl/day, active
2.27M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Wood5 active15K bbl/d
Freestone2 active5K bbl/d
Kaufman2 active5K bbl/d
Madison2 active3.25K bbl/d
Limestone1 active2.5K bbl/d
Anderson1 active2K bbl/d
Navarro0 active0 bbl/d
Rusk0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill3048
Recompletion0212
Reenter002
Field transfer001

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 Feb 4, 2026
CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas operatorOil operator
Address
727 S Chilton
Tyler, TX 75701
(903) 530-1563
Officers and agents
Musselman, John A · President
Musselman, Ellen D · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
918904Oct 30, 2026Sep 24, 2026Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerTitusHughes #111,77544930678
918904Sep 26, 2026Sep 24, 2026Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerTitusHughes #111,77544930678
918728Sep 24, 2026Sep 22, 2026Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerLimestoneNM 1011 #1 HH5,01729332429
909779Aug 12, 2025Aug 12, 2025Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerVan ZandtRowan #15,85246730715
906945Mar 28, 2025Mar 28, 2025Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerSmithKickapoo Creek Gas Unit #511,88642331708
902232Sep 19, 2024Sep 19, 2024Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerMadisonFannin, M.G. #58,71031330515
902232Sep 19, 2024Sep 19, 2024Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerMadisonFannin, M.G. #58,71031330515
902178Sep 19, 2024Sep 19, 2024Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerFreestoneKeyes #25,50016134867
890382May 25, 2023May 25, 2023Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerFranklinLundell Creek #112,95015930643
889865Apr 24, 2023Apr 24, 2023Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerHopkinsPine Forest #112,95022330520
885864Dec 8, 2022Dec 8, 2022Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerFranklinDavis HRS #113,00015930642
879143May 9, 2022May 9, 2022Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerWoodMonte JO Winkle #24,50049932204
876624Feb 17, 2022Feb 17, 2022Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerWoodPittman, E. N. Etal #106,50049932200
876623Feb 10, 2022Feb 10, 2022Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerWoodNoe, J. L. #86,50049932199
874852Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021Southwest Operating, Inc.-TylerLimestoneNM 1213 #2H4,10029332413

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/806415, documented in the API reference.