OPERATORS · RRC 809331  · P-5 STATUS Y

Spence, Ralph Oil Co, Inc

Spence, Ralph Oil CO, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 4, 2012.

The RRC wellbore file lists 24 wells under its operatorship.

23 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1987; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 8, 2024.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 24 of record
33
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.

74%
spud rate · 17 of 23 mature permits
17
median days permit to spud · middle half 12–52
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
6
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 25 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Cherokee county →—83Jan 4, 2012
Limestone county →—614Nov 18, 2011
Anderson county →—40Jun 23, 1992
Smith county →—20Mar 9, 1990
Hopkins county →—12Sep 27, 1988
Hunt county →—10Jul 26, 1990
Van Zandt county →—15Oct 6, 1998

All 23 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 →

0
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
537K
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

24
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
24
plugged

How it got them

6
permitted itself
5
acquired from others
10
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
Drill0018
Recompletion005

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 Mar 8, 2024
Address
3722 Old Bullard Road
Tyler, TX 75701
(406) 670-3534
Officers and agents
Spence, Ralph Jr · Director,president
Spence, Benjamin · Vice President
Logan, Dawn F · Manager
Spence, Tancy Ann · Director

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
719449Jan 4, 2012Jan 4, 2012Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.CherokeeSouth #1A4,42507330751
727622Nov 18, 2011Nov 18, 2011Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.LimestoneFavors, C. C. 'B' #27,70029331447
672640Oct 14, 2008Oct 14, 2008Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.LimestoneFavors, C. C. "B" #47,80029332209
655676Mar 7, 2008Mar 7, 2008Parten Operating Inc.Van ZandtChandler #38,20046731115
542810Jun 8, 2004Jun 8, 2004Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.LimestoneFavors, C. C. "B" #17,52929300590
530901Apr 23, 2003Apr 23, 2003Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.LimestoneFavors, C. C. "B" #37,70029331504
517777Feb 21, 2002Feb 21, 2002Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.LimestoneFavors, C. C. "B" #27,70029331447
479826Oct 6, 1998Oct 6, 1998Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.Van ZandtLohr, Bob #18,61046730505
471914Jan 20, 1998Jan 20, 1998Pecos Petroleum CompanyVan ZandtHuckabay, H. P. #18,63546730478
469613Nov 6, 1997Nov 6, 1997Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.CherokeeJames R. Wells Gas Unit #15,00007330912
409134Apr 5, 1993Apr 5, 1993Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.LimestoneWild Turkey #17,66729330773
400499Jun 23, 1992Jun 23, 1992Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.AndersonFender, H. R. #65,00000132110
390291Aug 21, 1991Aug 21, 1991Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.CherokeeSouth #104,45007330795
378687Oct 1, 1990Oct 1, 1990Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.CherokeeSouth #94,45007330783
376819Sep 17, 1990Sep 17, 1990Spence, Ralph Oil Company, Inc.AndersonBrown, W. #2A5,60000131996

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/809331, documented in the API reference.