OPERATORS · RRC 814690 · P-5 STATUS Y
Staples, James W
Tuleta, TX
Watch this operatorStaples, James W has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 24, 2005.
The RRC wellbore file lists 12 wells under its operatorship.
7 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 8, 2014.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 12 of record
- 6
- 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.
- 57%
- spud rate · 4 of 7 mature permits
- 22
- median days permit to spud · middle half 17–38
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 14%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 2
- expired undrilled
- 0
- permits a year over 28 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 7 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
- 86.5K
- 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
- 12
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 8
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 2
- 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
| Bee | 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 | 4 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mudhill (Hockley)63596333 | 2 | 0 |
| Tuleta South (1250)91682750 | 2 | 0 |
| Fortitude (Pettus 4110)32239333 | 1 | 0 |
| Fortitude W. (1250)32244300 | 1 | 0 |
| San Domingo (Vicksburg)80193498 | 1 | 0 |
| Theis-Wilcox (9100)89282500 | 1 | 0 |
| Tuleta West (1100)91685760 | 1 | 0 |
| Dahl (Slick Sand)22716500 | 1 | 0 |
| Tuleta West (Hockley)91685142 | 1 | 0 |
| Fortitude (3500)32239666 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 8, 2014
- Address
- P O Box 70
- Tuleta, TX 78162
- (361) 375-2772
- Officers and agents
- Staples James W. Sr. · Owner
- Staples, James W. Jr. · Superintendent
- Staples, Evie Hall · Manager
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 558047 | Feb 24, 2005 | Feb 24, 2005 | Staples, James W. | Bee | Moore, Lon S #1 | 3,710 | 02531593 |
| 555900 | Jan 27, 2005 | Jan 27, 2005 | Staples, James W. | Bee | Stoltzfus Estate #2 | 3,216 | 02530357 |
| 497123 | Oct 19, 2000 | Oct 19, 2000 | Staples, James W. | Bee | Stouss Estate #2 | 3,627 | 02501070 |
| 282810 | Aug 15, 1985 | Aug 15, 1985 | Staples, James W. | Bee | Stauss #4 | 3,350 | 02532311 |
| 277162 | May 30, 1985 | May 30, 1985 | Staples, James W. | Bee | Stoltzfus #6 | 3,700 | 02532290 |
| 32684 | Sep 14, 1978 | Sep 14, 1978 | Staples, James W. | Bee | Bush, Edith Smith #1 | 4,000 | 02531005 |
| 9055 | Oct 4, 1977 | Oct 4, 1977 | Staples, James W. | Bee | Perez, Porfirio #B-4 | 4,000 | 02530914 |
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/814690, documented in the API reference.