OPERATORS · RRC 815320 · P-5 STATUS Y

Starkey, Ernest Jr

Tyler, TX

Starkey, Ernest JR has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 18, 1984.

6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 14, 1984.

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
—: 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.

33%: spud rate · 2 of 6 mature permits
117: median days permit to spud · middle half 84–150
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
4: expired undrilled
1: permits a year over 5 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	Last
Anderson county →	—	3	Jun 18, 1984
Cottle county →	—	1	Jul 21, 1983
Rusk county →	—	1	Dec 30, 1983
Smith county →	—	1	Jul 5, 1979

All 6 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 →

0: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: 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
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 →

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	6

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Sep 14, 1984

Address: 1001 the Peoples Natl. Bk. Bldg; Tyler, TX 75701

Officers and agents: M.m.s.oil Co.,partnership · Operator/Owner; Starkey, Ernest Jr. · Partner; Meritt Muffler Shops Inc. · Partner

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
242380	Jun 18, 1984	Jun 18, 1984	Starkey, Ernest Jr.	Anderson	Leatherwood, D. F. #1	6,200	00131572
241315	Jun 6, 1984	Jun 6, 1984	Starkey, Ernest Jr.	Anderson	Frey, E. #1	6,200	00131567
225321	Dec 30, 1983	Dec 30, 1983	Starkey, Ernest Jr.	Rusk	Clyde Lowe Gas Unit #1	9,000	40131840
222553	Dec 5, 1983	Dec 5, 1983	Starkey, Ernest Jr.	Anderson	Bizzell #1	10,400	00131533
202348	Jul 21, 1983	Jul 21, 1983	Starkey, Ernest Jr.	Cottle	Allen, Sam #1	6,587	10130360
52289	Jul 5, 1979	Jul 5, 1979	Starkey, Ernest Jr.	Smith	Dowell, Bessie Lee #1	7,530	42330366

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/815320, documented in the API reference.