OPERATORS · RRC 81589 · P-5 STATUS Y
Bonanza Petro Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorBonanza Petro Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 21, 1981.
The RRC wellbore file lists 8 wells under its operatorship.
13 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 13, 1985.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 8 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 23%
- spud rate · 3 of 13 mature permits
- 50
- median days permit to spud · middle half 30–64
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 10
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria county → | — | 5 | 4 | Mar 31, 1981 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 18, 1981 |
| Frio county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 15, 1981 |
| Goliad county → | — | 1 | 1 | Mar 12, 1981 |
| Houston county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 14, 1980 |
| Howard county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 21, 1981 |
| Jackson county → | — | 1 | 1 | Feb 10, 1981 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 6, 1980 |
| Trinity county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 20, 1980 |
All 13 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
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- 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
- 8
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 8
- plugged
How it got them
- 3
- permitted itself
- 5
- 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 | 8 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hoelscher (Stillwell)41916500 | 2 | 0 |
| Vic-Witt (2800)93736400 | 2 | 0 |
| Arnold (Yegua 5250)3765800 | 1 | 0 |
| Eben Haben (3280)27400700 | 1 | 0 |
| Edna East (Frio 5200)27693332 | 1 | 0 |
| Weesatche South ( Frio 2600)95850128 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Dec 13, 1985
- Address
- %8300 Bissonnet, Ste 660
- Houston, TX 77074
- Officers and agents
- Gillespie, F.K.R. · President
- Vandergriff, Paul F. · Vice President/Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137470 | Oct 21, 1981 | Oct 21, 1981 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Howard | Myers "35" #1 | 9,400 | 22732575 |
| 125259 | Jul 15, 1981 | Jul 15, 1981 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Frio | Mann, G.E. #1 | 5,500 | 16332018 |
| 121661 | Jun 18, 1981 | Jun 18, 1981 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Calhoun | Cliburn Ranch #1 | 9,500 | 05731096 |
| 119717 | Mar 31, 1981 | Mar 31, 1981 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Victoria | Gisler "B" #1 | 9,000 | 46931499 |
| 111916 | Mar 12, 1981 | Mar 12, 1981 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Goliad | Whitfield #1 | 3,200 | 17531183 |
| 281286 | Feb 10, 1981 | Feb 10, 1981 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Jackson | Carroll #1 | 3,990 | 23931452 |
| 96170 | Oct 20, 1980 | Oct 20, 1980 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Trinity | Joyce, et AL #1 | 13,000 | 45530333 |
| 84164 | Jun 17, 1980 | Jun 17, 1980 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Victoria | Fuchs, J. S. Gas Unit #1 | 5,600 | 46931151 |
| 80312 | May 6, 1980 | May 6, 1980 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Lavaca | West #2 | 8,465 | 28531490 |
| 78900 | Apr 22, 1980 | Apr 22, 1980 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Victoria | Dentler, Louis #1 | 5,500 | 46931289 |
| 78183 | Apr 14, 1980 | Apr 14, 1980 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Victoria | Dentler, Felix #1 | 5,900 | 46931190 |
| 75293 | Mar 14, 1980 | Mar 14, 1980 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Houston | King #1 | 13,000 | 22530346 |
| 57220 | Sep 5, 1979 | Sep 5, 1979 | Bonanza Petroleum Inc. | Victoria | Gisler 'B' #1 | 9,000 | 46931499 |
| 38981 | Dec 15, 1978 | Dec 15, 1978 | Sovereign Exploration Company | Goliad | Whitfield #1 | 3,200 | 17531183 |
| 33081 | Sep 20, 1978 | Sep 20, 1978 | Sovereign Exploration Company | Jim Wells | Morgan #1 | 5,700 | 24930939 |
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/81589, documented in the API reference.