OPERATORS · RRC 816600 · P-5 STATUS Y
Stearns, John R
Abilene, TX
Watch this operatorStearns, John R has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 4, 1980.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
8 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 14, 1984.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 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.
- 50%
- spud rate · 4 of 8 mature permits
- 14
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–28
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 4
- expired undrilled
- 3
- 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.
All 8 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
- 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
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- 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 | 4 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Recompletion | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Proctor (Gray)73251500 | 1 | 0 |
| Winters (4175)98182923 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 14, 1984
- Address
- Box 492
- Abilene, TX 79604
- Officers and agents
- Stearns, John R. · Operator
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74094 | Mar 4, 1980 | Mar 4, 1980 | Stearns, John R. | Taylor | Roberts, Alton #4 | 4,664 | 44181709 |
| 72638 | Feb 13, 1980 | Feb 13, 1980 | Stearns, John R. | Taylor | Cartwright, Lon "A" #1 | 4,615 | 44131176 |
| 71195 | Jan 30, 1980 | Jan 30, 1980 | Stearns, John R. | Taylor | Brown, Maxine #1 | 4,690 | 44102294 |
| 56855 | Aug 29, 1979 | Aug 29, 1979 | Stearns, John R. | Taylor | Cary, Chas. F. #1 | 4,700 | 44131442 |
| 34693 | Oct 16, 1978 | Oct 16, 1978 | Stearns, John R. | Taylor | Rimmer, Almeda C. #1 | 4,700 | 44131338 |
| 32754 | Sep 15, 1978 | Sep 15, 1978 | Stearns, John R. | Taylor | Little, Oscar #1 | 4,700 | 44131330 |
| 7502 | Sep 14, 1977 | Sep 14, 1977 | Stearns, John R. | Taylor | Bacon, C. W. Estate #1 | 4,725 | 44100353 |
| 6564 | Aug 30, 1977 | Aug 30, 1977 | Stearns, John R. | Taylor | Cartwright, Lon "A" #1 | 4,700 | 44131176 |
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/816600, documented in the API reference.