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OPERATORS · RRC 816615  · P-5 STATUS Y

Stearns Oper Co

Abilene, TX

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Stearns Oper CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 25, 1992.

The RRC wellbore file lists 9 wells under its operatorship.

33 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 5, 1994.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 9 of record
1
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.

42%
spud rate · 14 of 33 mature permits
18
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–34
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
19
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 13 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Brown county →—100Jan 14, 1986
Jones county →—72Aug 21, 1990
Taylor county →—73Nov 25, 1992
Fisher county →—30Jun 3, 1983
Coleman county →—20Feb 6, 1985
Runnels county →—21Apr 15, 1987
Haskell county →—10Apr 22, 1986
Stonewall county →—10Aug 7, 1980

All 33 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Caddo40
Marble Falls30
Tannehill10

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
8.72K
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

9
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
9
plugged

How it got them

3
permitted itself
4
acquired from others
16
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

Taylor0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0027
Recompletion003
Other002
Reenter001

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Foster (Marble Falls)3230050020
Jones County Regular4711300120
Taylor County Regular8852000120
Eastland County Regular2735800110
Lake Abilene (4000)5136590010
Winters (Serratt)9818278110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Aug 5, 1994
Address
PO Box 2557
Abilene, TX 79604
Officers and agents
Stearns,john R. · President
Stearns,john R. Jr. · Vice President
Jordan, Jean T. · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
406374Nov 25, 1992Nov 25, 1992Stearns Operating CompanyTaylorThornton, Bertie Trust #22,00044133495
403624Sep 28, 1992Sep 28, 1992Stearns Operating CompanyTaylorArnett Weeks #14,35044133591
376736Aug 21, 1990Aug 21, 1990Stearns Operating CompanyJonesTabor, Billy #12,20025333861
368282Jan 8, 1990Jan 8, 1990Stearns Operating CompanyTaylorPence, A. #13,00044133426
362255Aug 8, 1989Aug 8, 1989Stearns Operating CompanyJonesRadium Gin #12,85025333797
328931Apr 15, 1987Apr 15, 1987Stearns Operating CompanyRunnelsByrns, Betty John #12,80039933828
301370Apr 22, 1986Apr 22, 1986Stearns Operating CompanyHaskellCannon, H. F. #13,00020731813
295497Jan 14, 1986Jan 14, 1986Stearns Operating CompanyBrownCox, Oleta N. #12,50004934612
275922May 21, 1985May 21, 1985Stearns Operating CompanyJonesWills, George P. #13,00025333226
266165Feb 6, 1985Feb 6, 1985Stearns Operating CompanyColemanWise, Wesley S. #21,90008334367
258557Nov 21, 1984Nov 21, 1984Stearns Operating CompanyColemanWise, Wesley S. #11,90008334294
227084Jan 24, 1984Jan 24, 1984Stearns Operating CompanyBrownWinn, Sheryl C. #12,50004933895
227074Jan 24, 1984Jan 24, 1984Stearns Operating CompanyBrownMahaffey, Verdna #12,50004933894
197241Jun 3, 1983Jun 3, 1983Stearns Operating CompanyFisherBryan, Ruth M. #14,60015131683
195716May 19, 1983May 19, 1983Stearns Operating CompanyJonesBatjer, R. D. #22,10025332562

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/816615, documented in the API reference.