OPERATORS · RRC 841500  · P-5 STATUS Y

Tenneco Oil Co

Tenneco Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 23, 1989.

The RRC wellbore file lists 596 wells under its operatorship.

863 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 5, 2016.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 596 of record
2
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.

46%
spud rate · 401 of 863 mature permits
28
median days permit to spud · middle half 14–70
0
spuds, last 180 days
2%
cancelled · 13 permits
441
expired undrilled
72
permits a year over 12 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Gaines county →—10212Jun 15, 1988
Starr county →—9455Feb 23, 1989
Yoakum county →—7422Jun 29, 1987
Roberts county →—5412Nov 14, 1984
Gray county →—530Dec 8, 1987
Hidalgo county →—4453Aug 24, 1987
Pecos county →—413Jun 15, 1988
Nueces county →—3333Nov 6, 1981
Zapata county →—283Jun 5, 1985
Panola county →—2551Jan 27, 1986
Ector county →—233Sep 9, 1986
Cochran county →—200Sep 2, 1987
Hemphill county →—180Aug 9, 1984
Goliad county →—1712Nov 8, 1984
DE Witt county →—169Aug 10, 1981
Crockett county →—1510Aug 14, 1985
Andrews county →—137Oct 10, 1985
Ward county →—114Nov 16, 1988
Franklin county →—102Apr 3, 1985
Loving county →—100Apr 6, 1983
Chambers county →—80Jul 22, 1980
Terrell county →—80Aug 16, 1988
Terry county →—825Dec 20, 1985
Borden county →—71Jul 9, 1985
Calhoun county →—713Aug 29, 1980
Liberty county →—77Jul 18, 1988
Lynn county →—70Dec 13, 1988
Brazos-LB county →—60Jun 16, 1988
Culberson county →—60Nov 19, 1985
Polk county →—61Oct 8, 1981
Bee county →—46Mar 11, 1981
Grimes county →—40Dec 29, 1981
Hockley county →—40Jul 25, 1984
Martin county →—40Apr 6, 1983
McMullen county →—41Feb 26, 1986
Titus county →—42Mar 4, 1983
Webb county →—410Aug 31, 1984
Brazoria county →—34Dec 22, 1980
Brazos-SB county →—30Apr 15, 1987
High IS-E,s county →—30Aug 24, 1978
San Patricio county →—37Jan 23, 1985
Scurry county →—31Nov 3, 1983
Brooks county →—20Feb 16, 1983
Dawson county →—20Oct 10, 1985
Glasscock county →—20Apr 29, 1986
Live Oak county →—21Jan 30, 1981
Matagorda county →—214Jun 1, 1982
Matgrda IS-SB county →—20Mar 2, 1981
Rusk county →—21Jun 2, 1980
Sterling county →—20Apr 25, 1988
Val Verde county →—20Oct 5, 1984
Waller county →—20Oct 22, 1979
Atascosa county →—12Aug 13, 1980
Brewster county →—10Dec 11, 1984
Camp county →—10Sep 30, 1985
Colorado county →—11May 19, 1982
Crane county →—11Sep 22, 1988
Duval county →—11Apr 23, 1987
Garza county →—10Sep 8, 1983
Grayson county →—10Aug 23, 1985
Gregg county →—17Apr 1, 1985
Hardin county →—10Feb 11, 1981
High IS-SB county →—10Jul 18, 1988
Howard county →—10Dec 16, 1987
Hutchinson county →—10Sep 27, 1983
Lamb county →—10May 18, 1984
Leon county →—10Jun 9, 1982
Lipscomb county →—10May 1, 1984
Lubbock county →—11Oct 14, 1983
Madison county →—10Jan 4, 1982
Marion county →—10Aug 6, 1979
Midland county →—10Oct 26, 1983
Presidio county →—10Dec 23, 1985
Reeves county →—11Jun 5, 1980
San Augustine county →—10Dec 1, 1977
S Padre IS-SB county →—10Sep 23, 1981
Tom Green county →—10Jul 11, 1985
Trinity county →—10Apr 14, 1982
Upshur county →—10Apr 25, 1986
Upton county →—10Dec 15, 1986
Winkler county →—11Jun 26, 1981

All 863 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
Clear Fork1170
Glorieta1110
Tubb820
San Andres660
Yates570
Granite Wash480
Brown Dolomite470
Vicksburg360
Douglas280
Wolfcamp230
Grayburg230
Rustler220
Frio200
Atoka180
Oswego160

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

596
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
196
plugged

How it got them

45
permitted itself
26
acquired from others
391
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 63
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Anderson0 active0 bbl/d
Gray0 active0 bbl/d
Crockett0 active0 bbl/d
Starr0 active0 bbl/d
Pecos0 active0 bbl/d
Medina0 active0 bbl/d
Ector0 active0 bbl/d
Gregg0 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
Drill00682
Recompletion00163
Other0017
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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 5, 2016
Address
P O Box 62102
Houston, TX 77205
Officers and agents
Webb,laurent B.asscc.gen Counsel · Texas Resident Agent
Nance, Wayne · President
Shultz, Charles E. · Vice President
Stewart, Karl A. · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
881860Jul 7, 2022Jul 7, 2022Fivestones Energy LLCAndrewsUniversity 35A #47,60000303889
680382Jul 7, 2009Jul 7, 2009Reveille ResourcesStarrPena, Luis "B" #15,85042704172
497202Jul 14, 2000Jul 14, 2000Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyPanolaGulley, Marvin #149,09236530087
493214Mar 24, 2000Mar 24, 2000Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyHidalgoMcAllen Fieldwide Unit #47,79021501489
478705Sep 14, 1998Sep 14, 1998Synergy Oil & Gas, Inc. (A)PolkKingsbury Co.holding Corporation #54,55737330440
478131Jul 24, 1998Jul 24, 1998Houston Resources Corp.HidalgoChandler-Taylor Unit #18,35021500703
478131Jul 24, 1998Jul 24, 1998Hilcorp Energy CompanyHidalgoChandler-Taylor Unit #19,75021500703
455605Nov 27, 1996Nov 27, 1996Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyHidalgoPharr Fieldwide Unit #310,15021501392
446750Apr 12, 1996Apr 12, 1996Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyHidalgoMcAllen Fieldwide Unit #2911,10021501856
439040Aug 21, 1995Aug 21, 1995Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyHidalgoPharr Fieldwide Unit #310,15021501392
437982Aug 14, 1995Aug 14, 1995Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyHidalgoChapa, David #18,20021501602
437982Aug 14, 1995Aug 14, 1995Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyHidalgoChapa, David #18,70021501602
432540Mar 1, 1995Mar 1, 1995Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyHidalgoMcAllen Fieldwide Unit #48,25021501489
432541Feb 7, 1995Feb 7, 1995Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyHidalgoPharr Fieldwide Unit #1710,00021501353
423285Apr 29, 1994Apr 29, 1994Fina Oil & Chemical CompanyHidalgoPharr Fieldwide Unit #410,45521501376

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/841500, documented in the API reference.