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OPERATORS · RRC 857098  · P-5 STATUS Y

Thornton, Michael D

Breckenridge, TX

Watch this operator

Thornton, Michael D has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 14, 1994.

The RRC wellbore file lists 34 wells under its operatorship.

39 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1986; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 5, 1995.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 34 of record
10
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.

41%
spud rate · 16 of 39 mature permits
6
median days permit to spud · middle half 1–18
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
23
expired undrilled
5
permits a year over 8 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Throckmorton county →—218Oct 9, 1992
Young county →—74May 2, 1991
Shackelford county →—52Apr 14, 1994
Archer county →—220Jun 18, 1993
Taylor county →—20Feb 10, 1992
Jones county →—10Mar 8, 1991
Stephens county →—10Sep 25, 1991

All 39 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
Caddo120
Mississippian100
Strawn20
Palo Pinto20
Gunsight20
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
84.3K
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

34
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
30
plugged

How it got them

6
permitted itself
5
acquired from others
25
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 4
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Archer0 active0 bbl/d
Shackelford0 active0 bbl/d
Throckmorton0 active0 bbl/d
Young0 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
Drill0030
Recompletion005
Reenter002
Other001
Field transfer001

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
Archer County Regular3446001200
Young County Regular9948000130
Elbert (Strawn Lower)2825866630
Throckmorton County Regular8981200120
Burgess (Miss.)1348075010
Keeter (Mississippian)4847250010
Dorothy Sue W. (Miss. 4450)2548750010
Shackelford County Regular8252200110
Cripple Creek (Miss)2174750010
Padgitt West (Mississippi)6832150010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Aug 5, 1995
Address
P. O. Box 1284
Breckenridge, TX 76424
Officers and agents
Thornton, Michael D. · Owner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
423003Apr 14, 1994Apr 14, 1994Thornton, Michael D.ShackelfordPitzer -A- #1A4,60641720489
421401Feb 23, 1994Feb 23, 1994Thornton, Michael D.ShackelfordPitzer -395 #54,63441720080
421401Feb 23, 1994Feb 23, 1994Thornton, Michael D.ShackelfordPitzer-395 #54,63441720080
412973Jun 18, 1993Jun 18, 1993Thornton, Michael D.ArcherCopeland, Frances #21,47500939089
410175Mar 25, 1993Mar 25, 1993Thornton, Michael D.ShackelfordNail "A" #1011,99941737668
410174Mar 25, 1993Mar 25, 1993Thornton, Michael D.ShackelfordNail "A" #1021,99941737669
404467Oct 9, 1992Oct 9, 1992Thornton, Michael D.ThrockmortonJean, Lois #14,99944735309
401378Jul 20, 1992Jul 20, 1992Thornton, Michael D.ThrockmortonChandler #14,99944735286
396558Feb 10, 1992Feb 10, 1992Thornton, Michael D.TaylorKing, L. E. #24,99944133547
395226Dec 18, 1991Dec 18, 1991Thornton, Michael D.ThrockmortonMiller #14,99944735241
392249Sep 25, 1991Sep 25, 1991Thornton, Michael D.StephensRobertson #14,99942935309
391357Aug 28, 1991Aug 28, 1991Thornton, Michael D.TaylorKing, L.E. #13,75044133366
388957Jun 13, 1991Jun 13, 1991Thornton, Michael D.ThrockmortonHartsell, Ash #14,99944735192
388806Jun 12, 1991Jun 12, 1991Thornton, Michael D.ThrockmortonO'Dell, J. T. #14,50844730549
388694May 2, 1991May 2, 1991Thornton, Michael D.YoungWells, Nita #14,53850340132

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/857098, documented in the API reference.