OPERATORS · RRC 862594 · P-5 STATUS Y

Torch Oper Co

Houston, TX

Torch Oper CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 11, 2000.

The RRC wellbore file lists 83 wells under its operatorship.

234 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1986; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 5, 2001.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 83 of record
87: 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.

59%: spud rate · 137 of 234 mature permits
26: median days permit to spud · middle half 11–48
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
97: expired undrilled
17: permits a year over 14 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
Fayette county →	—	53	15	Feb 27, 1998
Jasper county →	—	23	0	Sep 15, 1995
Rusk county →	—	20	1	Jan 11, 2000
Harrison county →	—	17	0	Sep 9, 1993
Garza county →	—	16	6	Feb 13, 1995
Lee county →	—	15	5	Apr 24, 1995
Burleson county →	—	14	20	Feb 9, 1995
Grimes county →	—	11	0	Feb 6, 1996
Panola county →	—	9	0	Nov 20, 1992
Irion county →	—	7	0	May 4, 1995
Washington county →	—	7	0	May 17, 1995
Zapata county →	—	7	4	Jun 17, 1997
Brazos county →	—	4	4	Apr 4, 1995
Chambers county →	—	4	0	Jul 7, 1992
Leon county →	—	4	7	Dec 4, 1996
Matgrda IS-LB county →	—	3	1	May 2, 1996
Midland county →	—	3	0	Jul 19, 1991
Bastrop county →	—	2	0	Aug 5, 1993
Brazos-LB county →	—	2	1	Oct 5, 1995
Calhoun county →	—	2	1	Jun 5, 1991
Matagorda county →	—	2	0	Dec 6, 1994
Victoria county →	—	2	2	Oct 12, 1994
Bee county →	—	1	0	Jun 5, 1991
Brazoria county →	—	1	0	Nov 26, 1991
Hardin county →	—	1	0	Dec 7, 1993
Howard county →	—	1	0	Aug 10, 1999
Live Oak county →	—	1	1	Sep 6, 1994
Shackelford county →	—	1	0	May 1, 1987
Taylor county →	—	1	0	May 16, 1988

All 234 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
Austin Chalk	58	0
Travis Peak	31	0
Pecan Gap	26	0
Pettit	20	0
Cotton Valley	19	0
BMA	14	0
Bossier	12	0
James Lime	10	0
Eagle Ford	10	0
Taylor	10	0
Clear Fork	7	0
Wilcox	7	0
Rodessa	6	0
Queen City	6	0
San Andres	5	0

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
10.1M: 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

83: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
62: plugged

How it got them

14: permitted itself
69: acquired from others
105: 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 29
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Leon	0 active	0 bbl/d
Garza	0 active	0 bbl/d
Taylor	0 active	0 bbl/d
Jones	0 active	0 bbl/d
Irion	0 active	0 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 →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	181
Recompletion	0	0	46
Other	0	0	3
Reenter	0	0	2
Field transfer	0	0	2

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
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500	34	0
Alabama Ferry (Glenrose D )1030500	6	0
Happy (Spraberry Lime)38866600	6	0
Giddings (Edwards Gas)34733620	4	0
Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas)34773550	4	0
Peach Creek (Austin Chalk)69882500	3	0
LA Rica (Wilcox B )50965520	2	0
Smithland (Page Sd.)84262500	2	0
Chicolete Creek N.W. (Frio)17652500	2	0
Heyser East (8350)40959650	2	0
Bammel North (6100 Cockfield)5390500	2	0
Devil (Fault Blk. B U.discorbis)24441515	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Oct 5, 2001

Address: Attn M R Lawrence 1221 Lamar Ste 1600; Houston, TX 77010

Officers and agents: Bailey, Randy Alan · President; Sledge, Roland E. · Vice President/Secretary; Boss, Willard I. Jr. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
690209	Jan 27, 2010	Jan 27, 2010	Enervest Operating, L.L.C.	Fayette	Holmes Ranch "A" #2REH	12,000	14932813
681954	Jun 10, 2009	Jun 10, 2009	Enervest Operating, L.L.C.	Fayette	Holmes Ranch #1REH	13,000	14932754
534018	Jul 10, 2003	Jul 10, 2003	BP America Production Company	Wheeler	Davis, E. T. #1-43 #4301A	15,100	48331046
534018	Jul 10, 2003	Jul 10, 2003	BP America Production Company	Wheeler	Davis, E. T. #1-43 #4301A	15,100	48331046
490979	Jan 11, 2000	Jan 11, 2000	Torch Operating Company	Rusk	E. H. Pepper Gas Unit #8	11,500	40132981
489813	Nov 24, 1999	Nov 24, 1999	Torch Operating Company	Rusk	Pepper, E. H. Gas Unit #7	11,500	40132972
488703	Oct 20, 1999	Oct 20, 1999	Bellwether Exploration Company	Zapata	Vasquez-Sharp-Anders Gas Unit #1	7,464	50532867
486565	Aug 10, 1999	Aug 10, 1999	Torch Operating Company	Howard	Cole, T. J. 35 #1	6,000	22735361
486564	Aug 10, 1999	Aug 10, 1999	Torch Operating Company	Rusk	Booth-Freeman #6	11,500	40132949
473865	Feb 27, 1998	Feb 27, 1998	Torch Operating Company	Fayette	Appelt Unit "A" #3	11,813	14930833
470446	Nov 21, 1997	Nov 21, 1997	Torch Operating Company	Rusk	Terrell Gas Unit #6	11,500	40132806
463892	Jun 17, 1997	Jun 17, 1997	Torch Operating Company	Zapata	Vasquez-Sharp-Anders Gas Unit #1	7,464	50532867
458320	Feb 6, 1997	Feb 6, 1997	Torch Operating Company	Zapata	Vasquez - Uribe "a" Gas Unit #1	10,900	50532540
456427	Dec 17, 1996	Dec 17, 1996	Torch Operating Company	Rusk	Booth-Freeman #7	11,500	40132691
456426	Dec 17, 1996	Dec 17, 1996	Torch Operating Company	Rusk	Pepper, E. H . Gas Unit #6	11,500	40132692

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/862594, documented in the API reference.