Petrora

OPERATORS · RRC 875426  · P-5 STATUS Y

U.S. Department of Engy

New Orleans, LA

Watch this operator

U.S. Department Of Engy has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 24, 2024.

The RRC wellbore file lists 85 wells under its operatorship (1 shut in).

It holds 74 active disposal or injection permits.

103 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 5, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 85 of record
7
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 · 47 of 103 mature permits
188
median days permit to spud · middle half 110–495
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
56
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 47 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 1 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 1

01

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Brazoria county →—7357May 24, 2024
Jefferson county →—2928Oct 25, 1999
Orange county →—10Jun 26, 1997

All 103 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
Caprock371
Miocene (undifferentiated)30
Frio30

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

85
on the schedule
0
producing
1
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
11
plugged

How it got them

78
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
0
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

74
active UIC permits of 83
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Brazoria46 active0 bbl/d
Jefferson28 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
Drill00103

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
Bryan Mound12707001550
Big Hill7884001280
Pleasant Bayou (Frio Geothermal)7188550020

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 5, 2026
Oil operator
Address
U.S. Department of Energy 900 Commerce Road E
New Orleans, LA 70123
(504) 734-4274
Officers and agents
Caruthers, Chase · Other
Habbaz, Roy · Assistant PM for Maintenance And
Oosterling, Paul S · Project Manager
Gele, Lionel John Jr · Assistant PM for Maintenance &am
Glapion, Dawn · Assistant PM for Technical Assur

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
898589May 24, 2024May 24, 2024U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaBM-Mow-1 #12,55003933365
873576Oct 20, 2021Oct 20, 2021U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaBM-Mow-1 #12,55003933365
488409Oct 25, 1999Oct 25, 1999U.S. Department of EnergyJeffersonUS Department of Energy #1CP15024532220
457495Jun 26, 1997Jun 26, 1997U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU.S. Department of Energy #230003932614
457494Jun 26, 1997Jun 26, 1997U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU.S. Department of Energy #130003932615
457493Jun 26, 1997Jun 26, 1997U.S. Department of EnergyOrangeU.S. Department of Energy #130036130739
344382Mar 30, 1988Mar 30, 1988U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU. S. Department of Energy #B110CP40003932275
344381Mar 30, 1988Mar 30, 1988U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU. S. Department of Energy #B107CP40003932276
344380Mar 30, 1988Mar 30, 1988U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU. S. Department of Energy #B104CP30003932277
344379Mar 30, 1988Mar 30, 1988U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU. S. Department of Energy #B101CP30003932278
344378Mar 30, 1988Mar 30, 1988U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU. S. Department of Energy #B 4CP40003932274
344377Mar 30, 1988Mar 30, 1988U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU. S. Department of Energy #B108CP40003932273
344376Mar 30, 1988Mar 30, 1988U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU. S. Department of Energy #B105CP40003932272
344375Mar 30, 1988Mar 30, 1988U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU. S. Department of Energy #B102CP40003932271
344374Mar 30, 1988Mar 30, 1988U.S. Department of EnergyBrazoriaU. S. Department of Energy #B 5CP30003932270

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/875426, documented in the API reference.