OPERATORS · RRC 876352  · P-5 STATUS Y

Union Oil Co of California

Los Angeles, CA

Watch this operator

Union Oil CO Of California has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 6, 1990.

The RRC wellbore file lists 10 wells under its operatorship.

210 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 9, 1991.

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

25%
spud rate · 53 of 210 mature permits
20
median days permit to spud · middle half 13–32
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
cancelled · 2 permits
152
expired undrilled
42
permits a year over 5 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Van Zandt county →—1596Aug 28, 1990
Jackson county →—281Sep 6, 1990
Wharton county →—61Apr 26, 1990
Madison county →—40Sep 29, 1989
Matagorda county →—41Sep 2, 1988
Galveston county →—31Feb 6, 1987
Fort Bend county →—20Oct 6, 1989
Brazoria county →—10Apr 14, 1989
Henderson county →—10Jun 15, 1990
Houston county →—10Nov 10, 1989
Polk county →—10Dec 16, 1985

All 210 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 →

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
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

10
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
3
plugged

How it got them

2
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
91
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

Van Zandt0 active0 bbl/d
Jackson0 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
Drill00136
Recompletion0074

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
Van9304200160
Ganado West (6300-B)3389894310
Gillock (Big Gas)3492503710
Louise5512000110
Sugar Valley N. (Union)8696285210

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 9, 1991
Address
1201 West Fifth St. - Room 1104
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Officers and agents
Richardson, Dee · Texas Resident Agent
Stegemeir, Richard J. · President/Chairman/Ceo
Union Oil Company of California · General Partner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
646104Dec 19, 2007Dec 19, 2007Premier Natural Resources, LLCJacksonNeibuhr, A.L. #106,41623932298
559189Mar 25, 2005Mar 25, 2005Union Oil Company of CaliforniaVan ZandtShivers, J. R. 12 #42,94246700548
448468Jun 24, 1996Jun 24, 1996Union Oil Company of CaliforniaJacksonNiebuhr, A. L. #106,41623932298
443732Feb 9, 1996Feb 9, 1996Union Oil Company of CaliforniaJacksonNiebuhr, A. L. #106,41623932298
443732Feb 9, 1996Feb 9, 1996Union Oil Company of CaliforniaJacksonNiebuhr, A. L. #106,41623932298
426632Sep 7, 1994Sep 7, 1994Union Oil Company of CaliforniaJacksonNiebuhr, A.L. #106,41623932298
377550Sep 6, 1990Sep 6, 1990Union Expl. Partners, Ltd.JacksonNeibuhr, A. L. #116,42023932497
377550Sep 6, 1990Sep 6, 1990Union Expl. Partners, Ltd.JacksonNeibuhr, A. L. #116,42023932497
377235Aug 28, 1990Aug 28, 1990Union Expl. Partners, Ltd.Van ZandtThompson, J. T. 49 #12,99446700828
377234Aug 28, 1990Aug 28, 1990Union Expl. Partners, Ltd.Van ZandtHowell, D. R. 45 #62,97046700878
377233Aug 28, 1990Aug 28, 1990Union Expl. Partners, Ltd.Van ZandtHowell, D. R. 45 #42,95046701255
375872Jul 24, 1990Jul 24, 1990Union Expl. Partners, Ltd.Van ZandtJarman, W. T. 37 #102,91946700222
375653Jul 19, 1990Jul 19, 1990Union Expl. Partners, Ltd.JacksonNiebuhr, A. L. #116,42023932497
374137Jun 22, 1990Jun 22, 1990Union Expl. Partners, Ltd.Van ZandtYork, Ella 13 #113,25046730796
374571Jun 15, 1990Jun 15, 1990Union Expl. Partners, Ltd.HendersonCresslenn Ranch #213,85021330666

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/876352, documented in the API reference.