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OPERATORS · RRC 881167  · P-5 STATUS Y

Valence Oper Co

Kingwood, TX · most active in Smith County

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Valence Oper CO was issued 10 drilling permits in the past 12 months, down 41% on the prior year, across 2 counties led by Smith with 9. 90% were horizontal.

1 was issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 835 wells under its operatorship (326 producing, 28 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 921K barrels of oil and 15.5M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 12% on the year before.

It holds 27 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 3.04M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

990 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2026.

10
permits, last 12 months
-41%
vs prior 12 months (17)
2
counties, 12 months
326
producing wells, of 835 of record
1.26K
leases it reports
90%
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.

76%
spud rate · 755 of 989 mature permits
48
median days permit to spud · middle half 24–112
0
spuds, last 180 days -100%
0%
cancelled · 3 permits
232
expired undrilled
21
permits a year over 48 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 20 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 38

05101520222023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Smith county →988156Feb 12, 2026
Rusk county →17154Aug 24, 2026
Freestone county →—217171Aug 29, 2022
Harrison county →—169121Jun 18, 2025
Leon county →—8161Sep 20, 2022
Panola county →—7868Jan 10, 2017
Wood county →—5125Jan 24, 2022
Limestone county →—4223Oct 12, 2009
Cherokee county →—4131Jun 6, 2024
Atascosa county →—3821Sep 25, 2023
Nacogdoches county →—2414Jun 25, 2012
Hopkins county →—2319Jan 24, 2025
Upshur county →—1712Feb 1, 2010
Webb county →—75Aug 25, 2009
Franklin county →—512Mar 25, 2021
Houston county →—50Sep 15, 1999
McMullen county →—52Feb 26, 2025
Brazoria county →—40Jun 14, 1991
Victoria county →—43Sep 14, 2009
Gregg county →—31Jan 8, 2015
Lavaca county →—36Jul 16, 2009
Rains county →—33Nov 13, 2008
Howard county →—21Dec 11, 1989
Roberts county →—24Oct 1, 2003
Robertson county →—22Mar 18, 2005
Bowie county →—10Jul 9, 1997
Cass county →—15Oct 31, 2018
Fayette county →—10Jun 2, 1997
Jasper county →—10Sep 10, 2003
Refugio county →—12Jun 25, 2010

All 990 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
Travis Peak5192
Pettit5072
Cotton Valley4331
BMA3941
Bossier3080
Buda1750
Rodessa1152
Paluxy1012
Glen Rose761
Nacatoch745
Woodbine645
Austin Chalk640
Goodland584
James Lime371
Sub-Clarksville312

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 →

921K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-12%
vs the 12 months before
15.5M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
13.8M
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 15,544,158 · prior 12 16,736,990(-7%)

01M2M202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 921,370 · prior 12 1,044,395(-12%)

050K100K150K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

835
on the schedule
326
producing
28
shut in
9
injection
71
temp. abandoned
181
plugged

How it got them

577
permitted itself
166
acquired from others
24
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

27
active UIC permits of 59
164K
permitted bbl/day, active
3.04M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Smith12 active65K bbl/d
Harrison3 active17.5K bbl/d
Panola2 active15K bbl/d
Limestone2 active14K bbl/d
Atascosa1 active12K bbl/d
Wood1 active10K bbl/d
Cherokee1 active10K bbl/d
Rusk1 active8K 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
Drill917817
Recompletion10151
Field transfer0011
Reenter008
Other003

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
Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)664612756441
Shamburger Lake (Paluxy)82617500582
Carthage (Cotton Valley)160321745336
Nan-SU-Gail (CV Consolidated)644092104540
Oaks (Cotton Valley-Travis Peak)66512400370
Teague (CV-Bossier Cons.)885763043325
Hitts Lake (Paluxy)41713333321
Chapel Hill (Cotton Valley)170080503019
Blocker (Cotton Valley)95913002813
Farrar (Travis Peak)30321500240
Farrar SE (Pettit)30325750240
Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)271357002220

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Apr 4, 2026
CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
600 Rockmead Dr Ste 200
Kingwood, TX 77339
(281) 359-3659
Officers and agents
CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Scherr, Walter J III · President,ceo/Coo
Scherr, Douglas · Secretary,cfo

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
917990Aug 27, 2026Aug 24, 2026Valence Operating CompanyRuskBlackburn #110,93240133276
913392Oct 18, 2026Feb 12, 2026Valence Operating CompanySmithThedford #2HH9,30042332485
913392Feb 12, 2026Feb 12, 2026Valence Operating CompanySmithMelodye #1HH9,30042332485
913392Feb 12, 2026Feb 12, 2026Valence Operating CompanySmithMelodye #1HH9,30042332485
913146Jan 30, 2026Jan 30, 2026Valence Operating CompanySmithLuscombe B (Alloc) #9HH12,60042332484
913146Jan 30, 2026Jan 30, 2026Valence Operating CompanySmithLuscombe B (Alloc) #9HH12,60042332484
913146Jan 30, 2026Jan 30, 2026Valence Operating CompanySmithMcCrary #1HH9,50042332484
912495Jan 12, 2026Jan 12, 2026Valence Operating CompanySmithLuscombe B (Alloc) #9HH12,60042332480
912495Jan 12, 2026Jan 12, 2026Valence Operating CompanySmithMcCrary #1HH9,50042332480
912495Jan 12, 2026Jan 12, 2026Valence Operating CompanySmithLuscombe B (Alloc) #9HH12,60042332480
908613Jun 18, 2025Jun 18, 2025Valence Operating CompanyHarrisonBrewster, Nancy Gas Unit #9HH11,50020335747
908613Jun 18, 2025Jun 18, 2025Valence Operating CompanyHarrisonBrewster, Nancy Gas Unit #9HH11,50020335747
907622May 1, 2025May 1, 2025Valence Operating CompanyHarrisonBath Gas Unit B #12HH11,50020335741
907613Apr 25, 2025Apr 25, 2025Valence Operating CompanyHarrisonBath Gas Unit B #11HH11,50020335740
906529Mar 14, 2025Mar 14, 2025Valence Operating CompanyHarrisonRunnels Mack V Gas Unit #11HH11,50020335723

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/881167, documented in the API reference.