OPERATORS · RRC 881450 · P-5 STATUS Y
Van Valkenburgh, Norman P
Ventura, CA
Watch this operatorVan Valkenburgh, Norman P has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 11, 1980.
11 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 14, 1982.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 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.
- 27%
- spud rate · 3 of 11 mature permits
- 7
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–10
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 8
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastland county → | — | 5 | 0 | Aug 11, 1980 |
| Travis county → | — | 4 | 0 | Aug 31, 1979 |
| Bastrop county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 19, 1979 |
| Williamson county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 17, 1978 |
All 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 1 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 1 | 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
- 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
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 4
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
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 | 11 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 14, 1982
- Address
- Box 4295
- Ventura, CA 93003
- Officers and agents
- Van Valkenburgh, N. P. · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89944 | Aug 11, 1980 | Aug 11, 1980 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Eastland | Taylor, Hazel Dempsey #1 | 4,000 | 13332392 |
| 88864 | Aug 6, 1980 | Aug 6, 1980 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Eastland | Britain, Wallace H. #1 | 4,000 | 13332463 |
| 84194 | Jun 17, 1980 | Jun 17, 1980 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Eastland | Moore, W. G. #1 | 4,000 | 13332391 |
| 74464 | Mar 7, 1980 | Mar 7, 1980 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Eastland | Britain, W. J. #1 | 4,000 | 13332247 |
| 70417 | Jan 8, 1980 | Jan 8, 1980 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Eastland | Rbtf-Fee #1 | 4,000 | 13332152 |
| 57221 | Aug 31, 1979 | Aug 31, 1979 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Travis | Stewart, H. H. #1 | 3,000 | 45330203 |
| 57213 | Aug 31, 1979 | Aug 31, 1979 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Travis | Cook-Synott #3A | 1,250 | 45330202 |
| 52672 | Jul 12, 1979 | Jul 12, 1979 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Travis | Cook-Synott #3 | 3,000 | 45330199 |
| 46274 | Mar 13, 1979 | Mar 13, 1979 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Travis | Cook-Synott #2 | 1,500 | 45330196 |
| 43314 | Feb 19, 1979 | Feb 19, 1979 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Bastrop | Cook-Synott #1 | 1,200 | 02130238 |
| 24744 | May 17, 1978 | May 17, 1978 | Van Valkenburgh, Norman P. | Williamson | Beyer, Hugo et UX #1 | 2,100 | 49130204 |
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/881450, documented in the API reference.