OPERATORS · RRC 882975 · P-5 STATUS Y
Vaughan, Ben F. III
Corpus Chrsti, TX
Watch this operatorVaughan, Ben F. Iii has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 2, 1986.
12 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 15, 1990.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 of record
- 0
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 8%
- spud rate · 1 of 12 mature permits
- 29
- median days permit to spud · middle half 29–29
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 11
- expired undrilled
- 2
- 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.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay county → | — | 6 | 0 | Nov 21, 1984 |
| Zavala county → | — | 3 | 0 | Oct 30, 1984 |
| Medina county → | — | 2 | 0 | Apr 27, 1982 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 2, 1986 |
All 12 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
- 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 | 12 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 15, 1990
- Address
- Box 1579
- Corpus Chrsti, TX 78403
- Officers and agents
- Vaughan, Ben F. III · Sole Proprietor
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301785 | May 2, 1986 | May 2, 1986 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Atascosa | Gray, Henry and Billie #1 | 1,900 | 01333764 |
| 258392 | Nov 21, 1984 | Nov 21, 1984 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Clay | Ayers, F. McNeill #2 | 6,250 | 07733616 |
| 258391 | Nov 21, 1984 | Nov 21, 1984 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Clay | Ayers, F. McNeill #3 | 6,300 | 07733615 |
| 258390 | Nov 21, 1984 | Nov 21, 1984 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Clay | Ayers, F. McNeill #4 | 6,300 | 07733614 |
| 256527 | Oct 30, 1984 | Oct 30, 1984 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Zavala | Thomas, Mary Lee Kothmann #1 | 4,300 | 50732088 |
| 255755 | Oct 24, 1984 | Oct 24, 1984 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Clay | Ayers "A" #1A | 6,250 | 07733588 |
| 255752 | Oct 24, 1984 | Oct 24, 1984 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Clay | Ayers "B" #1B | 6,250 | 07733587 |
| 226202 | Jan 9, 1984 | Jan 9, 1984 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Clay | Ayres, Faye McNeill #1 | 6,810 | 07733315 |
| 217084 | Oct 13, 1983 | Oct 13, 1983 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Zavala | Walker, Dale #1 | 4,500 | 50732001 |
| 190534 | Mar 31, 1983 | Mar 31, 1983 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Zavala | Carr, Nick #1 | 4,500 | 50731932 |
| 158510 | Apr 27, 1982 | Apr 27, 1982 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Medina | Pawlik, Daniel A. #1 | 3,200 | 32532309 |
| 141090 | Nov 16, 1981 | Nov 16, 1981 | Vaughan, Ben F. III | Medina | Mechler, Edward A. #1 | 3,000 | 32532140 |
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/882975, documented in the API reference.