OPERATORS · RRC 883810 · P-5 STATUS Y
Vastar Res, Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorVastar Res, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 27, 2001.
The RRC wellbore file lists 51 wells under its operatorship.
328 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 3, 2004.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 51 of record
- 151
- 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.
- 77%
- spud rate · 251 of 328 mature permits
- 20
- median days permit to spud · middle half 10–49
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 76
- expired undrilled
- 14
- permits a year over 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panola county → | — | 80 | 8 | Jul 27, 2001 |
| Hidalgo county → | — | 75 | 18 | Sep 25, 2001 |
| Jim Hogg county → | — | 33 | 6 | Aug 15, 2001 |
| Cooke county → | — | 28 | 3 | Oct 16, 1997 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 27 | 3 | Nov 10, 1998 |
| High IS-LB county → | — | 25 | 3 | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Duval county → | — | 17 | 5 | Dec 6, 2000 |
| McMullen county → | — | 16 | 4 | Aug 8, 2001 |
| Shelby county → | — | 14 | 0 | Nov 27, 2001 |
| Jefferson county → | — | 4 | 0 | Oct 26, 1999 |
| Hemphill county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 2, 1999 |
| Wharton county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 23, 1996 |
| Brooks county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 26, 1995 |
| Grayson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 24, 1994 |
| San Augustine county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 14, 2001 |
| Starr county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 30, 1996 |
| Webb county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 8, 2001 |
All 328 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Peak | 59 | 0 |
| Pettit | 57 | 0 |
| Cotton Valley | 48 | 0 |
| James Lime | 40 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 34 | 0 |
| Rodessa | 28 | 0 |
| Queen City | 21 | 0 |
| Paluxy | 14 | 0 |
| Taylor | 14 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 12 | 0 |
| Glen Rose | 12 | 0 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 6 | 0 |
| Bossier | 6 | 0 |
| Frio | 5 | 0 |
| Strawn | 4 | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 3.33M
- 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
- 51
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 31
- plugged
How it got them
- 23
- permitted itself
- 15
- acquired from others
- 129
- 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 38
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 174 |
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 148 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Carthage (Travis Peak)16032812 | 3 | 0 |
| Donna (Knapp)25318405 | 2 | 0 |
| Rhode Ranch W. (House 9200)76219410 | 2 | 0 |
| Thompsonville NE (Wilcox 9500)89546375 | 2 | 0 |
| Donna (9200)25318980 | 2 | 0 |
| Walnut Bend (2150)94911832 | 2 | 0 |
| Carthage (Cotton Valley)16032174 | 2 | 0 |
| Champion (Wilcox 8670)16846100 | 1 | 0 |
| Carthage (Travis Peak-Collins)16032850 | 1 | 0 |
| Carthage (Pettit Lower Gas)16032650 | 1 | 0 |
| Donna (Harrell)25318270 | 1 | 0 |
| Donna (7730)25318959 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 3, 2004
- Address
- Attn Bill Casey PO Box 3092
- Houston, TX 77253
- Officers and agents
- Paulson, Gary L. · Texas Resident Agent
- Welch, David H. · President
- Springett, Ian · Cfo/Vice President
- Blackwell, Thomas Franklin · Vice President
- Stover, David L. · Vice President
- Zwart, Peter Allen · Vice President
- Wells, James Kent · Vice President
- Lynch, John E. Jr. · Vice President
- All 14 on the P-5 →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 685801 | Oct 8, 2009 | Oct 8, 2009 | BP America Production Company | Panola | S.L. Davis Gas Unit #4 | 10,100 | 36532024 |
| 624527 | Aug 17, 2006 | Aug 17, 2006 | Fidelity Explor. & Prod. Co. | Hidalgo | CNG VI #2 | 8,928 | 21531894 |
| 617170 | Apr 11, 2006 | Apr 11, 2006 | BP America Production Company | McMullen | Lindholm 86-1 #2 | 10,130 | 31132878 |
| 616454 | Mar 27, 2006 | Mar 27, 2006 | Fidelity Explor. & Prod. Co. | Hidalgo | CNG Gas Unit IV #2 | 9,850 | 21531755 |
| 513804 | Nov 27, 2001 | Nov 27, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Shelby | J. S. Price "B" Gas Unit #10 | 9,000 | 41930813 |
| 515346 | Nov 14, 2001 | Nov 14, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | San Augustine | Sutton #1 | 17,500 | 40530192 |
| 513805 | Nov 13, 2001 | Nov 13, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Shelby | J. S. Price "B" Gas Unit #9 | 9,000 | 41930812 |
| 513912 | Sep 25, 2001 | Sep 25, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Hidalgo | Santa Ana Gas Unit #3 | 13,500 | 21532934 |
| 513295 | Sep 13, 2001 | Sep 13, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Shelby | Taylor, W. M. #3 | 9,000 | 41930810 |
| 512616 | Aug 15, 2001 | Aug 15, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Jim Hogg | McLean Heirs #8 | 15,000 | 24732227 |
| 512382 | Aug 8, 2001 | Aug 8, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | McMullen | Lindholm, C. S. Gas Unit #3 | 11,058 | 31132792 |
| 511764 | Jul 27, 2001 | Jul 27, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Panola | Davis, S. L. #7 | 11,000 | 36532452 |
| 507747 | Jun 11, 2001 | Jun 11, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Panola | W. M. Reed Gas Unit #5 | 10,500 | 36532004 |
| 510051 | Jun 8, 2001 | Jun 8, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Jim Hogg | Marrs McLean Trust #21 | 14,500 | 24732214 |
| 510050 | Jun 8, 2001 | Jun 8, 2001 | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Webb | Stroman-Armstrong #1 | 10,407 | 47904001 |
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/883810, documented in the API reference.