OPERATORS · RRC 884555 · P-5 STATUS Y
Venus Oil Co
San Antonio, TX
Watch this operatorVenus Oil CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 15, 2001.
The RRC wellbore file lists 55 wells under its operatorship.
149 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 6, 2002.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 55 of record
- 8
- 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.
- 35%
- spud rate · 52 of 149 mature permits
- 26
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–63
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 2 permits
- 95
- expired undrilled
- 6
- permits a year over 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharton county → | — | 57 | 14 | Feb 15, 2001 |
| Nueces county → | — | 31 | 9 | Dec 14, 1992 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 9 | 1 | Dec 16, 1986 |
| Jackson county → | — | 8 | 1 | Aug 22, 1985 |
| Victoria county → | — | 7 | 4 | Dec 22, 1988 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 5 | 1 | Dec 22, 1988 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 5 | 1 | May 20, 1983 |
| Goliad county → | — | 4 | 1 | Mar 12, 1982 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 3 | 1 | Dec 29, 1982 |
| Jim Hogg county → | — | 3 | 1 | Oct 29, 1981 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 3 | 0 | Dec 3, 1982 |
| Crane county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 24, 1993 |
| Crockett county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 20, 1996 |
| Hansford county → | — | 2 | 1 | Jul 13, 1993 |
| Jasper county → | — | 2 | 1 | Aug 27, 1984 |
| DE Witt county → | — | 1 | 2 | Nov 6, 1984 |
| Gregg county → | — | 1 | 3 | Nov 10, 1994 |
| Karnes county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 14, 1979 |
| Medina county → | — | 1 | 1 | Sep 26, 1979 |
| Upton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 12, 1993 |
| Zavala county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 26, 1977 |
All 149 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 25 | 0 |
| Oakville | 10 | 0 |
| Greta | 8 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 8 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 7 | 0 |
| Yegua | 7 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 4 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 2 | 0 |
| Brown Dolomite | 2 | 0 |
| Tubb | 2 | 0 |
| Morrow | 2 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 1 | 0 |
| Queen City | 1 | 0 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 1 | 0 |
| Silurian (undifferentiated) | 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
- 171K
- 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
- 55
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 43
- plugged
How it got them
- 20
- permitted itself
- 5
- acquired from others
- 23
- 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 6
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Hill27080001 | 6 | 0 |
| East Texas27302001 | 5 | 0 |
| Hutchins-Kubela (Kubela Sand)43836558 | 4 | 0 |
| EL Campo West(greta 3800)27931425 | 3 | 0 |
| Hansford (Morrow Upper)38797682 | 2 | 0 |
| Koenig North (Wilcox 10 100)50042284 | 2 | 0 |
| Baldwin (9290)5210910 | 1 | 0 |
| Baldwin (7300 NW Seg)5210644 | 1 | 0 |
| Baldwin (3070)5210260 | 1 | 0 |
| Big Wells(san Miguel Lo. East)8072750 | 1 | 0 |
| Bunker Hill (Upper Y-5A)13355850 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernard East (7900)7301830 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 6, 2002
- Address
- 1250 NE Loop 410 Ste 205
- San Antonio, TX 78209
- Officers and agents
- Ames, Eugene L., Jr. · Chairman/Ceo
- Ames, John Y. · President
- Hardeman, Terry · Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 505248 | Feb 16, 2001 | Feb 16, 2001 | Gcea, LLC | Nueces | Sanders, M. L. #B 3 | 3,900 | 35530623 |
| 505194 | Feb 15, 2001 | Feb 15, 2001 | Venus Oil Company | Wharton | Appling G.U. #1 | 12,000 | 48133746 |
| 450026 | Aug 20, 1996 | Aug 20, 1996 | Venus Oil Company | Wharton | Swanson Acres #1 | 6,000 | 48133889 |
| 448220 | May 20, 1996 | May 20, 1996 | Venus Oil Company | Crockett | Chambers CSL #1 | 7,700 | 10537284 |
| 448220 | May 20, 1996 | May 20, 1996 | Venus Oil Company | Crockett | Chambers CSL #1 | 7,700 | 10537284 |
| 441820 | Nov 13, 1995 | Nov 13, 1995 | Sue-Ann Production Company | Fort Bend | Dutton Unit #1 | 7,567 | 15731737 |
| 429871 | Nov 10, 1994 | Nov 10, 1994 | Venus Oil Company | Gregg | McGrede "A" #1 | 11,000 | 18331149 |
| 429809 | Nov 10, 1994 | Nov 10, 1994 | Venus Oil Company | Wharton | Appling G.U. #1 | 12,000 | 48133746 |
| 429599 | Nov 1, 1994 | Nov 1, 1994 | Cook Marshall Operating, Inc. | Fort Bend | Dutton Unit #1 | 7,893 | 15731737 |
| 416204 | Oct 4, 1993 | Oct 4, 1993 | Venus Oil Company | Wharton | Kainer G.U. #1 | 12,500 | 48133655 |
| 412130 | Jul 13, 1993 | Jul 13, 1993 | Venus Oil Company | Hansford | Venneman, J. #1 | 6,900 | 19531176 |
| 413392 | Jul 5, 1993 | Jul 5, 1993 | Venus Oil Company | Hansford | Archer Trusts #1 | 8,000 | 19531179 |
| 412034 | May 24, 1993 | May 24, 1993 | Venus Oil Company | Crane | Griffith, M.H. "A" #1 | 3,900 | 10334217 |
| 409807 | Mar 12, 1993 | Mar 12, 1993 | Venus Oil Company | Upton | Griffith, M.H. #2 | 4,000 | 46133380 |
| 409520 | Mar 8, 1993 | Mar 8, 1993 | Cook Marshall Operating, Inc. | Fort Bend | Dutton Unit #1 | 7,518 | 15731737 |
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/884555, documented in the API reference.