OPERATORS · RRC 884750 · P-5 STATUS Y
Vess Oil Corp
Dallas, TX
Watch this operatorVess Oil Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 14, 2024.
The RRC wellbore file lists 305 wells under its operatorship (111 producing, 32 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 735K barrels of oil and 602K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 14% on the year before.
It holds 33 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 5.35M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
79 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2007; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 111
- producing wells, of 305 of record
- 58
- 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.
- 72%
- spud rate · 57 of 79 mature permits
- 36
- median days permit to spud · middle half 19–104
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 22
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 18 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 6 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 15
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazos county → | — | 51 | 211 | Mar 1, 2022 |
| Madison county → | — | 20 | 23 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| Smith county → | — | 3 | 63 | May 14, 2024 |
| Wilbarger county → | — | 3 | 0 | Apr 21, 2011 |
| Mitchell county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jun 30, 2009 |
All 79 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Woodbine | 45 | 1 |
| Austin Chalk | 40 | 0 |
| Navarro | 22 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 14 | 0 |
| Sub-Clarksville | 8 | 0 |
| Sparta | 6 | 0 |
| Eagle Ford | 5 | 0 |
| Midway | 5 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 5 | 1 |
| Buda | 3 | 0 |
| Cisco | 2 | 0 |
| Canyon | 2 | 0 |
| Strawn | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor | 2 | 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 →
- 735K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -14%
- vs the 12 months before
- 602K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 15.9M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 734,776 · prior 12 855,491(-14%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 601,612 · prior 12 684,155(-12%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 305
- on the schedule
- 111
- producing
- 32
- shut in
- 7
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 72
- plugged
How it got them
- 42
- permitted itself
- 205
- acquired from others
- 5
- 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
- 33
- active UIC permits of 79
- 92.1K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 5.35M
- 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 | 69 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kurten (Woodbine)50424900 | 194 | 53 |
| Sand Flat80459001 | 59 | 14 |
| Madisonville W. (Woodbine -A-)56599500 | 35 | 32 |
| Aguila Vado (Eagleford)870500 | 9 | 9 |
| Kurten (Buda)50424500 | 2 | 0 |
| Hitts Lake North (Paluxy)41716500 | 2 | 2 |
| Hitts Lake (Paluxy)41713333 | 1 | 0 |
| Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500 | 1 | 0 |
| Fort Trinidad East (Buda)32157071 | 1 | 1 |
| Sand Flat N. (Rodessa UP)80466540 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 4, 2026
- Oil operator
- Address
- 2100 McKinney Ave Ste 1750
- Dallas, TX 75201
- (979) 220-0348
- Officers and agents
- CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
- Vess, Johnathon M · Chairman
- Hill, Barry Neal II · President,ceo
- Fidler, Benjamin Todd · Vice President
- Howarter, Douglas A · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 899694 | May 14, 2024 | May 14, 2024 | Vess Oil Corporation | Smith | Sand Flat Unit #52 | 9,545 | 42330198 |
| 892393 | Aug 10, 2023 | Aug 10, 2023 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Watson-Hollow B #2HH | 8,500 | 31331402 |
| 892565 | Aug 9, 2023 | Aug 9, 2023 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Watson-Hollow D #4HH | 8,500 | 31331404 |
| 892558 | Aug 9, 2023 | Aug 9, 2023 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Watson-Hollow C #3HH | 8,500 | 31331403 |
| 892296 | Aug 3, 2023 | Aug 3, 2023 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Watson-Hollow A #1HH | 8,500 | 31331401 |
| 887984 | Feb 14, 2023 | Feb 14, 2023 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Smith #4HH | 9,000 | 31331399 |
| 887979 | Feb 14, 2023 | Feb 14, 2023 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Smith #3HH | 9,000 | 31331398 |
| 887967 | Feb 14, 2023 | Feb 14, 2023 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Lewis #2HH | 9,000 | 31331397 |
| 887965 | Feb 14, 2023 | Feb 14, 2023 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Lewis #1HH | 9,000 | 31331396 |
| 878189 | Mar 24, 2022 | Mar 24, 2022 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Howard-Moore Unit A #2HH | 9,000 | 31331389 |
| 878175 | Mar 24, 2022 | Mar 24, 2022 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Howard-Moore Unit #1HH | 9,000 | 31331388 |
| 876353 | Mar 1, 2022 | Mar 1, 2022 | Vess Oil Corporation | Brazos | Wilson-Payne #3HH | 9,000 | 04132368 |
| 877059 | Feb 23, 2022 | Feb 23, 2022 | Vess Oil Corporation | Madison | Leona-Howard (Allocation) #1HH | 9,000 | 31331375 |
| 876179 | Jan 26, 2022 | Jan 26, 2022 | Vess Oil Corporation | Brazos | Wilson-Payne #2HH | 9,000 | 04132367 |
| 875657 | Jan 5, 2022 | Jan 5, 2022 | Vess Oil Corporation | Smith | Lyons #52 | 10,000 | 42330198 |
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.
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