OPERATORS · RRC 885770 · P-5 STATUS Y
Viking Drilling Co
San Antonio, TX
Watch this operatorViking Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 10, 1978.
The RRC wellbore file lists 9 wells under its operatorship.
6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 9 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.
- 33%
- spud rate · 2 of 6 mature permits
- 7
- median days permit to spud · middle half 5–9
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 4
- expired undrilled
- 6
- permits a year over 1 active year
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hogg county → | — | 3 | 0 | Feb 10, 1978 |
| Bee county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 12, 1977 |
| Victoria county → | — | 1 | 1 | Dec 13, 1977 |
| Zapata county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 29, 1977 |
All 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
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
- 9
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 3
- acquired from others
- 1
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Atascosa | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agua Dulce North (7500)834888 | 1 | 0 |
| Bloomington (6530)9674910 | 1 | 0 |
| Cooke (Wilcox 5000)20336886 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Lake (A)36713166 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Lake SW. (Frio 5900)36724200 | 1 | 0 |
| Koenig N. (Wilcox 9 800)50042142 | 1 | 0 |
| Labus (Edwards Upper)51138666 | 1 | 0 |
| Palacios (Frio -E-)68481210 | 1 | 0 |
| Pridgen (Yegua 5600)73133500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed —
- Address
- 900 NE. Loop Expressway
- San Antonio, TX 78209
- Officers and agents
- None listed.
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 429518 | Oct 31, 1994 | Oct 31, 1994 | Cico Oil & Gas Co. | DE Witt | Pridgen #1 | 5,672 | 12320058 |
| 154299 | Mar 18, 1982 | Mar 18, 1982 | Bay Rock Corp. | LA Salle | Cooke, Ethyl P. #1 | 4,350 | 28330182 |
| 88544 | Aug 4, 1980 | Aug 4, 1980 | Klotzman, M. S. Exploration | Karnes | Gawlik, L. F. #1 | 10,500 | 25500092 |
| 18026 | Feb 10, 1978 | Feb 10, 1978 | Viking Drilling Company | Jim Hogg | Valdez, Jesusa G. #1 | 3,407 | 24730811 |
| 13942 | Dec 13, 1977 | Dec 13, 1977 | Viking Drilling Company | Victoria | Wood, C. M. & M. L. #1 | 6,863 | 46931171 |
| 6393 | Aug 29, 1977 | Aug 29, 1977 | Viking Drilling Company | Zapata | Zachry, H. B. #5 | 12,775 | 50580416 |
| 5263 | Aug 12, 1977 | Aug 12, 1977 | Viking Drilling Company | Bee | Littlejohn, L. W. #1 | 9,700 | 02530889 |
| 4573 | Aug 3, 1977 | Aug 3, 1977 | Viking Drilling Company | Jim Hogg | Zachry, H. B. #2 | 2,620 | 24730780 |
| 4572 | Aug 3, 1977 | Aug 3, 1977 | Viking Drilling Company | Jim Hogg | Zachry, H. B. #1 | 2,650 | 24730779 |
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/885770, documented in the API reference.