OPERATORS · RRC 886255 · P-5 STATUS Y
Viva Oil Co, Inc
Kermit, TX
Watch this operatorViva Oil CO, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 7, 1985.
The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.
5 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 8, 2017.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 4 of record
- 3
- 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.
- 40%
- spud rate · 2 of 5 mature permits
- 61
- median days permit to spud · middle half 58–64
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 3
- expired undrilled
- 1
- 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.
All 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Glorieta | 1 | 0 |
| San Andres | 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 →
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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
- 62.1K
- 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
- 4
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 3
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 2
- 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
| Scurry | 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sharon Ridge (2400)82710664 | 3 | 0 |
| Hendrick40406001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 8, 2017
- Address
- Box 916
- Kermit, TX 79745
- (432) 661-7958
- Officers and agents
- Mitchell, Joe G. · President
- Mitchell, Geo. P. II · Vice President/Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281923 | Aug 7, 1985 | Aug 7, 1985 | Viva Oil Company, Inc. | Pecos | State Ruch #1 | 4,000 | 37135574 |
| 258439 | Nov 21, 1984 | Nov 21, 1984 | O.R.M. Exploration Co. | Winkler | Hendrick #1 | 3,500 | 49531860 |
| 241465 | Jun 8, 1984 | Jun 8, 1984 | Viva Oil Company, Inc. | Scurry | Falls, Minnie #4 | 2,650 | 41532634 |
| 197967 | Jun 10, 1983 | Jun 10, 1983 | Viva Oil Company, Inc. | Scurry | White, R. D. A #4 | 3,250 | 41532457 |
| 170180 | Aug 26, 1982 | Aug 26, 1982 | Viva Oil Company, Inc. | Scurry | Falls, Minnie V. #3 | 3,170 | 41530535 |
| 126253 | Jul 22, 1981 | Jul 22, 1981 | Viva Oil Company, Inc. | Scurry | White, R. D. "A" #1 | 3,250 | 41532046 |
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/886255, documented in the API reference.