OPERATORS · RRC 887715 · P-5 STATUS Y

VRK Oper Co, Inc

Fort Worth, TX

Vrk Oper CO, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 15, 1990.

The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.

13 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1986; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 9, 1991.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 4 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.

15%: spud rate · 2 of 13 mature permits
8: median days permit to spud · middle half 7–9
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
11: expired undrilled
3: permits a year over 4 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
Gray county →	—	6	2	Mar 15, 1990
Carson county →	—	5	1	May 31, 1988
Callahan county →	—	1	0	May 5, 1986
Wheeler county →	—	1	0	Apr 8, 1987

All 13 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
Brown Dolomite	7	0
White Dolomite	6	0
Panhandle Lime	6	0
Granite Wash	5	0
Ellenburger	1	0
Caddo	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
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

4: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
2: plugged

How it got them

1: permitted itself
1: 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 →

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	13

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
Panhandle Gray County Field68873001	2	0
Brown County Regular12406001	1	0
Panhandle Carson County Field68845001	1	0

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Oct 9, 1991

Address: 4100 Intn'l Plaza, TWR II #624; Fort Worth, TX 76109

Officers and agents: Vahrenkamp, Michael E. · President; Vahrenkamp, William R. · 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
388613	Jun 10, 1991	Jun 10, 1991	Touchdown Oil Company	Brown	Smelley, J. D. #2X	1,500	04934482
371022	Mar 15, 1990	Mar 15, 1990	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Gray	Barrett #1322A	3,800	17931985
370079	Feb 20, 1990	Feb 20, 1990	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Gray	Barrett #1322	3,800	17931982
363767	Sep 14, 1989	Sep 14, 1989	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Gray	Barrett #1312	3,800	17931964
359864	May 31, 1989	May 31, 1989	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Gray	Barrett #1321	3,500	17931954
359863	May 31, 1989	May 31, 1989	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Gray	Barrett #1311	3,500	17931953
359863	May 31, 1989	May 31, 1989	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Gray	Barrett #1311	3,500	17931953
347077	May 31, 1988	May 31, 1988	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Carson	Pope, Mary "B" #1	3,500	06531908
347076	May 31, 1988	May 31, 1988	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Carson	Sheridan "A" #1	3,500	06531907
347076	May 31, 1988	May 31, 1988	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Carson	Sheridan "A" #1	3,500	06531907
347076	May 31, 1988	May 31, 1988	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Carson	Sheridan "A" #1	3,500	06531907
340210	Dec 17, 1987	Dec 17, 1987	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Carson	Pope, Mary "A" #1	3,500	06531904
327903	Apr 8, 1987	Apr 8, 1987	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Wheeler	Sitter "F" #1A	2,800	48331309
301841	May 5, 1986	May 5, 1986	VRK Operating Company, Inc.	Callahan	Williams #B1	4,300	05935591
286201	Oct 1, 1985	Oct 1, 1985	S & M Operating, Inc./VRK Inv.	Brown	Smelley #2	1,600	04934482

Full permit history →

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/887715, documented in the API reference.