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OPERATORS · RRC 89936  · P-5 STATUS Y

Brayton Oper Corp

Corpus Chrsti, TX

Watch this operator

Brayton Oper Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 19, 2009.

The RRC wellbore file lists 49 wells under its operatorship.

218 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1993; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 4, 2009.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 49 of record
72
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.

74%
spud rate · 161 of 218 mature permits
17
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–50
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
57
expired undrilled
13
permits a year over 17 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Victoria county →—11035Jun 19, 2009
Jackson county →—507Sep 10, 2008
Wharton county →—495Jun 19, 2009
Goliad county →—40Apr 14, 2009
Fort Bend county →—21Apr 9, 2007
Jim Wells county →—21Dec 27, 2002
Duval county →—10Apr 14, 2005

All 218 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Frio600
Greta420
Catahoula310
Yegua220
Miocene (undifferentiated)130
Jackson10
Vicksburg10

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
446K
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

49
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
46
plugged

How it got them

44
permitted itself
5
acquired from others
87
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

Victoria0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill00174
Recompletion0043
Field transfer001

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Telferner North (3600 Frio)8873466450
Salem S.E. (2400)7978470030
Salem East (4100)7978375030
Salem (3700)7978286020
Slam Dunk (Catahoula)8396710020
Inez (Yegua 9060)4452245020
Wildcat400120
Hillje (Frio 5825)4149038610
EL Toro Max W. (EY-1)2821407910
EL Campo S. (6650)2792835510
Inez South (5200)4453033310
Indian (Cook Mountain)4436930010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Dec 4, 2009
Address
606 N Carancahua Suite 615
Corpus Chrsti, TX 78476
Officers and agents
Desenberg, David Paul · President
Seibert, John Henry, Jr. · Vice President

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
682100Jun 19, 2009Jun 19, 2009Brayton Operating Corp.WhartonJoki #16,21048134782
682099Jun 19, 2009Jun 19, 2009Brayton Operating Corp.VictoriaScherer-Diebel #14,68946933851
680221Apr 15, 2009Apr 15, 2009Brayton Operating Corp.WhartonBrandl-Jemelka #16,20048134883
680106Apr 14, 2009Apr 14, 2009Brayton Operating Corp.GoliadA. Preiss #14,20017534081
680104Apr 14, 2009Apr 14, 2009Brayton Operating Corp.VictoriaRuschhaupt A #14,00046934102
679352Mar 13, 2009Mar 13, 2009Brayton Operating Corp.VictoriaBeck B #14,60046934037
670431Oct 16, 2008Oct 16, 2008Brayton Operating Corp.VictoriaMeek #A 23,50046933820
669589Sep 10, 2008Sep 10, 2008Brayton Operating Corp.JacksonMartin #16,50023933482
666987Aug 6, 2008Aug 6, 2008Brayton Operating Corp.VictoriaMusselman #D 13,51046934040
666775Aug 4, 2008Aug 4, 2008Brayton Operating Corp.VictoriaMeek #A 15,73346933740
666763Aug 2, 2008Aug 2, 2008Brayton Operating Corp.VictoriaMusselman GU #14,89646933738
663428Jun 18, 2008Jun 18, 2008Brayton Operating Corp.VictoriaTimme #14,00046934111
662580Jun 10, 2008Jun 10, 2008Brayton Operating Corp.WhartonWeinheimer-Schmidt #16,10048135004
660762May 15, 2008May 15, 2008Brayton Operating Corp.WhartonKoudela-Wendel #16,20048134994
660659May 15, 2008May 15, 2008Brayton Operating Corp.WhartonVasicek #15,90048134991

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/89936, documented in the API reference.