OPERATORS · RRC 900500 · P-5 STATUS Y
Watson, B. G
Coleman, TX
Watch this operatorWatson, B. G has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 19, 1996.
The RRC wellbore file lists 39 wells under its operatorship.
5 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 39 of record
- 2
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 60%
- spud rate · 3 of 5 mature permits
- 3
- median days permit to spud · middle half 3–3
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 2
- expired undrilled
- 0
- permits a year over 13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 1 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 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
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- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 3.09K
- 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
- 39
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 37
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 13
- 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 4
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman County Regular19511001 | 13 | 0 |
| Brown County Regular12406001 | 9 | 0 |
| Magnum (Congl)56787500 | 5 | 0 |
| Inman (Flippen Sand)44620500 | 4 | 0 |
| Jett (Duffer)46320400 | 2 | 0 |
| Greystone (Strawn)36917600 | 2 | 0 |
| Silver Valley83640001 | 1 | 0 |
| Hall (Strawn)38184720 | 1 | 0 |
| Santa Anna (Marble Falls)80827625 | 1 | 0 |
| Brown Co. Regular (Marble Falls)12406500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Feb 4, 2026
- Gas operator
- Address
- Box 441
- Coleman, TX 76834
- Officers and agents
- Watson, Bennie G. · Sole Proprietor
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 443630 | Jan 19, 1996 | Jan 19, 1996 | Watson, B. G. | McCulloch | Gardner #1 | 1,046 | 30730143 |
| 429988 | Apr 5, 1995 | Apr 5, 1995 | Watson, B. G. | McCulloch | Gardner #1 | 1,100 | 30730898 |
| 429988 | Nov 18, 1994 | Nov 18, 1994 | Watson, B. G. | McCulloch | Gardner #1 | 1,100 | 30730898 |
| 429987 | Nov 18, 1994 | Nov 18, 1994 | Watson, B. G. | McCulloch | Gardner #2 | 1,100 | 30730897 |
| 279905 | Jul 11, 1985 | Jul 11, 1985 | Graham, James G. | Brown | Been, Shirley #4 | 1,500 | 04934422 |
| 278110 | Jun 19, 1985 | Jun 19, 1985 | Cornett Oil, Inc. | Callahan | Tull #1 | 4,250 | 05935174 |
| 275601 | May 21, 1985 | May 21, 1985 | Cornett Oil, Inc. | Callahan | Tull #2 | 3,500 | 05935343 |
| 257405 | Nov 12, 1984 | Nov 12, 1984 | Cornett Oil, Inc. | Callahan | Tull #1 | 4,250 | 05935174 |
| 207467 | Aug 25, 1983 | Aug 25, 1983 | Watson, B. G. | Comanche | Lindley, Eddie #1 #1 | 1,700 | 09331159 |
| 198872 | Jun 21, 1983 | Jun 21, 1983 | Siete Operating, Inc. | Brown | Been, Shirley #4A | 1,000 | 04933604 |
| 193340 | May 4, 1983 | May 4, 1983 | Siete Operating, Inc. | Brown | Been, Shirley #3A | 1,000 | 04933538 |
| 190598 | Apr 5, 1983 | Apr 5, 1983 | Siete Operating, Inc. | Brown | Been, Shirley #2A | 1,000 | 04933508 |
| 49206 | May 24, 1979 | May 24, 1979 | Sioux Natural Gas Corporation | McCulloch | Barton, L. C. #1 | 1,500 | 30730143 |
| 42962 | Feb 9, 1979 | Feb 9, 1979 | M D H Oil & Gas Co. | Brown | Garrett #1 | 3,500 | 04931961 |
| 37883 | Dec 1, 1978 | Dec 1, 1978 | M D H Oil & Gas Co. | Brown | Garlitz "B" #1 | 3,500 | 04931909 |
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/900500, documented in the API reference.