OPERATORS · RRC 908180 · P-5 STATUS Y

Wells, Keith

Abilene, TX

Wells, Keith has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 21, 2004.

The RRC wellbore file lists 14 wells under its operatorship.

61 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 11, 2015.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 14 of record
2: 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.

48%: spud rate · 29 of 61 mature permits
9: median days permit to spud · middle half 4–32
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
32: expired undrilled
2: permits a year over 26 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
Callahan county →	—	20	4	May 4, 1984
Taylor county →	—	13	5	Apr 21, 2004
Foard county →	—	6	2	Mar 3, 2003
Jones county →	—	6	2	Sep 1, 1999
Haskell county →	—	4	0	May 4, 1984
Shackelford county →	—	4	1	Sep 10, 1982
Fisher county →	—	2	0	Aug 11, 1987
Hardeman county →	—	2	0	Oct 11, 1984
Stephens county →	—	2	0	Sep 19, 1986
Dimmit county →	—	1	0	Aug 14, 1979
Stonewall county →	—	1	0	Oct 15, 1991

All 61 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
Palo Pinto	4	0
Canyon	2	0
Strawn	1	0
Coleman Junction	1	0
Saddle Creek	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

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

How it got them

9: permitted itself
5: acquired from others
18: 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 2
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Callahan	0 active	0 bbl/d
Jones	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	54
Other	0	0	5
Reenter	0	0	1
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
Elmdale (Palo Pinto)28626500	4	0
Margaret (Canyon Reef)57370520	2	0
Box (Palo Pinto)10952333	1	0
Shackelford County Regular82522001	1	0
SO-Tex (Capps Lime)84685200	1	0
SO-Tex (Fry)84685300	1	0
Taylor County Regular88520001	1	0
Avoca4542001	1	0
Wildcat14001	1	0
Avoca N. (Swastika Lower)4544500	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Sep 11, 2015

Address: 3133 D Button Willow Ave; Abilene, TX 79606

Officers and agents: Wells, John Keith · Owner

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
544016	Apr 21, 2004	Apr 21, 2004	Wells, Keith	Taylor	Griffith-Miller #1	3,400	44134053
529113	Mar 3, 2003	Mar 3, 2003	Wells, Keith	Foard	Vecera #1A	4,100	15530650
523193	Aug 30, 2002	Aug 30, 2002	Wells, Keith	Taylor	Griffith-Miller #1	3,400	44134053
518209	Mar 13, 2002	Mar 13, 2002	Wells, Keith	Foard	Vecera #1	4,100	15530622
495151	May 23, 2000	May 23, 2000	Wells, Keith	Taylor	Griffith, Stanley E. et AL #1	3,400	44133961
487192	Sep 1, 1999	Sep 1, 1999	Wells, Keith	Jones	Reef, Truby #1	3,950	25334475
457041	Jan 17, 1997	Jan 17, 1997	Wells, Keith	Taylor	Griffith, Roy J. & Ora #1	3,400	44133809
392898	Oct 15, 1991	Oct 15, 1991	Wells, Keith	Stonewall	C. B. Long Estate #1	5,300	43332744
333997	Aug 11, 1987	Aug 11, 1987	Wells, Keith	Fisher	McGinnis-Bennett #1	4,200	15132150
320682	Sep 19, 1986	Sep 19, 1986	Wells, Keith	Stephens	Curry #1	4,200	42934783
320682	Sep 19, 1986	Sep 19, 1986	Wells, Keith	Stephens	Curry, Frances #1	4,312	42934783
304926	Jul 31, 1986	Jul 31, 1986	Wells, Keith	Foard	Self #2	4,200	15530469
304926	Jul 31, 1986	Jul 31, 1986	Wells, Keith	Foard	Self #2	4,500	15530469
300106	Mar 24, 1986	Mar 24, 1986	Wells, Keith	Foard	Vecera, Fred #1 #1	4,200	15530465
273234	Apr 24, 1985	Apr 24, 1985	Bennett Resources, Inc.	Foard	Adams #1	7,500	15530435

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/908180, documented in the API reference.