OPERATORS · RRC 921080  · P-5 STATUS Y

Whitson, James A., Jr

Whitson, James A., JR has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 6, 2011.

The RRC wellbore file lists 13 wells under its operatorship.

35 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2012.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 13 of record
5
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.

49%
spud rate · 17 of 35 mature permits
15
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–15
0
spuds, last 180 days
3%
cancelled · 1 permits
17
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 34 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Brazoria county →—96May 6, 2011
Chambers county →—92May 27, 2008
Montgomery county →—50Sep 11, 2008
Zapata county →—40Sep 10, 2008
Liberty county →—30Aug 13, 1981
Hidalgo county →—22Jun 11, 2008
Jefferson county →—10Aug 21, 1978
Refugio county →—10Aug 17, 1981
San Jacinto county →—10Jul 22, 1977

All 35 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
Frio50
Anahuac40
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
8.5K
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

13
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
6
plugged

How it got them

4
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
9
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

Brazoria0 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
Drill0028
Recompletion006
Reenter001

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 4, 2012
Address
7660 Woodway NO 312
Houston, TX 77063
Officers and agents
Whitson, James A., Jr. · Owner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
715594May 6, 2011May 6, 2011Whitson, James A., Jr.BrazoriaMacdonald #110,00003933071
669706Sep 11, 2008Sep 11, 2008Whitson, James A., Jr.MontgomeryBlackstone Minerals #18,00033931094
669643Sep 10, 2008Sep 10, 2008Whitson, James A., Jr.ZapataDegarza #315,50050536273
662740Jun 12, 2008Jun 12, 2008Whitson, James A., Jr.ZapataDegarza #214,00050536184
662740Jun 12, 2008Jun 12, 2008Whitson, James A., Jr.ZapataDegarza #216,00050536184
662743Jun 11, 2008Jun 11, 2008Whitson, James A., Jr.HidalgoHinojosa #111,50021533830
660623May 27, 2008May 27, 2008Whitson, James A., Jr.ChambersSt 119 #17,50007132232
660623May 27, 2008May 27, 2008Whitson, James A., Jr.ChambersSt 119 #18,05007132232
656788Mar 19, 2008Mar 19, 2008Whitson, James A., Jr.ZapataDegarza #115,50050536125
645639Sep 11, 2007Sep 11, 2007Whitson, James A., Jr.HidalgoPerez #18,60021533710
641257Jul 2, 2007Jul 2, 2007Whitson, James A., Jr.ChambersScottish Rite #18,60007132357
626528Sep 26, 2006Sep 26, 2006Whitson, James A., Jr.ChambersSt 127 #17,70007132346
626528Sep 26, 2006Sep 26, 2006Whitson, James A., Jr.ChambersSt 127 #17,80007132346
626528Sep 26, 2006Sep 26, 2006Whitson, James A., Jr.ChambersSt 127 #17,80007132346
625833Sep 14, 2006Sep 14, 2006Whitson, James A., Jr.ChambersSt 119 #27,60007132235

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/921080, documented in the API reference.