OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 42263
Baber, Bill M.
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 2, 1998
- Based in
- Petrolia, TX
Baber, Bill M. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 21, 1990.
The RRC wellbore file lists 13 wells under its operatorship.
21 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 2, 1998.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 13 of record
- 6
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 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.
- 0%
- spud rate · 0 of 21 mature permits
- —
- median days permit to spud
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 10%
- canceled · 2 permits
- 19
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 11 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Counties
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 21 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 →
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
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 14.4K
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last ten years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
How it got them
Each count opens the wells it counts. Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today; wells it permitted that others now run are in its permit history, marked with who runs them now. Transfers and operator numbers →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
All 4 permits, with volumes → · On the map →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilbarger County Regular97331001 | 6 | 0 |
| Long (Ellenburger)54645300 | 3 | 0 |
| Clay County Regular18707001 | 2 | 0 |
| Archer County Regular3446001 | 1 | 0 |
| Sherman (Oil Creek)83162340 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed Apr 2, 1998
- Address
- P O Box 430
- Petrolia, TX 76377
- (817) 478-0059
- Officers and agents
- Baber, Billy Mack · Operator/Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376690 | Aug 21, 1990 | Aug 21, 1990 | Baber, Bill M. | Clay | Liggett, Maud #3 | 1,950 | 07734376 |
| 360923 | Jul 7, 1989 | Jul 7, 1989 | Sabre Operating, Inc. | Archer | Ikard #1 | 5,180 | 00939667 |
| 324257 | Dec 11, 1986 | Dec 11, 1986 | Sabre Exploration, Inc. (1) | Archer | Ikard #1 | 5,250 | 00939667 |
| 324257 | Dec 11, 1986 | Dec 11, 1986 | Sabre Exploration, Inc. (1) | Archer | Ikard #1 | 5,300 | 00939667 |
| 321616 | Oct 8, 1986 | Oct 8, 1986 | Baber, Bill M. | Clay | Liggett, Maud #2 | 1,977 | 07734096 |
| 292253 | Dec 9, 1985 | Dec 9, 1985 | Baber, Bill M. | Clay | Dunn, Melton #7 | 1,850 | 07733957 |
| 237714 | May 3, 1984 | May 3, 1984 | Baber, Bill M. | Clay | Ford #12 | 2,000 | 07733402 |
| 236178 | Apr 19, 1984 | Apr 19, 1984 | Baber, Bill M. | Clay | Ford #11 | 2,000 | 07733391 |
| 220380 | Nov 10, 1983 | Nov 10, 1983 | Baber, Bill M. | Clay | Murray #2 | 1,800 | 07733053 |
| 220378 | Nov 10, 1983 | Nov 10, 1983 | Baber, Bill M. | Clay | Murray #1 | 1,750 | 07782574 |
| 215823 | Sep 30, 1983 | Sep 30, 1983 | Baber, Bill M. | Clay | Dunn, Melton #3 | 1,850 | 07730681 |
| 203075 | Jul 27, 1983 | Jul 27, 1983 | Texil Resources, Inc. | Clay | Murray #2 | 1,999 | 07733053 |
| 202483 | Jul 21, 1983 | Jul 21, 1983 | Baber, Bill M. | Clay | Dunn, Melton "A" #6 | 1,900 | 07733046 |
| 158916 | Apr 30, 1982 | Apr 30, 1982 | Gray, Kit, Jr. | Clay | Wines #7 | 4,600 | 07700659 |
| 157410 | Apr 20, 1982 | Apr 20, 1982 | Neeb, H. L. | Nolan | Whorton-Smith Unit #2D | 6,900 | 35331227 |
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 by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/42263, documented in the API reference.