OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 278846
Fossil Operating, Inc.
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 29, 2018
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
Petrora groups this registration with Fossil Operating Inc., New Mexico (0 active wells). Fossil Operating, Inc. across every state →
Fossil Operating, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 13, 2015.
The RRC wellbore file lists 22 wells under its operatorship.
92 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1994; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 29, 2018.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 22 of record
- 28
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 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.
- 87%
- spud rate · 80 of 92 mature permits
- 7
- median days permit to spud · middle half 3–18
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 12
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 22 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.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker county → | — | 45 | 4 | Aug 15, 2001 |
| Palo Pinto county → | — | 13 | 1 | Jan 25, 2002 |
| Callahan county → | — | 11 | 3 | May 22, 2001 |
| Eastland county → | — | 11 | 4 | Jun 30, 2000 |
| Taylor county → | — | 3 | 0 | Sep 24, 1999 |
| Henderson county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 22, 2002 |
| Leon county → | — | 2 | 9 | Mar 13, 2015 |
| Navarro county → | — | 2 | 1 | Apr 27, 2010 |
| Concho county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 26, 1999 |
| Fisher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 8, 1997 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 21, 1997 |
All 92 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 | 8 | 0 |
| Strawn | 3 | 0 |
| Atoka | 2 | 0 |
| Pettit | 1 | 0 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 1 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 1 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 1 | 0 |
| Smackover | 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
- 43.2K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Fossil Operating, Inc.: Gas by month.
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 2 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hilltop Resort (Austin Chalk)41515100 | 6 | 0 |
| Wildcat14001 | 5 | 0 |
| Coleen (Strawn)19476690 | 3 | 0 |
| Tauren (Caddo Upper)88462075 | 3 | 0 |
| H. & R. (Bend Congl)37762500 | 1 | 0 |
| Moe (3800)62348500 | 1 | 0 |
| Nicholas (Duffer)65433500 | 1 | 0 |
| Hilltop Resort (Bossier)41515250 | 1 | 0 |
| Hilltop Resort (Woodbine)41515500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed Oct 29, 2018
- Address
- 10455 Markison Road
- Dallas, TX 75238
- (972) 681-8047
- Officers and agents
- Wallen, Calvin A. III · President/Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 804500 | Mar 13, 2015 | Mar 13, 2015 | Fossil Operating, Inc. | Leon | Fossil Wildman Trust Unit No. 4 #9HH | 7,100 | 28932158 |
| 787111 | Jun 18, 2014 | Jun 18, 2014 | Fossil Operating, Inc. | Leon | Belin #2HH | 7,000 | 28931909 |
| 723970 | Sep 13, 2011 | Sep 13, 2011 | Gastar Exploration Texas, LP | Leon | Gastar Williams #2 | 8,066 | 28931912 |
| 723970 | Sep 13, 2011 | Sep 13, 2011 | Gastar Exploration Texas, LP | Leon | Gastar Williams #2 | 8,066 | 28931912 |
| 705700 | Nov 23, 2010 | Nov 23, 2010 | Gastar Exploration Texas, LP | Leon | Gastar Williams #2 | 8,800 | 28931912 |
| 694825 | Apr 27, 2010 | Apr 27, 2010 | Fossil Operating, Inc. | Navarro | W.A. Howard #2 | 9,000 | 34934919 |
| 690830 | Feb 11, 2010 | Feb 11, 2010 | Fossil Operating, Inc. | Navarro | W.A. Howard #1 | 8,000 | 34934912 |
| 656025 | Mar 4, 2008 | Mar 4, 2008 | Gastar Exploration Texas, LP | Leon | Gastar-Lone Oak Ranch #5HH | 15,000 | 28931729 |
| 557284 | Feb 4, 2005 | Feb 4, 2005 | First Texas Gas, LP | Leon | Kaufman, Gastar Fridkin, Ltd. #2 | 20,000 | 28931455 |
| 557284 | Feb 4, 2005 | Feb 4, 2005 | First Source Gas, LP | Leon | Kaufman, Gastar Fridkin, Ltd. #2 | 20,000 | 28931455 |
| 525829 | Nov 22, 2002 | Nov 22, 2002 | Fossil Operating, Inc. | Henderson | Carver #1 | 7,600 | 21330623 |
| 523198 | Aug 28, 2002 | Aug 28, 2002 | Fossil Operating, Inc. | Henderson | Harrison #1A | 7,600 | 21330852 |
| 517084 | Jan 25, 2002 | Jan 25, 2002 | Fossil Operating, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Yeats #5 | 3,000 | 36335059 |
| 516530 | Dec 31, 2001 | Dec 31, 2001 | Fossil Operating, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Yeats #7 | 4,200 | 36335065 |
| 515866 | Dec 6, 2001 | Dec 6, 2001 | Fossil Operating, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Yeats #5 | 4,200 | 36335059 |
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.
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