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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 348557

Hamilton, Clay

P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jun 30, 2026
Based in
Carrizo Spgs, TX
Most permits, 12 months
Caldwell County
Watch this operator

Hamilton, Clay was issued 5 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 6 in the prior year, all in Caldwell County. 100% were horizontal.

1 was issued in the past 90 days, versus 2 in the prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 21 wells under its operatorship (12 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 355K barrels of oil and 1.08M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 80% on the year before.

It holds 1 active disposal or injection permit.

27 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2016; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 30, 2026.

5
permits, last 12 months
-17%
vs prior 12 months (6)
1
counties, 12 months
12
producing wells, of 21 of record
21
leases it reports
100%
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.

96%
spud rate · 23 of 24 mature permits
37
median days permit to spud · middle half 26–46
1
spuds, last 180 days -50%
0%
canceled · 0 permits
3
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 11 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 3 · prior 12 2(+50%)

024620222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Caldwell county →551Oct 22, 2026
Dimmit county →—1919Nov 6, 2024
Zavala county →—31Mar 17, 2023

All 27 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
Escondido105
Olmos105
San Miguel85
Austin Chalk65
Eagle Ford65
Edwards11
Buda11

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 →

355K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+80%
vs the 12 months before
1.08M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
656K
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 354,702 · prior 12 196,532(+80%)

050K100K2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Hamilton, Clay: Oil by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

21
in the wellbore file, 13 on schedule
12
producing
0
shut in
1
injection
0
temp. abandoned
8
plugged

How it got them

10
permitted itself
7
acquired from others
5
permitted, now run by others

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

1
active UIC permits of 1
40K
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Caldwell1 active40K bbl/d

All 1 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill3623
Recompletion203
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.

FieldWellsProducing
Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)1201820066
Good Luck (San Miguel)3577250022
Pena Creek (San Miguel 3RD)7041166620
Elaine W. (San Miguel)2823050011
Hamilton Ranch (Olmos)3846950010
Luling-Branyon5567900110
Pena Creek (Georgetown)7041121011
Pena Creek (Olmos 2400)7041133310
Rocky Creek East (2-B Sand)7776060010
Thirteen East (3600 Olmos)8938560010
Beth (Olmos 2-B Sand)751640011
Thirteen East (3650 Olmos)8938580010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Active (A)
Last filed Jun 30, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
P O Box 516
Carrizo Spgs, TX 78834
(830) 876-5541
Officers and agents
Hamilton, Clay · Sole Proprietor

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919412Oct 24, 2026Oct 22, 2026Hamilton, ClayCaldwellYoung-Clark Unit #2HH2,50005535202
916843Sep 4, 2026Jul 7, 2026Hamilton, ClayCaldwellYoung-Clark Unit #1HH2,40005535199
916843Jul 7, 2026Jul 7, 2026Hamilton, ClayCaldwellYoung-Clark Unit #1HH2,40005535199
911643Nov 19, 2025Nov 19, 2025Hamilton, ClayCaldwellYoung-Clark Unit #1HH2,70005535199
911643Nov 19, 2025Nov 19, 2025Hamilton, ClayCaldwellYoung-Clark Unit #1HH2,70005535199
903788Nov 6, 2024Nov 6, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3906H6,60012738981
903788Nov 6, 2024Nov 6, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3906H6,20012738981
903787Nov 6, 2024Nov 6, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3905H6,60012738980
903787Nov 6, 2024Nov 6, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3905H6,60012738980
903786Nov 6, 2024Nov 6, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3904H6,60012738979
903786Nov 6, 2024Nov 6, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3904H6,60012738979
897354Feb 16, 2024Feb 16, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3903H6,70012738897
897354Feb 16, 2024Feb 16, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3903H6,70012738897
896923Feb 6, 2024Feb 6, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3902H6,50012738886
896923Feb 6, 2024Feb 6, 2024Hamilton, ClayDimmitJred Ranch #3902H6,30012738886

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 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/348557, documented in the API reference.