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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 381860

Hester, B. M.

P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
May 23, 1991
Based in
Wichita Falls, TX
Watch this operator

Hester, B. M. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 22, 1984.

The RRC wellbore file lists 51 wells under its operatorship.

49 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 23, 1991.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 51 of record
11
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.

35%
spud rate · 17 of 49 mature permits
58
median days permit to spud · middle half 14–148
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
32
expired undrilled
7
permits a year over 7 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0120222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Polk county →—1418Aug 21, 1980
Archer county →—114May 22, 1984
Montgomery county →—626Apr 13, 1982
Young county →—60Jul 31, 1979
Harris county →—51Jun 14, 1979
Dickens county →—30Jun 22, 1978
Waller county →—31May 13, 1980
Jefferson county →—10May 4, 1979

All 49 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
Sparta10
Wilcox10
Yegua10

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 ten years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

51
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
34
plugged

How it got them

9
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
17
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

0
active UIC permits of 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Polk0 active0 bbl/d

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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0040
Recompletion008
Other001

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
Conroe ( Cockfield Upper)20211040220
Livingston5419300150
Livingston (Sparta)5419344040
Archer County Regular344600120
B. M. Hester (Ellenburger)475530020
Conroe2021100120
Livingston (1500)5419384020
H. H. H. (7800)3766675010
Conroe South (Wilcox 9400)2021665010
Livingston (Yegua 4100)5419377010
Livingston (2220)5419385410
Livingston (2410)5419385910

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Inactive (I)
Last filed May 23, 1991
Address
P O Box 1680 %floyd Stiles
Wichita Falls, TX 76307
(817) 322-5216
Officers and agents
Hester, Bayless Milton Est. · Owner
Leonard, John A. · Trustee

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
239853May 22, 1984May 22, 1984Hester, B. M.ArcherAminex B #17,34000935720
209209Sep 1, 1983Sep 1, 1983Hester, B. M.ArcherAminex B #45,60000937629
200214Jul 1, 1983Jul 1, 1983Hester, B. M.ArcherAminex "A" #47,61700937255
197815Jun 9, 1983Jun 9, 1983Hester, B. M.ArcherAminex "B" #33,82000987134
189093Mar 14, 1983Mar 14, 1983Hester, B. M.ArcherAminex A #35,60000936972
181979Dec 31, 1982Dec 31, 1982Hester, B. M.ArcherAminex B #25,60000936846
177409Nov 16, 1982Nov 16, 1982Hester, B. M.ArcherAminex "A" #28,60000936690
156674Apr 13, 1982Apr 13, 1982Hester, B. M.MontgomeryKeystone Mills Company #1W9,90033930049
143830Dec 11, 1981Dec 11, 1981Hester, B. M.ArcherAminex C #17,30000935828
140218Nov 4, 1981Nov 4, 1981Hester, B. M.ArcherAminix A #17,30000935721
141194Nov 3, 1981Nov 3, 1981Hester, B. M.MontgomeryKeystone Mills Co. #3W9,42833930402
139326Nov 2, 1981Nov 2, 1981Hester, B. M.ArcherAminex B #17,30000935720
106327Jan 26, 1981Jan 26, 1981Hester, B. M.ArcherWilson, L. F. Estate #16,00000934970
93191Aug 21, 1980Aug 21, 1980Hester, B. M.PolkCooper-Crockett-Shrove Unit #13,70037300198
81102May 13, 1980May 13, 1980Hester, B. M.WallerSauerbrunn, Geo. #213,00047330327

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.

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