OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 457510
Kern Co.
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 13, 2020
- Based in
- Houston, TX
Kern CO. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 13, 2015.
The RRC wellbore file lists 18 wells under its operatorship.
52 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 13, 2020.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 18 of record
- 9
- 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.
- 56%
- spud rate · 29 of 52 mature permits
- 45
- median days permit to spud · middle half 15–64
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 23
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor county → | — | 47 | 17 | Apr 13, 2015 |
| Ward county → | — | 4 | 1 | Jun 30, 1981 |
| Crockett county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 8, 1980 |
All 52 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto | 4 | 0 |
| Canyon | 4 | 0 |
| Coleman Junction | 3 | 0 |
| Saddle Creek | 3 | 0 |
| Queen | 1 | 0 |
| Yates | 1 | 0 |
| Rustler | 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
- 363K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Kern Co.: Oil 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 9 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 | 39 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor County Regular88520001 | 15 | 0 |
| Black (Flippen)8503332 | 1 | 0 |
| Black (Hardy Sand)8503498 | 1 | 0 |
| C & M (Queen)14321500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed Aug 13, 2020
- Address
- 16711 Coyotillo LN
- Houston, TX 77095
- (432) 683-4832
- Officers and agents
- Kern, William G · President,treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 805510 | Apr 13, 2015 | Apr 13, 2015 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Kern #4 | 3,900 | 44134508 |
| 768795 | Aug 26, 2013 | Aug 26, 2013 | Kern Co. | Taylor | A.P. Tice #7 | 3,000 | 44134152 |
| 763563 | Jun 11, 2013 | Jun 11, 2013 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Tice, A.P. #8 | 3,000 | 44134425 |
| 715452 | May 6, 2011 | May 6, 2011 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Young, R F #7 | 4,990 | 44134333 |
| 696064 | May 21, 2010 | May 21, 2010 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Kern #4 | 3,850 | 44134299 |
| 693146 | Mar 26, 2010 | Mar 26, 2010 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Kern #3 | 3,850 | 44134290 |
| 685085 | Sep 15, 2009 | Sep 15, 2009 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Kern #2 | 5,350 | 44134277 |
| 634735 | Mar 14, 2007 | Mar 14, 2007 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Tice, A. P. #5D | 5,375 | 44134178 |
| 634735 | Mar 14, 2007 | Mar 14, 2007 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Tice, A. P. #5D | 5,349 | 44134178 |
| 621388 | Jul 11, 2006 | Jul 11, 2006 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Tice, A. P. #6 | 4,610 | 44130786 |
| 612934 | Jan 25, 2006 | Jan 25, 2006 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Tice, A. P. #7 | 3,100 | 44134152 |
| 521151 | Jun 21, 2002 | Jun 21, 2002 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Ledbetter Ranch #4K | 3,500 | 44134049 |
| 518571 | Mar 26, 2002 | Mar 26, 2002 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Ledbetter Ranch #3K | 3,800 | 44134042 |
| 514583 | Oct 26, 2001 | Oct 26, 2001 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Ledbetter Ranch #2K | 3,500 | 44134030 |
| 514583 | Oct 26, 2001 | Oct 26, 2001 | Kern Co. | Taylor | Ledbetter Ranch #2K | 3,500 | 44134030 |
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/457510, documented in the API reference.