OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 635494
Palmer Operating LLC
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 7, 2026
- Based in
- Megargel, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- Archer County
Palmer Operating LLC was issued 1 drilling permit in the past 12 months, after a quiet prior year, all in Archer County. 0% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 72 wells under its operatorship (33 producing).
Lease reports credit it with 11.2K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 8% on the year before.
It holds 5 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 42K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2026; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 7, 2026.
- 1
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 33
- producing wells, of 72 of record
- 6
- leases it reports
- 0%
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 2026
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 1 · prior 12 0
Counties
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
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 →
- 11.2K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +8%
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 56.5K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 11,178 · prior 12 10,356(+8%)
Palmer Operating LLC: 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
- 975
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 42K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Archer | 5 active | 975 bbl/d |
All 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Archer County Regular3446001 | 67 | 31 |
| Birdwell (Swastika)8339750 | 5 | 2 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Jan 7, 2026
- Oil operator
- Address
- PO Box 369
- Megargel, TX 76370
- (940) 873-3441
- Officers and agents
- Palmer, Michael L. · Member
- Palmer, Lori J. · Member
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916434 | Jun 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | Palmer Operating LLC | Archer | Hill R. E. #50 | 1,900 | 00943434 |
| 855387 | Aug 1, 2019 | Aug 1, 2019 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | R. E. Hill #47 | 1,900 | 00942862 |
| 855385 | Jul 23, 2019 | Jul 23, 2019 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Clark-Richardson #34 | 1,900 | 00943211 |
| 801090 | Dec 5, 2014 | Dec 5, 2014 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | R. E. Hill #48 | 1,900 | 00942863 |
| 801086 | Dec 4, 2014 | Dec 4, 2014 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | R. E. Hill #47 | 1,900 | 00942862 |
| 801085 | Dec 4, 2014 | Dec 4, 2014 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | R. E. Hill #46 | 1,900 | 00942861 |
| 801082 | Dec 3, 2014 | Dec 3, 2014 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Clark-Richardson #32 | 1,900 | 00942858 |
| 801081 | Dec 3, 2014 | Dec 3, 2014 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Birdwell #6 | 1,900 | 00942857 |
| 782979 | Apr 30, 2014 | Apr 30, 2014 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Harmel #5 | 1,400 | 00934549 |
| 772650 | Nov 15, 2013 | Nov 15, 2013 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Hill, R.E. #45 | 1,900 | 00942650 |
| 772647 | Nov 5, 2013 | Nov 5, 2013 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Hill, R.E. #44 | 1,900 | 00942654 |
| 772637 | Nov 4, 2013 | Nov 4, 2013 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Clark-Richardson #31 | 1,900 | 00942652 |
| 772629 | Nov 4, 2013 | Nov 4, 2013 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Clark-Richardson #30 | 1,900 | 00942651 |
| 752795 | Jan 2, 2013 | Jan 2, 2013 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Harmel #4 | 1,900 | 00942537 |
| 752793 | Jan 2, 2013 | Jan 2, 2013 | Palmer, Mike Oil | Archer | Harmel #3 | 1,900 | 00942536 |
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/635494, documented in the API reference.