OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 691776
Ranger Operating Co.
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 4, 2025
- Based in
- Graham, TX
Ranger Operating CO. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 20, 2011.
The RRC wellbore file lists 129 wells under its operatorship (11 producing, 4 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 3.31K barrels of oil and 49.3K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 7% on the year before.
153 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 11
- producing wells, of 129 of record
- 63
- 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 · 53 of 153 mature permits
- 20
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–44
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- canceled · 1 permits
- 99
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack county → | — | 62 | 42 | Apr 5, 2000 |
| Young county → | — | 46 | 19 | Oct 20, 2011 |
| Archer county → | — | 10 | 7 | Mar 6, 1991 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 10 | 4 | Aug 28, 1991 |
| Wise county → | — | 7 | 2 | Aug 8, 1980 |
| Stephens county → | — | 5 | 0 | Aug 22, 1990 |
| Palo Pinto county → | — | 3 | 39 | Mar 29, 2010 |
| Wilbarger county → | — | 3 | 0 | Aug 20, 1986 |
| Carson county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 7, 1981 |
| Clay county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 28, 1980 |
| Martin county → | — | 1 | 5 | Nov 25, 1980 |
| Mitchell county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 29, 1980 |
| Montague county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 13, 1977 |
| Parker county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jul 20, 1977 |
All 153 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 | 26 | 0 |
| Mississippian | 24 | 0 |
| Barnett | 17 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 9 | 0 |
| Atoka | 5 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 5 | 0 |
| Strawn | 4 | 0 |
| Bryson | 3 | 0 |
| Canyon | 2 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 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 →
- 3.31K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +7%
- vs the 12 months before
- 49.3K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 202K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 49,261 · prior 12 50,212(-2%)
Ranger Operating Co.: 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
By county
| Archer | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Palo Pinto | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Jack | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Young | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Martin | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Jones | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Throckmorton | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
All 12 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 | 143 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto County Regular68707001 | 19 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto Co. Reg. (Gas)68707333 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack County Regular45274001 | 10 | 2 |
| Jack County Regular (Gas)45274025 | 8 | 0 |
| Young County Regular99480001 | 5 | 0 |
| Jones County Regular47113001 | 5 | 0 |
| Breedlove11751001 | 5 | 0 |
| Jacksboro South (Atoka Congl)45378333 | 5 | 0 |
| Jacksboro (Bend Conglomerate)45375666 | 4 | 0 |
| Pickwick (Strawn)71370500 | 4 | 0 |
| Allyates (Conglomerate)1846666 | 3 | 0 |
| Kendall (Bend Conglomerate)48814166 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Sep 4, 2025
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- P O Box 296
- Graham, TX 76450
- (940) 549-4550
- Officers and agents
- Ranger, Ron · Vice President
- Ranger, Margaret · President,secretary,treasurer
- Ranger, Jason B · Other
- Palmour, Vicki · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 726442 | Oct 20, 2011 | Oct 20, 2011 | Ranger Operating Co. | Young | Nantz #1 | 600 | 50341895 |
| 693276 | Mar 29, 2010 | Mar 29, 2010 | Ranger Operating Co. | Palo Pinto | Fox Hollow #1 | 2,600 | 36335989 |
| 687404 | Nov 19, 2009 | Nov 19, 2009 | Ranger Operating Co. | Young | Ruth West #1 | 4,399 | 50339778 |
| 627835 | Oct 23, 2006 | Oct 23, 2006 | Lexgas, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Hightower, D #1 | 4,999 | 36335603 |
| 605564 | Aug 29, 2005 | Aug 29, 2005 | Ranger Operating Co. | Young | Braune, Hilmar #2 | 5,200 | 50341276 |
| 544203 | Apr 7, 2004 | Apr 7, 2004 | Ranger Operating Co. | Young | Whittenburg "A" #2 | 2,800 | 50341222 |
| 540108 | Dec 30, 2003 | Dec 30, 2003 | Ranger Operating Co. | Young | Whittenburg "A" #1 | 2,800 | 50341213 |
| 519591 | May 10, 2002 | May 10, 2002 | Monarch Operating Company | Young | Mary Phillips #1 | 1,950 | 50340100 |
| 503431 | Dec 29, 2000 | Dec 29, 2000 | Bandera Petroleum, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Allen-Ritchie 'B' #18 | 1,730 | 36300754 |
| 497973 | Aug 4, 2000 | Aug 4, 2000 | Bandera Petroleum, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Ranch House #71 | 1,950 | 36334932 |
| 493683 | Apr 5, 2000 | Apr 5, 2000 | Ranger Operating Co. | Jack | Lewis-Slater #1 | 3,200 | 23737393 |
| 492576 | Mar 2, 2000 | Mar 2, 2000 | Bandera Petroleum, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Ranch House #70 | 1,950 | 36334901 |
| 490499 | Dec 22, 1999 | Dec 22, 1999 | Ranger Operating Co. | Young | Slater "A" #1 | 2,800 | 50340976 |
| 489981 | Dec 7, 1999 | Dec 7, 1999 | Bandera Petroleum, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Crawford-Ritchie #51 | 1,950 | 36334880 |
| 489981 | Dec 7, 1999 | Dec 7, 1999 | Bandera Petroleum, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Crawford & Ritchie "A" #51 | 1,950 | 36334880 |
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/691776, documented in the API reference.