OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 784148
Sims, John S.
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- May 11, 2001
- Based in
- Lawn, TX
Sims, John S. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 18, 1998.
The RRC wellbore file lists 20 wells under its operatorship.
6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1988; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 11, 2001.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 20 of record
- 6
- 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.
- 17%
- spud rate · 1 of 6 mature permits
- —
- median days permit to spud
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 5
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 11 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.
All 6 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 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
- 28.1K
- 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
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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ashton (Dog Bend)4121333 | 3 | 0 |
| Lawn Southwest52468001 | 3 | 0 |
| Freeman32908001 | 2 | 0 |
| Cecile (Gardner)16520500 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris (Gardner Upper)17955500 | 1 | 0 |
| Crews South (Dog Bend Lime)21735125 | 1 | 0 |
| Crews South (Fry Lo.)21735375 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernard (Gardner Lower)7300500 | 1 | 0 |
| Kendrick (Gardner)48830333 | 1 | 0 |
| King (Ellenburger)49398500 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernard (Fry Lo.)7300300 | 1 | 0 |
| N.A.M. (Fry)64230500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed May 11, 2001
- Address
- PO Box 7
- Lawn, TX 79530
- (325) 698-7399
- Officers and agents
- Sims, John S. · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480827 | Nov 18, 1998 | Nov 18, 1998 | Sims, John S. | Taylor | Patterson, C. O. #2 | 4,825 | 44131758 |
| 480825 | Nov 18, 1998 | Nov 18, 1998 | Sims, John S. | Taylor | Patterson, C. O. #3 | 4,554 | 44132095 |
| 412305 | Jun 15, 1993 | Jun 15, 1993 | Sims, John S. | Taylor | Lake Kirby Unit #301 | 2,000 | 44101937 |
| 412304 | Jun 15, 1993 | Jun 15, 1993 | Sims, John S. | Taylor | Lake Kirby Unit #303 | 1,872 | 44101938 |
| 347787 | Jun 23, 1988 | Jun 23, 1988 | Sims, John S. | Runnels | McCord #1 | 3,440 | 39932170 |
| 347786 | Jun 16, 1988 | Jun 16, 1988 | Sims, John S. | Runnels | Wilkerson #2 | 4,700 | 39933235 |
| 300876 | Apr 10, 1986 | Apr 10, 1986 | Doan Oil Company | Runnels | Sims #3 | 4,000 | 39933708 |
| 275707 | May 22, 1985 | May 22, 1985 | Doan Oil Company | Runnels | Sims #2 | 3,600 | 39933540 |
| 248297 | Aug 14, 1984 | Aug 14, 1984 | J & R Petroleum Inc | Runnels | McCord #1 | 4,800 | 39933297 |
| 240944 | Jun 4, 1984 | Jun 4, 1984 | J & R Petroleum Inc | Runnels | Wilkerson #2 | 5,000 | 39933235 |
| 212997 | Sep 19, 1983 | Sep 19, 1983 | Doan Oil Company | Runnels | Grissom, Adeline #2 | 3,450 | 39932944 |
| 212735 | Sep 16, 1983 | Sep 16, 1983 | Doan Oil Company | Runnels | Sims #7 | 3,480 | 39932915 |
| 188703 | Mar 16, 1983 | Mar 16, 1983 | Doan Oil Company | Runnels | Grissom, Adeline #1 | 3,450 | 39932695 |
| 160316 | May 6, 1982 | May 6, 1982 | Texcan Resources Corp. | Runnels | McCord #3-A | 4,000 | 39932447 |
| 158709 | Apr 20, 1982 | Apr 20, 1982 | Pace Operating, Inc. | Runnels | Klutts, I #1 | 3,785 | 39931754 |
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/784148, documented in the API reference.