OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 790865
Smith, E. L. III
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 22, 1985
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
Smith, E. L. Iii has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 7, 1981.
19 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 22, 1985.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 47%
- spud rate · 9 of 19 mature permits
- 23
- median days permit to spud · middle half 14–29
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 10
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker county → | — | 4 | 0 | Oct 17, 1980 |
| Clay county → | — | 3 | 0 | Dec 7, 1981 |
| Foard county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 20, 1979 |
| Jack county → | — | 2 | 0 | Feb 20, 1981 |
| Montague county → | — | 2 | 0 | Oct 9, 1980 |
| Sutton county → | — | 2 | 0 | Oct 20, 1980 |
| Concho county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 10, 1978 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 2, 1981 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 27, 1980 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 2, 1981 |
All 19 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 →
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 19 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed Aug 22, 1985
- Address
- Two Turtle Crk. Village, #1525
- Dallas, TX 75219
- (214) 526-6273
- Officers and agents
- Smith, E. L. III · Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143050 | Dec 7, 1981 | Dec 7, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Clay | Moore et Al #1 | 4,370 | 07732475 |
| 121754 | Jun 18, 1981 | Jun 18, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Clay | Liggett, A. R. #1 | 6,925 | 07732245 |
| 110205 | Mar 2, 1981 | Mar 2, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Tom Green | Herring, Grace #1 | 5,110 | 45130736 |
| 110197 | Mar 2, 1981 | Mar 2, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Schleicher | O'Harrow, Grace #1 | 5,450 | 41331015 |
| 109026 | Feb 20, 1981 | Feb 20, 1981 | Smith, E. L. III | Jack | Rankin #1 | 3,253 | 23733618 |
| 97287 | Oct 28, 1980 | Oct 28, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Clay | Liggett, A. R. Sec. 3267 #1 | 7,000 | 07731950 |
| 96124 | Oct 20, 1980 | Oct 20, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Sutton | Wilson, Beavely #1 | 4,200 | 43532419 |
| 96123 | Oct 20, 1980 | Oct 20, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Sutton | Sykes, Wesley #1 | 3,261 | 43532418 |
| 95986 | Oct 17, 1980 | Oct 17, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Parker | Byrd, L.S. #2 | 4,985 | 36731994 |
| 95985 | Oct 17, 1980 | Oct 17, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Parker | Williams, Claude L. #1 | 5,044 | 36731993 |
| 95137 | Oct 9, 1980 | Oct 9, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Montague | Clark, Hinds #1 | 6,200 | 33731492 |
| 82098 | May 27, 1980 | May 27, 1980 | Smith, E. L. III | Stonewall | Martin, W. F. #1 | 6,500 | 43331047 |
| 66666 | Dec 12, 1979 | Dec 12, 1979 | Smith, E. L. III | Jack | Loving, Oliver et Al #1 | 3,300 | 23732949 |
| 64260 | Nov 20, 1979 | Nov 20, 1979 | Smith, E. L. III | Foard | Garrett, J. A. et Al #1 | 5,900 | 15530228 |
| 60177 | Oct 10, 1979 | Oct 10, 1979 | Smith, E. L. III | Montague | Daube, Leon et Al #1 | 6,000 | 33731277 |
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/790865, documented in the API reference.