OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 817555

Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.

P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Jul 2, 2026
Based in
Wichita Falls, TX

Petrora groups this registration with Stephens & Johnson Operating Co, Oklahoma (1,016 active wells). Stephens & Johnson Operating Co across every state →

Stephens & Johnson Operating CO. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 22, 2024.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1,109 wells under its operatorship (300 producing, 84 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 312K barrels of oil and 667K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 7% on the year before.

It holds 84 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 19.2M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

335 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1993; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 2, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
-100%
vs prior 12 months (1)
0
counties, 12 months
300
producing wells, of 1.11K of record
473
leases it reports
—
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 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.

90%
spud rate · 303 of 335 mature permits
30
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–68
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
canceled · 2 permits
30
expired undrilled
10
permits a year over 32 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

01220222023202420252026

Counties

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Palo Pinto county →—160192Aug 7, 2019
Wichita county →—48365Jul 20, 2017
Andrews county →—2860Feb 1, 2022
Erath county →—1518Aug 13, 2018
Wise county →—1567Jun 7, 2023
Eastland county →—1423May 6, 2008
Concho county →—136Nov 2, 2000
Pecos county →—713Sep 15, 2016
Taylor county →—714Nov 22, 2024
Borden county →—540Sep 8, 2010
Montague county →—518Aug 16, 2016
Archer county →—461Jul 11, 2024
Gray county →—21Jul 10, 2001
Scurry county →—213Jun 21, 2010
Shackelford county →—20Jun 17, 2013
Stonewall county →—229Sep 10, 1997
Clay county →—144Aug 18, 1994
Hartley county →—10Mar 20, 2001
Jack county →—132Aug 14, 2013
Knox county →—12Jan 22, 2001
San Patricio county →—11Feb 24, 1997
Stephens county →—11Jun 12, 2002

All 335 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 →

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 →

312K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-7%
vs the 12 months before
667K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
21.3M
bbl oil since reporting began

12 months through Apr 2026 312,287 · prior 12 335,382(-7%)

020K40K60K2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.: Oil by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

1,109
in the wellbore file, 500 on schedule
300
producing
84
shut in
75
injection
39
temp. abandoned
561
plugged

How it got them

232
permitted itself
338
acquired from others
50
permitted, now run by others

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

84
active UIC permits of 210
127K
permitted bbl/day, active
19.2M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Wichita44 active57.1K bbl/d
Eastland1 active20K bbl/d
Archer12 active10.8K bbl/d
Jack2 active6.5K bbl/d
Palo Pinto6 active5.3K bbl/d
Stonewall2 active5K bbl/d
Scurry1 active5K bbl/d
Oldham3 active4.5K bbl/d

All 210 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill00254
Recompletion0152
Reclass0014
Reenter0010
Field transfer005

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.

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status Active – Extension (X)
Last filed Jul 2, 2026
CSGD/GGas operatorOil operator
Address
P O Box 2249
Wichita Falls, TX 76307
(940) 723-2166
Officers and agents
Stephens, Thomas P. · President
Smith, Ted H Jr · Vice President
Gilmore, Robert B. · Vice President
Robertson, Bruce L. · Vice President
Lewis, Craig · Secretary,treasurer

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
904216Nov 22, 2024Nov 22, 2024Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.TaylorLedbetter #53,41244134133
901112Jul 11, 2024Jul 11, 2024Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.ArcherStaley-Mangold Unit #1264,07600942783
890747Jun 7, 2023Jun 7, 2023Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.WiseCaughlin Unit #426,17049734136
877054Feb 18, 2022Feb 18, 2022Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.ArcherMay Rutty #42,00000943282
875473Feb 1, 2022Feb 1, 2022Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.AndrewsUniversity 'C16' #47,33000343801
858177Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2019Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.AndrewsUniversity 15 'A' #47,30000331838
855915Aug 7, 2019Aug 7, 2019Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.Palo PintoLong Ranch #174,00036334583
843394Aug 13, 2018Aug 13, 2018Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.ErathHerrera #53,48514330991
842282Aug 8, 2018Aug 8, 2018Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.Palo PintoLong Ranch #4 U3,85036333607
842223Jul 12, 2018Jul 12, 2018Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.Palo PintoLong Ranch #13,60036333454
833881Dec 14, 2017Dec 14, 2017Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.Palo PintoLong Ranch #143,64036334552
830183Aug 30, 2017Aug 30, 2017Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.AndrewsUniversity 15 'A' #27,20900331777
828782Jul 20, 2017Jul 20, 2017Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.WichitaN.C. Griffin Tract 1 #14,06048543197
827275Jun 16, 2017Jun 16, 2017Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.AndrewsUniversity 'C' #67,50000347576
822816Feb 10, 2017Feb 10, 2017Stephens & Johnson Operating Co.TaylorDyess Fry Unit #1WS4,80044134549

Full permit history →

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. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.

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