OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 862594
Torch Operating Company
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 22, 2000
- Based in
- Houston, TX
Petrora groups this registration with Torch Operating Company, Oklahoma (0 active wells). Torch Operating Company across every state →
Torch Operating Company has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 11, 2000.
The RRC wellbore file lists 64 wells under its operatorship.
173 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1986; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 22, 2000.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 64 of record
- 87
- 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.
- 81%
- spud rate · 140 of 173 mature permits
- 26
- median days permit to spud · middle half 11–48
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 33
- expired undrilled
- 12
- permits a year over 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette county → | — | 31 | 11 | Feb 27, 1998 |
| Rusk county → | — | 18 | 1 | Jan 11, 2000 |
| Harrison county → | — | 14 | 0 | Sep 9, 1993 |
| Jasper county → | — | 13 | 0 | Sep 15, 1995 |
| Garza county → | — | 12 | 0 | Feb 13, 1995 |
| Lee county → | — | 10 | 5 | Apr 24, 1995 |
| Grimes county → | — | 9 | 0 | Feb 6, 1996 |
| Panola county → | — | 9 | 0 | Nov 20, 1992 |
| Burleson county → | — | 8 | 23 | Feb 9, 1995 |
| Irion county → | — | 7 | 0 | May 4, 1995 |
| Washington county → | — | 6 | 0 | May 17, 1995 |
| Zapata county → | — | 6 | 0 | Jun 17, 1997 |
| Chambers county → | — | 4 | 0 | Jul 7, 1992 |
| Leon county → | — | 3 | 1 | Dec 4, 1996 |
| Midland county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jul 19, 1991 |
| Brazos county → | — | 2 | 5 | Apr 4, 1995 |
| Brazos-LB county → | — | 2 | 0 | Oct 5, 1995 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 2 | 1 | Jun 5, 1991 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 6, 1994 |
| Matgrda IS-LB county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 2, 1996 |
| Victoria county → | — | 2 | 2 | Oct 12, 1994 |
| Bastrop county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 5, 1993 |
| Bee county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jun 5, 1991 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 1 | 1 | Nov 26, 1991 |
| Hardin county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 7, 1993 |
| Howard county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 10, 1999 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 6, 1994 |
| Shackelford county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 1, 1987 |
| Taylor county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 16, 1988 |
All 173 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 54 | 0 |
| Travis Peak | 31 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 24 | 0 |
| Pettit | 20 | 0 |
| Cotton Valley | 19 | 0 |
| BMA | 14 | 0 |
| Bossier | 12 | 0 |
| James Lime | 10 | 0 |
| Taylor | 10 | 0 |
| Eagle Ford | 9 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 7 | 0 |
| Rodessa | 6 | 0 |
| Canyon | 5 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 4 | 0 |
| San Andres | 4 | 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
- 11.5M
- 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 →
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
| Leon | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Garza | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Taylor | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Jones | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Irion | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
All 29 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 | 128 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500 | 37 | 0 |
| Bammel North (6100 Cockfield)5390500 | 2 | 0 |
| Chicolete Creek N.W. (Frio)17652500 | 2 | 0 |
| Big -a- Taylor7728600 | 2 | 0 |
| Smithland (Page Sd.)84262500 | 2 | 0 |
| Kurten (Austin Chalk)50424400 | 2 | 0 |
| Heyser East (8350)40959650 | 1 | 0 |
| Kurten (Buda)50424500 | 1 | 0 |
| Martha S.E. (CM-1 Sand)57761300 | 1 | 0 |
| Mills Ranch (Morrow)61691500 | 1 | 0 |
| Peach Creek (Austin Chalk)69882500 | 1 | 0 |
| Petey Wisenbaker (Glen Rose G )70878500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed Nov 22, 2000
- Address
- Attn M R Lawrence, 1221 Lamar Ste 1600
- Houston, TX 77010
- (713) 753-1527
- Officers and agents
- Bailey, Randy Alan · President
- Sledge, Roland E. · Vice President/Secretary
- Boss, Willard I. Jr. · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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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