OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 865452
Traton Operating Company
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- May 22, 2019
- Based in
- Kingwood, TX
Traton Operating Company has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 25, 2013.
The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.
7 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2010; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 22, 2019.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 4 of record
- 7
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 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.
- 86%
- spud rate · 6 of 7 mature permits
- 94
- median days permit to spud · middle half 35–223
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 1
- expired undrilled
- 2
- 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.
All 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 5 | 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
- 108K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Traton Operating Company: Oil 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 →
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 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Caliente (10 600)14736550 | 1 | 0 |
| Caliente (11 600)14736600 | 1 | 0 |
| Caliente (12 350)14736627 | 1 | 0 |
| Cheyenne (Atoka)17585100 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed May 22, 2019
- Address
- 700 Rockmead Dr Ste 159
- Kingwood, TX 77339
- (281) 540-0028
- Officers and agents
- Merritt, Patrick W. · President
- Merritt, Deborah D. · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 755297 | Jan 25, 2013 | Jan 25, 2013 | Traton Operating Company | Hardin | Vanguard #5 | 2,800 | 19933416 |
| 736296 | Mar 29, 2012 | Mar 29, 2012 | Traton Operating Company | Hardin | Vanguard #4 | 4,000 | 19933364 |
| 736296 | Mar 29, 2012 | Mar 29, 2012 | Traton Operating Company | Hardin | Vanguard #4 | 3,500 | 19933364 |
| 736294 | Mar 29, 2012 | Mar 29, 2012 | Traton Operating Company | Hardin | Vanguard #3 | 4,000 | 19933363 |
| 728353 | Nov 18, 2011 | Nov 18, 2011 | Traton Operating Company | Hardin | Vanguard #2 | 4,000 | 19933341 |
| 728350 | Nov 18, 2011 | Nov 18, 2011 | Traton Operating Company | Hardin | Vanguard #1 | 4,000 | 19933340 |
| 689772 | Jan 15, 2010 | Jan 15, 2010 | Traton Operating Company | Harris | Ephraim #5 | 1,000 | 20132841 |
| 683321 | Jul 31, 2009 | Jul 31, 2009 | Heritage Standard Corporation | Winkler | Pat Howell #1H | 22,420 | 49530241 |
| 683321 | Jul 31, 2009 | Jul 31, 2009 | Heritage Standard Corporation | Winkler | Pat Howell #1 | 22,420 | 49530241 |
| 543349 | Mar 17, 2004 | Mar 17, 2004 | Hughes, Dan A. Company | Karnes | Hilbrich-Sellers Gas Unit #4 | 12,500 | 25531460 |
| 532580 | Jun 3, 2003 | Jun 3, 2003 | Hughes, Dan A. Company | Karnes | Hilbrich-Sellers Gas Unit No. 2 #2 | 12,505 | 25531437 |
| 530393 | Apr 7, 2003 | Apr 7, 2003 | Hughes, Dan A. Company | Karnes | Hilbrich-Sellers Gas Unit #4 | 13,500 | 25531460 |
| 518552 | Mar 25, 2002 | Mar 25, 2002 | Hughes, Dan A. Company | Karnes | Hilbrich-Sellers #3 | 13,500 | 25531443 |
| 512001 | Jul 30, 2001 | Jul 30, 2001 | Hughes, Dan A. Company | Karnes | Hilbrich-Sellers #2 | 13,500 | 25531437 |
| 50888 | May 22, 1979 | May 22, 1979 | Enserch Exploration, Inc | Winkler | Howell, Pat #1 | 22,420 | 49530241 |
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/865452, documented in the API reference.