Texas operator and buyer · P-5 328780
Great Western Drilling Company
Facts and their sources. No rating, no opinion.
The record
What the state's files show about Great Western Drilling Company
Railroad Commission record
Who the state lists
The Railroad Commission lists this company as an operator, and the state's records list it as a purchaser or gatherer.
- Name on file
- GREAT WESTERN DRILLING COMPANY
- Operator number (P-5)
- 328780
- P-5 status
- Inactive
- Organization type
- Limited partnership
- Location
- Midland, TX
- Mailing city
- Midland, TX
- Last P-5 received
- April 17, 2024
- Record built
- June 16, 1977
- Inactive since
- October 9, 2025
- Refiling required
- Yes
The Railroad Commission lists this company’s P-5 registration as inactive since October 9, 2025. If your royalty checks from it stopped, check your lease for the likely reasons and who to write to.
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, P-5 Organization Report data set, as of September 22, 2026.
Owner relations
How to reach Great Western Drilling Company as an owner
Not checked yet
We have not checked Great Western Drilling Company’s owner-relations desk yet. Here is how owners usually find it:
- Look at a recent check stub or statement. The phone number and address printed on it usually reach the owner relations department.
- Search the company’s own website for “owner relations” or “royalty owners”. Larger operators have a page and an online owner portal.
- The Railroad Commission file above has the company’s mailing address. A letter sent there reaches the company, though not always the right desk.
- Put your owner number and the property name or number on every letter and call.
Production
What the state's reports show
- Oil, last 12 months
- 792,700 barrels
- Down 4.5% from the 12 months before
- Gas, last 12 months
- 176,157 mcf
- Down 7.7% from the 12 months before
Oil reported each month, in barrels
- Oct 202467,253
- Sep 202466,104
- Aug 202465,701
- Jul 202466,184
- Jun 202464,424
- May 202467,848
- Apr 202463,448
- Mar 202469,079
- Feb 202463,933
- Jan 202467,584
- Dec 202366,976
- Nov 202364,166
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, production data query, as of October 1, 2024.
Drilling permits
Permits filed with the state
1 drilling permits in the last three years: 1 in 2024. A permit is permission to drill. It is not a well.
| Issued | Lease, county and type |
|---|---|
| 2024-04-18 | PERKINS-LAGASSE #2Nueces County · Vertical |
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, drilling permit records.
Leases
Leases this company operates
14 leases on the state record, 0 with production in the last twelve months. The largest by production:
- MalletHockley County · 425 bbl of oil
- Douglas BNueces County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Ligon-PittsReeves County · nothing reported in 12 months
- IsenseeNueces County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Campbell, SethWinkler County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Taylor StateCrane County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Noelke -A-Pecos County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Day, Cacy "A"Terry County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden, Jax M. 23Crane County · nothing reported in 12 months
- DouglasNueces County · nothing reported in 12 months
- DouglasNueces County · nothing reported in 12 months
- GaskillLoving County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Morgan PropertiesNueces County · nothing reported in 12 months
- TXL 33Loving County · nothing reported in 12 months
Operator changes
Leases this company took over or handed over
1 taken over and 54 handed over since the state's history begins; 0 and 0 in the last twelve months. The month is the first month the change shows in production reports.
- Handed over Jennings, Joe, Hockley CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Perkins-Lagasse, Nueces CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Brit Clare "A", Terry CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Cook, Zelda, Hockley CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Linker (Lower Clearfork) Unit, Hockley CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Walker, A. B., Pecos CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Lawrence, Nueces CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Covington "21", Terry CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Tunis Creek Univ. Lands Unit, Pecos CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Cook "12", Hockley CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Dorr State, Ward CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
- Handed over Redonion, Terry CountyNov 2024 · to Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC
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FAQ
Questions people ask
Who is Great Western Drilling Company?
The Railroad Commission lists Great Western Drilling Company as operator number 328780, P-5 inactive, in Midland, TX. Its leases reported 792,700 barrels of oil and 176,157 mcf of gas in the last twelve months. The state's records also list it as a purchaser or gatherer.
How much oil and gas did Great Western Drilling Company report?
In the last twelve months the leases Great Western Drilling Company operates reported 792,700 barrels of oil and 176,157 mcf of gas to the Railroad Commission, through October 1, 2024. It has 14 leases on the state record, 0 with production in that time.
How many drilling permits has Great Western Drilling Company filed?
1 drilling permits in the last three years in the permit feed this site reads. A permit is permission to drill, not a well: many are never drilled.
I got a letter or an offer from Great Western Drilling Company: what should I do?
Do not sign or call yet. Keep every page and the envelope, compare the paper with your deed, lease and last statements, and answer in writing. You can upload the letter to have it read: it says what kind of paper it is, what it asks, and which terms deserve a question, quoting the words they come from.
Where does this page's information come from, and how current is it?
The record is the Railroad Commission's P-5 Organization Report file, dated September 22, 2026. The entity is the Comptroller's franchise tax file. Production, permits and leases are the Commission's own reports. The page shows no rating and no opinion.
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Sources
Primary sources, opened on 29 September 2026. Statute text is the current version on statutes.capitol.texas.gov.