BIRCH OPERATIONS, INC.
Every Texas lease BIRCH OPERATIONS, INC. reports production on, valued at the published monthly benchmark.
Inspections and violations
What the Railroad Commission's field inspectors recorded at this operator's facilities. An inspection count tracks how much this operator runs in Texas; the rate beside it is what the inspectors found.
| Rule | What the Commission cited it for | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| SWR 3.8(d)(1) | Unpermitted Disposal of Oil and Gas Wastes | 48 |
| SWR 3.91(d)(1) | Remediation of Soil | 14 |
| SWR 3.9 | Compliance with Permit Conditions | 8 |
| SWR 3.3(1) | Entrance Sign | 7 |
| SWR 3.3(2) | Well Sign | 7 |
The five commonest of 15 rules cited against this operator.
What the Commission did
- Notice of Violation 106
From the Commission's inspection and violation files, covering Aug 1 2015 to Aug 7 2026. The two are separate files with no key between them, so the violations here are not a subset of the 89 inspections that found this operator out of compliance — they are counted from their own file.
Commission dockets
Cases the Railroad Commission opened naming this operator. Most dockets are applications — commonly for an exception to the statewide spacing rule — and a small number are compliance orders.
| Type | What the Commission's remarks call it | Dockets |
|---|---|---|
| A37 | Rule 37 spacing exception | 439 |
| 7A8 | Rule 37 or 38 exception | 1 |
From the Commission's docket file published 2025-02-05. It is the only copy on the Commission's link, so nothing filed after that date appears here. The dates shown are the earliest and latest the record carries — 7 Jun 2018 to 18 Apr 2024. The file holds eight date fields per docket and the Commission publishes no key to which is which, so none is named here.
Leases
Every lease is a page of its own: the monthly volumes the state published, multiplied by the monthly price. Value is lifetime, from Feb 1995.
50 of 207 leases
| MIDNIGHT MATADOR 12-24 A08/56720 | Oil lease | $162.1 M |
| ROSIE THE ELEPHANT 35-23 A08/55659 | Oil lease | $142.9 M |
| ROSIE THE ELEPHANT 35-23 E08/55663 | Oil lease | $128.9 M |
| BIG JAY 10-15 A08/56498 | Oil lease | $119.7 M |
| WILLIE THE WILDCAT 3-15 D08/55929 | Oil lease | $117.5 M |
| WILLIE THE WILDCAT 3-15 B08/55928 | Oil lease | $109.0 M |
| MIDNIGHT MATADOR 12-24 E08/56624 | Oil lease | $106.6 M |
| AGGIE THE BULLDOG 39-46 E08/53615 | Oil lease | $104.6 M |
| BIG JAY 10-15 E08/56438 | Oil lease | $104.4 M |
| WILLIE THE WILDCAT 3-15 E08/56029 | Oil lease | $101.3 M |
| MIDNIGHT MATADOR 12-24 C08/56594 | Oil lease | $95.2 M |
| BRUTUS BUCKEYE 28-40 E08/57271 | Oil lease | $94.0 M |
| WILLIE THE WILDCAT 3-15 A08/55963 | Oil lease | $89.9 M |
| SUPERFROG 12-24 E08/56764 | Oil lease | $89.5 M |
| SUPERFROG 12-24 A08/56762 | Oil lease | $88.2 M |
| SAMMY BEARKAT 29-41 D08/57229 | Oil lease | $86.4 M |
| COWBOY JOE 33-45 F08/57156 | Oil lease | $85.6 M |
| YOSEF THE MOUNTAINEER 29-41 E08/57200 | Oil lease | $84.9 M |
| BRUTUS BUCKEYE 28-40 C08/57326 | Oil lease | $84.8 M |
| SUPERFROG 12-24 C08/56728 | Oil lease | $82.8 M |
| BALERION THE DREAD 36-24 A08/60267 | Oil lease | $81.8 M |
| YOSEF THE MOUNTAINEER 29-41 B08/57198 | Oil lease | $81.6 M |
| COWBOY JOE 33-45 D08/57154 | Oil lease | $81.4 M |
| CHARLIE OREDIGGER 22-25 D08/59712 | Oil lease | $80.7 M |
| MIDNIGHT MATADOR 12-24 B08/56753 | Oil lease | $80.7 M |
| YOSEF THE MOUNTAINEER 29-41 D08/57165 | Oil lease | $80.6 M |
| COWBOY JOE 33-45 C08/57099 | Oil lease | $80.4 M |
| SAMMY BEARKAT 29-41 B08/57181 | Oil lease | $80.3 M |
| BIG JAY 10-15 B08/56509 | Oil lease | $79.5 M |
| BIG JAY 10-15 D08/56400 | Oil lease | $78.9 M |
| MIKE THE TIGER 18-7 F08/51508 | Oil lease | $78.2 M |
| BRUTUS BUCKEYE 28-40 G08/57279 | Oil lease | $77.7 M |
| BALERION THE DREAD 36-24 C08/60268 | Oil lease | $76.8 M |
| SHASTA THE COUGAR 42-30 D08/57148 | Oil lease | $76.2 M |
| SUPERFROG 12-24 B08/56730 | Oil lease | $76.0 M |
| YOSEF THE MOUNTAINEER 29-41 A08/57187 | Oil lease | $75.9 M |
| DESERT DOOR 18-6 E08/58115 | Oil lease | $74.9 M |
| COWBOY JOE 33-45 A08/57077 | Oil lease | $74.4 M |
| SHASTA THE COUGAR 42-30 E08/57146 | Oil lease | $73.5 M |
| GOLD LION 39-46 A08/60136 | Oil lease | $72.8 M |
| VIC THE DEMON 34-46 A08/56993 | Oil lease | $72.6 M |
| MIDNIGHT MATADOR 12-24 D08/56754 | Oil lease | $71.2 M |
| SAMMY BEARKAT 29-41 C08/57182 | Oil lease | $70.4 M |
| DEMON DEACON 22-25 D08/59719 | Oil lease | $70.1 M |
| SEBASTIAN THE IBIS 34-27 D08/57068 | Oil lease | $69.9 M |
| FREDDY THE FALCON 2-11 B08/59099 | Oil lease | $68.5 M |
| ARGENT BARKSDALE 29-17 G08/55559 | Oil lease | $68.1 M |
| VIC THE DEMON 34-46 C08/57001 | Oil lease | $67.8 M |
| AGGIE THE BULLDOG 39-46 A08/53611 | Oil lease | $67.8 M |
| SAMMY BEARKAT 29-41 A08/57227 | Oil lease | $67.3 M |