OPERATORS · RRC 130418 · P-5 STATUS Y
Capitol Oper & Expl., Inc
Austin, TX
Watch this operatorCapitol Oper & Expl., Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 14, 1993.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1991; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 8, 2001.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 of record
- 1
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 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.
- 83%
- spud rate · 5 of 6 mature permits
- 13
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–14
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 1
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 2 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 6 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 | 4 | 0 |
| Olmos | 3 | 0 |
| San Miguel | 3 | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 149K
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 4
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. 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 | 5 |
| Recompletion | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pearsall (Austin Chalk)69981125 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 8, 2001
- Address
- PO Box 9928
- Austin, TX 78766
- Officers and agents
- Horn, Ed · President
- Wise, James K. · Vice President/Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 409158 | Feb 14, 1993 | Feb 14, 1993 | Capitol Operating & Expl., Inc. | Frio | Capitol Thompson #8H | 10,438 | 16333150 |
| 404056 | Sep 29, 1992 | Sep 29, 1992 | Capitol Operating & Expl., Inc. | Frio | Capitol Thompson #7H | 10,300 | 16333135 |
| 400464 | Jun 22, 1992 | Jun 22, 1992 | Capitol Operating & Expl., Inc. | Frio | Capitol Thompson #6H | 10,300 | 16333129 |
| 395176 | Dec 17, 1991 | Dec 17, 1991 | Capitol Operating & Expl., Inc. | LA Salle | Capitol-Ritchie #2H | 11,000 | 28331491 |
| 395176 | Dec 17, 1991 | Dec 17, 1991 | Capitol Operating & Expl., Inc. | LA Salle | Capitol-Ritchie II #2H | 9,767 | 28331491 |
| 391636 | Sep 4, 1991 | Sep 4, 1991 | Capitol Operating & Expl., Inc. | LA Salle | Ritchie #01H | 6,940 | 28330848 |
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 at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/130418, documented in the API reference.