OPERATORS · RRC 132805  · P-5 STATUS Y

Carnes Expl Co

Corpus Chrsti, TX

Watch this operator

Carnes Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 5, 1992.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.

14 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1989; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 3, 1992.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 1 of record
0
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.

64%
spud rate · 9 of 14 mature permits
22
median days permit to spud · middle half 16–47
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
5
expired undrilled
5
permits a year over 3 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Jackson county →—50Jan 9, 1991
Starr county →—41Dec 19, 1990
Aransas county →—20Jan 13, 1992
Lavaca county →—10Dec 13, 1989
Live Oak county →—10Mar 3, 1989
San Patricio county →—10Feb 5, 1992

All 14 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Frio20
Catahoula10
Miocene (undifferentiated)10

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
0
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

1
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
1
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
6
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0011
Recompletion002
Other001

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Rio Grande City (900)7684240010

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jun 3, 1992
Address
606 N. Carancahua, Suite 822
Corpus Chrsti, TX 78476
Officers and agents
Carnes, John Carlton III · Owner/Geologist

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
396276Feb 5, 1992Feb 5, 1992Carnes Exploration CompanySan PatricioWelder, P. H. #18,35040932391
393908Jan 13, 1992Jan 13, 1992Carnes Exploration CompanyAransasRogers #17,51900730798
388804Jun 13, 1991Jun 13, 1991Carnes Exploration CompanyAransasRogers #17,55000730798
383007Jan 9, 1991Jan 9, 1991Carnes Exploration CompanyJacksonRobinson #23,55023932577
383007Jan 9, 1991Jan 9, 1991Carnes Exploration CompanyJacksonRobinson #23,55023932577
382176Dec 19, 1990Dec 19, 1990Carnes Exploration CompanyStarrRicaby #11,74142732417
380738Nov 16, 1990Nov 16, 1990Carnes Exploration CompanyJacksonNo. 1 Bain Gas Unit #110,00023932570
379877Oct 26, 1990Oct 26, 1990Carnes Exploration CompanyJacksonStanford, F. #111,50023932151
379106Oct 12, 1990Oct 12, 1990Carnes Exploration CompanyStarrGonzales - State #13,90042732440
373632May 23, 1990May 23, 1990Carnes Exploration CompanyStarrRicaby #11,80042732417
373632May 23, 1990May 23, 1990Carnes Exploration CompanyStarrRicaby #11,74142732417
371117Mar 21, 1990Mar 21, 1990Carnes Exploration CompanyJacksonRobinson #13,60023932538
367278Dec 13, 1989Dec 13, 1989Carnes Exploration CompanyLavacaKroboth #15,90028532059
356314Mar 3, 1989Mar 3, 1989Carnes Exploration CompanyLive OakBolland #14,60029733879

Full permit history →

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/132805, documented in the API reference.