OPERATORS · RRC 139609 · P-5 STATUS Y
Castex Engy, Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorCastex Engy, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 29, 2024.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
13 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1989; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 of record
- 4
- 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.
- 62%
- spud rate · 8 of 13 mature permits
- 12
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–22
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 5
- expired undrilled
- 0
- permits a year over 35 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 2 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 2
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochran county → | — | 5 | 0 | Feb 15, 1991 |
| Colorado county → | — | 3 | 2 | Aug 21, 2023 |
| Goliad county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 5, 1996 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 30, 1997 |
| Harris county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 29, 2024 |
All 13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yegua | 2 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 2 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 2 | 0 |
| San Andres | 1 | 0 |
| Seven Rivers | 1 | 0 |
| Frio | 1 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 1 | 0 |
| Grayburg | 1 | 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
- 23.3K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 48.4K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 23,307 · prior 12 192,438(-88%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 1
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- 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 | 12 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sublime N. (Wilcox 9800)86866775 | 1 | 0 |
| Wildcat6001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 4, 2025
- Gas operator
- Address
- 333 Clay Street Suite 2900
- Houston, TX 77002
- (281) 633-6476
- Officers and agents
- Stoika, John · President
- Killian, Aaron · Vice President
- Wilson, Jonathan · Vice President
- Green, Ashley S · Secretary
- Hebert, Kasey · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 894707 | Jan 29, 2024 | Jan 29, 2024 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Harris | Susan B. Michalsky et AL #1 | 11,700 | 20133006 |
| 892129 | Aug 21, 2023 | Aug 21, 2023 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Colorado | Ohnheiser Unit #1 | 10,200 | 08932774 |
| 872686 | Sep 14, 2021 | Sep 14, 2021 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Colorado | Schindler #2 | 16,000 | 08932763 |
| 852341 | Apr 24, 2019 | Apr 24, 2019 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Colorado | Schindler #1 | 13,200 | 08932757 |
| 465114 | Jul 30, 1997 | Jul 30, 1997 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Lavaca | Barnes, Leon #2 | 4,000 | 28532517 |
| 462987 | May 30, 1997 | May 30, 1997 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Lavaca | Barnes, Leon #1 | 4,000 | 28532495 |
| 455794 | Dec 5, 1996 | Dec 5, 1996 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Goliad | Luedicke Heirs #1 | 5,420 | 17532902 |
| 445208 | Mar 4, 1996 | Mar 4, 1996 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Goliad | Luedicke Heirs #1 | 5,500 | 17532902 |
| 384549 | Feb 15, 1991 | Feb 15, 1991 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Cochran | Starnes Ranch "29" #1 | 5,100 | 07932577 |
| 383005 | Jan 7, 1991 | Jan 7, 1991 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Cochran | Starnes Ranch "34" #2 | 5,100 | 07932559 |
| 370420 | Mar 5, 1990 | Mar 5, 1990 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Cochran | Starnes Ranch "35" #2 | 5,100 | 07932467 |
| 364954 | Oct 13, 1989 | Oct 13, 1989 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Cochran | Starnes Ranch "35" #1 | 5,100 | 07932436 |
| 359257 | May 12, 1989 | May 12, 1989 | Castex Energy, Inc. | Cochran | Starnes Ranch "34" #1 | 5,100 | 07932390 |
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/139609, documented in the API reference.