OPERATORS · RRC 142320 · P-5 STATUS Y
Challenger Minerals Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorChallenger Minerals Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 20, 1996.
27 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 10, 2005.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 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.
- 48%
- spud rate · 13 of 27 mature permits
- 46
- median days permit to spud · middle half 4–110
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 14
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 17 active years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson county → | — | 6 | 0 | Oct 30, 1981 |
| Lynn county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jan 18, 1982 |
| Wood county → | — | 3 | 0 | Nov 4, 1987 |
| Brazos-LB county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 13, 1985 |
| Chambers county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jun 20, 1996 |
| Nolan county → | — | 2 | 0 | Aug 19, 1981 |
| Ward county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 28, 1982 |
| Castro county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 22, 1980 |
| Galveston-LB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 10, 1984 |
| Gray county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 4, 1981 |
| High IS-SB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 28, 1984 |
| Howard county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 8, 1981 |
| Mustang IS-SB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 17, 1984 |
| Pecos county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 2, 1981 |
All 27 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | 1 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 1 | 0 |
| Saddle Creek | 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
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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
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 7
- 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 | 25 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 10, 2005
- Address
- 15375 Memorial Drive
- Houston, TX 77079
- Officers and agents
- C T Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
- Hauf, Charles B. · President
- Downing, Jack D. · Vice President
- Faure, David E. · Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 449377 | Jun 20, 1996 | Jun 20, 1996 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Chambers | St 72 (TX S/L M-95435) #1 | 13,000 | 07132060 |
| 448592 | Jun 5, 1996 | Jun 5, 1996 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Chambers | S.T. 69 (TX S/L M-95433) #1 | 13,500 | 07132058 |
| 337645 | Nov 4, 1987 | Nov 4, 1987 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Wood | Oles, Daphna #1 | 7,900 | 49931578 |
| 337647 | Oct 22, 1987 | Oct 22, 1987 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Wood | Denton et AL #1 | 7,900 | 49931577 |
| 337647 | Oct 22, 1987 | Oct 22, 1987 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Wood | Denton et AL #1 | 8,050 | 49931577 |
| 290289 | Nov 13, 1985 | Nov 13, 1985 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Brazos-LB | S.T. 335-L (SW/4)S.L.68897(SW/4) #1 | 7,800 | 70430263 |
| 281309 | Jul 30, 1985 | Jul 30, 1985 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Brazos-LB | S. T. 336-L (SE/4) #1 | 7,800 | 70430255 |
| 261282 | Dec 17, 1984 | Dec 17, 1984 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Mustang IS-SB | State Tract 895-S #1 | 11,000 | 60230161 |
| 260703 | Dec 10, 1984 | Dec 10, 1984 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Galveston-LB | Galveston 147-L (NE/4) #2 | 11,000 | 70630200 |
| 233735 | Mar 28, 1984 | Mar 28, 1984 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | High IS-SB | High Island 84-S #1 | 10,408 | 60630151 |
| 181424 | Dec 28, 1982 | Dec 28, 1982 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Ward | Marston, E. J. #1 | 7,194 | 47532346 |
| 147869 | Jan 18, 1982 | Jan 18, 1982 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Lynn | Singleton #1 | 7,610 | 30530271 |
| 138957 | Oct 30, 1981 | Oct 30, 1981 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Dawson | Noret, R. A. #2 | 7,900 | 11531529 |
| 139296 | Oct 26, 1981 | Oct 26, 1981 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Lynn | Franklin, Faye #1X | 7,575 | 30530267 |
| 130494 | Aug 19, 1981 | Aug 19, 1981 | Challenger Minerals Inc. | Nolan | Smith-Cooper Unit #1 | 6,500 | 35331173 |
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/142320, documented in the API reference.