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OPERATORS · RRC 150655  · P-5 STATUS Y

Choice Expl, Inc

Irving, TX

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Choice Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 15, 2017.

The RRC wellbore file lists 32 wells under its operatorship.

160 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1999; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 3, 2024.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 32 of record
43
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.

92%
spud rate · 147 of 160 mature permits
23
median days permit to spud · middle half 12–45
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
13
expired undrilled
8
permits a year over 19 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Liberty county →—448Oct 10, 2016
Live Oak county →—367May 24, 2013
Jack county →—123Sep 13, 2017
Orange county →—123Dec 15, 2017
Bee county →—81Nov 17, 2011
Jefferson county →—80Dec 1, 2016
Hardin county →—60Nov 3, 2015
Jasper county →—61Jul 6, 2017
Jim Wells county →—61May 3, 2001
Roberts county →—50Oct 15, 2015
Wharton county →—41Oct 15, 2009
Nolan county →—30Feb 11, 2014
Chambers county →—21May 30, 2012
Ochiltree county →—21Mar 28, 2016
Refugio county →—20Jun 21, 2001
Harris county →—10Nov 3, 2011
Lavaca county →—10Sep 20, 1999
San Patricio county →—11Feb 11, 2013
Victoria county →—11Mar 20, 2000

All 160 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
Frio290
Yegua200
Miocene (undifferentiated)140
Caddo80
Cook Mountain60
Jackson50
Strawn50
Vicksburg40
Douglas40
Brown Dolomite40
Tonkawa30
Gunsight30
Ellenburger30
Kansas City30
Bryson20

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
375K
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

32
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
29
plugged

How it got them

26
permitted itself
3
acquired from others
84
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

0
active UIC permits of 3
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Galveston0 active0 bbl/d
Victoria0 active0 bbl/d

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

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
Drill00135
Recompletion0022
Reenter003

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
Wildcat800130
George West South (Frio -N-)3449850030
Willis Marsh (13200)9769385020
Alta Loma S. (Frio SD)198350020
Doty SE (Vicksburg)2563650010
Cedar Bayou (Yegua 13 000)1653187510
Buye (Lower Cook Mtn. 3)1406424010
Crooked Bayou (L. Ck. Mtn.)2179824010
Bowie SW. (Marble Falls)1089583610
Dinero West (Hockley)2488816610
Cottonwood (Vicksburg 8358)2102382010
Cottonwood (Frio 7550)2102349810

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 3, 2024
Address
8505 Freeport Pkwy Ste 390
Irving, TX 75063
(817) 505-1207
Officers and agents
Martin, Jon Michael · President
Griffin, Jonathan Michael · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
834050Dec 15, 2017Dec 15, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.OrangeEvangeline #28,50036130985
833357Nov 21, 2017Nov 21, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.OrangeEvangeline #18,32536130984
832017Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.OrangeLexington #18,90036130983
832017Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.OrangeLexington #1ST8,90036130983
832017Oct 23, 2017Oct 23, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.OrangeLexington #102ST8,40036130983
830650Sep 13, 2017Sep 13, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.JackMorton #16,86023739943
828356Jul 6, 2017Jul 6, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.JasperH J Ballard #19,50024130895
828356Jul 6, 2017Jul 6, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.JasperH. J. Ballard #19,50024130895
825427Apr 24, 2017Apr 24, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.OrangeTexla Mill #37,65036130980
823744Mar 3, 2017Mar 3, 2017Choice Exploration, Inc.OrangeBreece Unit #18,35036130977
821131Dec 29, 2016Dec 29, 2016Choice Exploration, Inc.JackDinwiddie #16,90023739988
820146Dec 1, 2016Dec 1, 2016Choice Exploration, Inc.JeffersonLangham Unit #1D3,47524532383
820015Nov 21, 2016Nov 21, 2016Choice Exploration, Inc.OrangeSimmons Unit #18,30036130975
819579Nov 2, 2016Nov 2, 2016Choice Exploration, Inc.JeffersonLangham Unit #211,00024532847
818882Oct 10, 2016Oct 10, 2016Choice Exploration, Inc.LibertyBebe #113,65029132918

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/150655, documented in the API reference.