OPERATORS · RRC 156  · P-5 STATUS Y

A.V.G. Expl, Inc

Grapevine, TX

Watch this operator

A.V.G. Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 20, 1986.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.

5 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1984; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 7, 1994.

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.

20%
spud rate · 1 of 5 mature permits
7
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–7
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
4
expired undrilled
2
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
Palo Pinto county →—51Nov 20, 1986

All 5 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
Strawn20
Atoka20

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
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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

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permitted itself
1
acquired from others
3
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
Drill005

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
Big Hole (Atoka C )789310010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 7, 1994
Address
2100 W. Northwest Hwy., #1074
Grapevine, TX 76051
Officers and agents
Gafford, George S. · Texas Resident Agent
Gafford, George · President/Secretary
Ardinger, H. T. Jr. · Chairman

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
323369Nov 20, 1986Nov 20, 1986A.V.G. Exploration, Inc.Palo PintoRagle, J.M. #A 14,95036333782
298946Mar 4, 1986Mar 4, 1986A.V.G. Exploration, Inc.Palo PintoMcClure, Maude #14,99936333705
281134Jul 26, 1985Jul 26, 1985A.V.G. Exploration, Inc.Palo PintoBevers, R. L. #14,90036333613
263758Jan 10, 1985Jan 10, 1985A.V.G. Exploration, Inc.Palo PintoMitchell, G. H. #34,55036333506
246397Jul 26, 1984Jul 26, 1984A.V.G. Exploration, Inc.Palo PintoMitchell, G. H. #24,35036333392
230633Feb 28, 1984Feb 28, 1984Kennedy, DalePalo PintoMitchell #14,40036333278

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/156, documented in the API reference.