OPERATORS · RRC 158927 · P-5 STATUS Y

Clay Expl, Inc

Spring, TX

Clay Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 20, 2008.

The RRC wellbore file lists 7 wells under its operatorship.

12 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1992; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 6, 2019.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 7 of record
10: 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.

58%: spud rate · 7 of 12 mature permits
1: median days permit to spud · middle half 0–2
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
5: expired undrilled
1: 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
Grimes county →	—	2	0	Oct 23, 2002
Karnes county →	—	2	1	May 28, 2003
Wharton county →	—	2	1	Jan 30, 1997
Anderson county →	—	1	0	Feb 22, 1993
Duval county →	—	1	0	Sep 24, 2004
Goliad county →	—	1	0	Apr 27, 1992
Harris county →	—	1	0	May 20, 2008
Limestone county →	—	1	0	Mar 8, 2007
Live Oak county →	—	1	0	Oct 22, 1992

All 12 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
Austin Chalk	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
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
10.3K: 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

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

How it got them

1: permitted itself
6: 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
Recompletion	0	0	7
Drill	0	0	3
Reenter	0	0	2

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
Cheneyboro (Cotton Valley)17427500	2	0
Hide-A-Way (Paluxy)41098500	2	0
Alwan West (Frio 4630)2163200	1	0
Kenedy E. (Edwards)48845500	1	0
Lavaca River (2110)52365660	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Dec 6, 2019

Address: P O Box 9603; Spring, TX 77387; (713) 725-3739

Officers and agents: Corzine, Charles G · President/Secretary

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
657724	May 20, 2008	May 20, 2008	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Harris	Hotwell #1	2,000	20132812
633450	Mar 8, 2007	Mar 8, 2007	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Limestone	Jenkins, John #1	3,950	29331923
551495	Sep 24, 2004	Sep 24, 2004	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Duval	Hamilton, G. B. #1	17,000	13137435
532458	May 28, 2003	May 28, 2003	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Karnes	Stanchos, Viola "A" #1	10,969	25530218
524913	Oct 23, 2002	Oct 23, 2002	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Grimes	Quarry OL #1HH	14,500	18530592
524913	Oct 23, 2002	Oct 23, 2002	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Grimes	Quarry #1HH	14,500	18530592
458013	Jan 30, 1997	Jan 30, 1997	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Wharton	Swanson, C & Sons #1	4,750	48133567
457966	Jan 29, 1997	Jan 29, 1997	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Wharton	Swanson, C. & Sons #3	4,675	48133668
423932	May 13, 1994	May 13, 1994	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Karnes	Butler B #2	8,603	25530152
420097	Jan 14, 1994	Jan 14, 1994	Conoco Inc.	Wharton	Swanson, C. & Sons #1	8,300	48133567
409250	Feb 22, 1993	Feb 22, 1993	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Anderson	Wills, N.N. "B" #4	3,670	00101015
404567	Oct 22, 1992	Oct 22, 1992	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Live Oak	Steinmeyer, A. H. #1	3,508	29732627
398280	Apr 27, 1992	Apr 27, 1992	Clay Exploration, Inc.	Goliad	Luedicke Gas Unit #1	8,702	17500301
398401	Apr 14, 1992	Apr 14, 1992	Conoco Inc.	Wharton	Swanson, C. & Sons #1	9,100	48133567
331977	Aug 6, 1987	Aug 6, 1987	Mortimer Exploration Company	Smith	Cline #2	9,000	42331115

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/158927, documented in the API reference.