OPERATORS · RRC 169756 · P-5 STATUS Y
Compass Expl, Inc
Palestine, TX
Watch this operatorCompass Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 22, 1996.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
7 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1995; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 7, 1999.
- 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
- 1
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 100%
- spud rate · 7 of 7 mature permits
- 1
- median days permit to spud · middle half 0–8
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 0
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 2 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Woodbine | 2 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 1 | 0 |
| Buda | 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 →
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- 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
- 1
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 6
- 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 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Herring (Woodbine)40810664 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 7, 1999
- Address
- PO Box 7000 Suite 700
- Palestine, TX 75802
- Officers and agents
- Lust, David · Texas Resident Agent
- Douglas, Donald · President
- Lust, David William · Vice President
- Douglas, Cheryl · Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454216 | Oct 22, 1996 | Oct 22, 1996 | Compass Exploration, Inc. | Anderson | Compass-Moore #1 | 5,500 | 00132251 |
| 453108 | Sep 24, 1996 | Sep 24, 1996 | Compass Exploration, Inc. | Anderson | Compass - Strong #1 | 5,800 | 00132250 |
| 451277 | Aug 8, 1996 | Aug 8, 1996 | Compass Exploration, Inc. | Leon | Lipsey #7 | 12,500 | 28931245 |
| 444678 | Feb 12, 1996 | Feb 12, 1996 | Compass Exploration, Inc. | Leon | Johnson-Lipsey #1 | 6,250 | 28931235 |
| 443598 | Jan 10, 1996 | Jan 10, 1996 | Compass Exploration, Inc. | Leon | Hicks - Lipsey #1H | 6,250 | 28931233 |
| 443197 | Dec 27, 1995 | Dec 27, 1995 | Compass Exploration, Inc. | Leon | Lipsey, Rennoe #2 | 6,250 | 28931232 |
| 439679 | Sep 7, 1995 | Sep 7, 1995 | Compass Exploration, Inc. | Leon | Lipsey, Rennoe #1 | 6,700 | 28931226 |
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/169756, documented in the API reference.