OPERATORS · RRC 182072  · P-5 STATUS Y

Cottonwood Expl Co

Cottonwood Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 18, 1992.

The RRC wellbore file lists 6 wells under its operatorship.

44 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 7, 1993.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 6 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.

23%
spud rate · 10 of 44 mature permits
33
median days permit to spud · middle half 18–40
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
34
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 10 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Jackson county →—233May 18, 1992
Atascosa county →—120Jul 24, 1990
Nueces county →—32Apr 1, 1987
San Patricio county →—30Nov 20, 1986
Calhoun county →—11Dec 30, 1983
San Jacinto county →—10Dec 6, 1985
Victoria county →—10Dec 13, 1982

All 44 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
Frio60
Vicksburg20
Catahoula20
Anahuac10
Greta10
Austin Chalk10
Buda10
Edwards10

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

6
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
6
plugged

How it got them

6
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
15
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
Drill0037
Recompletion007

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
Bailey (5350)503155310
Bailey (5440)503160010
EL Toro (6920)2820380010
EL Toro SW. (5600)2820910310
Sarah (Frio 7400)8102640010
Wildcat400110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 7, 1993
Address
3400 Bissonnet Suite 140
Houston, TX 77005
Officers and agents
Blondeau Oil Corporation · Partner (Ken Blondeau-President/
Pin Oak Exploration Co · Partner (Jim Kahlden-President/V

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
399305May 18, 1992May 18, 1992Cottonwood Exploration CompanyJacksonDrushel #17,01223932186
375668Jul 24, 1990Jul 24, 1990Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaVrana #17,77801333805
371996Apr 20, 1990Apr 20, 1990Cottonwood Exploration CompanyJacksonDrushel #17,01223932186
371996Apr 20, 1990Apr 20, 1990Cottonwood Exploration CompanyJacksonDrushel #17,01223932186
362183Jul 31, 1989Jul 31, 1989Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaDornak #17,80001333922
352032Oct 10, 1988Oct 10, 1988Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaGaydos #17,60001333887
350182Aug 19, 1988Aug 19, 1988Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaVrana #17,80001333805
339949Dec 9, 1987Dec 9, 1987Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaMiller #18,00001333841
334876Aug 24, 1987Aug 24, 1987Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaMiers #17,80001333825
332285Jul 2, 1987Jul 2, 1987Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaBoeker, Hilda #17,80001333136
332285Jul 2, 1987Jul 2, 1987Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaBoeker, Hilda #17,80001333136
331921Jun 24, 1987Jun 24, 1987Cottonwood Exploration CompanyJacksonPatman/Mauritz Unit #17,65023932355
329810May 7, 1987May 7, 1987Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaScott Unit #17,80001333817
328345Apr 1, 1987Apr 1, 1987Cottonwood Exploration CompanyNuecesKing, R. #25,60035532565
326082Feb 5, 1987Feb 5, 1987Cottonwood Exploration CompanyAtascosaVrana #17,80001333805

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/182072, documented in the API reference.