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OPERATORS · RRC 189900  · P-5 STATUS Y

Crest Res & Expl. Corp

Houston, TX

Watch this operator

Crest Res & Expl. Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 25, 1992.

The RRC wellbore file lists 11 wells under its operatorship.

51 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 3, 1999.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 11 of record
1
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.

22%
spud rate · 11 of 51 mature permits
38
median days permit to spud · middle half 30–118
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
40
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 15 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Matagorda county →—105Dec 27, 1984
Chambers county →—92Oct 17, 1985
Brazoria county →—81Feb 11, 1986
Harris county →—70Jun 25, 1992
Jackson county →—60May 27, 1986
Fort Bend county →—31Nov 17, 1983
Galveston county →—20Apr 1, 1985
Wharton county →—21Dec 5, 1983
Anderson county →—11Dec 10, 1981
Caldwell county →—10Nov 7, 1983
Duval county →—10Dec 9, 1983
Jasper county →—10Jul 5, 1984

All 51 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
Miocene (undifferentiated)40
Yegua10
Anahuac10

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
70.7K
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

11
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
9
plugged

How it got them

6
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
13
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 1
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Wharton0 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
Drill0038
Recompletion007
Other006

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
Palacios (Melbourn E-4 Seg I)6848190320
Blue Basin (4540)974570010
Camp Hulen (Miocene 2000)1510150010
Clodine North(yegua 8020 FB-A)1905070010
Mayes South (Frio 5)5865124010
Mayes South (Frio 9560)5865181010
Pheasant (Eberstein)7112105210
Rowan South (8900)7861833010
Bay Prarie (Frio 6100)630347010
Tennessee Colony (Pettit)8880920010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Dec 3, 1999
Address
11777 Katy Fwy 452 South
Houston, TX 77079
Officers and agents
Ache, Paul S. Jr. · President
Ache, Ellen Eliz. · Vice President/Secretary/Treasur

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
515543Jan 2, 2002Jan 2, 2002Elliott Oil & Gas CompanyBrazoriaClement, H. #110,71703901585
453150Nov 27, 1996Nov 27, 1996Howard Exploration, Inc.BrazoriaClement, H. #19,50003901585
431676Feb 22, 1995Feb 22, 1995Howard Exploration, Inc.BrazoriaClement, H. #19,50003901585
400351Jun 25, 1992Jun 25, 1992Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.HarrisBolen Gas Unit No. 3 #18,50020132287
302583May 27, 1986May 27, 1986Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.JacksonBonnot, Louise #16,25023931967
297574Feb 11, 1986Feb 11, 1986Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.BrazoriaRowan Gas Pool Unit 1 - Hubbard #19,00003901532
295640Jan 20, 1986Jan 20, 1986Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.BrazoriaHubbard, Gilvie #78,75003932042
291101Nov 20, 1985Nov 20, 1985Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.HarrisSampson and Marks Unit #18,30020131994
287858Oct 17, 1985Oct 17, 1985Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.ChambersFrankland, Andy "B" #18,60007131748
271191Apr 1, 1985Apr 1, 1985Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.GalvestonUnger #1SW4,00016730207
262339Dec 27, 1984Dec 27, 1984Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.BrazoriaHubbard, Gilvie #78,75003932042
262334Dec 27, 1984Dec 27, 1984Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.MatagordaPierce Estate #16,75032131431
257000Nov 7, 1984Nov 7, 1984Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.JacksonBonnot, Louise #36,30023932130
256430Nov 1, 1984Nov 1, 1984Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.ChambersAmoco Fee #16,90007131642
256423Nov 1, 1984Nov 1, 1984Crest Resources & Expl. Corp.MatagordaKrenek, Antonia S. #17,60032131416

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/189900, documented in the API reference.