OPERATORS · RRC 191535  · P-5 STATUS Y

Crown Expl Co

Crown Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 5, 1989.

The RRC wellbore file lists 47 wells under its operatorship.

135 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 2, 1995.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 47 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.

53%
spud rate · 72 of 135 mature permits
19
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–34
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
cancelled · 2 permits
61
expired undrilled
11
permits a year over 12 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Taylor county →—4410May 5, 1989
Callahan county →—3520Jul 19, 1985
Jones county →—95Mar 13, 1985
Tom Green county →—91Feb 22, 1982
Nolan county →—83Dec 30, 1988
Fisher county →—71Oct 24, 1983
Runnels county →—50Oct 14, 1986
Scurry county →—43Jan 26, 1989
Sterling county →—30Oct 11, 1984
Borden county →—20Apr 13, 1982
Howard county →—20Mar 31, 1981
Lynn county →—20Feb 10, 1984
Brown county →—11Mar 20, 1984
Garza county →—10May 3, 1984
Palo Pinto county →—12Nov 21, 1983
Shackelford county →—10Oct 26, 1977
Stephens county →—11Mar 30, 1983

All 135 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 →

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
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

47
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
41
plugged

How it got them

41
permitted itself
4
acquired from others
49
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 5
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Taylor0 active0 bbl/d
Stephens0 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
Drill00116
Other0013
Recompletion006

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Dec 2, 1995
Address
2424 So. Willis
Abilene, TX 79605
Officers and agents
Mergele, Jack E. · Texas Resident Agent
Mergele, Jack E. · President/Vice President/Secreta

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
433678Mar 13, 1995Mar 13, 1995Charter Petroleum CompanyCalhounFinley 75 #1A61805931308
395379Jan 24, 1992Jan 24, 1992Charter Petroleum CompanyCallahanGeorge 76 #13,35005931756
358771May 5, 1989May 5, 1989Crown Exploration CompanyTaylorPlain, Belle #85,25044133053
358772May 3, 1989May 3, 1989Crown Exploration CompanyTaylorPlain, Belle #15,20044132577
355443Jan 26, 1989Jan 26, 1989Crown Exploration CompanyScurryWillingham #17,40041533035
354727Dec 30, 1988Dec 30, 1988Crown Exploration CompanyNolanRiggs #17,20035332095
331414Jun 12, 1987Jun 12, 1987Crown Exploration CompanyTaylorPlain, Belle #95,27544133054
321731Oct 14, 1986Oct 14, 1986Crown Exploration CompanyRunnelsWhite, H. #14,40039931662
288349Oct 22, 1985Oct 22, 1985Crown Exploration CompanyTaylorBelle Plain #95,35044133054
288345Oct 22, 1985Oct 22, 1985Crown Exploration CompanyTaylorBelle Plain #85,35044133053
280559Jul 19, 1985Jul 19, 1985Crown Exploration CompanyCallahanRay #290005935385
274481May 9, 1985May 9, 1985Crown Exploration CompanyTaylorBelle Plain #65,70044132980
273770Apr 25, 1985Apr 25, 1985Crown Exploration CompanyTaylorBelle Plain #75,70044132976
269407Mar 13, 1985Mar 13, 1985Crown Exploration CompanyJonesBarley #12,95025333175
259927Dec 5, 1984Dec 5, 1984Crown Exploration CompanyCallahanRay, Janice et AL #14,40005935202

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/191535, documented in the API reference.