OPERATORS · RRC 195872 · P-5 STATUS Y

D & B Expl

Amarillo, TX

D & B Expl has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 1, 1981.

7 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 15, 1982.

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

29%: spud rate · 2 of 7 mature permits
50: median days permit to spud · middle half 28–72
0: spuds, last 180 days
14%: cancelled · 1 permits
4: expired undrilled
7: permits a year over 1 active year

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
Wheeler county →	—	7	0	Jul 1, 1981

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
Brown Dolomite	1	0
Granite Wash	1	0
Panhandle Lime	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
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

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

How it got them

0: permitted itself
0: 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
Drill	0	0	7

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Jan 15, 1982

Address: 4415 S. Georgia Ste 203,WING B; Amarillo, TX 79110

Officers and agents: Burton, R.C. · Partner; Blake, David · Partner; Davis, Jack O. · Partner

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
123371	Jul 1, 1981	Jul 1, 1981	D & B Exploration	Wheeler	Burks #1	2,300	48330888
123370	Jul 1, 1981	Jul 1, 1981	D & B Exploration	Wheeler	McAdams #1	2,300	48330887
123323	Jul 1, 1981	Jul 1, 1981	D & B Exploration	Wheeler	Ruth Ann #1	2,600	48330881
118501	May 19, 1981	May 19, 1981	D & B Exploration	Wheeler	Riley #1	2,800	48330867
118500	May 19, 1981	May 19, 1981	D & B Exploration	Wheeler	Trostle #1	1,800	48330866
118499	May 19, 1981	May 19, 1981	D & B Exploration	Wheeler	English #1	2,500	48331077
118497	May 15, 1981	May 15, 1981	D & B Exploration	Wheeler	Jean #1	2,000	48330864

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/195872, documented in the API reference.