OPERATORS · RRC 208020 · P-5 STATUS Y

Dawson Expl, Inc

Houston, TX

Dawson Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 11, 1986.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.

28 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 15, 1986.

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

36%: spud rate · 10 of 28 mature permits
34: median days permit to spud · middle half 16–46
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
18: expired undrilled
3: permits a year over 9 active years

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
Jefferson county →	—	9	0	Dec 30, 1983
DE Witt county →	—	5	0	Mar 9, 1984
Karnes county →	—	5	0	Apr 11, 1986
Newton county →	—	3	1	Dec 4, 1984
Goliad county →	—	2	0	Jun 22, 1984
Chambers county →	—	1	0	Dec 14, 1983
Hidalgo county →	—	1	0	Nov 27, 1978
Matagorda county →	—	1	0	Feb 10, 1981
Orange county →	—	1	0	Nov 10, 1977

All 28 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
Wilcox	2	0
Frio	2	0
Anahuac	2	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

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
9: 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	26
Other	0	0	1
Recompletion	0	0	1

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
Hartburg NW. (Nodosaria Sd.)39426375	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Jan 15, 1986

Address: 11635 Greenbay; Houston, TX 77024

Officers and agents: Welbes, Vicky L. · Secretary; Dawson, Ross E., Jr. · President

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
301137	Apr 11, 1986	Apr 11, 1986	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Karnes	Valero #1	7,352	25530882
260036	Dec 4, 1984	Dec 4, 1984	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Newton	Hankamer #1	7,500	35130434
242869	Jun 22, 1984	Jun 22, 1984	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Goliad	Murphy, William #1	8,750	17531893
232006	Mar 9, 1984	Mar 9, 1984	Dawson Exploration, Inc	DE Witt	Deleon, Bernice #1	10,350	12331360
225899	Dec 30, 1983	Dec 30, 1983	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Jefferson	Fitzhugh #1	8,900	24531739
223515	Dec 14, 1983	Dec 14, 1983	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Chambers	Frankland, Andy E. et UX #1	8,750	07131505
220724	Nov 16, 1983	Nov 16, 1983	Dawson Exploration, Inc	DE Witt	Brown, Ella et AL #1	11,100	12331345
191728	Apr 18, 1983	Apr 18, 1983	Dawson Exploration, Inc	DE Witt	Koenig, Edward F. #1	10,900	12331306
180826	Dec 22, 1982	Dec 22, 1982	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Goliad	Ray, G.A. Estate #1	7,800	17531695
180087	Dec 7, 1982	Dec 7, 1982	Dawson Exploration, Inc	DE Witt	Koenig, Edwin #1	10,250	12331276
180086	Dec 7, 1982	Dec 7, 1982	Dawson Exploration, Inc	DE Witt	Bolting, Georgia Fay et AL #1	9,900	12331275
178870	Dec 3, 1982	Dec 3, 1982	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Karnes	Winerich, Dorice #1	5,013	25531044
170645	Sep 1, 1982	Sep 1, 1982	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Jefferson	Pontious, Clemence #1	8,500	24531613
154343	Mar 23, 1982	Mar 23, 1982	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Jefferson	Burrell "A" #1	10,600	24531585
154341	Mar 23, 1982	Mar 23, 1982	Dawson Exploration, Inc	Jefferson	Durand, Lucille et AL #2	8,500	24531584

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/208020, documented in the API reference.