OPERATORS · RRC 223475 · P-5 STATUS Y
Dorchester Expl, Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorDorchester Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 23, 1984.
The RRC wellbore file lists 34 wells under its operatorship.
200 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 12, 1988.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 34 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.
- 35%
- spud rate · 69 of 200 mature permits
- 24
- median days permit to spud · middle half 9–48
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 2%
- cancelled · 4 permits
- 127
- expired undrilled
- 29
- permits a year over 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling county → | — | 97 | 11 | Jan 20, 1984 |
| Wilson county → | — | 14 | 1 | Jan 19, 1984 |
| Austin county → | — | 9 | 1 | Feb 28, 1978 |
| Gonzales county → | — | 9 | 0 | Jun 3, 1981 |
| Hemphill county → | — | 8 | 0 | Feb 3, 1984 |
| Parker county → | — | 8 | 3 | Sep 20, 1978 |
| Midland county → | — | 7 | 0 | Mar 7, 1983 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 6 | 0 | Aug 16, 1983 |
| Lipscomb county → | — | 6 | 1 | Oct 10, 1978 |
| Navarro county → | — | 3 | 0 | Nov 22, 1983 |
| Borden county → | — | 2 | 0 | Feb 24, 1983 |
| Crane county → | — | 2 | 0 | Feb 23, 1984 |
| Scurry county → | — | 2 | 0 | Sep 5, 1980 |
| Smith county → | — | 2 | 1 | Jan 14, 1981 |
| Andrews county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 21, 1980 |
| Aransas county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 4, 1982 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 21, 1977 |
| Burleson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 2, 1981 |
| Caldwell county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 12, 1977 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 28, 1977 |
| Coke county → | — | 1 | 2 | Sep 6, 1979 |
| Colorado county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 13, 1978 |
| Cooke county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 20, 1979 |
| Dawson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 28, 1979 |
| Fayette county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 26, 1981 |
| Fisher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 9, 1982 |
| Gaines county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 31, 1979 |
| Harrison county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jul 28, 1977 |
| Hockley county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 22, 1977 |
| Liberty county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 11, 1977 |
| Madison county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 26, 1978 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 12, 1981 |
| Nolan county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 8, 1977 |
| Ochiltree county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 31, 1978 |
| Pecos county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 26, 1978 |
| Taylor county → | — | 1 | 2 | Mar 31, 1978 |
| Wharton county → | — | 1 | 1 | Nov 5, 1979 |
| Willacy county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 21, 1980 |
| Yoakum county → | — | 1 | 2 | Dec 19, 1979 |
All 200 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
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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
- 34
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 19
- plugged
How it got them
- 12
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 78
- 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 | 186 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Conger (Penn)20097700 | 7 | 0 |
| Calvin (Dean)14937333 | 3 | 0 |
| Meeker (Conglomerate 4400)60255410 | 2 | 0 |
| I. A. B. (Harris Sand)44042125 | 2 | 0 |
| Brahaney11308001 | 2 | 0 |
| Crescent West (Miocene 3500)21659500 | 1 | 0 |
| Eastland County Regular27358001 | 1 | 0 |
| Horse Creek NW. (Morrow Up.)42682600 | 1 | 0 |
| Levelland53411001 | 1 | 0 |
| Meeker (Conglomerate 4800)60255420 | 1 | 0 |
| New Ulm (Wilcox 10 600)65248812 | 1 | 0 |
| Ozona N. (Canyon)67997200 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Feb 12, 1988
- Address
- P O Box 4391
- Houston, TX 77210
- Officers and agents
- Hurn, William T. · Texas Resident Agent
- Ouzts, William T. · President
- Garland, Pete R. · Vice President
- Gleeson, Charles W. · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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/223475, documented in the API reference.