OPERATORS · RRC 238972 · P-5 STATUS Y
East Texas Expl
Nacogdoches, TX
Watch this operatorEast Texas Expl has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 14, 1987.
The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.
26 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 7, 1994.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 3 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.
- 8%
- spud rate · 2 of 26 mature permits
- 120
- median days permit to spud · middle half 64–176
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 24
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee county → | — | 18 | 3 | Oct 22, 1986 |
| Burleson county → | — | 5 | 0 | May 7, 1984 |
| Nacogdoches county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 22, 1986 |
| Shelby county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 14, 1987 |
All 26 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Midway | 13 | 0 |
| Navarro | 13 | 0 |
| Pettit | 1 | 0 |
| Travis Peak | 1 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 1 | 0 |
| Sparta | 1 | 0 |
| Queen City | 1 | 0 |
| James 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
- 358
- 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
- 3
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 3
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 20
- 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 | 25 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hooker Creek (Navarro A)42493500 | 2 | 0 |
| Hooker Creek (Navarro B)42493750 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jan 7, 1994
- Address
- P. O. Box 1627
- Nacogdoches, TX 75963
- Officers and agents
- Henderson, W.S. · President
- Herrera, Earl · Vice President/Secretary/Treasur
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 340150 | Dec 14, 1987 | Dec 14, 1987 | East Texas Exploration | Shelby | Smith, Raymond #1 | 1,650 | 41930582 |
| 324662 | Dec 22, 1986 | Dec 22, 1986 | East Texas Exploration | Nacogdoches | Heathman, H. A. #1A | 450 | 34731513 |
| 322196 | Oct 22, 1986 | Oct 22, 1986 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Hannes #1B | 4,300 | 28731978 |
| 301001 | Apr 14, 1986 | Apr 14, 1986 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | McHenry #1 | 4,400 | 28731930 |
| 287453 | Oct 16, 1985 | Oct 16, 1985 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Peebles #7 | 4,090 | 28731809 |
| 284297 | Sep 9, 1985 | Sep 9, 1985 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Wiederhold #1 | 4,500 | 28731843 |
| 279651 | Jul 8, 1985 | Jul 8, 1985 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Hannes #1A | 4,300 | 28731823 |
| 299108 | Jun 26, 1985 | Jun 26, 1985 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Peebles #8 | 4,300 | 28731915 |
| 277899 | Jun 17, 1985 | Jun 17, 1985 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Matejcek #1 | 4,300 | 28731813 |
| 276957 | Jun 6, 1985 | Jun 6, 1985 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Peebles #7 | 4,300 | 28731809 |
| 274335 | May 7, 1985 | May 7, 1985 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Hannes #1 | 4,300 | 28731793 |
| 268956 | Mar 8, 1985 | Mar 8, 1985 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Kleinschmidt #1 | 4,500 | 28731773 |
| 259933 | Dec 5, 1984 | Dec 5, 1984 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Dalrymple #1 | 4,300 | 28731737 |
| 259936 | Dec 5, 1984 | Dec 5, 1984 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Peebles #6 | 4,300 | 28731738 |
| 257263 | Nov 9, 1984 | Nov 9, 1984 | East Texas Exploration | Lee | Peebles-No. 5 #5 | 4,300 | 28731728 |
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/238972, documented in the API reference.