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OPERATORS · RRC 248895  · P-5 STATUS Y

Ellis Expl, Inc

Tyler, TX

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Ellis Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 14, 2014.

The RRC wellbore file lists 26 wells under its operatorship (14 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 14.8K barrels of oil and 213K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 4% on the year before.

16 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 4, 2025.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
14
producing wells, of 26 of record
39
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.

69%
spud rate · 11 of 16 mature permits
53
median days permit to spud · middle half 38–60
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
5
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 32 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Smith county →—610Apr 8, 2004
Henderson county →—59Mar 24, 2008
Rusk county →—37Jul 14, 2014
Freestone county →—10Nov 30, 2011
Wood county →—10Aug 8, 1996

All 16 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Paluxy80
Massive Anhydrite (marker)50
Austin Chalk40
Rodessa40
Woodbine40
Travis Peak40
Glen Rose40
James Lime30
Goodland30
Pettit30
Pecan Gap20
Nacatoch10

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 →

14.8K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-4%
vs the 12 months before
213K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
826K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 212,671 · prior 12 244,202(-13%)

010K20K30K202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 14,834 · prior 12 15,375(-4%)

01K2K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

26
on the schedule
14
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
7
plugged

How it got them

10
permitted itself
13
acquired from others
3
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0012
Recompletion004

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Chapel Hill NE. (Travis Peak)1701150054
Chapel Hill (Travis Peak)1700877740
Mt. Enterprise (Pettit)6334750032
Opelika (Rodessa)6741649831
Turlington9185850022
Opelika6741600122
Trawick (Pettit-TP Cons.)9099850021
Tri-Cities (Travis Peak Lower)9110175010
Ham Fox (Rodessa)3839000010
Chapel Hill (Rodessa)1700844411
Minden (Travis Peak)6179285210
Mt. Enterprise (Rodessa Hill)6334760011

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Nov 4, 2025
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
3800 Paluxy Dr Ste 132
Tyler, TX 75703
(903) 570-4548
Officers and agents
Ellis, James S. · President,vice President
Ellis, Tomi · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
789293Jul 14, 2014Jul 14, 2014Ellis Exploration, Inc.RuskAnderson, Lewis #19,00040135304
728845Nov 30, 2011Nov 30, 2011Ellis Exploration, Inc.FreestoneCarpenter #18,80016134767
665508Jul 18, 2008Jul 18, 2008Ellis Exploration, Inc.RuskMcCarley #28,90040134837
657134Mar 24, 2008Mar 24, 2008Ellis Exploration, Inc.HendersonSimmons #210,00021330951
637704May 1, 2007May 1, 2007Ellis Exploration, Inc.HendersonSimmons #110,00021330916
544110Apr 8, 2004Apr 8, 2004Ellis Exploration, Inc.SmithWarren, C. #28,80042330731
536457Sep 17, 2003Sep 17, 2003Ellis Exploration, Inc.SmithJackson, D. W. #18,60042331684
529596Mar 19, 2003Mar 19, 2003Ellis Exploration, Inc.SmithKinsey J. W. #58,80042331631
521897Jul 18, 2002Jul 18, 2002Ellis Exploration, Inc.RuskMcCarley #18,80040133179
496153Jun 21, 2000Jun 21, 2000Ellis Exploration, Inc.HendersonHogue, Harry #18,55521330062
494952May 15, 2000May 15, 2000Ellis Exploration, Inc.HendersonHaynes #19,20021330800
486027Jul 23, 1999Jul 23, 1999Ellis Exploration, Inc.HendersonPayne #19,20021330793
448029Aug 8, 1996Aug 8, 1996Ellis Exploration, Inc.WoodQuitman Independent School Dist. #28,30049900793
404069Sep 29, 1992Sep 29, 1992Roseland Oil & Gas, Inc.SmithLightfoot #18,70042330833
398569Apr 24, 1992Apr 24, 1992Sone Energy CorporationHendersonPool, G. C. #19,20021330691

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/248895, documented in the API reference.