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OPERATORS · RRC 254259  · P-5 STATUS Y

Esenjay Expl, Inc

Houston, TX

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Esenjay Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 25, 2003.

The RRC wellbore file lists 15 wells under its operatorship.

106 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1997; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 6, 2004.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 15 of record
19
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.

61%
spud rate · 65 of 106 mature permits
22
median days permit to spud · middle half 12–54
0
spuds, last 180 days
2%
cancelled · 2 permits
39
expired undrilled
18
permits a year over 6 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Matagorda county →—221Aug 21, 2002
Karnes county →—182Aug 25, 2003
Live Oak county →—173Jan 24, 2002
Willacy county →—101Jan 26, 2000
Goliad county →—60Nov 14, 2002
Jefferson county →—60Jun 5, 2000
Victoria county →—60Jan 18, 2001
Brazoria county →—50Apr 3, 2003
DE Witt county →—40Feb 19, 2002
San Patricio county →—43Jan 28, 2003
Bee county →—20Aug 27, 2001
Calhoun county →—21Feb 8, 2000
Chambers county →—20Apr 12, 2000
Aransas county →—12May 22, 1998
Galveston county →—10May 7, 1999

All 106 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
Frio30
Wilcox20
Vicksburg10
Miocene (undifferentiated)10

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 →

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bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
88.3K
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

15
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
14
plugged

How it got them

7
permitted itself
8
acquired from others
44
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

0
active UIC permits of 1
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Starr0 active0 bbl/d

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

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
Drill0099
Recompletion006
Reenter001

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
Mikeska SW. (Wilcox)6131650020
Wildcat800120
EL Maton (Frio 9 800)2803368410
Flores (Vicksburg Lower)3153350010
Geronimo (Consolidated)3458310010
Hartburg S. (Lower Hackberry)3942766010
Birdie East833650010
Harvey S. (Stark)3953537510
Mikeska NW. (7800)6131475010
Olivia South (8300)6720150010
Raymondville (F-28)7497578810
Harvey Deep (Anderson South)3953027010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 6, 2004
Address
Attn Leanna Lawrence 10111 Richmond Ave Ste 500
Houston, TX 77042
Officers and agents
Robinson, Peter R. · Texas Resident Agent
Hogenson, Kathleen · President
Robinson, Peter R. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
535748Aug 25, 2003Aug 25, 2003Esenjay Exploration, IncKarnesWood-Janssen Gas Unit #213,00025531479
533629Jun 27, 2003Jun 27, 2003Esenjay Exploration, IncKarnesMumme Gas Unit #113,00025531472
530300Apr 3, 2003Apr 3, 2003Esenjay Exploration, IncBrazoriaBurke #111,50003932801
527581Jan 28, 2003Jan 28, 2003Esenjay Exploration, IncSan PatricioHunt #114,20040932726
525524Nov 14, 2002Nov 14, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncGoliadHamman & Anderson Gas Unit 2 #512,50017533478
524849Oct 23, 2002Oct 23, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncKarnesNiemeier #113,00025531453
524849Oct 23, 2002Oct 23, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncKarnesNiemeier #113,00025531453
523793Sep 23, 2002Sep 23, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncGoliadHap Gas Unit #413,70017533457
523793Sep 23, 2002Sep 23, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncGoliadHap Gas Unit #413,70017533457
523791Sep 23, 2002Sep 23, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncKarnesMcCarn et al Gas Unit #113,25025531451
522965Aug 21, 2002Aug 21, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncMatagordaTerry-Poessel Gas Unit #1 #113,00032131935
522965Aug 21, 2002Aug 21, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncMatagordaTerry-Poessel Gas Unit #113,00032131935
518898Apr 10, 2002Apr 10, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncKarnesJones Gas Unit #1 #113,00025531444
518898Apr 10, 2002Apr 10, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncKarnesJones Gas Unit No. 1 #113,00025531444
517526Feb 19, 2002Feb 19, 2002Esenjay Exploration, IncDE WittWhitfield #212,80012331920

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/254259, documented in the API reference.