OPERATORS · RRC 257048 · P-5 STATUS Y
Expl Co, The
San Antonio, TX
Watch this operatorExpl CO, The has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 28, 2007.
The RRC wellbore file lists 10 wells under its operatorship.
475 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 9, 2011.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 10 of record
- 10
- 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.
- 86%
- spud rate · 410 of 475 mature permits
- 8
- median days permit to spud · middle half 3–21
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 64
- expired undrilled
- 21
- permits a year over 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maverick county → | — | 371 | 5 | Jun 28, 2007 |
| Dimmit county → | — | 100 | 1 | May 3, 2007 |
| Zavala county → | — | 4 | 4 | Aug 6, 1996 |
All 475 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 125 | 1 |
| Georgetown | 121 | 1 |
| Del Rio | 113 | 1 |
| Eagle Ford | 112 | 1 |
| San Miguel | 110 | 0 |
| Olmos | 101 | 0 |
| Buda | 101 | 1 |
| Escondido | 76 | 0 |
| McKnight | 60 | 0 |
| Glen Rose | 58 | 0 |
| Anacacho | 48 | 1 |
| Edwards | 33 | 0 |
| Midway | 6 | 0 |
| Pearsall | 2 | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
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- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 1.88M
- 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
- 10
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 10
- plugged
How it got them
- 9
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 314
- 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 3
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 397 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Field transfer | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pearsall (Austin Chalk)69981125 | 2 | 0 |
| Pena Creek (Georgetown)70411210 | 2 | 0 |
| Sacatosa (San Miguel #1 Sand)79451750 | 2 | 0 |
| Chittim (Austin Chalk)17876076 | 1 | 0 |
| Wildcat2001 | 1 | 0 |
| Crooked Lake (Austin Chalk)21800100 | 1 | 0 |
| Leona River W. (Escondido D-1)53270300 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 9, 2011
- Address
- 777 East Sonterra Blvd Ste 350
- San Antonio, TX 78258
- Officers and agents
- Sigmon, James E. · President
- Thomae, Roberto R. · Secretary/Treasurer
- Bookout, James Jeffrey · Vice President/Coo
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 640936 | Jun 28, 2007 | Jun 28, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Wipff #481HH | 2,500 | 32332963 |
| 640586 | Jun 22, 2007 | Jun 22, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Cage Ranch #141HH | 7,500 | 32332962 |
| 640557 | Jun 21, 2007 | Jun 21, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Cage-Briscoe C #159HH | 7,300 | 32332961 |
| 639666 | Jun 1, 2007 | Jun 1, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Burr C #193 | 5,600 | 32332959 |
| 637409 | May 31, 2007 | May 31, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Cage-West B 437 Unit #437HH | 7,000 | 32332919 |
| 636958 | May 25, 2007 | May 25, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Cage-Briscoe a 119H Unit #119HH | 7,000 | 32332890 |
| 638512 | May 16, 2007 | May 16, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Cage-Briscoe a 147H Unit #147HH | 7,100 | 32332958 |
| 638416 | May 12, 2007 | May 12, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Burr A #216HH | 3,400 | 32332957 |
| 637405 | May 7, 2007 | May 7, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Cage-Briscoe B #346HH | 7,000 | 32332954 |
| 637772 | May 3, 2007 | May 3, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Dimmit | Briscoe-McKnight #123 | 4,000 | 12733458 |
| 636166 | Apr 27, 2007 | Apr 27, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Paloma #2133HH | 6,000 | 32332708 |
| 636514 | Apr 13, 2007 | Apr 13, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Cage Ranch #637HH | 7,000 | 32332950 |
| 636514 | Apr 13, 2007 | Apr 13, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Cage Ranch #637HH | 7,000 | 32332950 |
| 636510 | Apr 12, 2007 | Apr 12, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Chittim #1176HH | 6,000 | 32332949 |
| 635728 | Mar 29, 2007 | Mar 29, 2007 | Exploration Company, The | Maverick | Cage-Briscoe B 545H Unit #545HH | 7,300 | 32332948 |
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/257048, documented in the API reference.