OPERATORS · RRC 268991 · P-5 STATUS Y

First Expl, Ltd

Amarillo, TX

First Expl, Ltd has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 21, 2015.

The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship (3 shut in).

9 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2012; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 4, 2026.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 4 of record
2: 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.

89%: spud rate · 8 of 9 mature permits
8: median days permit to spud · middle half 2–59
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
1: expired undrilled
3: permits a year over 3 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
Foard county →	—	4	2	Apr 21, 2015
King county →	—	3	0	Feb 28, 2014
Armstrong county →	—	1	1	Jul 16, 2012
Donley county →	—	1	1	Jul 16, 2012

All 9 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
Canyon	2	0
Granite Wash	2	0
Wolfcamp	2	0
Coleman Junction	1	0
Cisco	1	0
Strawn	1	0
Bend	1	0
Caddo	1	0
Palo Pinto	1	0
Tannehill	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
4.11K: 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

4: on the schedule
0: producing
3: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
0: plugged

How it got them

4: permitted itself
0: 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 →

Type	12 mo	Prior 12	All time
Drill	0	0	9

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
Rasberry (Caddo 6100)74765500	2	0
Wildcat24001	2	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Feb 4, 2026; Oil operator

Address: P O Box 51137; Amarillo, TX 79159; (806) 663-3030

Officers and agents: First Exploration Managemnet,lc · General Partner; Stowers, Dennis V · Manager; Lawrence, James · Manager

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
805618	Apr 21, 2015	Apr 21, 2015	First Exploration, Ltd.	Foard	Babe #2	6,500	15530796
800055	Nov 13, 2014	Nov 13, 2014	First Exploration, Ltd.	Foard	Blackjack #1	7,500	15530795
800055	Nov 13, 2014	Nov 13, 2014	First Exploration, Ltd.	Foard	Blackjack #1	7,500	15530795
800047	Nov 12, 2014	Nov 12, 2014	First Exploration, Ltd.	Foard	Babe #1	7,500	15530794
779196	Feb 28, 2014	Feb 28, 2014	First Exploration, Ltd.	King	Moorhouse R #1	7,000	26932906
771513	Oct 17, 2013	Oct 17, 2013	First Exploration, Ltd.	King	Moorhouse #1	6,100	26932899
771513	Oct 17, 2013	Oct 17, 2013	First Exploration, Ltd.	King	Moorhouse #1	7,000	26932899
744176	Jul 16, 2012	Jul 16, 2012	First Exploration, Ltd.	Armstrong	Salt Fork #1065	6,500	01130110
744175	Jul 16, 2012	Jul 16, 2012	First Exploration, Ltd.	Donley	Salt Fork #103	6,500	12930121

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/268991, documented in the API reference.