OPERATORS · RRC 339771  · P-5 STATUS Y

H & L Expl Co, LLC

H & L Expl CO, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 17, 2024.

The RRC wellbore file lists 43 wells under its operatorship (26 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 30K barrels of oil and 888K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 12% on the year before.

45 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2009; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
26
producing wells, of 43 of record
37
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.

82%
spud rate · 37 of 45 mature permits
44
median days permit to spud · middle half 17–133
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
8
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 16 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 6 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 7

0122024

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Ochiltree county →—2214Sep 17, 2024
Hansford county →—76Apr 30, 2012
Hartley county →—63Nov 7, 2013
Lipscomb county →—34Jun 22, 2022
Roberts county →—313Oct 9, 2014
Dallam county →—21Mar 4, 2015
Hutchinson county →—22Aug 11, 2010

All 45 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 →

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 →

30K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-12%
vs the 12 months before
888K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
1.75M
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 888,197 · prior 12 844,818(+5%)

050K100K202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 29,963 · prior 12 33,956(-12%)

02K4K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

43
on the schedule
26
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
13
plugged

How it got them

28
permitted itself
15
acquired from others
0
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
Drill0043
Reenter001
Recompletion001

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Mar 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
P O Box 7506
Amarillo, TX 79114
(806) 282-6650
Officers and agents
Brown, Gib · Texas Resident Agent
Brown, Gilbert D. · Member

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
902638Sep 17, 2024Sep 17, 2024H & L Exploration Company, LLCOchiltreeMildred M. Hutchinson et AL #213510,15035731718
902642Sep 13, 2024Sep 13, 2024H & L Exploration Company, LLCOchiltreeAuzzie #2HH7,50035733770
898045Mar 12, 2024Mar 12, 2024H & L Exploration Company, LLCOchiltreeClem 'A' #111,20035732690
881238Jun 22, 2022Jun 22, 2022H & L Exploration Company, LLCLipscombKaker #19,00029534392
879502May 4, 2022May 4, 2022H & L Exploration Company, LLCLipscombSchilling #19,50029534391
879469Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022H & L Exploration Company, LLCOchiltreeBozeman #28,30035733742
877346Mar 2, 2022Mar 2, 2022H & L Exploration Company, LLCOchiltreeBozeman #18,10035733737
874100Nov 4, 2021Nov 4, 2021H & L Exploration Company, LLCLipscombRogstad #17,00029534389
872905Sep 23, 2021Sep 23, 2021H & L Exploration Company, LLCOchiltreeLadd #10317,10035733729
872905Sep 23, 2021Sep 23, 2021H & L Exploration Company, LLCOchiltreeLadd #10317,30035733729
835621Mar 19, 2018Mar 19, 2018Davis Operating Company, Inc.RobertsMorrison #81839,55039332409
804284Mar 4, 2015Mar 4, 2015H & L Exploration Company, LLCDallamChaloupka #17,00011130113
804284Mar 4, 2015Mar 4, 2015H & L Exploration Company, LLCDallamChaloupka #17,00011130113
797528Nov 6, 2014Nov 6, 2014H & L Exploration Company, LLCOchiltreeMcGarraugh 153 #2HH7,50035733523
797268Oct 9, 2014Oct 9, 2014H & L Exploration Company, LLCRobertsMcGarraugh #7HH7,50039332653

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.

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