OPERATORS · RRC 34450 · P-5 STATUS Y
Ashland Expl, Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorAshland Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 9, 1989.
The RRC wellbore file lists 19 wells under its operatorship.
58 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 3, 1997.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 19 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 45%
- spud rate · 26 of 58 mature permits
- 14
- median days permit to spud · middle half 10–34
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 32
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby county → | — | 7 | 0 | Aug 21, 1978 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 6 | 0 | Aug 17, 1988 |
| Brazos county → | — | 4 | 1 | Dec 30, 1983 |
| Hill county → | — | 4 | 0 | Mar 16, 1978 |
| Nacogdoches county → | — | 4 | 0 | Oct 3, 1984 |
| Crockett county → | — | 3 | 0 | Aug 23, 1978 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 3 | 0 | Mar 22, 1978 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 3 | 0 | Feb 18, 1985 |
| Midland county → | — | 3 | 1 | Apr 10, 1978 |
| Anderson county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 15, 1978 |
| Colorado county → | — | 2 | 1 | Jul 17, 1978 |
| Dickens county → | — | 2 | 1 | Jun 13, 1978 |
| Kent county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 6, 1978 |
| Refugio county → | — | 2 | 0 | Apr 11, 1979 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 12, 1986 |
| Duval county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 30, 1988 |
| Fisher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 13, 1978 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 18, 1985 |
| High IS-SB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 9, 1989 |
| Kleberg county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 1, 1985 |
| Sherman county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jun 16, 1978 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 14, 1978 |
| Upshur county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 29, 1978 |
| Victoria county → | — | 1 | 1 | Feb 3, 1978 |
| Wharton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 31, 1985 |
All 58 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rodessa | 2 | 0 |
| Travis Peak | 2 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 1 | 0 |
| Woodbine | 1 | 0 |
| Buda | 1 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 1 | 0 |
| James Lime | 1 | 0 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 |
| Pettit | 1 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 1 | 0 |
| Dean | 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
- 0
- 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
- 19
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 13
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 2
- acquired from others
- 28
- 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 | 49 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Other | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove (Arnim -A-)28598200 | 3 | 0 |
| Garza34113001 | 3 | 0 |
| Bender (Yegua y-5 Sand)7095875 | 3 | 0 |
| Kent (Strawn)48982250 | 2 | 0 |
| Germania (Grayburg)34563400 | 1 | 0 |
| Hornbuckle (Hornbuckle Sand)42645333 | 1 | 0 |
| Texas Hugoton89120001 | 1 | 0 |
| Wildcat20001 | 1 | 0 |
| Witte (5850)98304891 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan (Woodbine)12697800 | 1 | 0 |
| Easter North (3260)27323400 | 1 | 0 |
| Elm Grove (Wilcox Upper)28598800 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 3, 1997
- Address
- P O Box 218330
- Houston, TX 77218
- Officers and agents
- Wilkinson, Tom · President
- Bilger, Robert · Vice President
- Lund, Jeffrey · Vice President
- Celestino, Gary · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 364877 | Oct 9, 1989 | Oct 9, 1989 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | High IS-SB | S. L. M-93482 94S/85S Unit #1 | 10,000 | 60630166 |
| 350622 | Aug 30, 1988 | Aug 30, 1988 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Duval | Driscoll Foundation #1 | 4,000 | 13137145 |
| 350264 | Aug 17, 1988 | Aug 17, 1988 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Matagorda | Steele, L. M. Trust #1 | 17,000 | 32131574 |
| 350264 | Aug 17, 1988 | Aug 17, 1988 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Matagorda | Steele, L. M. Trust #1 | 17,000 | 32131574 |
| 305139 | Aug 12, 1986 | Aug 12, 1986 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Brazoria | Weiting #1 | 11,500 | 03932148 |
| 294669 | Dec 31, 1985 | Dec 31, 1985 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Wharton | Fields #1 | 15,000 | 48132944 |
| 279101 | Jul 1, 1985 | Jul 1, 1985 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Kleberg | Muil #1 | 16,000 | 27332005 |
| 277961 | Jun 18, 1985 | Jun 18, 1985 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Fort Bend | T. D. C. #1 | 9,500 | 15731651 |
| 267611 | Feb 25, 1985 | Feb 25, 1985 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Matagorda | Wright, J. D. #1 | 11,500 | 32131437 |
| 267163 | Feb 18, 1985 | Feb 18, 1985 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Lavaca | Steffek #1 | 11,000 | 28531886 |
| 266412 | Feb 11, 1985 | Feb 11, 1985 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Lavaca | Hobbs, W. A. #2 | 12,000 | 28531885 |
| 259601 | Dec 4, 1984 | Dec 4, 1984 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Matagorda | Harriman, W. H. #2 | 11,500 | 32131426 |
| 253374 | Oct 3, 1984 | Oct 3, 1984 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Nacogdoches | Charles Christian Unit #1 | 11,500 | 34731341 |
| 253177 | Oct 1, 1984 | Oct 1, 1984 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Matagorda | Sisson, H. H. #1 | 11,500 | 32131412 |
| 252832 | Sep 26, 1984 | Sep 26, 1984 | Ashland Exploration, Inc. | Lavaca | Hobbs, W. A. #1 | 15,000 | 28531854 |
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/34450, documented in the API reference.