OPERATORS · RRC 35410 · P-5 STATUS Y

Aspen Expl, Inc

Houston, TX

Aspen Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 30, 2007.

The RRC wellbore file lists 11 wells under its operatorship.

34 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1994; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2012.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 11 of record
8: 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.

76%: spud rate · 26 of 34 mature permits
8: median days permit to spud · middle half 2–17
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
8: expired undrilled
2: permits a year over 14 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
Jones county →	—	14	10	Feb 8, 1996
Jim Hogg county →	—	7	0	Aug 30, 2007
Gaines county →	—	3	0	Dec 23, 1996
Nolan county →	—	2	1	Mar 8, 2001
Val Verde county →	—	2	0	Jul 18, 2000
Andrews county →	—	1	0	Oct 24, 2000
Dawson county →	—	1	0	Sep 13, 1996
Duval county →	—	1	0	Aug 6, 2004
King county →	—	1	0	May 3, 1996
Live Oak county →	—	1	0	Apr 20, 2001
Orange county →	—	1	0	Apr 18, 1997

All 34 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
Wilcox	3	0
Queen City	2	0
Gunsight	1	0
Barnett	1	0
Ellenburger	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
21.7K: 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

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

How it got them

9: permitted itself
2: acquired from others
17: 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	34

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
Aspen-Seaman (Hope Lower)4144200	6	0
Jones County Regular47113001	2	0
Aspen-Amoco (Ellen.)4141125	1	0
Aspen-Seaman (Cook)4144075	1	0
Bullard (Flippen Lime)13239500	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed May 4, 2012

Address: C/O Janet S. Northrup, Trustee 333 Clay St 29TH Floor; Houston, TX 77002

Officers and agents: Northrup, Janet S. · Trustee; Rand, William Nicholas · Trustee; Rand, Mark Albert · Trustee; Rand, Greg · Trustee

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
645164	Aug 30, 2007	Aug 30, 2007	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Jim Hogg	Rancho Blanco Corp/State GU #7	18,000	24732411
606047	Sep 8, 2005	Sep 8, 2005	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Jim Hogg	Rancho Blanco Corporation/State #6	18,000	24732323
558728	Mar 8, 2005	Mar 8, 2005	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Jim Hogg	Rancho Blanco Corporation/State #5	18,000	24732298
558728	Mar 8, 2005	Mar 8, 2005	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Jim Hogg	Rancho Blanco Corporation/State #5	18,000	24732298
549249	Aug 6, 2004	Aug 6, 2004	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Duval	Ruiz #1	15,000	13138730
540687	Jan 13, 2004	Jan 13, 2004	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Jim Hogg	Ranch Blanco Corporation/State #4	18,000	24732277
519995	May 14, 2002	May 14, 2002	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Jim Hogg	Rancho Blanco Corporation/State #3	18,000	24732248
517527	Feb 11, 2002	Feb 11, 2002	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Jim Hogg	Rancho Blanco Corporation/State #2	18,000	24732242
507974	Apr 20, 2001	Apr 20, 2001	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Live Oak	Oakville Gas Unit #1	17,500	29734432
506244	Mar 8, 2001	Mar 8, 2001	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Nolan	Linda Arledge, et AL #1	7,500	35332732
501169	Oct 24, 2000	Oct 24, 2000	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Andrews	University 18 #1	12,750	00338688
497341	Jul 18, 2000	Jul 18, 2000	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Val Verde	Whitehead Estate "84" #1	9,000	46530620
497341	Jul 18, 2000	Jul 18, 2000	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Val Verde	Whitehead Estate "84" #1	10,000	46530620
461316	Apr 18, 1997	Apr 18, 1997	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Orange	Cormier #1	18,000	36130738
456679	Dec 23, 1996	Dec 23, 1996	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Gaines	Aspen - Amrow South #1	13,000	16535109

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/35410, documented in the API reference.