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OPERATORS · RRC 36618  · P-5 STATUS Y

Atropos Expl Co

Dallas, TX

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Atropos Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 14, 2019.

The RRC wellbore file lists 40 wells under its operatorship (14 producing, 3 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 11.6K barrels of oil and 98.9K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 11% on the year before.

56 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1987; 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
14
producing wells, of 40 of record
55
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.

52%
spud rate · 29 of 56 mature permits
33
median days permit to spud · middle half 23–62
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
27
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 32 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Brooks county →—182Feb 7, 1991
Glasscock county →—115Aug 30, 2010
Crockett county →—90Mar 14, 2019
Irion county →—825Feb 18, 2014
Sterling county →—35Sep 16, 2004
Loving county →—20May 3, 1990
Colorado county →—10Mar 15, 2000
Harris county →—10Jul 2, 1987
Howard county →—10Mar 1, 2006
Nolan county →—11Mar 4, 1996
Pecos county →—10Nov 14, 2008

All 56 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
San Andres90
Wolfcamp80
Queen70
Strawn60
Canyon60
Clear Fork60
San Angelo30
Leonard30
Grayburg30
Ellenburger20
Delaware20
Spraberry20
Lamar10
Dean10
Rustler10

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 →

11.6K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-11%
vs the 12 months before
98.9K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
506K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 98,876 · prior 12 162,236(-39%)

010K20K30K202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 11,613 · prior 12 13,035(-11%)

05001K1.5K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

40
on the schedule
14
producing
3
shut in
0
injection
1
temp. abandoned
15
plugged

How it got them

13
permitted itself
22
acquired from others
14
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
Drill0033
Recompletion0020
Reenter003

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Baker Ranch (Canyon)5143300237
Credo E. (Cisco Up.)2159810555
Iva Lee (Clearfork)4483720030
Mertzon (Canyon)6069816620
Grapeland (Rodessa)3643020011
St. Lawrence (Wichita)7968985011
Ann Mag (8100 Frio)297167510
Yellow Wolf NW (Canyon)9933910010
Ann Mag (8840 Vicksburg)297186510
Carthage (Pettit Upper)1603266710
Dewey Lake S. (Strawn)2448938010

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
PO Box 12327
Dallas, TX 75225
(214) 695-0882
Officers and agents
Hunt, Todd M · President
Hunt, Clay M · Vice President
Lee, Paul C · Secretary,treasurer,secretary/TR

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
851010Mar 14, 2019Mar 14, 2019Atropos Exploration CompanyCrockettAec University '13' #12,80010542474
843732Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018Atropos Exploration CompanyCrockettAec University #12022,80010542463
837658Mar 21, 2018Mar 21, 2018Atropos Exploration CompanyCrockettStrauss-Pfluger 1 #32,85010542452
837657Mar 21, 2018Mar 21, 2018Atropos Exploration CompanyCrockettStrauss Ranch 1 #22,85010542451
832443Nov 7, 2017Nov 7, 2017Atropos Exploration CompanyCrockettUniversity 50-12 West #1P2,70010542084
828009Jul 7, 2017Jul 7, 2017Atropos Exploration CompanyCrockettStrauss-Pfluger 1 #12,80010542407
828012Jun 28, 2017Jun 28, 2017Atropos Exploration CompanyCrockettStrauss 1 #12,80010542408
828008Jun 28, 2017Jun 28, 2017Atropos Exploration CompanyCrockettStrauss-Pfluger 1 #22,80010542406
818779Oct 6, 2016Oct 6, 2016Atropos Exploration CompanyCrockettStrauss, et AL #12,70010542336
717205Feb 18, 2014Feb 18, 2014Atropos Exploration CompanyIrionEckert 444-A #28,00023534810
722807Aug 25, 2011Aug 25, 2011Atropos Exploration CompanyIrionBaker, Marie #38,00023534839
717199May 26, 2011May 26, 2011Atropos Exploration CompanyIrionEckert A #68,00023534748
700148Aug 30, 2010Aug 30, 2010Atropos Exploration CompanyGlasscockHirt Lease #110,79317331414
695498May 26, 2010May 26, 2010Atropos Exploration CompanyIrionElta Murphey B #28,10023534530
695499May 5, 2010May 5, 2010Atropos Exploration CompanyIrionMurphey 1221 #88,10023534524

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/36618, documented in the API reference.