OPERATORS · RRC 370641 · P-5 STATUS Y

Heci Expl Co

Giddings, TX

Heci Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 3, 1990.

The RRC wellbore file lists 68 wells under its operatorship.

86 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1984; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 9, 1991.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 68 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.

14%: spud rate · 12 of 86 mature permits
24: median days permit to spud · middle half 19–56
0: spuds, last 180 days
2%: cancelled · 2 permits
72: expired undrilled
14: permits a year over 6 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
Fayette county →	—	54	43	Sep 21, 1990
Washington county →	—	15	3	Jul 2, 1990
Lee county →	—	7	13	Oct 3, 1990
Gonzales county →	—	5	9	Mar 23, 1990
Cherokee county →	—	2	0	Dec 12, 1986
Burleson county →	—	1	0	Mar 22, 1985
Gaines county →	—	1	0	Jul 1, 1985
Jim Wells county →	—	1	0	Dec 12, 1986

All 86 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	21	0
Austin Chalk	13	0
Eagle Ford	12	0
Pecan Gap	11	0
Georgetown	5	0
Buda	3	0
Taylor	1	0
Del Rio	1	0
Navarro	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

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

How it got them

7: permitted itself
61: acquired from others
38: permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

0: active UIC permits of 6
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Wood	0 active	0 bbl/d
Lee	0 active	0 bbl/d

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

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	74
Recompletion	0	0	10
Other	0	0	1
Reenter	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
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500	40	0
Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas)34773550	10	0
Peach Creek (Austin Chalk)69882500	7	0
Giddings (Buda)34733600	6	0
Peach Creek (Buda)69882600	2	0
Rabbs Prairie (Wilcox)74093500	1	0
Giddings (Edwards Gas)34733620	1	0
Gini (Wilcox)34986700	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Oct 9, 1991

Address: P.O. Box 686; Giddings, TX 78942

Officers and agents: Starnes, Michael G. · Ceo/President

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
549307	Aug 9, 2004	Aug 9, 2004	Browning Oil Company, Inc.	Fayette	Nana Unit #2REH	10,500	14931940
523602	Sep 11, 2002	Sep 11, 2002	WCS Oil and Gas Corporation	Fayette	Miranda #1REH	10,000	14931609
523602	Sep 11, 2002	Sep 11, 2002	WCS Oil and Gas Corporation	Fayette	Miranda #1REH	10,000	14931609
510535	Jun 20, 2001	Jun 20, 2001	Browning Oil Company, Inc.	Fayette	Andrew Jacob Unit #1REH	12,200	14931846
426086	Jul 21, 1994	Jul 21, 1994	Columbia Gas Development Corp.	Lee	Storm #1 HH	8,500	28730920
424544	Jun 3, 1994	Jun 3, 1994	Gemini Exploration Company	Washington	Ruthven, Shirley #1H	10,000	47730328
393616	Nov 12, 1991	Nov 12, 1991	Tex-Lee Operating Company	Lee	Vesta #1	9,500	28730492
378885	Oct 3, 1990	Oct 3, 1990	Heci Exploration Company	Lee	Carmella Unit #3	6,100	28732290
378157	Sep 21, 1990	Sep 21, 1990	Heci Exploration Company	Fayette	Withers, Frances #3	6,800	14932414
374990	Jul 2, 1990	Jul 2, 1990	Heci Exploration Company	Washington	Giaccone, Ralph #1	6,800	47730673
371811	Apr 5, 1990	Apr 5, 1990	Heci Exploration Company	Fayette	Moss #3	5,100	14932394
371360	Mar 23, 1990	Mar 23, 1990	Heci Exploration Company	Gonzales	Nelson, Sox #2	3,000	17731771
371360	Mar 23, 1990	Mar 23, 1990	Heci Exploration Company	Gonzales	Nelson, Sox #2	3,000	17731771
370171	Feb 23, 1990	Feb 23, 1990	Heci Exploration Company	Fayette	Claire Unit #2	7,300	14932389
368427	Jan 9, 1990	Jan 9, 1990	Heci Exploration Company	Fayette	Dotson "A" #1	7,500	14932381

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/370641, documented in the API reference.