OPERATORS · RRC 3975 · P-5 STATUS Y
Adams Branch Expl Co
Abilene, TX
Watch this operatorAdams Branch Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 10, 1995.
The RRC wellbore file lists 9 wells under its operatorship.
58 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 8, 2002.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 9 of record
- 5
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 40%
- spud rate · 23 of 58 mature permits
- 17
- median days permit to spud · middle half 5–34
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 2%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 34
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coke county → | — | 26 | 2 | Aug 5, 1992 |
| Runnels county → | — | 24 | 6 | Jan 10, 1995 |
| Coleman county → | — | 4 | 0 | Jul 27, 1984 |
| Concho county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 30, 1993 |
| Jones county → | — | 1 | 1 | Nov 15, 1983 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 22, 1992 |
| Taylor county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 27, 1990 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman Junction | 23 | 0 |
| Canyon | 13 | 0 |
| Strawn | 5 | 0 |
| Cisco | 3 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 1 | 0 |
| Caddo | 1 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
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- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 78.4K
- 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
- 9
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 8
- plugged
How it got them
- 6
- permitted itself
- 3
- acquired from others
- 43
- 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 | 56 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Recompletion | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wingate West (Gray)98006600 | 3 | 0 |
| Fort Chadbourne (Gardner)32011426 | 2 | 0 |
| Jones County Regular47113001 | 1 | 0 |
| Laura Gail (Gardner)52269500 | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate NW (Gardner)98005400 | 1 | 0 |
| Wingate NW (Gray)98005500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Nov 8, 2002
- Address
- PO Box 7667
- Abilene, TX 79608
- Officers and agents
- Adams, Jim L. · President/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 431638 | Jan 10, 1995 | Jan 10, 1995 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Runnels | Chadbourne Ranch 298A #1 | 5,900 | 39934364 |
| 427734 | Sep 8, 1994 | Sep 8, 1994 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Runnels | Chadbourne Ranch 293 #1 | 5,600 | 39934346 |
| 423078 | Apr 19, 1994 | Apr 19, 1994 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Runnels | Chadbourne Ranch 298 #1 | 6,000 | 39934314 |
| 419813 | Jan 3, 1994 | Jan 3, 1994 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Runnels | Chadbourne Ranch "S" #1 | 6,000 | 39934291 |
| 413324 | Jun 30, 1993 | Jun 30, 1993 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Concho | Reynolds #1 | 4,700 | 09531569 |
| 402389 | Aug 20, 1992 | Aug 20, 1992 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Runnels | Allen #1 | 5,925 | 39934204 |
| 401889 | Aug 5, 1992 | Aug 5, 1992 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Coke | Chadbourne Ranch 431A #2 | 5,700 | 08131590 |
| 401265 | Jul 27, 1992 | Jul 27, 1992 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Coke | Chadbourne Ranch 431 #1A | 5,680 | 08131408 |
| 401190 | Jul 27, 1992 | Jul 27, 1992 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Coke | Chadbourne Ranch 302B #5 | 5,700 | 08131588 |
| 399523 | May 22, 1992 | May 22, 1992 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Stonewall | Swenson #1 | 3,500 | 43332784 |
| 397075 | Mar 16, 1992 | Mar 16, 1992 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Coke | Chadbourne Ranch 431 #4 | 5,925 | 08131581 |
| 396337 | Feb 5, 1992 | Feb 5, 1992 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Coke | Chadbourne Ranch 431A #1 | 5,700 | 08131579 |
| 393802 | Nov 15, 1991 | Nov 15, 1991 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Coke | Chadbourne Ranch 431 #3 | 5,925 | 08131573 |
| 391003 | Aug 21, 1991 | Aug 21, 1991 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Coke | Chadbourne Ranch -A- #2 | 5,900 | 08131348 |
| 390146 | Jul 24, 1991 | Jul 24, 1991 | Adams Branch Exploration Company | Coke | Chadbourne Ranch 431 #2 | 5,925 | 08131568 |
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/3975, documented in the API reference.