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OPERATORS · RRC 402704  · P-5 STATUS Y

Houston Expl Co, The

Houston, TX

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Houston Expl CO, The has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 8, 2007.

The RRC wellbore file lists 53 wells under its operatorship.

824 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1986; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 53 of record
57
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.

79%
spud rate · 650 of 824 mature permits
26
median days permit to spud · middle half 13–50
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 1 permits
173
expired undrilled
39
permits a year over 21 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Zapata county →—53344Aug 8, 2007
Webb county →—1256Dec 13, 2006
Rusk county →—660Jun 15, 2007
Starr county →—422Apr 10, 2007
Harrison county →—190Mar 30, 2007
Kleberg county →—140Jun 22, 2007
Hidalgo county →—91Feb 5, 2007
Mustang IS-LB county →—40Mar 10, 1999
Gregg county →—30Dec 9, 2003
Navarro county →—30Apr 27, 1999
Jim Hogg county →—20Apr 15, 2003
Fort Bend county →—10Aug 30, 2000
Gonzales county →—10May 17, 2001
Kenedy county →—10Nov 17, 1993
Mustang IS-SB county →—10Aug 4, 1998

All 824 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
Travis Peak630
Cotton Valley470
James Lime400
Pettit350
Wilcox331
Massive Anhydrite (marker)310
Frio250
Wills Point220
Bossier220
Vicksburg200
Taylor190
Austin Chalk190
Queen City101
Sligo70
Rodessa30

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
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
323K
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

53
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
50
plugged

How it got them

36
permitted itself
16
acquired from others
617
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
Drill00794
Recompletion0028
Reenter001
Field transfer001

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
Wildcat8001290
Charco (9900)1713055040
Charco (9200)1713051530
EL Huerfano (10800)2796950020
Haynes (Middle Wilcox Cons.)3981825020
Liz (9200)5419460020
Munoz (Lobo)6383650020
Rincon (Vicksburg Cons.)7672155020
Charco (9400)1713052520
Flores W. (Perdido)3154570010
Ramirez (Lobo)7444050010
LA Perla (Lobo Cons.)5092501510

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 4, 2026
Address
1100 Louisiana Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002
Officers and agents
Hargett, William G. · President/Ceo
Mueller, Steven L. · Vice President/Coo
Ray, Robert T. · Vice President/Cfo

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
641631Aug 8, 2007Aug 8, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheZapataHaynes #3115,00050535918
640693Jun 22, 2007Jun 22, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheKlebergCanales, A. T. #10411,60027332490
640399Jun 18, 2007Jun 18, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheKlebergCanales, A. T. #10311,60027332489
638814Jun 18, 2007Jun 18, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheZapataBernardo Gas Unit #1714,40050535878
640329Jun 15, 2007Jun 15, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheRuskRusk County Airport Gas Unit 1 #1111,20040134360
638882Jun 15, 2007Jun 15, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheRuskDollar Gas Unit No. 1 #811,20040134326
638816Jun 14, 2007Jun 14, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheZapataYzaguirre-Leo Gas Unit #1611,90050535877
640199Jun 13, 2007Jun 13, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheRuskWhite, Galan 1A #111,20040134357
638866May 18, 2007May 18, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheRuskAlexander Heirs #111,30040134325
638793May 17, 2007May 17, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheZapataYzaguirre-Leo Gas Unit #1712,00050535876
638211May 15, 2007May 15, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheZapataAmando Garza Trust #310,50050535869
638391May 14, 2007May 14, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheKlebergCanales, E. G. #4112,00027332486
638264May 11, 2007May 11, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheZapataCuellar, Maria #2010,00050535871
637914May 11, 2007May 11, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheZapataHaynes "D" #214,30050533279
637900May 10, 2007May 10, 2007Houston Exploration Company, TheZapataHaynes "B" #514,50050533086

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/402704, documented in the API reference.