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OPERATORS · RRC 405950  · P-5 STATUS Y

Howard Expl, Inc

Houston, TX

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Howard Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 29, 2023.

The RRC wellbore file lists 27 wells under its operatorship.

Lease reports credit it with 1.61K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 87% on the year before.

113 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1987; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 27 of record
74
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.

73%
spud rate · 83 of 113 mature permits
13
median days permit to spud · middle half 4–34
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
30
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 36 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 1 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 1

01

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Brazoria county →—336Jul 28, 2011
Hardin county →—132Aug 29, 2023
Colorado county →—93Jun 13, 2008
Lavaca county →—91Nov 23, 2011
Jackson county →—81Sep 12, 2018
Matagorda county →—72Dec 6, 2016
Duval county →—53Mar 4, 2003
Starr county →—53Jan 28, 2014
Zapata county →—50Jan 14, 2015
Bee county →—41Mar 26, 2018
Jim Hogg county →—31Mar 23, 2007
DE Witt county →—20Sep 19, 2005
Galveston county →—21Feb 13, 2009
Jefferson county →—20Nov 17, 2006
Nueces county →—21Sep 1, 2020
Victoria county →—20Jul 2, 1999
Wharton county →—21Sep 29, 2016

All 113 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
Frio200
Miocene (undifferentiated)110
Yegua90
Catahoula30
Wilcox30
Queen City20
Anahuac20
Sparta10
Yates10
Caprock10

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 →

1.61K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-87%
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
699K
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 1,608 · prior 12 12,591(-87%)

01K2K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

27
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
17
plugged

How it got them

23
permitted itself
3
acquired from others
20
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 5
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Brazoria0 active0 bbl/d
Lavaca0 active0 bbl/d
Colorado0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Recompletion0074
Drill0037
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
Garwood S.E. (3600)3409670020
Wildcat600120
Arcola (7400 Frio)347471010
Blessing NE. (F-26)887442610
Blessing Townsite(frio 8600)887640010
Buffalo Camp (Upper F-9)1308070010
Chocolate Bayou N. (10300)1791733310
Chesterville SE. (3770)1756050010
Chocolate Bayou N. (9700)1791727510
Cuatro de Julio (Queen City)2212226510
Dry Creek (6800)2620482510
Bennview E. (6950 Frio)715885810

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jun 4, 2026
Address
Suite 220 13231 Champion Forest Dr
Houston, TX 77069
(281) 477-9200
Officers and agents
Baker, Roland R. · Texas Resident Agent
Howard, Alan W. · President,treasurer
Burklund, Bonnie · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
893190Aug 29, 2023Aug 29, 2023Howard Exploration, Inc.HardinBP-Vickers Fee #16,78019932869
864910Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020Howard Exploration, Inc.NuecesChicago Land Bank #15,30035500500
844530Sep 12, 2018Sep 12, 2018Howard Exploration, Inc.JacksonVincik #16,45023933530
837946Mar 26, 2018Mar 26, 2018Howard Exploration, Inc.BeeHartzendorf #13,10002533612
820688Dec 6, 2016Dec 6, 2016Howard Exploration, Inc.MatagordaA.S. Herman #18,10032131754
818535Sep 29, 2016Sep 29, 2016Howard Exploration, Inc.WhartonWilson Family Trust #1R4,90048134186
814157Mar 3, 2016Mar 3, 2016Howard Exploration, Inc.HardinJ.A. Vickers #67,00019900160
805292Apr 10, 2015Apr 10, 2015Howard Exploration, Inc.MatagordaA. S. Herman #18,40032131754
802614Jan 14, 2015Jan 14, 2015Howard Exploration, Inc.ZapataGutierrez 'C' #599950536518
798526Oct 28, 2014Oct 28, 2014Howard Exploration, Inc.HardinJ.A. Vickers #67,00019900160
776810Jan 28, 2014Jan 28, 2014Howard Exploration, Inc.StarrState of Texas Slick #15,00042733126
776431Jan 9, 2014Jan 9, 2014Howard Exploration, Inc.JacksonVincik,a.r. #25,80023932930
770259Sep 27, 2013Sep 27, 2013Howard Exploration, Inc.StarrState of Texas Slick #15,34042733126
765048Jul 8, 2013Jul 8, 2013Howard Exploration, Inc.StarrAL-SW Btlt #1 #15,50042732919
756810Feb 19, 2013Feb 19, 2013Howard Exploration, Inc.ZapataGutierrez, J.M. 'C' #42,90050531629

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/405950, documented in the API reference.