OPERATORS · RRC 448380  · P-5 STATUS Y

K & a, Inc

K & A, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 17, 1980.

The RRC wellbore file lists 10 wells under its operatorship.

18 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 9, 1982.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 10 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.

33%
spud rate · 6 of 18 mature permits
32
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–45
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
12
expired undrilled
5
permits a year over 4 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Brazoria county →—90Dec 17, 1980
Wharton county →—59Dec 12, 1980
Walker county →—30Apr 17, 1978
Webb county →—10Jun 16, 1977

All 18 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
No completion tops on file.

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
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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

10
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
2
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
5
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
Drill0016
Recompletion002

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Apr 9, 1982
Address
3200 Entex Bldg
Houston, TX 77002
Officers and agents
Kearns, Floyd · Treasurer
Keplinger, H F · President
Fogle, Bobby · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
102639Dec 17, 1980Dec 17, 1980K & a, Inc.BrazoriaBute, James et AL #25,40103931629
101981Dec 12, 1980Dec 12, 1980K & a, Inc.WhartonSorrel, M. #15,71048132080
101177Dec 5, 1980Dec 5, 1980K & a, Inc.WhartonHolesovsky, Sorrel Unit #15,70048132077
80136May 2, 1980May 2, 1980K & a, Inc.BrazoriaReese, J. T. #4C5,00003931546
78830Apr 22, 1980Apr 22, 1980K & a, Inc.BrazoriaReese, J. T. #4B1,43503931538
73831Feb 28, 1980Feb 28, 1980K & a, Inc.BrazoriaReese, J. T. #4A4,70403931525
62726Nov 1, 1979Nov 1, 1979K & a, Inc.BrazoriaBute, James et AL #23,00003931494
62593Nov 1, 1979Nov 1, 1979K & a, Inc.BrazoriaPoole, T. J. Estate et AL #12,30703931493
38596Dec 11, 1978Dec 11, 1978K & a, Inc.BrazoriaReese, J. T. #3A4,35303931336
38221Dec 6, 1978Dec 6, 1978K & a, Inc.WhartonSorrel, Frank D. #15,64848131715
25139May 24, 1978May 24, 1978K & a, Inc.WhartonMcElroy, Dee #15,71348131529
22312Apr 17, 1978Apr 17, 1978K & a, Inc.WalkerCentral Coal & Coke Corporation #13,61347130192
13504Jan 4, 1978Jan 4, 1978K & a, Inc.WalkerCentral Coal & Coke Corporation #23,60047130197
11914Nov 14, 1977Nov 14, 1977K & a, Inc.WhartonMcElroy, Dee Unit #15,71348131529
11485Nov 7, 1977Nov 7, 1977K & a, Inc.BrazoriaReese, J. T. #3A4,50003931336

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/448380, documented in the API reference.