OPERATORS · RRC 448925 · P-5 STATUS Y
KP Expl, Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorKP Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 23, 1992.
The RRC wellbore file lists 24 wells under its operatorship.
130 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 7, 1997.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 24 of record
- 1
- 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.
- 15%
- spud rate · 20 of 130 mature permits
- 15
- median days permit to spud · middle half 6–34
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 110
- expired undrilled
- 11
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maverick county → | — | 66 | 11 | Jun 8, 1982 |
| Dimmit county → | — | 9 | 3 | Jun 25, 1982 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 7 | 2 | Apr 28, 1989 |
| Harris county → | — | 5 | 3 | Jul 17, 1990 |
| Zavala county → | — | 5 | 0 | Apr 5, 1983 |
| Duval county → | — | 4 | 1 | Oct 25, 1983 |
| Goliad county → | — | 4 | 0 | Apr 7, 1989 |
| Montgomery county → | — | 4 | 0 | Apr 9, 1990 |
| Nueces county → | — | 4 | 0 | Jun 27, 1984 |
| Grimes county → | — | 3 | 1 | Jul 22, 1986 |
| Lee county → | — | 3 | 1 | Mar 9, 1982 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jun 23, 1992 |
| Victoria county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jan 29, 1992 |
| Liberty county → | — | 2 | 0 | Aug 25, 1988 |
| Polk county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 15, 1989 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 1 | 1 | Apr 15, 1981 |
| Cochran county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 27, 1991 |
| DE Witt county → | — | 1 | 1 | Oct 30, 1984 |
| Jim Hogg county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 10, 1981 |
| Starr county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 13, 1981 |
| Tyler county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 12, 1985 |
All 130 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 3 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 3 | 0 |
| Eagle Ford | 2 | 0 |
| Yegua | 2 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 2 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 2 | 0 |
| Cook Mountain | 1 | 0 |
| San Miguel | 1 | 0 |
| Buda | 1 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 1 | 0 |
| Yates | 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
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 108K
- 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
- 24
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 23
- plugged
How it got them
- 16
- permitted itself
- 7
- acquired from others
- 37
- 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 10
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Cochran | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Montgomery | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Harris | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Hockley | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Smith | 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 | 112 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Other | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sacatosa (San Miguel #1 Sand)79451750 | 14 | 0 |
| Dyersdale26876001 | 3 | 0 |
| Herbst-Wilcox (Herbst III)40678500 | 1 | 0 |
| Bell Lake (9800)6910600 | 1 | 0 |
| Madisonville S. (Sub-Clark.)56595725 | 1 | 0 |
| Old Ocean East (10 600)67013600 | 1 | 0 |
| Pleasanton (Austin Chalk)71922166 | 1 | 0 |
| Little Brushy Creek (Yegua)53937800 | 1 | 0 |
| Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 7, 1997
- Address
- 1201 Louisiana St 1400
- Houston, TX 77002
- Officers and agents
- Houston, D.H. · President
- Odum, George A. · Vice President
- Janik, Jeffrey T. · Secretary
- Sublett, Stephen H. · Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 399815 | Jun 23, 1992 | Jun 23, 1992 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Matagorda | Thomasson, Sadie E. #3 | 9,154 | 32100607 |
| 396268 | Jan 29, 1992 | Jan 29, 1992 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Victoria | Kuester, Ida #3 | 9,193 | 46900069 |
| 393693 | Nov 15, 1991 | Nov 15, 1991 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Victoria | Kuester, Ida et AL #1 | 8,682 | 46900073 |
| 391684 | Sep 27, 1991 | Sep 27, 1991 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Cochran | League 91 Project #1-31 | 5,300 | 07932620 |
| 387202 | May 3, 1991 | May 3, 1991 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Matagorda | Culbertson, W. J. A #5 | 11,000 | 32131497 |
| 381577 | Dec 10, 1990 | Dec 10, 1990 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Victoria | Gonzales, Mauro Estate #2 | 9,261 | 46900074 |
| 375306 | Jul 17, 1990 | Jul 17, 1990 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Harris | Jacintoport #2 | 8,100 | 20132201 |
| 371270 | Apr 9, 1990 | Apr 9, 1990 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Montgomery | Bender Estate "A" #5 | 6,200 | 33930815 |
| 371270 | Apr 9, 1990 | Apr 9, 1990 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Montgomery | Bender Estate "A" #5 | 6,200 | 33930815 |
| 370450 | Apr 5, 1990 | Apr 5, 1990 | Pg&e Resources Company | Brazoria | TDC Ramsey Unit E #1 | 9,900 | 03932121 |
| 367471 | Dec 15, 1989 | Dec 15, 1989 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Polk | Pratt, H. J. Dr. #16 | 5,000 | 37330122 |
| 358503 | Apr 28, 1989 | Apr 28, 1989 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Brazoria | Kentzelman #1 | 11,576 | 03900915 |
| 357795 | Apr 7, 1989 | Apr 7, 1989 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Goliad | Powell, G. T. #2 | 7,800 | 17532326 |
| 350464 | Aug 25, 1988 | Aug 25, 1988 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Liberty | Bosworth #1 | 10,000 | 29132044 |
| 349326 | Jul 28, 1988 | Jul 28, 1988 | KP Exploration, Inc. | Goliad | Powell, Gentry T. Sr. #2 | 7,800 | 17532326 |
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/448925, documented in the API reference.