OPERATORS · RRC 454840 · P-5 STATUS Y

Kelpetro, Inc

Houston, TX

Kelpetro, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 22, 1999.

The RRC wellbore file lists 9 wells under its operatorship.

83 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 2, 2015.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 9 of record
8: 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.

31%: spud rate · 26 of 83 mature permits
8: median days permit to spud · middle half 4–27
0: spuds, last 180 days
2%: cancelled · 2 permits
55: expired undrilled
5: permits a year over 18 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
Bastrop county →	—	28	1	Sep 10, 1991
Atascosa county →	—	22	2	Aug 14, 1991
Polk county →	—	12	2	Dec 29, 1997
Lee county →	—	7	0	Apr 7, 1989
Hardin county →	—	6	0	Nov 20, 1995
Tyler county →	—	3	2	Mar 25, 1996
Gonzales county →	—	1	0	Dec 10, 1987
Grimes county →	—	1	0	Sep 5, 1991
Guadalupe county →	—	1	0	Apr 7, 1982
Karnes county →	—	1	1	May 25, 1989
McMullen county →	—	1	0	Jul 22, 1999

All 83 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
Taylor	29	0
Wilcox	7	0
Georgetown	4	0
Austin Chalk	4	0
Buda	4	0
Yegua	4	0
Escondido	2	0
Navarro	2	0
Edwards	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 →

0: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
140K: 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
7: plugged

How it got them

7: permitted itself
2: acquired from others
45: 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	75
Recompletion	0	0	3
Other	0	0	2
Reenter	0	0	2
Field transfer	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
Segno (Yegua 5000)82140572	2	0
Warren (7480)95280500	2	0
Manvel W. (Miocene B)57245400	1	0
Higgins (5850)41099850	1	0
Serbin (Taylor Sand)82265500	1	0
Wildcat4001	1	0
Leming (2934 Sand)53061666	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Oct 2, 2015

Address: PO Box 460048; Houston, TX 77056; (281) 723-5754

Officers and agents: Richard P Marshall Jr · Texas Resident Agent; Kelly, Donald J · President; Zuniga, Gloria · Secretary/Treasurer

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
520575	Jun 3, 2002	Jun 3, 2002	Goldmark Energy Corporation	Brazoria	Manvel #1	5,000	03932780
520575	Jun 3, 2002	Jun 3, 2002	Goldmark Energy Corporation	Brazoria	Manvel Gas Unit #1	4,210	03932780
486084	Jul 22, 1999	Jul 22, 1999	Kelpetro, Inc.	McMullen	Harris, Jean Tyler et AL #1	6,200	31133549
471642	Dec 29, 1997	Dec 29, 1997	Kelpetro, Inc.	Polk	Carter, W. T. & Bro. Fee "A" #1	7,000	37330881
471642	Dec 29, 1997	Dec 29, 1997	Kelpetro, Inc.	Polk	Carter, W. T. & Bro. Fee "A" #1	7,000	37330881
446217	Mar 25, 1996	Mar 25, 1996	Kelpetro, Inc.	Tyler	Exxon Corporation Fee #1	8,000	45730505
442043	Nov 20, 1995	Nov 20, 1995	Kelpetro, Inc.	Hardin	Black Stone Minerals Fee et AL #1U	10,000	19932716
439460	Sep 5, 1995	Sep 5, 1995	Kelpetro, Inc.	Hardin	Vastar Resources, Inc. Fee #1	10,000	19932697
438739	Aug 11, 1995	Aug 11, 1995	Kelpetro, Inc.	Tyler	Cuccia, F. J. et AL #1	10,000	45730499
438739	Aug 11, 1995	Aug 11, 1995	Kelpetro, Inc.	Tyler	Cuccia, F. J. et AL #1	10,000	45730499
426894	Aug 18, 1994	Aug 18, 1994	Kelpetro, Inc.	Polk	Kec Exploration et AL #1 R	5,350	37330811
425762	Jul 12, 1994	Jul 12, 1994	Kelpetro, Inc.	Hardin	Vastar Resources, Inc. Fee #1	10,500	19932697
425148	Jun 22, 1994	Jun 22, 1994	Kelpetro, Inc.	Hardin	Black Stone Minerals Fee "A" #1	9,500	19932696
420275	Jan 18, 1994	Jan 18, 1994	Kelpetro, Inc.	Polk	Kec Exploration et AL #A1 R	5,500	37330805
416429	Sep 24, 1993	Sep 24, 1993	Kelpetro, Inc.	Polk	Kec Exploration et al "C" #1	5,327	37330786

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/454840, documented in the API reference.