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OPERATORS · RRC 479852  · P-5 STATUS Y

L & J Expl, LLC

Carrizo Spgs, TX

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L & J Expl, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 31, 2018.

The RRC wellbore file lists 28 wells under its operatorship (3 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 4.43K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 19% on the year before.

18 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2007; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
3
producing wells, of 28 of record
23
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.

72%
spud rate · 13 of 18 mature permits
36
median days permit to spud · middle half 19–66
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
5
expired undrilled
2
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.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Dimmit county →—1526Dec 31, 2018
LA Salle county →—30Oct 11, 2008

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
Olmos60
Escondido30
Carrizo30
San Miguel10

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 →

4.43K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+19%
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
108K
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 4,430 · prior 12 3,735(+19%)

05001K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1,929(-100%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

28
on the schedule
3
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
2
temp. abandoned
20
plugged

How it got them

6
permitted itself
20
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
Drill0018

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
Saint Thirteen (Olmos No. 1)7973349592
Dent Ingram (Olmos 1)2431744070
Catarina E. (Olmos A)1633550040
Saint Thirteen (Olmos No. 2)7973350040
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)6998112520
Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)1201820011
Soldiers Lake (Olmos 6-A)8452833310

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Apr 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
PO Box 1156
Carrizo Spgs, TX 78834
(830) 854-0855
Officers and agents
Bernal, Christopher · Manager
Daly, Kyle · Filing Agent
Gartner, Emily · Filing Agent
Waters, Weldon · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
843765Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2018L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitRussell #3G4,00012737959
829370Aug 1, 2017Aug 1, 2017L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitMcComb A #24,00012737596
829367Aug 1, 2017Aug 1, 2017L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitRussell #1A4,00012737595
824230Mar 17, 2017Mar 17, 2017L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitMcComb #14,00012737461
824229Mar 17, 2017Mar 17, 2017L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitVotaw #1534,00012737460
803619Mar 9, 2015Mar 9, 2015L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitLeonard #24,50012736965
800060Nov 12, 2014Nov 12, 2014L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitLeonard #14,50012736807
720629Jul 25, 2011Jul 25, 2011Chesapeake Operating, Inc.ZavalaBayou Rouge Unit a Zav #1HH9,00050732803
720629Jul 25, 2011Jul 25, 2011Chesapeake Operating, Inc.ZavalaBayou Rouge Unit a Zav #1HH9,00050732803
720629Jul 25, 2011Jul 25, 2011Chesapeake Operating, Inc.ZavalaBayou Rouge Unit a Zav #1HH9,00050732803
697679Jun 18, 2010Jun 18, 2010L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitBowman #1074,00012733711
697679Jun 18, 2010Jun 18, 2010L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitBowman #1074,20012733711
697679Jun 18, 2010Jun 18, 2010L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitBowman #1074,20012733711
680520Apr 22, 2009Apr 22, 2009L & J Exploration, LLCDimmitHitchcock -a- Unit #4A4,00012733614
678595Feb 27, 2009Feb 27, 2009Carrizo Exploration, Inc.DimmitVotaw #14,00012732743

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/479852, documented in the API reference.