OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 48169 · WHARTON COUNTY

Ballard Exploration Company,inc. in Wharton County

One operator, one county: its permits, wells of record, formations, and leases here, with the rest of the county and the rest of the operator one click away.

Ballard Exploration Company,INC. has 25 drilling permits on file in Wharton County, the first issued in 1983 and the latest on January 3, 2023.

None were issued in the last twelve months.

It is operator of record on 8 wells in the county: 0 producing, 0 shut in, 0 injection.

Its completed wells here most often report Frio, Yegua, Jackson.

0
permits, 12 months
25
permits, all time since 1983
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horizontal, 12 months
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ft average depth, 12 months
8
wells of record
0
producing · 0 shut in · 0 injection

Permits issued by month

LAST FIVE YEARS · WHARTON ONLY

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Latest permits here

IssuedLease / wellTypeDepth
Jan 3, 2023EL Campo I.S.D. #1 886912Drill10,300
Apr 11, 2013Prasifka #1 760397Drill15,000
Mar 28, 2011Pierce Estate A #1ST 712460Recompletion11,000
Feb 18, 2010Lauritsen #1 691419Drill14,000
Oct 1, 2009Popp #1 685704Drill15,000
Oct 1, 2009Popp #1 685704Drill15,000
Feb 3, 2009Rod #1 678041Drill13,500
Feb 3, 2009Rod #1 678041Drill13,500
Sep 25, 2008Pierce Estate "B" #1 670756Drill13,500
Sep 25, 2008Pierce Estate "B" #1 670756Drill13,500

All 25 permits in Wharton County, searchable → ·  Wells of record here →

Permit types and formations

Permit types

Drill
0 / 24
Recompletion
0 / 1

12 MONTHS / ALL TIME

Leases it reports here

LeaseWellsOil, bblLast reported
Pierce Estate A10Nov 2025
Pierce Estate "B"10Mar 2021
Pierce Estate A10Jun 2020
Rod10Jan 2017
Popp10Oct 2012
Harrison10Jun 2010
Johnson Foundation10May 2010
Sorrel10Apr 2007
Pierce Estate10Dec 2006

All leases it reports → ·  Other operators in Wharton County →

About this data

Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record and status from the EWA wellbore schedule, weekly; formations from the dbf900 wellbore file; leases from PDQ lease reports, placed in the county by the wells completed on them.

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