OPERATORS · RRC 48379  · P-5 STATUS Y

Bandera Expl Co

Bandera Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 3, 2006.

The RRC wellbore file lists 7 wells under its operatorship.

75 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 5, 2018.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 7 of record
7
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.

39%
spud rate · 29 of 75 mature permits
27
median days permit to spud · middle half 9–80
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
45
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 25 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Montague county →—294Sep 20, 2005
Clay county →—262Apr 23, 1987
Goliad county →—101Nov 13, 2000
Hood county →—20Oct 3, 2006
Refugio county →—20Nov 17, 1999
San Patricio county →—20Dec 15, 2000
Bee county →—10Jun 16, 1999
Brooks county →—10Apr 4, 2002
Garza county →—10Dec 16, 1988
Jim Wells county →—10Dec 3, 2001

All 75 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
Viola60
Thomas Sand60
Caddo60
Barnett40
Ellenburger30
Bryson20
Cisco20
Bend20
Simpson10
Vicksburg10
Gunsight10

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
73.8K
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

7
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
4
plugged

How it got them

7
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
36
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 3
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Hood0 active0 bbl/d
Clay0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0047
Reenter0020
Other004
Recompletion004

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 Oct 5, 2018
Address
P O Box 12301
Dallas, TX 75225
(214) 502-6608
Officers and agents
Brower, Gary W. · President/Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
626942Oct 3, 2006Oct 3, 2006Bandera Exploration CompanyHoodHorseshoe #19,51022131206
621714Jun 28, 2006Jun 28, 2006Bandera Exploration CompanyHoodHorseshoe #29,51022131139
606642Sep 20, 2005Sep 20, 2005Bandera Exploration CompanyMontagueBandera Disposal System #3WD4,00033733760
530145Apr 23, 2003Apr 23, 2003Bandera Exploration CompanyMontagueSurprise Sunset #16,50033732822
518825Apr 4, 2002Apr 4, 2002Bandera Exploration CompanyBrooksSkipper #110,97304701517
515021Dec 3, 2001Dec 3, 2001Bandera Exploration CompanyJim WellsZappe, Mary #15,32024901723
510477Jun 19, 2001Jun 19, 2001Bandera Exploration CompanyMontagueRoberts #17,25033701782
510477Jun 19, 2001Jun 19, 2001Bandera Exploration CompanyMontagueBandera Disposal System #1SW7,25033701782
503118Dec 15, 2000Dec 15, 2000Bandera Exploration CompanySan PatricioSchubert #19,00040901166
501920Nov 13, 2000Nov 13, 2000Bandera Exploration CompanyGoliadArnold #25,60017533298
500954Oct 20, 2000Oct 20, 2000Bandera Exploration CompanyMontagueBrashear, Weldon #16,30033731084
489599Nov 17, 1999Nov 17, 1999Bandera Exploration CompanyRefugioFagan #13,00039132318
489599Nov 17, 1999Nov 17, 1999Bandera Exploration CompanyRefugioFagan #13,00039132318
486723Aug 17, 1999Aug 17, 1999Bandera Exploration CompanySan PatricioSchubert #19,60040901166
485604Jul 2, 1999Jul 2, 1999Bandera Exploration CompanyGoliadSix Girls #23,10017533165

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/48379, documented in the API reference.