OPERATORS · RRC 518896 · P-5 STATUS Y
M & S Expl
EL Campo, TX
Watch this operatorM & S Expl has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 25, 2011.
10 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1999; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 of record
- 2
- 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.
- 60%
- spud rate · 6 of 10 mature permits
- 32
- median days permit to spud · middle half 6–58
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 4
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Patricio county → | — | 7 | 0 | Aug 25, 2011 |
| Wharton county → | — | 3 | 0 | Sep 16, 2004 |
All 10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
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
- 9.26K
- 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
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 6
- 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 | 9 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Dec 4, 2025
- Gas operator
- Address
- P O Box 489
- EL Campo, TX 77437
- (979) 543-4786
- Officers and agents
- Mobley, David Michael · Sole Proprietor
- Mobley, Greta Yvette · Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 722859 | Aug 25, 2011 | Aug 25, 2011 | M & S Exploration | San Patricio | San Patricio County #1 | 2,150 | 40932961 |
| 551080 | Sep 16, 2004 | Sep 16, 2004 | M & S Exploration | Wharton | Waddell #1A | 6,990 | 48132687 |
| 518376 | Mar 18, 2002 | Mar 18, 2002 | M & S Exploration | Wharton | Waddell English #X 1 | 2,600 | 48134436 |
| 507425 | Apr 5, 2001 | Apr 5, 2001 | M & S Exploration | San Patricio | Martinez/Schmidt Unit #1 | 3,450 | 40932673 |
| 493554 | Mar 28, 2000 | Mar 28, 2000 | M & S Exploration | Wharton | Waddell #1 | 2,700 | 48134205 |
| 490435 | Dec 16, 1999 | Dec 16, 1999 | M & S Exploration | San Patricio | Bayder, E.-Montgomery #13A | 2,800 | 40932613 |
| 485293 | Jun 18, 1999 | Jun 18, 1999 | M & S Exploration | San Patricio | Bayder-Montgomery #9C | 1,500 | 40932596 |
| 483961 | Apr 21, 1999 | Apr 21, 1999 | M & S Exploration | San Patricio | Bayder, E.-Montgomery #14 | 4,500 | 40932591 |
| 483961 | Apr 21, 1999 | Apr 21, 1999 | M & S Exploration | San Patricio | Bayder, E.-Montgomery #14 | 4,500 | 40932591 |
| 483960 | Apr 20, 1999 | Apr 20, 1999 | M & S Exploration | San Patricio | Bayder, E.-Montgomery #9B | 1,550 | 40932590 |
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/518896, documented in the API reference.