OPERATORS · RRC 554110 · P-5 STATUS Y
McMoran Expl Co
New Orleans, LA
Watch this operatorMcmoran Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 7, 1984.
The RRC wellbore file lists 30 wells under its operatorship.
88 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 13, 1986.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 30 of record
- 0
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 33%
- spud rate · 29 of 88 mature permits
- 14
- median days permit to spud · middle half 6–86
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 5%
- cancelled · 4 permits
- 55
- expired undrilled
- 11
- permits a year over 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nueces county → | — | 28 | 14 | May 26, 1981 |
| Matgrda IS-LB county → | — | 13 | 1 | Dec 7, 1984 |
| S Padre IS-LB county → | — | 10 | 0 | Mar 23, 1983 |
| Aransas county → | — | 6 | 0 | Oct 21, 1983 |
| Mustang IS-SB county → | — | 4 | 1 | Mar 17, 1981 |
| Rains county → | — | 4 | 0 | Jun 5, 1984 |
| Wood county → | — | 4 | 0 | Jun 22, 1983 |
| Brazos-LB county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jan 31, 1984 |
| Kleberg county → | — | 3 | 2 | Aug 1, 1979 |
| High IS-LB county → | — | 2 | 0 | Mar 9, 1981 |
| Leon county → | — | 2 | 0 | Feb 21, 1984 |
| McMullen county → | — | 2 | 1 | Apr 30, 1984 |
| Galveston-SB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 25, 1982 |
| Jim Hogg county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 11, 1982 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 22, 1983 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 1 | 4 | Mar 26, 1979 |
| S Padre IS-E county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 20, 1981 |
| S Padre IS-SB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 6, 1981 |
| Walker county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 10, 1983 |
All 88 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 |
|---|---|---|
| James Lime | 2 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 2 | 0 |
| Smackover | 2 | 0 |
| Travis Peak | 2 | 0 |
| Paluxy | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 1 | 0 |
| Buda | 1 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 1 | 0 |
| Rodessa | 1 | 0 |
| Cotton Valley | 1 | 0 |
| Buckner | 1 | 0 |
| Norphlet | 1 | 0 |
| Frio | 1 | 0 |
| Anahuac | 1 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 0
- 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
- 30
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 12
- plugged
How it got them
- 8
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 24
- 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 | 72 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Encinal Channel SE. (L-2)28996800 | 2 | 0 |
| Dimmits Island (Frio 6-B)24839333 | 2 | 0 |
| Wildcat4001 | 2 | 0 |
| Oyster Lake W. (4100)67967664 | 2 | 0 |
| Red Fish Bay North ( 9850)75205639 | 2 | 0 |
| Dimmits Island (7250)24839820 | 1 | 0 |
| Corpus Channel NW (Frio G-1)20722085 | 1 | 0 |
| McMoran (6400)59818710 | 1 | 0 |
| Dimmits Island (10-A)24839666 | 1 | 0 |
| Oliver Point S (4200)67183666 | 1 | 0 |
| Encinal Channel SE. (K-2)28996400 | 1 | 0 |
| Dickinson NW. (Frio 10 500)24679600 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 13, 1986
- Address
- P.O. Box 60009
- New Orleans, LA 70160
- Officers and agents
- Murrish, C. H. · President
- Christensen, C. P. · Vice President
- Fisher, A. R. · Attorney
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 260320 | Dec 7, 1984 | Dec 7, 1984 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Matgrda IS-LB | State Tract 564-L, NW/4 #2 | 12,100 | 70330334 |
| 241043 | Jun 5, 1984 | Jun 5, 1984 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Rains | Hooper, C. #1 | 15,000 | 37930123 |
| 237052 | Apr 30, 1984 | Apr 30, 1984 | McMoran Exploration Co. | McMullen | Lindholm, R. G. et AL #1 | 10,800 | 31132066 |
| 234734 | Apr 6, 1984 | Apr 6, 1984 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Rains | Feeney-Hill Gas Unit #1 | 16,000 | 37930122 |
| 229933 | Feb 21, 1984 | Feb 21, 1984 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Leon | Mullenax Gas Unit #2 | 17,000 | 28930565 |
| 236767 | Jan 31, 1984 | Jan 31, 1984 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Tract 406-L, SE/4 #1R | 14,500 | 70430236 |
| 221511 | Nov 22, 1983 | Nov 22, 1983 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Rains | Weyl, E. - Johnson, L. #1 | 15,000 | 37930118 |
| 218106 | Oct 21, 1983 | Oct 21, 1983 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Aransas | State Tract 192 Unit #1 | 12,000 | 00730728 |
| 213907 | Sep 22, 1983 | Sep 22, 1983 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Live Oak | Dullahan, Josephine #2 | 17,000 | 29733351 |
| 199890 | Jun 22, 1983 | Jun 22, 1983 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Wood | Hurley, L. G. #1A | 16,640 | 49931157 |
| 197888 | Jun 10, 1983 | Jun 10, 1983 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Walker | Gibbs Brothers #1 | 18,000 | 47130245 |
| 197454 | Jun 7, 1983 | Jun 7, 1983 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Matgrda IS-LB | State Tract 564-L, NW/4 #2 | 12,100 | 70330334 |
| 196862 | May 9, 1983 | May 9, 1983 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Wood | Taylor, R. D. #1 | 16,735 | 49931169 |
| 191630 | Apr 14, 1983 | Apr 14, 1983 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Matgrda IS-LB | State Tract 526-L, NW/4 #1 | 11,460 | 70330299 |
| 190972 | Apr 8, 1983 | Apr 8, 1983 | McMoran Exploration Co. | Rains | Hickman, Jewell #1 | 15,100 | 37930110 |
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/554110, documented in the API reference.