OPERATORS · RRC 560025 · P-5 STATUS Y
Mercury Expl Co
Fort Worth, TX
Watch this operatorMercury Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 5, 1997.
The RRC wellbore file lists 75 wells under its operatorship.
258 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 3, 2002.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 75 of record
- 25
- 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.
- 34%
- spud rate · 88 of 258 mature permits
- 23
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–65
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 169
- expired undrilled
- 14
- permits a year over 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callahan county → | — | 80 | 25 | Nov 23, 1987 |
| Archer county → | — | 40 | 3 | Jul 3, 1981 |
| Eastland county → | — | 22 | 0 | Aug 4, 1988 |
| Taylor county → | — | 22 | 6 | Jan 27, 1987 |
| Jones county → | — | 16 | 2 | Nov 27, 1984 |
| Nolan county → | — | 15 | 19 | Jul 7, 1988 |
| Haskell county → | — | 14 | 0 | Nov 28, 1983 |
| Concho county → | — | 11 | 2 | Sep 14, 1988 |
| Baylor county → | — | 10 | 1 | Sep 14, 1983 |
| Coleman county → | — | 9 | 1 | Mar 28, 1985 |
| Winkler county → | — | 5 | 1 | Nov 27, 1989 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 3 | 6 | Mar 16, 1981 |
| Kent county → | — | 3 | 2 | Jul 3, 1979 |
| Young county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 3, 1979 |
| Clay county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 27, 1980 |
| Jeff Davis county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 19, 1985 |
| Johnson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 5, 1997 |
| Montague county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 24, 1979 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 14, 1994 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 9, 1981 |
All 258 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ellenburger | 26 | 0 |
| Caddo | 11 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 4 | 0 |
| Canyon | 3 | 0 |
| Atoka | 2 | 0 |
| Strawn | 2 | 0 |
| Barnett | 1 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 1 | 0 |
| Tannehill | 1 | 0 |
| Thomas Sand | 1 | 0 |
| Big Saline | 1 | 0 |
| Yates | 1 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 1 | 0 |
| Tubb | 1 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 80K
- 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
- 75
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 68
- plugged
How it got them
- 43
- permitted itself
- 4
- acquired from others
- 62
- 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 8
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Callahan | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Concho | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Jones | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Kent | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Nolan | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Runnels | 0 active | 0 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 228 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Watts (Gardner Sand)95502600 | 9 | 0 |
| RDC (Ellenburger)73946500 | 6 | 0 |
| Fort Chadbourne (Gray)32011710 | 6 | 0 |
| Jackie Grimm (Gardner Sand)45347750 | 5 | 0 |
| Wildfire (Gray)97367500 | 4 | 0 |
| Turnaround (Gray Sand)91863200 | 4 | 0 |
| Black Hills (Buda)8527600 | 3 | 0 |
| Arriba Libra (Jennings Lime)3848500 | 3 | 0 |
| Beginning (Ellenburger)6813500 | 2 | 0 |
| Archer County Regular3446001 | 2 | 0 |
| Sansom Ranch (Speck Mountain)80792500 | 2 | 0 |
| Hat Top Mountain N. (Fry Sd.)39619666 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 3, 2002
- Address
- 777 W Rosedale Ste 300
- Fort Worth, TX 76104
- Officers and agents
- Killough, Lavelle · Texas Resident Agent
- Darden, Thomas F. · President
- Darden, Frank · Chairman
- Darden, Glenn M. · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 458902 | Mar 5, 1997 | Mar 5, 1997 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Johnson | Miles #1 | 6,900 | 25130106 |
| 427954 | Sep 14, 1994 | Sep 14, 1994 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Schleicher | Flying Dutchman #1 | 5,900 | 41331905 |
| 366755 | Nov 27, 1989 | Nov 27, 1989 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Winkler | Gulf-Daugherty #2 | 12,700 | 49532303 |
| 351086 | Sep 14, 1988 | Sep 14, 1988 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Concho | Nina Maria 128 #7 | 1,500 | 09530974 |
| 349526 | Aug 4, 1988 | Aug 4, 1988 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Eastland | Simpson, V. P. #19 | 1,200 | 13337308 |
| 348375 | Jul 25, 1988 | Jul 25, 1988 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Eastland | Simpson, V. P. #21 | 1,200 | 13337288 |
| 348374 | Jul 22, 1988 | Jul 22, 1988 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Eastland | Simpson, V. P. #18 | 1,200 | 13337289 |
| 348531 | Jul 7, 1988 | Jul 7, 1988 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Nolan | Hicks 187, J. L. #5 | 5,900 | 35332079 |
| 348531 | Jul 7, 1988 | Jul 7, 1988 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Nolan | Hicks 187, J. L. #5 | 5,272 | 35332079 |
| 344158 | Mar 30, 1988 | Mar 30, 1988 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Nolan | Butler, Elroy #1 | 5,800 | 35332066 |
| 340242 | Dec 17, 1987 | Dec 17, 1987 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Nolan | Hicks Heirs #1 | 5,800 | 35332047 |
| 340242 | Dec 17, 1987 | Dec 17, 1987 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Nolan | Hicks Heirs #1 | 5,674 | 35332047 |
| 339155 | Nov 23, 1987 | Nov 23, 1987 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Callahan | Landers "B" #2 | 4,550 | 05935099 |
| 339154 | Nov 23, 1987 | Nov 23, 1987 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Callahan | Odom, Mike 131 #1 | 4,405 | 05935436 |
| 339153 | Nov 23, 1987 | Nov 23, 1987 | Mercury Exploration Co. | Callahan | Sealy-Smith 121 #1 | 4,250 | 05935269 |
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/560025, documented in the API reference.