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OPERATORS · RRC 573226  · P-5 STATUS Y

Modern Expl, Inc

Sherman, TX

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Modern Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 23, 2025.

The RRC wellbore file lists 107 wells under its operatorship (23 producing, 1 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 126K barrels of oil and 92.4K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 13% on the year before.

195 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
-100%
vs prior 12 months (2)
0
counties, 12 months
23
producing wells, of 107 of record
119
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.

69%
spud rate · 134 of 195 mature permits
28
median days permit to spud · middle half 10–54
0
spuds, last 180 days -100%
1%
cancelled · 1 permits
60
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 48 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 8 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 9

0122022202320242025

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Gonzales county →—6233Sep 18, 2024
Goliad county →—1613Feb 6, 2008
Lavaca county →—137Oct 23, 2025
Lee county →—114Oct 14, 1987
DE Witt county →—109Jun 13, 2005
Bastrop county →—86Mar 10, 1987
Colorado county →—64Jul 31, 2001
McMullen county →—61Feb 13, 2025
San Patricio county →—61Feb 25, 2002
Bee county →—50Mar 7, 2006
Jim Wells county →—52Dec 30, 2021
Karnes county →—52Dec 21, 1998
Live Oak county →—52May 13, 2022
Eastland county →—41Sep 13, 1979
Willacy county →—44Mar 17, 2003
Duval county →—30Apr 13, 2007
Foard county →—30Sep 17, 2015
Hardeman county →—30Feb 13, 1996
Starr county →—32Apr 26, 2018
Victoria county →—32Aug 5, 2010
Brooks county →—20Dec 3, 2002
Navarro county →—20Oct 10, 1978
Refugio county →—20Aug 18, 2006
Hidalgo county →—10Oct 31, 2013
Jackson county →—10Mar 23, 1984
Jim Hogg county →—10May 27, 1999
LA Salle county →—17Feb 1, 2000
Leon county →—10Apr 14, 1988
Nolan county →—11Mar 28, 1983
Nueces county →—10Apr 29, 2011
Shelby county →—10Sep 1, 2000

All 195 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
Austin Chalk362
Navarro242
Eagle Ford232
Anacacho180
Taylor180
Wilcox152
Vicksburg151
Carrizo121
Frio111
Buda110
Yegua101
Reklaw101
Catahoula51
Miocene (undifferentiated)40
Pecan Gap40

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 →

126K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+13%
vs the 12 months before
92.4K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
3.31M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 126,368 · prior 12 112,165(+13%)

010K20K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 92,392 · prior 12 43,996(+110%)

010K20K30K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

107
on the schedule
23
producing
1
shut in
0
injection
5
temp. abandoned
74
plugged

How it got them

82
permitted itself
25
acquired from others
51
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 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Gonzales0 active0 bbl/d
Willacy0 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
Drill02173
Recompletion0015
Reenter004
Field transfer002
Other001

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Pilgrim (Austin Chalk)71486100248
Serbin (Taylor Sand)8226550074
Nunley Ranch (5890)6630760070
Newark East (Barnett Shale)6528020062
First Shot (Austin Chalk)3096710052
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)3473350031
Carter Thomas (Third Yegua)1601750030
Carter Thomas (Cook Mtn.)1601730020
Eagleville (Eagle Ford)2713550020
Hope (Miocene 2550)4252832820
Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)2713575022
Enke (1650)2912982520

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
4900 Texoma Pkwy
Sherman, TX 75090
(903) 893-1129
Officers and agents
Yost, Gary A · President
Yost, Joel Heath · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
911202Oct 23, 2025Oct 23, 2025Modern Exploration, Inc.LavacaGrover #3HH13,00028534344
905897Feb 13, 2025Feb 13, 2025Modern Exploration, Inc.McMullenRoark #17,00031137582
902724Sep 18, 2024Sep 18, 2024Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesSouthern Cross #1HH10,00017734731
899877Jun 6, 2024Jun 6, 2024Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesEllis #1H8,90017732038
893656Sep 20, 2023Sep 20, 2023Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesDave Huseman #2HH11,00017734649
893656Sep 20, 2023Sep 20, 2023Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesDave Huseman #2HH11,00017734649
880117Jun 3, 2022Jun 3, 2022Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesHuseman #1HH11,00017734506
879962May 13, 2022May 13, 2022Modern Exploration, Inc.Live OakAshenfelder #19,00029736239
875536Dec 30, 2021Dec 30, 2021Modern Exploration, Inc.Jim WellsSuzanne Bell #16,00024932661
873446Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021Modern Exploration, Inc.LavacaGrover #2HH14,50028534200
871577Jul 29, 2021Jul 29, 2021Modern Exploration, Inc.Jim WellsBell Unit #16,00024932656
863005Mar 25, 2020Mar 25, 2020Modern Exploration, Inc.LavacaGrover #1HH14,50028534147
839189Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018Modern Exploration, Inc.StarrClopton, John H. #14,50042734471
810246Sep 17, 2015Sep 17, 2015Modern Exploration, Inc.FoardDrabek #19,00015530800
810245Sep 17, 2015Sep 17, 2015Modern Exploration, Inc.FoardHemingway #19,00015530799

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/573226, documented in the API reference.