OPERATORS · RRC 592650 · P-5 STATUS Y
Mueller Expl, Inc
Humble, TX · most active in Live Oak County
Watch this operatorMueller Expl, Inc was issued 3 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 3 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by Live Oak with 2. 67% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 56 wells under its operatorship (14 producing, 3 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 1.48K barrels of oil and 8.46M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 97% on the year before.
95 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1998; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2026.
- 3
- permits, last 12 months
- +0%
- vs prior 12 months (3)
- 2
- counties, 12 months
- 14
- producing wells, of 56 of record
- 62
- leases it reports
- 67%
- 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.
- 83%
- spud rate · 79 of 95 mature permits
- 29
- median days permit to spud · middle half 16–72
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days -100%
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 16
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 28 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 8 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 15
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak county → | 2 | 7 | 7 | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Starr county → | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 25 | 12 | Mar 16, 2005 |
| Wharton county → | — | 10 | 7 | Sep 16, 2016 |
| Frio county → | — | 7 | 10 | Sep 14, 2022 |
| Cherokee county → | — | 6 | 0 | Jun 21, 2012 |
| Galveston county → | — | 6 | 0 | Jul 17, 2020 |
| Anderson county → | — | 5 | 1 | Mar 28, 2013 |
| DE Witt county → | — | 4 | 1 | Sep 11, 2002 |
| Duval county → | — | 4 | 1 | Oct 6, 2010 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 3 | 2 | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Hardeman county → | — | 3 | 1 | Dec 11, 2023 |
| Hardin county → | — | 3 | 1 | Oct 10, 2011 |
| Knox county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 22, 2004 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 2 | 1 | Nov 22, 2002 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 1 | 2 | Apr 28, 2012 |
| Goliad county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jul 6, 2000 |
| Henderson county → | — | 1 | 1 | Nov 22, 2013 |
| Hidalgo county → | — | 1 | 3 | Aug 22, 2000 |
| McCulloch county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 13, 2004 |
| Victoria county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 27, 2000 |
All 95 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 12 | 3 |
| Austin Chalk | 9 | 2 |
| Frio | 7 | 3 |
| Eagle Ford | 6 | 1 |
| Yegua | 6 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 5 | 2 |
| Olmos | 4 | 1 |
| Anacacho | 4 | 1 |
| Jackson | 3 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 2 | 0 |
| Queen City | 2 | 0 |
| Carrizo | 2 | 2 |
| Woodbine | 2 | 0 |
| Blossom | 1 | 0 |
| Coleman Junction | 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 →
- 1.48K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -97%
- vs the 12 months before
- 8.46M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 556K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 8,458,107 · prior 12 6,282,568(+35%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 1,484 · prior 12 56,282(-97%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 56
- on the schedule
- 14
- producing
- 3
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 1
- temp. abandoned
- 36
- plugged
How it got them
- 31
- permitted itself
- 25
- acquired from others
- 35
- 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
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 | 3 | 3 | 92 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)86950600 | 7 | 7 |
| Pearsall (Austin Chalk)69981125 | 6 | 0 |
| Pearsall (Buda S.)69981375 | 3 | 1 |
| McAllen Ranch (Vksbg L-V N Cons58742158 | 3 | 2 |
| Joseph P. Mueller (Will)47295477 | 3 | 0 |
| Pickett Ridge N. (Yegua DY)71339650 | 2 | 0 |
| Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)12018200 | 2 | 1 |
| Joseph P. Mueller (Kerri)47295242 | 2 | 0 |
| Allen Dome1657001 | 2 | 0 |
| LA Coyota (Queen City)50705500 | 2 | 2 |
| Helen Gohlke W. (Yegua)40239684 | 1 | 0 |
| Joseph P. Mueller (Tami JO)47295380 | 1 | 0 |
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
- 7601 FM 1960 Rd. E #318
- Humble, TX 77346
- (361) 946-2581
- Officers and agents
- Gibson, Beth Coyle · Secretary,treasurer
- Mueller, Joseph Paul Jr · President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 913467 | Feb 19, 2026 | Feb 19, 2026 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Live Oak | Husky-GKT C #1HH | 15,000 | 29736563 |
| 913466 | Feb 19, 2026 | Feb 19, 2026 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Live Oak | Husky-GKT B #1HH | 15,000 | 29736562 |
| 912483 | Jan 5, 2026 | Jan 5, 2026 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Starr | Alberto Alaniz #1R | 4,500 | 42734821 |
| 910462 | Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Live Oak | Hubert-Johnson #1HH | 15,000 | 29736537 |
| 910180 | Sep 2, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Starr | Alberto Alaniz #1 | 4,500 | 42734820 |
| 910108 | Aug 29, 2025 | Aug 29, 2025 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Live Oak | Husky-GKT A #1HH | 15,000 | 29736536 |
| 895711 | Dec 11, 2023 | Dec 11, 2023 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Hardeman | Tommy Love #1 | 9,100 | 19731809 |
| 894052 | Sep 28, 2023 | Sep 28, 2023 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Live Oak | Hubert-Taggart B #2HH | 15,000 | 29736394 |
| 894051 | Sep 28, 2023 | Sep 28, 2023 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Live Oak | Hubert-Taggart A #1HH | 15,000 | 29736393 |
| 883511 | Sep 14, 2022 | Sep 14, 2022 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Frio | PH Green A #5HH | 15,000 | 16334311 |
| 883510 | Sep 14, 2022 | Sep 14, 2022 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Frio | PH Green A #4HH | 15,000 | 16334310 |
| 883509 | Sep 14, 2022 | Sep 14, 2022 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Frio | PH Green A #3HH | 15,000 | 16334309 |
| 883512 | Sep 13, 2022 | Sep 13, 2022 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Frio | PH Green A #6HH | 15,000 | 16334312 |
| 878229 | Mar 24, 2022 | Mar 24, 2022 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Frio | PH Green #2HH | 15,000 | 16334293 |
| 878228 | Mar 24, 2022 | Mar 24, 2022 | Mueller Exploration, Inc. | Frio | PH Green #1HH | 15,000 | 16334292 |
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/592650, documented in the API reference.