OPERATORS · RRC 612623 · P-5 STATUS Y
Norcen Explorer, Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorNorcen Explorer, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 6, 1992.
The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.
12 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1986; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 1, 1996.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 4 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.
- 50%
- spud rate · 6 of 12 mature permits
- 13
- median days permit to spud · middle half 9–28
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 6
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galveston county → | — | 3 | 1 | May 15, 1989 |
| Ochiltree county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 6, 1992 |
| Wood county → | — | 2 | 1 | Jun 1, 1989 |
| Anderson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 18, 1987 |
| Bee county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 3, 1987 |
| Hardin county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 22, 1987 |
| High IS-LB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 19, 1988 |
| Leon county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 17, 1987 |
All 12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marmaton | 2 | 0 |
| Douglas | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 2 | 0 |
| Oswego | 1 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 |
| Brown Dolomite | 1 | 0 |
| Frio | 1 | 0 |
| White Dolomite | 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
- 1.29K
- 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
- 4
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 2
- acquired from others
- 9
- 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 | 11 |
| Recompletion | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lehrer E. (8800)53019500 | 1 | 0 |
| McCrary (Rodessa-Hill)59122400 | 1 | 0 |
| Walkers Chapel (Pettit 8100)94758500 | 1 | 0 |
| Wildcat6001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 1, 1996
- Address
- 200 Westlake Park Blvd Ste 800
- Houston, TX 77079
- Officers and agents
- Dyer, Byron F. · President/Ceo
- Blackstone, James P. · Vice President
- Mengle, Jay S. · Vice President
- Urban, J. Michael · Vice President
- Keys, Randall D. · Treasurer
- Doughty, Tina T. · Secretary
- Sella, Gary S. · Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 405781 | Nov 6, 1992 | Nov 6, 1992 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Ochiltree | Hassenstab, Leonard #1H | 7,500 | 35732011 |
| 398127 | Apr 8, 1992 | Apr 8, 1992 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Ochiltree | Brillhart, Jr. H.C. #1H | 7,500 | 35731992 |
| 359944 | Jun 1, 1989 | Jun 1, 1989 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Wood | McCrary #1 | 8,108 | 49931420 |
| 358693 | May 15, 1989 | May 15, 1989 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Galveston | Flamingo Properties Company #1 | 16,000 | 16731165 |
| 358693 | May 15, 1989 | May 15, 1989 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Galveston | Flamingo Properties Company #1 | 17,000 | 16731165 |
| 343949 | Mar 17, 1988 | Mar 17, 1988 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Galveston | Sun Amoco Fee #1 | 9,900 | 16731153 |
| 341065 | Jan 19, 1988 | Jan 19, 1988 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | High IS-LB | High Island BLK 5L #1 | 9,500 | 70830314 |
| 339671 | Dec 3, 1987 | Dec 3, 1987 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Bee | Ellis Estate No. 2 #2 | 4,200 | 02532440 |
| 331576 | Jun 17, 1987 | Jun 17, 1987 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Leon | Metz, Dorothy Bell et AL #1 | 10,300 | 28930912 |
| 329340 | Apr 22, 1987 | Apr 22, 1987 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Hardin | Kirby Lumber Company #1 | 11,000 | 19932428 |
| 326530 | Feb 18, 1987 | Feb 18, 1987 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Anderson | Willis, Louise O. #1 | 11,300 | 00131780 |
| 305551 | Aug 25, 1986 | Aug 25, 1986 | Norcen Explorer, Inc. | Wood | Davis, Maureen #1 | 8,500 | 49931501 |
| 295140 | Jan 13, 1986 | Jan 13, 1986 | Sierra Production Co. | Wood | Johnson #3 | 9,300 | 49931420 |
| 268282 | Mar 1, 1985 | Mar 1, 1985 | Sierra Production Co. | Cherokee | Holmes, V. M. #1 | 9,300 | 07330638 |
| 261375 | Dec 17, 1984 | Dec 17, 1984 | Sierra Production Co. | Colorado | Lehrer, Wm. N. #1 | 9,600 | 08931551 |
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/612623, documented in the API reference.