OPERATORS · RRC 617560 · P-5 STATUS Y
Ocean Trace Expl
San Antonio, TX
Watch this operatorOcean Trace Expl has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 16, 1981.
11 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 13, 1986.
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- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 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.
- 0%
- spud rate · 0 of 11 mature permits
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- median days permit to spud
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 11
- expired undrilled
- 6
- permits a year over 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frio county → | — | 9 | 0 | Apr 16, 1981 |
| LA Salle county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 30, 1980 |
| Lee county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 31, 1980 |
All 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
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
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 7
- 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 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 13, 1986
- Address
- 8610 N. New Braunfels, Ste 409
- San Antonio, TX 78217
- Officers and agents
- Patton, Richard E. · President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115775 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 16, 1981 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Frio | Kelley-Proctor-Smith #1 | 7,550 | 16331968 |
| 115057 | Apr 14, 1981 | Apr 14, 1981 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Frio | Nicholson Unit #1 | 7,300 | 16331970 |
| 97579 | Oct 30, 1980 | Oct 30, 1980 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Frio | Wittman, K. I., et AL #1 | 7,300 | 16331864 |
| 96560 | Oct 23, 1980 | Oct 23, 1980 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Frio | Brundrett, H. A. #1 | 7,150 | 16331859 |
| 96558 | Oct 23, 1980 | Oct 23, 1980 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Frio | West Coast Farms #1 | 7,550 | 16331858 |
| 96557 | Oct 23, 1980 | Oct 23, 1980 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Frio | Nicholson, H. #1 | 7,250 | 16331857 |
| 95657 | Oct 9, 1980 | Oct 9, 1980 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Frio | Stewart, J.L. #1 | 6,973 | 16331853 |
| 79682 | Apr 30, 1980 | Apr 30, 1980 | Ocean Trace Exploration | LA Salle | Schulze, Walter #1 | 7,900 | 28330689 |
| 79681 | Apr 30, 1980 | Apr 30, 1980 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Frio | Parker, J. B. #1 | 7,233 | 16331778 |
| 79314 | Apr 25, 1980 | Apr 25, 1980 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Frio | McKinney, M. E. #1 | 7,900 | 16331776 |
| 76732 | Mar 31, 1980 | Mar 31, 1980 | Ocean Trace Exploration | Lee | McCain, Carrie et al Unit #1 | 8,300 | 28730664 |
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/617560, documented in the API reference.