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OPERATORS · RRC 618275  · P-5 STATUS Y

Odessa Expl, Inc

Midland, TX

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Odessa Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 7, 2000.

The RRC wellbore file lists 14 wells under its operatorship.

103 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 6, 2004.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 14 of record
22
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.

73%
spud rate · 75 of 103 mature permits
21
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–36
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
28
expired undrilled
7
permits a year over 15 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Martin county →—450Jun 18, 1999
Glasscock county →—170Oct 9, 1998
Pecos county →—161Mar 13, 1996
Midland county →—60Oct 20, 1997
Carson county →—50Sep 18, 1998
Ector county →—34Jun 30, 1986
Loving county →—31Oct 22, 1996
Reagan county →—30Jan 6, 1997
Upton county →—25Jul 7, 2000
Coleman county →—10Nov 2, 1989
Hutchinson county →—10Oct 13, 1998
Reeves county →—10Mar 19, 1993

All 103 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
Dean490
Spraberry360
Clear Fork100
Wolfcamp90
San Andres50
Brown Dolomite40
Panhandle Lime30
Yates20
Atoka20
Tubb20
Strawn20
Glorieta20
Ellenburger10
Queen10
Bone Spring10

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
1.88M
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

14
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
13
plugged

How it got them

3
permitted itself
7
acquired from others
70
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 4
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Ector0 active0 bbl/d
Crane0 active0 bbl/d
Upton0 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
Drill0078
Recompletion0018
Reenter006
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
Spraberry (Trend Area)8527920050
Lawson (San Andres)5249733340
Costa (Tubb)2089750020
Ashmore (Conglomerate)410733310
Gomez (Queen)3570850010
Moore-Hooper (Fuss.)6271840010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 6, 2004
Address
C/O Cambrian Management Ltd PO Box 272
Midland, TX 79702
Officers and agents
Butler, Gene · Texas Resident Agent
Lowe, William Bruce · President
Byerlotzer, Jim · Vice President
Hobbs, Lonnie · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
495960Jul 7, 2000Jul 7, 2000Odessa Exploration, Inc.UptonJack #1A11,70046132178
484591Jun 18, 1999Jun 18, 1999Odessa Exploration, Inc.MartinMeeks #19,10031730240
479894Oct 13, 1998Oct 13, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.HutchinsonBurnett #42,70023330882
479444Oct 9, 1998Oct 9, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.GlasscockWoody, S. O. "A" #110,20017332051
479501Sep 18, 1998Sep 18, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.CarsonPoling "26-27" #1HH3,00006532035
479499Sep 18, 1998Sep 18, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.CarsonPoling "29-30" #C 3HH3,00006532037
479337Sep 9, 1998Sep 9, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.CarsonPoling -26- #6HH3,00006532036
478267Jul 27, 1998Jul 27, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.CarsonPoling #1024H3,00006501153
478267Jul 27, 1998Jul 27, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.CarsonPoling #1024H3,00006501153
475700May 26, 1998May 26, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.MartinJones, P. K. #59,40031734178
475698May 22, 1998May 22, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.MartinYarbrough #610,80031734177
475698May 22, 1998May 22, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.MartinYarbrough #610,80031734177
475186May 19, 1998May 19, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.GlasscockWoody, S. O. "B" #110,34817332063
475699May 5, 1998May 5, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.MartinEpley #39,60031734179
474912Apr 3, 1998Apr 3, 1998Odessa Exploration, Inc.MartinEpley, J. C. #89,50031734176

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/618275, documented in the API reference.