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OPERATORS · RRC 630611  · P-5 STATUS Y

Ozark Expl, Inc

Dallas, TX

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Ozark Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 12, 2007.

The RRC wellbore file lists 65 wells under its operatorship (9 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 24.6K barrels of oil and 38.6K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 2% on the year before.

99 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 4, 2025.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
9
producing wells, of 65 of record
64
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.

65%
spud rate · 64 of 99 mature permits
7
median days permit to spud · middle half 3–15
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
cancelled · 1 permits
34
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 26 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Crockett county →—2412Feb 12, 2007
Sutton county →—2224Jan 23, 1997
Irion county →—2113Jul 25, 2005
Hardeman county →—112Jul 9, 1996
Schleicher county →—84Sep 28, 1993
Parker county →—31Aug 24, 1992
Tom Green county →—31Sep 22, 1983
Callahan county →—20Sep 10, 1997
Cooke county →—20May 9, 1986
Borden county →—10Nov 13, 1984
Concho county →—10Aug 20, 1993
Edwards county →—10Oct 29, 1987

All 99 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
Canyon140
Clear Fork90
Strawn90
San Andres70
Palo Pinto70
Wolfcamp60
San Angelo40
Spraberry20
Cisco20
Chester20
Atoka10
Coleman Junction10
Mississippian10
Barnett10
Pennsylvanian10

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 →

24.6K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+2%
vs the 12 months before
38.6K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
761K
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 24,556 · prior 12 24,109(+2%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 38,578 · prior 12 79,741(-52%)

05K10K15K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

65
on the schedule
9
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
52
plugged

How it got them

38
permitted itself
22
acquired from others
19
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0081
Recompletion0014
Other003
Reenter001

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
Sawyer (Canyon)81267333190
Christi (Canyon 6800)1799150060
Wardlaw Three (Wolfcamp 5800)9521560040
Ozona NE. (Canyon Sand)6799807540
Fort McKavitt (Canyon)3207814230
University 31 (Strawn-Detrital)9262660021
Ozona (Canyon Sand)6799520022
Beavely Wilson (Canyon 3750)654950020
Block 51 (Strawn)953570020
Ozona NW. (Canyon)6799933320
Sixty Seven (Clear Fork 3100)8387350020
Wesley Sykes (Canyon Sand)9646530020

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Nov 4, 2025
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
3100 Monticello Ave Ste 575
Dallas, TX 75205
(214) 507-0149
Officers and agents
Smith, Ernest L. III · President
Smith, Norman W. · Secretary,chairman
Joyce, Pamela S · Controller

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
787951Jun 9, 2014Jun 9, 2014Midenergy Operating, LLCCraneEdwards 1 #112,00010336398
787951Jun 9, 2014Jun 9, 2014Midenergy Operating, LLCCraneEdwards 1 #112,00010336398
630090Feb 12, 2007Feb 12, 2007Ozark Exploration, Inc.CrockettBean 'B' #30318,30010539706
616478Mar 27, 2006Mar 27, 2006Ozark Exploration, Inc.CrockettBean, Joe "D" #20328,30010539921
616478Mar 27, 2006Mar 27, 2006Ozark Exploration, Inc.CrockettBean, Joe "D" #20328,30010539921
602942Aug 5, 2005Aug 5, 2005Ozark Exploration, Inc.CrockettBean 'B' #30318,30010539706
603875Jul 25, 2005Jul 25, 2005Ozark Exploration, Inc.IrionWhitt #14,00023533924
505825Feb 28, 2001Feb 28, 2001Ozark Exploration, Inc.CrockettUniversity 12 #29,00010538572
499244Sep 7, 2000Sep 7, 2000Ozark Exploration, Inc.CrockettBean, Joe 'A' #40508,30010538430
487619Sep 23, 1999Sep 23, 1999Ozark Exploration, Inc.CrockettBean 'B' #10316,90010534098
472287Jan 21, 1998Jan 21, 1998Thompson, J. CleoHowardGrantham #19,75022735275
472287Jan 21, 1998Jan 21, 1998Thompson, J. CleoHowardGrantham #19,00022735275
469820Nov 13, 1997Nov 13, 1997Ozark Exploration, Inc.CrockettBean, Joe #10508,07610534031
466939Sep 10, 1997Sep 10, 1997Ozark Exploration, Inc.CallahanShoultz #12,00005936462
466938Sep 10, 1997Sep 10, 1997Ozark Exploration, Inc.CallahanShoultz #22,00005936463

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/630611, documented in the API reference.