OPERATORS · RRC 643730 · P-5 STATUS Y
Patton Expl, Inc
Abilene, TX · most active in Stonewall County
Watch this operatorPatton Expl, Inc was issued 1 drilling permit in the past 12 months, versus 1 in the prior year, all in Stonewall County. 0% were horizontal.
1 was issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 101 wells under its operatorship (13 producing, 10 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 25.5K barrels of oil and 46.4K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 71% on the year before.
It holds 7 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 790K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
173 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1992; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 4, 2025.
- 1
- permits, last 12 months
- +0%
- vs prior 12 months (1)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 13
- producing wells, of 101 of record
- 78
- leases it reports
- 0%
- 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.
- 85%
- spud rate · 146 of 172 mature permits
- 13
- median days permit to spud · middle half 5–35
- 1
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 26
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 35 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 9 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 10
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonewall county → | 1 | 48 | 12 | Aug 3, 2026 |
| King county → | — | 29 | 41 | Dec 11, 2009 |
| Fisher county → | — | 25 | 15 | Nov 1, 2023 |
| Jones county → | — | 16 | 4 | May 2, 2019 |
| Kent county → | — | 9 | 0 | Oct 22, 2014 |
| Shackelford county → | — | 7 | 1 | Apr 24, 2019 |
| Coleman county → | — | 6 | 1 | Aug 25, 1995 |
| Nolan county → | — | 4 | 0 | May 15, 2019 |
| Wilbarger county → | — | 4 | 1 | Jan 12, 1999 |
| Dickens county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jul 21, 2011 |
| Milam county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jan 19, 2001 |
| Palo Pinto county → | — | 3 | 5 | Sep 26, 2005 |
| Bastrop county → | — | 2 | 0 | Aug 12, 2008 |
| Haskell county → | — | 2 | 0 | Mar 30, 2010 |
| Knox county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 13, 1995 |
| Motley county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jun 14, 1994 |
| Williamson county → | — | 2 | 1 | Jun 4, 2008 |
| Briscoe county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 28, 1995 |
| Coke county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 15, 2006 |
| Concho county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 4, 2012 |
| Gaines county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 30, 1993 |
| Garza county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 15, 2004 |
| Lee county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 9, 2008 |
All 173 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tannehill | 16 | 0 |
| Coleman Junction | 15 | 1 |
| Saddle Creek | 7 | 1 |
| Canyon | 4 | 0 |
| Strawn | 2 | 0 |
| Buda | 1 | 0 |
| Leonard | 1 | 0 |
| Cisco | 1 | 0 |
| Caddo | 1 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 1 | 0 |
| Navarro | 1 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 1 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 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 →
- 25.5K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +71%
- vs the 12 months before
- 46.4K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 2.03M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 25,547 · prior 12 14,983(+71%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 46,435 · prior 12 68,830(-33%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 101
- on the schedule
- 13
- producing
- 10
- shut in
- 3
- injection
- 5
- temp. abandoned
- 53
- plugged
How it got them
- 38
- permitted itself
- 22
- acquired from others
- 115
- 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
- 7
- active UIC permits of 12
- 61.7K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 790K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Fisher | 3 active | 60K bbl/d |
| King | 3 active | 1.62K bbl/d |
| Palo Pinto | 1 active | 100 bbl/d |
| Stonewall | 0 active | 0 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 1 | 1 | 165 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Field transfer | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Reutinger (Tannehill Upper)76079500 | 13 | 0 |
| Toto (Caddo Conglomerate)90813180 | 9 | 0 |
| Croton (Tannehill)21944500 | 9 | 0 |
| Springer (Tannehill)85355500 | 9 | 0 |
| Block F (Tannehill)9074500 | 5 | 1 |
| Bob Creek (Tannehill)9994600 | 5 | 1 |
| Half Moon (Hope Lime Upper)38128500 | 4 | 1 |
| Mullen Ranch (Ellenburger)63756333 | 3 | 0 |
| Mullen Ranch (Tannehill)63756666 | 3 | 1 |
| Sylvester East (Strawn)87813500 | 3 | 3 |
| Oran (4230 Congl)67477500 | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto Co. Reg. (Gas)68707333 | 2 | 1 |
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
- P O Box 3399
- Abilene, TX 79604
- (325) 668-2204
- Officers and agents
- Patton, Robert · President
- Lancaster, Rebecca · Secretary
- Daly, Kyle · Filing Agent
- Gartner, Emily · Filing Agent
- Waters, Weldon · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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/643730, documented in the API reference.