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OPERATORS · RRC 676051  · P-5 STATUS Y

Premium Expl Co

Early, TX

Watch this operator

Premium Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 10, 2003.

The RRC wellbore file lists 18 wells under its operatorship (2 shut in).

29 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 29, 2025.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 18 of record
31
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.

41%
spud rate · 12 of 29 mature permits
5
median days permit to spud · middle half 5–5
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
17
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 19 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Tyler county →—131Oct 10, 2003
Brown county →—73May 25, 1989
Gonzales county →—43Mar 21, 1988
Newton county →—22Apr 30, 1990
Fayette county →—12Dec 13, 1990
Hardin county →—12Aug 10, 1999
Lavaca county →—11Feb 27, 1997

All 29 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
Wilcox30
Yegua30
Marble Falls20
Escondido20
Navarro10
Pecan Gap10

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
321K
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

18
on the schedule
0
producing
2
shut in
1
injection
1
temp. abandoned
10
plugged

How it got them

7
permitted itself
9
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 →

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

Tyler0 active0 bbl/d
Gonzales0 active0 bbl/d
Hardin0 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
Recompletion0015
Drill009
Reenter005

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
Brown County Regular1240600130
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)3473350020
Blue Marsh E. (Wilcox 9800)986166620
Waelder South (Escondido)9455760020
Hampton W. (7300)3861666610
Lavaca River (3050)5236572010
McCaskill (Wilcox M-3)5893237510
Mission West (7300 Frio)6211283810
Porter7246200110
Silsbee North (Yegua 2C)8358620010
Spurger (4800)8541583010
Waelder South (Austin Chalk)9455750010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 29, 2025
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
Early TX PO Box 3371
Early, TX 76803
(713) 991-1180
Officers and agents
Fuqua, Norma a Weldon · Texas Resident Agent
Fuqua, Royce Owen · President/Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
661183May 22, 2008May 22, 2008Del Mar Energy, Inc.BrownPillows C #32,50004935901
661178May 21, 2008May 21, 2008Del Mar Energy, Inc.BrownPillows B #22,50004935900
661139May 21, 2008May 21, 2008Del Mar Energy, Inc.BrownPillows A #12,50004935899
661139May 21, 2008May 21, 2008Del Mar Energy, Inc.BrownPillows A #12,50004935899
535872Oct 10, 2003Oct 10, 2003Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Hooks Unit #16,08045730091
517429Feb 13, 2002Feb 13, 2002Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #17,34545730061
497412Jul 25, 2000Jul 25, 2000Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #17,34545730061
486379Aug 13, 1999Aug 13, 1999Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Hooks Unit #15,31845730091
486464Aug 10, 1999Aug 10, 1999Premium Exploration CompanyHardinArco Rafferty #1A6,98819930787
476640Jun 24, 1998Jun 24, 1998Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #55,90045700263
476639Jun 4, 1998Jun 4, 1998Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Hooks Unit #25,90045700339
475637May 4, 1998May 4, 1998Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #17,34545730061
471766Jan 13, 1998Jan 13, 1998Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #66,00045700342
470981Dec 17, 1997Dec 17, 1997Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Hooks Unit #16,08045730091
468420Oct 10, 1997Oct 10, 1997Premium Exploration CompanyTylerArco Sterne Fee #17,34545730061

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/676051, documented in the API reference.