OPERATORS · RRC 676133 · P-5 STATUS Y

Preston Expl LLC

Spring, TX

Preston Expl LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 1, 2012.

The RRC wellbore file lists 8 wells under its operatorship.

71 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2002; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 9, 2015.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 8 of record
10: 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.

70%: spud rate · 50 of 71 mature permits
56: median days permit to spud · middle half 28–195
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
21: expired undrilled
6: permits a year over 11 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
Panola county →	—	51	6	Oct 1, 2012
Harrison county →	—	12	0	Oct 28, 2008
Andrews county →	—	5	1	May 13, 2003
Rusk county →	—	2	1	Dec 1, 2008
Leon county →	—	1	0	Nov 7, 2008

All 71 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
Travis Peak	33	0
Pettit	33	0
Taylor	25	0
James Lime	21	0
Cotton Valley	20	0
Bossier	18	0
Rodessa	7	0
Devonian	1	0
Woodford	1	0
Wolfcamp	1	0
San Andres	1	0
Massive Anhydrite (marker)	1	0
Ellenburger	1	0
Blossom	1	0
Paluxy	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 →

0: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
6.43K: 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

8: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
3: plugged

How it got them

7: permitted itself
1: acquired from others
29: 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	63
Recompletion	0	0	8

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
Wildcat12001	5	0
Beckville (Cotton Valley)6648500	1	0
Carthage (Travis Peak)16032812	1	0
Means South (Wolfcamp)60142750	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Jan 9, 2015

Address: P O Box 7520 the Woodlands; Spring, TX 77387; (903) 693-7572

Officers and agents: Gentzler, Ronald G. · Texas Resident Agent; Gentzler, Ronald G. · General Manager; Preston, William J. · General Manager; Preston, Arthur F. · General Manager

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
748587	Oct 1, 2012	Oct 1, 2012	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	Brannon #3HH	12,000	36537955
704124	Oct 28, 2010	Oct 28, 2010	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	Timberstar #1	8,142	36536546
704124	Oct 28, 2010	Oct 28, 2010	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	Timberstar #1	9,500	36536546
704106	Oct 28, 2010	Oct 28, 2010	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	Briggs, H. W. Unit #3	10,148	36537236
704106	Oct 28, 2010	Oct 28, 2010	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	Briggs, H. W. Unit #3	13,000	36537236
682511	Jul 7, 2009	Jul 7, 2009	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	Beckville #3	13,000	36537472
682314	Jul 1, 2009	Jul 1, 2009	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	Robinson, ME #1	13,000	36537466
675548	Dec 1, 2008	Dec 1, 2008	Preston Exploration LLC	Rusk	Minnie Bell Young #2	11,000	40134758
674170	Nov 7, 2008	Nov 7, 2008	Preston Exploration LLC	Leon	Jinkins #1	18,500	28931790
673289	Oct 28, 2008	Oct 28, 2008	Preston Exploration LLC	Harrison	Deutsch #3	13,000	20334721
673293	Oct 21, 2008	Oct 21, 2008	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	T. G. Hemby Gas Unit #2	13,000	36537287
673293	Oct 21, 2008	Oct 21, 2008	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	T. G. Hemby Gas Unit #2	13,000	36537287
669967	Oct 16, 2008	Oct 16, 2008	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	South Blue Gas Unit #1	13,000	36537235
669972	Sep 18, 2008	Sep 18, 2008	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	H. W. Briggs Unit #3	13,000	36537236
669972	Sep 18, 2008	Sep 18, 2008	Preston Exploration LLC	Panola	H. W. Briggs Unit #3	13,000	36537236

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/676133, documented in the API reference.