OPERATORS · RRC 679299 · P-5 STATUS Y
Probe Expl Co
Abilene, TX
Watch this operatorProbe Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 11, 2014.
The RRC wellbore file lists 11 wells under its operatorship (1 producing, 2 shut in).
20 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2004; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 1
- producing wells, of 11 of record
- 8
- 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.
- 95%
- spud rate · 19 of 20 mature permits
- 46
- median days permit to spud · middle half 18–81
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 1
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callahan county → | — | 14 | 7 | Apr 10, 2012 |
| Scurry county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jun 11, 2014 |
| Fisher county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jun 21, 2011 |
| Howard county → | — | 1 | 1 | Oct 29, 2004 |
All 20 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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 3 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 2 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 2 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 1 | 0 |
| Coleman Junction | 1 | 0 |
| Yates | 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
- 459
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 69.3K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 459 · prior 12 1,724(-73%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 11
- on the schedule
- 1
- producing
- 2
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 1
- temp. abandoned
- 7
- plugged
How it got them
- 8
- permitted itself
- 3
- acquired from others
- 10
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Eastland | 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 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon (Caddo)15575300 | 3 | 0 |
| Putnam West (Duffer)73523500 | 2 | 0 |
| Callahan County Regular14820001 | 2 | 0 |
| Sara-Mag (Canyon Reef)81021250 | 1 | 0 |
| Putnam NE (Conglomerate)73515300 | 1 | 1 |
| M. G. C. (Bend)56166500 | 1 | 0 |
| Putnam North (Duffer)73511400 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 4, 2025
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 2424 South Willis St Ste B
- Abilene, TX 79605
- (325) 668-8749
- Officers and agents
- Mergele, Frank W · Texas Resident Agent
- Mergele, Frank W · President
- Mergele, Janis L. · Vice President
- Mergele, Jon A · Secretary
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/679299, documented in the API reference.