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OPERATORS · RRC 710578  · P-5 STATUS Y

Ricks Expl, Inc

Oklahoma City, OK

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Ricks Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 30, 2003.

The RRC wellbore file lists 22 wells under its operatorship.

190 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1992; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 10, 2003.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 22 of record
26
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.

81%
spud rate · 154 of 190 mature permits
33
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–66
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
cancelled · 1 permits
35
expired undrilled
16
permits a year over 12 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 →—563Oct 13, 2003
Schleicher county →—231Nov 26, 2001
Hansford county →—160Sep 4, 2003
Irion county →—141Nov 13, 2002
Val Verde county →—143Feb 27, 1998
Midland county →—131Jan 22, 2001
Borden county →—71May 12, 2000
Motley county →—50Jul 6, 2000
Sterling county →—52Nov 2, 1994
Gray county →—40Nov 5, 2001
Ochiltree county →—42Jul 21, 2000
Pecos county →—40May 6, 2003
Yoakum county →—40Dec 30, 2003
Duval county →—33Jun 30, 1998
Garza county →—20Jul 20, 2001
Hemphill county →—20Apr 7, 1997
Hidalgo county →—20Aug 29, 2001
Hutchinson county →—20Sep 17, 2001
Jim Wells county →—20Jul 30, 1999
Potter county →—20Jul 21, 2000
Cottle county →—10Aug 14, 2002
Lipscomb county →—11Nov 15, 1993
Rains county →—10Dec 23, 1997
Roberts county →—10Feb 5, 2001
Sherman county →—10Jul 15, 2003
Tom Green county →—10Jul 16, 1999

All 190 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
Canyon710
Strawn370
Wolfcamp300
Clear Fork280
Dean100
Brown Dolomite70
Tonkawa50
Morrow50
Douglas50
White Dolomite50
Yegua40
Spraberry40
Coleman Junction30
Atoka30
Mississippian30

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
1.63M
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

22
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
18
plugged

How it got them

10
permitted itself
8
acquired from others
117
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
Drill00163
Recompletion0021
Reenter003
Field transfer002
Other001

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
Vinegarone (Strawn)9387410030
Raman (Fusselman)7438630020
Ozona (Canyon Sand)6799520020
Koopman (Yegua 6900)5022450020
Wildcat2400120
Las Perlas (Canyon Sd.)5218350010
Lipscomb (Cleveland)5386927010
Azalea (Devonian)460522210
Ozona (Clear Fork Upper)6799545010
Spraberry (Trend Area)8527920010
W. A. M. South (Fusselman)9418720010
McNeil Ranch (Yegua 2)5993241010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 10, 2003
Address
PO Box 18526
Oklahoma City, OK 73154
Officers and agents
CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Beal, Steven L. · President
Copeland, David W. · Vice President
Wright, Edwin Joseph · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
540104Dec 30, 2003Dec 30, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.YoakumFields, Anita #111,77350102344
537412Oct 13, 2003Oct 13, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettUniversity #1027,80010537328
536912Oct 2, 2003Oct 2, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettRiggs "6" #110,00010539119
536915Oct 1, 2003Oct 1, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettBaggett, Jack "3" #110,00010539120
536847Sep 29, 2003Sep 29, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettBaggett, Jack "2" #210,00010539118
536455Sep 16, 2003Sep 16, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.YoakumFields "298" #110,30050134885
535080Sep 4, 2003Sep 4, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.HansfordO'Laughlin #3C9,00019531626
535172Aug 14, 2003Aug 14, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettRiggs "30" #58,70010538594
534198Jul 15, 2003Jul 15, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.HansfordMoss 42 #19,00019531621
534197Jul 15, 2003Jul 15, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.ShermanSchafter 133 #49,00042130972
532909Jun 20, 2003Jun 20, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettRigg "5" #49,72010539063
533029Jun 12, 2003Jun 12, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettMontgomery A #12107,00010539068
533028Jun 12, 2003Jun 12, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettMontgomery A #11107,00010539067
532911Jun 11, 2003Jun 11, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettMiller Hoover "B" #7066,40010539062
531636Jun 4, 2003Jun 4, 2003Ricks Exploration, Inc.CrockettMontgomery "E" #3096,80010539031

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/710578, documented in the API reference.