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OPERATORS · RRC 72566  · P-5 STATUS Y

Bison Expl Co

Midland, TX

Watch this operator

Bison Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 22, 1982.

9 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 15, 1988.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 0 of record
0
leases it reports
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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.

11%
spud rate · 1 of 9 mature permits
19
median days permit to spud · middle half 19–19
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
8
expired undrilled
9
permits a year over 1 active year

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Stonewall county →—20May 13, 1981
Borden county →—10Aug 25, 1981
Coke county →—10Sep 16, 1981
Garza county →—10May 13, 1981
Howard county →—10May 13, 1981
Pecos county →—10Jan 22, 1982
Reeves county →—10Aug 11, 1981
Shackelford county →—10Sep 30, 1981

All 9 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
No completion tops on file.

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 →

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

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

How it got them

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permitted itself
0
acquired from others
3
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
Drill009

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Dec 15, 1988
Address
3000 N. Garfield-Ste 280
Midland, TX 79701
Officers and agents
Smith, Pomeroy · Chairman
Sayers, Jack D. · President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
148188Jan 22, 1982Jan 22, 1982Bison Exploration CompanyPecosArco #16,60037133730
135758Sep 30, 1981Sep 30, 1981Bison Exploration CompanyShackelfordAckers Ranch #14,80041734162
133325Sep 16, 1981Sep 16, 1981Bison Exploration CompanyCokeScott #14,25008131046
133227Aug 25, 1981Aug 25, 1981Bison Exploration CompanyBordenEverett #18,42503330713
129719Aug 11, 1981Aug 11, 1981Bison Exploration CompanyReevesChevron-State #13,00038931215
117955May 13, 1981May 13, 1981Bison Exploration CompanyHowardGriffin #18,00022732438
117874May 13, 1981May 13, 1981Bison Exploration CompanyGarzaMiller #17,82816931524
117856May 13, 1981May 13, 1981Bison Exploration CompanyStonewallWindsor #16,30043331218
112833Mar 23, 1981Mar 23, 1981Bison Exploration CompanyStonewallHecht #16,11043331189

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/72566, documented in the API reference.