OPERATORS · RRC 82993 · P-5 STATUS Y
Border Expl Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorBorder Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 19, 1986.
The RRC wellbore file lists 18 wells under its operatorship.
116 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; 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 18 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.
- 37%
- spud rate · 43 of 116 mature permits
- 18
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–35
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 2%
- cancelled · 2 permits
- 71
- expired undrilled
- 15
- permits a year over 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo county → | — | 27 | 1 | Jun 4, 1982 |
| Erath county → | — | 25 | 9 | Dec 9, 1981 |
| Zapata county → | — | 21 | 3 | Mar 19, 1986 |
| Starr county → | — | 14 | 2 | Feb 28, 1986 |
| Hudspeth county → | — | 7 | 1 | Jul 26, 1982 |
| Loving county → | — | 3 | 0 | Aug 6, 1981 |
| Pecos county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jan 18, 1982 |
| Ward county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 2, 1982 |
| Wharton county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 31, 1980 |
| Bee county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 17, 1980 |
| Cameron county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 18, 1980 |
| Delta county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 31, 1981 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 23, 1981 |
| Frio county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 30, 1980 |
| Galveston county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 22, 1978 |
| Goliad county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 26, 1982 |
| Jefferson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 5, 1981 |
| LA Salle county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 27, 1978 |
| Maverick county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jul 29, 1980 |
| Reeves county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 7, 1980 |
| Wood county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 5, 1978 |
All 116 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 1 | 0 |
| Carrizo | 1 | 0 |
| Queen City | 1 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
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- 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
- 18
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 15
- plugged
How it got them
- 7
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 33
- 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 | 104 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| X-Ray (Marble Falls)99140166 | 9 | 0 |
| J. C. Martin (Lobo)44957500 | 3 | 0 |
| Wildcat18001 | 2 | 0 |
| Yzaguirre (Vicksburg 9400)99591155 | 1 | 0 |
| Sipe Springs (Marble Falls)83788333 | 1 | 0 |
| Roma W. (Wilcox-10100)78020750 | 1 | 0 |
| EL Indio (Olmos A-4)27976250 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Dec 15, 1988
- Address
- 9 Greenway Plaza
- Houston, TX 77046
- Officers and agents
- C T Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
- O'Toole, Austin M. · Vice President/Secretary
- Paul, James R. · Chairman/Ceo
- Spencer, W. E. · President/Vice Chairman
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 518353 | Mar 20, 2002 | Mar 20, 2002 | Dewbre Petroleum Corporation | Starr | Nimmo Gas Unit #1 #2P | 9,805 | 42731543 |
| 518353 | Mar 20, 2002 | Mar 20, 2002 | Ascent Energy, Inc | Starr | Nimmo Gas Unit No. 1 #2P | 9,805 | 42731543 |
| 299866 | Mar 19, 1986 | Mar 19, 1986 | Border Exploration Co. | Zapata | Mecom NCT-1 #29 | 9,930 | 50531173 |
| 298671 | Feb 28, 1986 | Feb 28, 1986 | Border Exploration Co. | Starr | Guerra, M. #2 | 7,673 | 42730430 |
| 321917 | Oct 21, 1985 | Oct 21, 1985 | Border Exploration Co. | Starr | Guerra, H. P. Jr. et AL #1 | 12,500 | 42731444 |
| 178781 | Dec 2, 1982 | Dec 2, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Ward | Border Inland #1-21 | 15,000 | 47532747 |
| 171841 | Sep 14, 1982 | Sep 14, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Starr | Nimmo GU 1 #4P | 9,796 | 42731578 |
| 167274 | Jul 26, 1982 | Jul 26, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Hudspeth | State 26 #1 | 7,500 | 22930207 |
| 163159 | Jun 4, 1982 | Jun 4, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Hidalgo | Edinburg Impr. Assoc. #1 GU #1 | 15,084 | 21531205 |
| 161617 | May 24, 1982 | May 24, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Starr | Nimmo GU 1 #4P | 9,796 | 42731578 |
| 161451 | May 21, 1982 | May 21, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Hidalgo | Van Scherpe, Geo. "C" #1 | 12,697 | 21530289 |
| 159631 | May 4, 1982 | May 4, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Starr | Seyfriedt, B.S. #1J | 10,620 | 42731657 |
| 159170 | May 3, 1982 | May 3, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Hidalgo | Coates, George H. "A" #9J | 14,500 | 21531246 |
| 158208 | Apr 27, 1982 | Apr 27, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Zapata | Mecom NCT-1 #45J | 10,700 | 50531516 |
| 157089 | Apr 19, 1982 | Apr 19, 1982 | Border Exploration Co. | Starr | Nimmo Gas Unit No. 1 #2P | 9,827 | 42731543 |
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/82993, documented in the API reference.