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OPERATORS · RRC 845920  · P-5 STATUS Y

Texas Gas Expl Corp

Houston, TX

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Texas Gas Expl Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 25, 1986.

The RRC wellbore file lists 7 wells under its operatorship.

36 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 15, 1987.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 7 of record
0
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.

53%
spud rate · 19 of 36 mature permits
46
median days permit to spud · middle half 24–73
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
17
expired undrilled
5
permits a year over 7 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Hopkins county →—91Mar 25, 1985
Lee county →—30Jan 29, 1980
Liberty county →—34Jun 28, 1984
McMullen county →—30Jun 18, 1985
Burleson county →—20Oct 19, 1979
Jim Wells county →—20Feb 25, 1986
Matgrda IS-LB county →—20Oct 24, 1980
Brazoria county →—10Nov 26, 1985
Brazos-LB county →—10Apr 27, 1982
Cass county →—10Mar 15, 1985
Colorado county →—10Apr 6, 1984
Franklin county →—10Feb 18, 1985
High IS-LB county →—10Oct 3, 1985
Hunt county →—10Apr 6, 1983
Matagorda county →—10Apr 7, 1981
Mustang IS-LB county →—10Dec 29, 1981
Mustang IS-SB county →—10Apr 7, 1982
Nueces county →—10Oct 11, 1984
Willacy county →—10May 5, 1980

All 36 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
Yegua30
Cook Mountain30
Miocene (undifferentiated)20
Wilcox20
Austin Chalk20
Jackson20
Frio20
Sligo10
Navarro10
Pecan Gap10
Eagle Ford10
Woodbine10
Buda10
Del Rio10
Edwards10

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
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

7
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
3
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
20
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
Drill0036

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
Moss Hill South (Yegua -A-)6319725030
Moss Hill NW. (Cockfield)6319650010
Nona Mills West(cook Mtn. 8600)6580566410
Reed Creek (Frio)7554050010
Tira E. (Smackover)9022370010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Sep 15, 1987
Address
PO Box 4326
Houston, TX 77210
Officers and agents
Kirk, Earl · Vice President
Schwarz, J.F. · Director/President
Rogers, Dan L. · Vice President/Controller/Treasu

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
298471Feb 25, 1986Feb 25, 1986Texas Gas Exploration Corp.Jim WellsFreeborn #115,00024931964
291644Nov 26, 1985Nov 26, 1985Texas Gas Exploration Corp.Jim WellsClaybrook, W. B. #110,00024931945
291641Nov 26, 1985Nov 26, 1985Texas Gas Exploration Corp.BrazoriaStokely, E. C. Trustee #112,00003932111
286317Oct 3, 1985Oct 3, 1985Texas Gas Exploration Corp.High IS-LBState Tract 30-L #110,50070830309
277953Jun 18, 1985Jun 18, 1985Texas Gas Exploration Corp.McMullenWheeler, Clifton et AL #310,50031132319
271989Apr 9, 1985Apr 9, 1985Texas Gas Exploration Corp.McMullenRives Trust #117,60031132285
270367Mar 25, 1985Mar 25, 1985Texas Gas Exploration Corp.HopkinsW. S. Lynch Unit #19,99022330386
269826Mar 15, 1985Mar 15, 1985Texas Gas Exploration Corp.CassBetts, Mildred NCT #113,50006730515
267208Feb 18, 1985Feb 18, 1985Texas Gas Exploration Corp.FranklinBeren, Irvin B. et AL #110,00015930382
260872Dec 11, 1984Dec 11, 1984Texas Gas Exploration Corp.HopkinsDickerson, Annie Lou #110,80022330392
257140Nov 5, 1984Nov 5, 1984Texas Gas Exploration Corp.McMullenWheeler, Clifton et AL #217,70031132186
254379Oct 11, 1984Oct 11, 1984Texas Gas Exploration Corp.NuecesPlocek, George J. #19,00035532368
251652Sep 17, 1984Sep 17, 1984Texas Gas Exploration Corp.HopkinsTraughber, Morris #111,00022330385
251653Sep 17, 1984Sep 17, 1984Texas Gas Exploration Corp.HopkinsW. S. Lynch Unit #110,70022330386
244545Jun 28, 1984Jun 28, 1984Texas Gas Exploration Corp.LibertyW. S. Davis Unit #26,90029131808

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/845920, documented in the API reference.