OPERATORS · RRC 85490  · P-5 STATUS Y

Bracken Expl Co

Oklahoma City, OK

Watch this operator

Bracken Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 17, 1985.

The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.

16 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 15, 1986.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 3 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.

75%
spud rate · 12 of 16 mature permits
54
median days permit to spud · middle half 26–116
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
4
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 5 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Hemphill county →—91Jul 9, 1985
Ochiltree county →—50Sep 18, 1985
Lipscomb county →—11Dec 17, 1985
Sutton county →—10Mar 24, 1982

All 16 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
Douglas60
Granite Wash40
Morrow30
Brown Dolomite20
Tonkawa20
Cleveland10
Atoka10

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

3
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
2
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
1
acquired from others
12
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
Drill0014
Other001
Recompletion001

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 15, 1986
Address
911 NW 57TH St
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Officers and agents
Bracken, Barth W. · President
Nobles, Charles N · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
293188Dec 17, 1985Dec 17, 1985Bracken Exploration CompanyLipscombTubb #11947,50029531680
285311Sep 18, 1985Sep 18, 1985Bracken Exploration CompanyOchiltreeHurn #29128,90035731757
281454Jul 30, 1985Jul 30, 1985Bracken Exploration CompanyOchiltreeTregellas #16489,10035731737
279920Jul 9, 1985Jul 9, 1985Bracken Exploration CompanyHemphillSteele-Young #20214,50021131781
273403Apr 26, 1985Apr 26, 1985Bracken Exploration CompanyOchiltreeHarris, Hamker #16739,20035731707
258616Nov 20, 1984Nov 20, 1984Bracken Exploration CompanyHemphillMcMordie #20814,80021131729
253922Oct 10, 1984Oct 10, 1984Bracken Exploration CompanyOchiltreeGood #121010,00035731615
246069Jul 25, 1984Jul 25, 1984Bracken Exploration CompanyHemphillFillingim #10920,66021130246
230290Feb 22, 1984Feb 22, 1984Bracken Exploration CompanyHemphillThorne #307610,60021130512
230133Feb 22, 1984Feb 22, 1984Bracken Exploration CompanyHemphillThorne #207610,60021131660
229673Feb 16, 1984Feb 16, 1984Bracken Exploration CompanyOchiltreeHurn #19129,70035731506
154401Mar 24, 1982Mar 24, 1982Bracken Exploration CompanySuttonReiley #1-344,41043532687
152615Mar 9, 1982Mar 9, 1982Bracken Exploration CompanyHemphillFillingim #2-2022,50021131481
150508Feb 10, 1982Feb 10, 1982Bracken Exploration CompanyHemphillAitkenhead #202015,50021131473
149650Feb 2, 1982Feb 2, 1982Bracken Exploration CompanyHemphillFlowers #1-114,20021131472

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/85490, documented in the API reference.