OPERATORS · RRC 870003  · P-5 STATUS Y

Trinity Expl Co

Fort Worth, TX

Watch this operator

Trinity Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 12, 1986.

The RRC wellbore file lists 17 wells under its operatorship.

54 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 3, 1992.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 17 of record
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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.

59%
spud rate · 32 of 54 mature permits
7
median days permit to spud · middle half 2–23
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
22
expired undrilled
7
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.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Eastland county →—3216Oct 16, 1985
Stephens county →—111May 12, 1986
Comanche county →—40May 25, 1984
Callahan county →—30Jan 27, 1986
Runnels county →—20Mar 11, 1985
Nolan county →—10Oct 24, 1983
Throckmorton county →—10Nov 30, 1984

All 54 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
Caddo110
Duffer80
Marble Falls80
Ellenburger60
Mississippian20
Strawn20

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

17
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
17
plugged

How it got them

16
permitted itself
1
acquired from others
29
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
Drill0048
Recompletion006

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 Aug 3, 1992
Address
7532 Yolanda
Fort Worth, TX 76112
Officers and agents
Vardeman, Jan Michael · President/Treasurer
Vardeman, Steven Michael · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
301984May 12, 1986May 12, 1986Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensCaldwell #24,40042934731
301464Apr 24, 1986Apr 24, 1986Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensTomlin #14,30042934470
300348Mar 27, 1986Mar 27, 1986Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensMorris #14,50042934717
296193Jan 27, 1986Jan 27, 1986Trinity Exploration CompanyCallahanParsons, Ina Mae #13,50005935527
287570Oct 16, 1985Oct 16, 1985Trinity Exploration CompanyEastlandBynum #23,00013331071
276469May 31, 1985May 31, 1985Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensTomlin #14,50042934470
276468May 31, 1985May 31, 1985Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensAdams #14,50042934469
276470May 31, 1985May 31, 1985Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensCaldwell #14,50042934471
275852May 23, 1985May 23, 1985Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensNewman #14,50042934458
276055May 23, 1985May 23, 1985Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensShaw #14,50042934460
275486May 20, 1985May 20, 1985Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensCompton #24,50042934454
274666May 10, 1985May 10, 1985Trinity Exploration CompanyEastlandBynum #13,00013331072
268974Mar 11, 1985Mar 11, 1985Trinity Exploration CompanyRunnelsHerndon #15,00039933485
259455Nov 30, 1984Nov 30, 1984Trinity Exploration CompanyThrockmortonPolk #15,70044734281
258515Nov 21, 1984Nov 21, 1984Trinity Exploration CompanyStephensThorpe #12,60042934307

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/870003, documented in the API reference.