OPERATORS · RRC 877080  · P-5 STATUS Y

Unit Drilling & Expl. Co

Unit Drilling & Expl. CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 27, 1988.

The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.

74 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 14, 1988.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 4 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.

42%
spud rate · 31 of 74 mature permits
21
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–92
0
spuds, last 180 days
3%
cancelled · 2 permits
41
expired undrilled
8
permits a year over 9 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Lipscomb county →—552Jun 27, 1988
Hansford county →—102Dec 3, 1982
Hemphill county →—70Nov 17, 1987
Ochiltree county →—10Apr 27, 1981
Wheeler county →—10Dec 1, 1981

All 74 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
Douglas250
Tonkawa240
Brown Dolomite90
Cleveland70
Morrow40
Pennsylvanian20
Chester20
Des Moines10

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

4
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
4
plugged

How it got them

3
permitted itself
1
acquired from others
39
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
Drill0070
Other002
Reenter001
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 14, 1988
Address
Box 702500 Attn: Jack Bendler
Tulsa, OK 74170
Officers and agents
C.T. Corporation · Texas Resident Agent
Kirchner, King P. · Chairman
Nikkel, John · President
Keeley, Philip M. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
341742Jun 27, 1988Jun 27, 1988Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombHoeppner #29,15029531787
343209Feb 25, 1988Feb 25, 1988Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombBooth "C" #46,70029530829
339659Dec 3, 1987Dec 3, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombBooth "C" #36,70029531779
339276Nov 25, 1987Nov 25, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombBooth "C" #26,70029531778
338998Nov 17, 1987Nov 17, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.HemphillTrust #A 164021131873
338774Nov 12, 1987Nov 12, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombBooth "C" #16,70029531773
337956Oct 27, 1987Oct 27, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombBooth, E. #46,70029531769
336473Oct 5, 1987Oct 5, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombMcGee #38,65029531763
336165Oct 1, 1987Oct 1, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombBooth, E. "A" #36,70029531761
336352Sep 28, 1987Sep 28, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombBooth "B" #16,70029531762
330294Jun 30, 1987Jun 30, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombRandall #99,42429531741
329435May 5, 1987May 5, 1987Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.LipscombRandall #86,70029531739
324837Dec 31, 1986Dec 31, 1986Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.HemphillTrust #111,60021131854
303651Jun 27, 1986Jun 27, 1986Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.HemphillLockhart "A" #111,60021131838
303651Jun 27, 1986Jun 27, 1986Unit Drilling & Expl. Co.HemphillLockhart "A" #111,60021131838

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/877080, documented in the API reference.