OPERATORS · RRC 884554 · P-5 STATUS Y

Venus Expl, Inc

San Antonio, TX

Venus Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 12, 2001.

The RRC wellbore file lists 6 wells under its operatorship.

21 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1996; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2003.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 6 of record
8: 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.

76%: spud rate · 16 of 21 mature permits
16: median days permit to spud · middle half 9–46
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
5: expired undrilled
4: 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.

County	12 mo	All time	Wells	Last
Wharton county →	—	8	3	Sep 12, 2001
Jefferson county →	—	5	0	Mar 28, 2001
Crockett county →	—	4	3	Jan 22, 1997
Atascosa county →	—	1	0	Sep 19, 1997
Hansford county →	—	1	0	Aug 15, 2001
San Patricio county →	—	1	0	Jul 31, 2000
Upton county →	—	1	0	Sep 17, 1997

All 21 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
Frio	8	0
Yegua	7	0
Vicksburg	7	0
Anahuac	4	0
Wolfcamp	2	0
Ellenburger	2	0
Morrow	1	0
Mississippian	1	0
Cleveland	1	0
Greta	1	0
Austin Chalk	1	0
Eagle Ford	1	0
Buda	1	0
Georgetown	1	0
Edwards	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 →

0: bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—: vs the 12 months before
0: mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
78.4K: 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

6: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
5: plugged

How it got them

3: permitted itself
3: acquired from others
5: 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	16
Recompletion	0	0	5

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
Vaughn (Clearfork)93264100	2	0
Hutchins-Kubela (5800)43836895	1	0
Hutchins-Kubela (Gilcrease PS-A)43836433	1	0
Hutchins SW. (5800 SD)43822825	1	0
Midway Lane61204001	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Apr 4, 2003

Address: 1250 NE Loop 410 Ste 205; San Antonio, TX 78209

Officers and agents: Ames, Eugene L., Jr. · Chairman/Ceo; Ames, John Y. · President/Coo; Hardeman, Terry · Secretary

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
784702	May 1, 2014	May 1, 2014	Amexco, LLC	Wharton	Duson #1	4,850	48133998
513540	Sep 12, 2001	Sep 12, 2001	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Wharton	Henry #1	10,149	48133927
511488	Aug 15, 2001	Aug 15, 2001	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Hansford	Lackey GU #1	8,000	19531516
506778	Mar 28, 2001	Mar 28, 2001	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Jefferson	Maness GU #1	15,000	24532286
505194	Feb 15, 2001	Feb 15, 2001	Venus Oil Company	Wharton	Appling G.U. #1	12,000	48133746
504038	Jan 12, 2001	Jan 12, 2001	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Jefferson	Kolander #1	14,800	24532274
499974	Sep 25, 2000	Sep 25, 2000	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Jefferson	Paggi Gas Unit #1	14,040	24532262
497706	Jul 31, 2000	Jul 31, 2000	Venus Exploration, Inc.	San Patricio	Flinn, L. C. #1	6,000	40932637
492925	Mar 27, 2000	Mar 27, 2000	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Jefferson	Apache Gas Unit #1	15,000	24532243
485782	Jul 15, 1999	Jul 15, 1999	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Wharton	Henry #1	10,149	48133927
483109	Apr 6, 1999	Apr 6, 1999	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Wharton	Swanson Acres #1	6,012	48133889
483109	Apr 6, 1999	Apr 6, 1999	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Wharton	Swanson Acres #1	6,012	48133889
478866	Aug 20, 1998	Aug 20, 1998	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Wharton	Duson #1	4,850	48133998
468469	Oct 7, 1997	Oct 7, 1997	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Jefferson	Westbury Farms #1	15,000	24532165
467761	Sep 19, 1997	Sep 19, 1997	Venus Exploration, Inc.	Atascosa	Smith, M. C. #3	11,200	01334103

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/884554, documented in the API reference.