OPERATORS · RRC 886244 · P-5 STATUS Y
Virlar Expl, Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorVirlar Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 14, 1988.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
22 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 2, 1995.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 41%
- spud rate · 9 of 22 mature permits
- 40
- median days permit to spud · middle half 24–68
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 5%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 12
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson county → | — | 8 | 1 | Oct 14, 1981 |
| Wharton county → | — | 7 | 1 | May 26, 1983 |
| Polk county → | — | 2 | 0 | Aug 15, 1986 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 23, 1980 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 14, 1983 |
| Liberty county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 14, 1988 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 19, 1977 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 16, 1987 |
All 22 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 1 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 1 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 1 | 0 |
| Yegua | 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 →
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- 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
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 0
- 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 | 20 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| EL Campo W. (5090)27931858 | 1 | 0 |
| Koop Bend (6200)50220500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 2, 1995
- Address
- P O Box 22028
- Houston, TX 77227
- Officers and agents
- Levinson, Norman · President/Vice President
- Donovan, V. Dorsey · Vice President
- Donovan, Diane · Secretary/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351223 | Sep 14, 1988 | Sep 14, 1988 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Liberty | Dunagan, Grace #1 | 8,600 | 29132047 |
| 328912 | Apr 16, 1987 | Apr 16, 1987 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | San Patricio | Williams, James E. #1 | 7,000 | 40932174 |
| 305266 | Aug 15, 1986 | Aug 15, 1986 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Polk | Walker, M. K. et AL #1 | 5,300 | 37330653 |
| 305266 | Aug 15, 1986 | Aug 15, 1986 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Polk | Walker, M. K. #1 | 5,316 | 37330653 |
| 212364 | Sep 14, 1983 | Sep 14, 1983 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Fort Bend | Schendel Est. et al Unit #1 | 4,400 | 15731478 |
| 196467 | May 26, 1983 | May 26, 1983 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Wharton | Schoeneberg, Arvid #1 | 6,612 | 48132510 |
| 186734 | Feb 23, 1983 | Feb 23, 1983 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Wharton | Brandl #1 | 5,450 | 48132472 |
| 184643 | Jan 27, 1983 | Jan 27, 1983 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Wharton | Reitz, E. E. #1 | 5,512 | 48132323 |
| 155490 | Apr 2, 1982 | Apr 2, 1982 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Wharton | Reitz, E.E. #1 | 5,500 | 48132323 |
| 155488 | Apr 2, 1982 | Apr 2, 1982 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Wharton | Thornton, W.L. #1 | 5,512 | 48132322 |
| 136357 | Oct 14, 1981 | Oct 14, 1981 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Jackson | Koop, Francis D. #3 | 7,203 | 23931695 |
| 124319 | Jul 8, 1981 | Jul 8, 1981 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Wharton | Thompson, J.F. #1 | 6,900 | 48132183 |
| 117246 | Mar 30, 1981 | Mar 30, 1981 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Jackson | Koop, F. K. #1 | 7,212 | 23931547 |
| 90440 | Aug 21, 1980 | Aug 21, 1980 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Jackson | Koop, F. K. #1 | 7,200 | 23931547 |
| 86155 | Jul 9, 1980 | Jul 9, 1980 | Virlar Exploration, Inc. | Wharton | Holub #1 | 7,500 | 48132003 |
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/886244, documented in the API reference.