OPERATORS · RRC 887500  · P-5 STATUS Y

Vortt Expl Co, Inc

Fort Worth, TX

Watch this operator

Vortt Expl CO, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 13, 2007.

The RRC wellbore file lists 27 wells under its operatorship.

190 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 2, 2016.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 27 of record
13
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 · 80 of 190 mature permits
29
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–84
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
cancelled · 2 permits
108
expired undrilled
6
permits a year over 31 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Palo Pinto county →—688Aug 13, 2007
Young county →—6412Dec 23, 1997
Throckmorton county →—335Nov 7, 1996
Eastland county →—100Nov 4, 1981
Montague county →—40May 28, 1980
Archer county →—30Nov 2, 1999
Haskell county →—30Nov 10, 1981
Duval county →—20Feb 8, 2007
Callahan county →—10Apr 24, 1980
Runnels county →—10Oct 22, 1980
Stephens county →—10Jan 4, 1980

All 190 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 →

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
103K
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

27
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
23
plugged

How it got them

17
permitted itself
3
acquired from others
51
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

0
active UIC permits of 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Young0 active0 bbl/d

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

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
Drill00162
Recompletion0022
Other005
Reenter001

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 Sep 2, 2016
Address
301 Commerce St Ste 2240
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Officers and agents
Vandervoort, Henry Carl, III · Texas Resident Agent
Vandervoort, Georgia H. · Gen Counsel
Vandervoort, Henry Carl, III · President
Vandervoort, Fawn Danielle · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
642315Aug 13, 2007Aug 13, 2007Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.Palo PintoH. Green #12,10036332566
627755Feb 8, 2007Feb 8, 2007Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.DuvalVandervoort, Carl #1A3,10013138929
624731Oct 9, 2006Oct 9, 2006Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.DuvalVandervoort, Carl #13,10013138903
488984Nov 2, 1999Nov 2, 1999Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.ArcherFrerich, Eleanor #14,75000941243
488984Nov 2, 1999Nov 2, 1999Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.ArcherFrerich, Eleanor #14,75000941243
488984Nov 2, 1999Nov 2, 1999Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.ArcherFrerich, Eleanor #14,75000941243
479904Oct 12, 1998Oct 12, 1998Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.Palo PintoGreen, H. #24,21836332605
479904Oct 12, 1998Oct 12, 1998Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.Palo PintoGreen, H. #24,23036332605
465906Dec 23, 1997Dec 23, 1997Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.YoungDozier-Brockman #174,70050340854
457267Jan 14, 1997Jan 14, 1997Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.YoungDozier-Brockman #164,70050340805
454714Nov 7, 1996Nov 7, 1996Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.ThrockmortonDonnell, Bray #34,80044735671
454714Nov 7, 1996Nov 7, 1996Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.ThrockmortonDonnell, Bray #34,80044735671
446415May 10, 1996May 10, 1996Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.YoungDonnell, J. #54,90050340741
444316Jan 31, 1996Jan 31, 1996Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.YoungBrockman, Dozier #154,60050340718
394743Dec 12, 1991Dec 12, 1991Vortt Exploration Company, Inc.YoungBrockman, Dozier #14,48850332835

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/887500, documented in the API reference.