OPERATORS · RRC 895231 · P-5 STATUS Y
Walter Expl Inc
Dallas, TX · most active in Nolan County
Watch this operatorWalter Expl Inc was issued 2 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 1 in the prior year, all in Nolan County. 0% were horizontal.
1 was issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 34 wells under its operatorship (2 producing).
Lease reports credit it with 5.91K barrels of oil and 108 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, versus 1.03K the year before.
111 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2002; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.
- 2
- permits, last 12 months
- +100%
- vs prior 12 months (1)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 2
- producing wells, of 34 of record
- 41
- leases it reports
- 0%
- 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.
- 83%
- spud rate · 91 of 110 mature permits
- 15
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–36
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 20
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 25 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 4 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan county → | 2 | 69 | 12 | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 28 | 10 | Jan 30, 2018 |
| Victoria county → | — | 13 | 9 | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Fisher county → | — | 1 | 1 | Mar 8, 2019 |
All 111 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Strawn | 23 | 2 |
| Coleman Junction | 12 | 1 |
| Cisco | 7 | 1 |
| Ellenburger | 4 | 0 |
| Canyon | 4 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 3 | 1 |
| Mississippian | 2 | 0 |
| Caddo | 2 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 1 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 1 | 0 |
| Tannehill | 1 | 1 |
| Saddle Creek | 1 | 0 |
| Wichita-Albany | 1 | 1 |
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 →
- 5.91K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +475%
- vs the 12 months before
- 108
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 2.06M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 5,910 · prior 12 1,028(+475%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 108 · prior 12 120(-10%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 34
- on the schedule
- 2
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 29
- plugged
How it got them
- 17
- permitted itself
- 10
- acquired from others
- 59
- 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 10
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 2 | 1 | 83 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Reclass | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sprague (Flippen)85295525 | 4 | 0 |
| Celia (Canyon)16661500 | 3 | 0 |
| Victoria93725001 | 3 | 0 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300 | 2 | 0 |
| Mengel E. (Canyon Sand)60496500 | 2 | 0 |
| Droke (Caddo Lime)26176500 | 1 | 0 |
| Divide (King Sand)24992666 | 1 | 1 |
| Bridjourner (Canyon)11925550 | 1 | 1 |
| Maryneal (5500 Canyon)58057750 | 1 | 0 |
| Flowers (Canyon Sand)31628250 | 1 | 0 |
| Maryneal (Canyon)58057250 | 1 | 0 |
| Evb (Palo Pinto)27032750 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 4, 2026
- Oil operator
- Address
- 6116 N Central Expressway Suite 520
- Dallas, TX 75206
- (214) 288-8080
- Officers and agents
- Walter, Joseph Brian · President,secretary,texas Reside
- Walter, Joseph Brian · President,secretary,texas Reside
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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.
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