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OPERATORS · RRC 895235  · P-5 STATUS Y

Walter Expl Inc

Dallas, TX

Watch this operator

Walter Expl Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 7, 2001.

The RRC wellbore file lists 117 wells under its operatorship.

237 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 14, 2001.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 117 of record
23
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.

54%
spud rate · 128 of 237 mature permits
15
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–32
0
spuds, last 180 days
2%
cancelled · 4 permits
106
expired undrilled
9
permits a year over 25 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Nolan county →—525Sep 27, 2000
Stonewall county →—3321Aug 7, 2001
Palo Pinto county →—314Nov 20, 1985
Haskell county →—294Mar 15, 1984
Cooke county →—1743Jan 13, 1992
Hardeman county →—70Jul 10, 1995
Erath county →—63Jan 3, 1980
Jack county →—62Dec 8, 1983
Stephens county →—61Apr 6, 1983
Schleicher county →—50Jul 27, 1981
Throckmorton county →—50Jun 20, 1983
Cottle county →—40Nov 25, 1981
Fisher county →—41Jun 28, 1990
Foard county →—40Apr 1, 1997
Victoria county →—41May 19, 1999
Archer county →—33Jun 12, 2001
Brazos county →—31Mar 30, 1982
Martin county →—25May 2, 1985
Montague county →—25Aug 9, 1982
Pecos county →—20Dec 30, 1997
Andrews county →—11May 9, 1978
Borden county →—11Oct 11, 1984
Callahan county →—10Dec 9, 1977
Childress county →—10Dec 15, 1986
Eastland county →—11Jan 4, 1978
Garza county →—10Sep 27, 1978
Jones county →—10May 5, 1978
Kent county →—10Jun 7, 1977
Midland county →—10Sep 14, 1990
Reeves county →—11Feb 25, 1982
Wise county →—11Aug 20, 1979
Young county →—11Dec 22, 1980

All 237 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
Strawn190
Canyon180
Coleman Junction110
Ellenburger90
Cisco80
Saddle Creek30
Caddo30
Gunsight20
Spraberry20
Dean20
Marble Falls20
Palo Pinto20
Tannehill20
Jo Mill20
Miocene (undifferentiated)10

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
1.11M
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

117
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
100
plugged

How it got them

33
permitted itself
18
acquired from others
106
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 17
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Cooke0 active0 bbl/d
Montague0 active0 bbl/d
Haskell0 active0 bbl/d
Nolan0 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
Drill00199
Other0015
Reenter0012
Recompletion009
Field transfer002

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Cooke County Regular20350001430
Mengel E. (Canyon Sand)60496500110
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)6998112540
Spraberry(trend Area Dean-Wlfcp)8528050040
Obrien (Strawn)6663350040
Buffalo Springs S. E. (Bryson)1313333330
Erath County Regular (Desdemona)2923150030
Flowers W. (Canyon Sand)3163450030
Mengel (Canyon)6049550020
Droke (Caddo Lime)2617650020
Big Mineral SE. (E Sand FB V)797433320
Guest (Canyon Sand)3732833320

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Sep 14, 2001
Address
6116 N Central Expwy Ste 313
Dallas, TX 75206
Officers and agents
Walter, John V. · President
Walter, Anges Marie · Secretary/Treasurer
Walter, Joseph Brian · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
742333Jun 28, 2012Jun 28, 2012Walter Exploration CompanyStonewallWalter Smith Unit #85,59743332371
632844Mar 5, 2007Mar 5, 2007Exit Oil & GasMontagueBrite, J.K. #1A6,78333702767
511978Aug 7, 2001Aug 7, 2001Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallSmith, I. E. #234,60043333243
511866Jul 26, 2001Jul 26, 2001Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallSmith, I. E. #224,60043333242
510155Jun 12, 2001Jun 12, 2001Walter Exploration Inc.ArcherHolliday #16,00000935004
509312May 23, 2001May 23, 2001Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallSmith, I. E. #214,90043333238
508396May 7, 2001May 7, 2001Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallSmith, I. E. #204,70043333236
506417Mar 14, 2001Mar 14, 2001Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallBerryman, R. L. #24,70043330081
505873Feb 28, 2001Feb 28, 2001Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallSmith, I. E. #194,70043333233
505010Feb 7, 2001Feb 7, 2001Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallWalter Smith Unit #174,60043333230
500632Oct 10, 2000Oct 10, 2000Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallSmith, I. E. #184,90043333073
500407Oct 5, 2000Oct 5, 2000Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallWalter Smith Unit #164,70043333223
500329Oct 3, 2000Oct 3, 2000Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallSmith, I.E. #174,60043333222
500137Sep 27, 2000Sep 27, 2000Walter Exploration Inc.NolanPace #67023,90035301120
499468Sep 13, 2000Sep 13, 2000Walter Exploration Inc.StonewallWalter Smith Unit #154,60043333218

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/895235, documented in the API reference.