OPERATORS · RRC 908833 · P-5 STATUS Y
West Bay Expl Co
Muenster, TX
Watch this operatorWest Bay Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 24, 2017.
The RRC wellbore file lists 7 wells under its operatorship.
56 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1989; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 2, 2018.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 7 of record
- 9
- 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.
- 68%
- spud rate · 38 of 56 mature permits
- 13
- median days permit to spud · middle half 6–23
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 18
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooke county → | — | 33 | 4 | Mar 24, 2017 |
| Hamilton county → | — | 6 | 2 | Nov 17, 1995 |
| Montague county → | — | 5 | 0 | Dec 4, 2015 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 5 | 0 | Mar 12, 1990 |
| Childress county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 27, 1989 |
| Concho county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 11, 2012 |
| Dimmit county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 4, 1994 |
| Lampasas county → | — | 1 | 1 | May 2, 1995 |
| Mills county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 7, 1995 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 8, 2010 |
| Terry county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 8, 1991 |
All 56 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 | 8 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 7 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 2 | 0 |
| Base Cretaceous (marker) | 1 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 1 | 0 |
| Coleman Junction | 1 | 0 |
| Barnett | 1 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 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
- 532K
- 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
- 7
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 7
- plugged
How it got them
- 7
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 38
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Hamilton | 0 active | 0 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Recompletion | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wildcat22001 | 5 | 0 |
| Cahoon (Ellenburger)14622080 | 1 | 0 |
| Cooke County Regular20350001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Nov 2, 2018
- Address
- Attn WFW Production Co 204 N Walnut Street
- Muenster, TX 76252
- (231) 946-1671
- Officers and agents
- Tucker, Robert E., Jr. · President
- Gibson, Kathryn B. · Vice President
- Graham, Harry L. · Vice President
- Gibson, Patrick M. · Vice President
- Stillwell, John · Secretary
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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/908833, documented in the API reference.