OPERATORS · RRC 924765  · P-5 STATUS Y

Williams Expl Co a Delaware Corp

Williams Expl CO A Delaware Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 28, 1986.

The RRC wellbore file lists 18 wells under its operatorship.

96 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 15, 1987.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 18 of record
0
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.

47%
spud rate · 45 of 96 mature permits
28
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–51
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
cancelled · 1 permits
50
expired undrilled
12
permits a year over 8 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Calhoun county →—276Jul 28, 1986
Hardin county →—220Aug 30, 1985
Victoria county →—84Jul 28, 1986
Wharton county →—70Jan 24, 1986
Jim Wells county →—43Nov 21, 1983
Brazoria county →—30Nov 12, 1985
Live Oak county →—30Sep 19, 1984
Polk county →—30May 28, 1985
Refugio county →—30Oct 5, 1982
Wheeler county →—31Nov 27, 1978
Jefferson county →—20Apr 12, 1984
Reeves county →—21Aug 8, 1984
Brooks county →—10Oct 18, 1983
Chambers county →—10Apr 23, 1981
Colorado county →—10Nov 12, 1985
DE Witt county →—10Feb 16, 1983
Galveston county →—10Mar 20, 1985
Jasper county →—10Oct 20, 1982
Madison county →—10Sep 7, 1978
Martin county →—10Oct 21, 1985
San Jacinto county →—10Sep 12, 1983

All 96 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
—
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

18
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
13
plugged

How it got them

7
permitted itself
7
acquired from others
31
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

Cass0 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
Drill0068
Recompletion0027
Other001

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 Oct 15, 1987
Address
P.O. Box 3102
Tulsa, OK 74101
Officers and agents
Tidwell, J. Paul · President
Jones, Vernon T. · Chairman
Morris, Earl E. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
613262Feb 7, 2006Feb 7, 2006TE-Ray Resources, IncCalhounWelder "B" #108,20705731085
553158Nov 9, 2004Nov 9, 2004TE-Ray Resources, IncCalhounWelder B #108,20705731085
544976May 11, 2004May 11, 2004TE-Ray Resources, IncCalhounWelder B #1C8,84505730846
404783Oct 19, 1992Oct 19, 1992American Cometra, Inc.CalhounWelder "B" #108,20705731085
350166Aug 16, 1988Aug 16, 1988American Cometra, Inc.CalhounWelder, P. H. "B" #108,20705731085
332002Jun 25, 1987Jun 25, 1987Stone & Webster Oil Company, IncVictoriaKeeran #47,70046931535
304752Jul 28, 1986Jul 28, 1986Williams Expl Co a Delaware CorpCalhounWelder, P. H. "B" #107,60005731085
304629Jul 28, 1986Jul 28, 1986Williams Expl Co a Delaware CorpVictoriaFagan, L. A. #18,26446931677
303629Jun 26, 1986Jun 26, 1986Williams Expl Co a Delaware CorpCalhounWelder, P. H. "D" #158,30805731384
303500Jun 24, 1986Jun 24, 1986Williams Expl Co a Delaware CorpCalhounWelder, Patrick H. #9L8,37505731040
303376Jun 19, 1986Jun 19, 1986Williams Expl Co a Delaware CorpCalhounWelder, P. H. "D" #1L8,50005730962
301455Apr 24, 1986Apr 24, 1986Williams Expl Co a Delaware CorpCalhounWelder, P. H. "B" #48,45005730920
299666Mar 17, 1986Mar 17, 1986Williams Expl Co a Delaware CorpCalhounWelder, P. H. "D" #3D8,37305731016
299029Feb 27, 1986Feb 27, 1986Williams Expl Co a Delaware CorpVictoriaFagan, L. A. #38,50046932467
297821Feb 14, 1986Feb 14, 1986Williams Expl Co a Delaware CorpCalhounWelder, P. H. "D" #167,60005731410

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/924765, documented in the API reference.