OPERATORS · RRC 945220 · P-5 STATUS Y
WTG Expl
Midland, TX · most active in Crane County
Watch this operatorWtg Expl was issued 1 drilling permit in the past 12 months, after a quiet prior year, all in Crane County. 0% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 353 wells under its operatorship (150 producing, 1 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 132K barrels of oil and 466K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, level with the year before.
It holds 3 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 510K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
269 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1987; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 4, 2025.
- 1
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 150
- producing wells, of 353 of record
- 327
- 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.
- 78%
- spud rate · 210 of 269 mature permits
- 23
- median days permit to spud · middle half 11–52
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 59
- expired undrilled
- 7
- permits a year over 39 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 1 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane county → | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Crockett county → | — | 51 | 113 | Oct 29, 2014 |
| Reagan county → | — | 43 | 65 | Feb 5, 2015 |
| Dawson county → | — | 35 | 18 | Dec 11, 2012 |
| Ward county → | — | 32 | 42 | Oct 21, 2019 |
| Andrews county → | — | 19 | 41 | Mar 20, 2015 |
| Terrell county → | — | 16 | 10 | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Upton county → | — | 14 | 0 | Oct 7, 2011 |
| Gaines county → | — | 11 | 12 | May 29, 2014 |
| Howard county → | — | 10 | 1 | Jul 7, 2010 |
| Midland county → | — | 8 | 10 | May 18, 2007 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 8 | 5 | Nov 8, 2011 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 5 | 10 | Oct 29, 2008 |
| Pecos county → | — | 4 | 6 | Jan 25, 2010 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 3 | 0 | May 1, 2007 |
| Winkler county → | — | 3 | 5 | Oct 7, 2008 |
| Cochran county → | — | 2 | 2 | Nov 14, 2016 |
| Concho county → | — | 2 | 8 | Mar 12, 1992 |
| Fisher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 2, 1992 |
| Garza county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 1, 1988 |
All 269 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wolfcamp | 38 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 36 | 0 |
| Strawn | 32 | 0 |
| Canyon | 31 | 0 |
| San Andres | 29 | 0 |
| Grayburg | 24 | 0 |
| Devonian | 24 | 0 |
| Lamar | 22 | 0 |
| Mississippian | 19 | 0 |
| Dean | 19 | 0 |
| Castile | 18 | 0 |
| Fusselman | 18 | 0 |
| Queen | 18 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 14 | 0 |
| Bell Canyon | 13 | 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 →
- 132K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +0%
- vs the 12 months before
- 466K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 7.22M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 132,415 · prior 12 132,827(0%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 466,014 · prior 12 492,520(-5%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 353
- on the schedule
- 150
- producing
- 1
- shut in
- 1
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 167
- plugged
How it got them
- 131
- permitted itself
- 142
- acquired from others
- 23
- 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
- 3
- active UIC permits of 12
- 14.5K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 510K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Andrews | 2 active | 12K bbl/d |
| Ward | 1 active | 2.5K bbl/d |
| Stonewall | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Winkler | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Reagan | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Gaines | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Garza | 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 | 1 | 0 | 196 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Other | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Price (Grayburg)73085500 | 38 | 16 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300 | 24 | 17 |
| Ozona (Canyon Sand)67995200 | 22 | 21 |
| Howard Draw (Grayburg San Andres42954480 | 21 | 0 |
| Howard Draw NE. (Queen)42957400 | 19 | 0 |
| Block 17 Southeast (Delaware)9288500 | 17 | 12 |
| Barnhart5783001 | 16 | 0 |
| War-Wink (Cherry Canyon)95122200 | 11 | 8 |
| Lorles (Wolfcamp)54938450 | 8 | 4 |
| Block 129250001 | 8 | 5 |
| Quito E. (Bell Canyon 5275)73927333 | 7 | 4 |
| Seagraves South (San Andres)81917333 | 7 | 3 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Dec 4, 2025
- CSGD/PG/PURGas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 6 Desta Drive Ste 4400
- Midland, TX 79705
- (432) 664-8876
- Officers and agents
- Stone, Heidi Lynn · Secretary
- Davis, David L · President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 915101 | Apr 24, 2026 | Apr 24, 2026 | WTG Exploration | Crane | Candi and Nuts #1 | 8,800 | 10337783 |
| 856749 | Oct 21, 2019 | Oct 21, 2019 | WTG Exploration | Ward | University '18-13A' #1 | 8,167 | 47534641 |
| 852182 | Apr 24, 2019 | Apr 24, 2019 | Manzanita Operating, LLC | Ward | Utex H #2 | 5,800 | 47537893 |
| 844609 | Sep 21, 2018 | Sep 21, 2018 | WTG Exploration | Ward | University 18-19 #3A | 6,000 | 47534765 |
| 839846 | May 11, 2018 | May 11, 2018 | Cazador Operating, LLC | Ward | University 30 #4 | 7,300 | 47537545 |
| 820806 | Dec 21, 2016 | Dec 21, 2016 | Crownquest Operating, LLC | Andrews | Offshoot 20 #2HH | 5,200 | 00347435 |
| 820805 | Dec 14, 2016 | Dec 14, 2016 | Crownquest Operating, LLC | Andrews | Offshoot 20 #3HH | 5,200 | 00347430 |
| 819854 | Nov 14, 2016 | Nov 14, 2016 | WTG Exploration | Cochran | Landreth #2 | 5,500 | 07933352 |
| 812781 | Jan 4, 2016 | Jan 4, 2016 | WTG Exploration | Cochran | Landreth #1 | 7,000 | 07933336 |
| 810005 | Sep 14, 2015 | Sep 14, 2015 | Crownquest Operating, LLC | Andrews | Offshoot 20 #1HH | 5,000 | 00347249 |
| 810002 | Sep 14, 2015 | Sep 14, 2015 | Crownquest Operating, LLC | Andrews | Thoroughbred 11 #1HH | 5,000 | 00347248 |
| 807319 | Jun 30, 2015 | Jun 30, 2015 | Crownquest Operating, LLC | Andrews | Offshoot 20 #5 | 8,000 | 00347191 |
| 805181 | Apr 2, 2015 | Apr 2, 2015 | Crownquest Operating, LLC | Andrews | Andalusian 20 #2 | 12,000 | 00347108 |
| 804736 | Mar 20, 2015 | Mar 20, 2015 | WTG Exploration | Andrews | University 4-25 Unit #1 | 13,000 | 00347084 |
| 803862 | Feb 23, 2015 | Feb 23, 2015 | Crownquest Operating, LLC | Andrews | Offshoot 20 #4 | 8,000 | 00347071 |
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/945220, documented in the API reference.