OPERATORS · RRC 950500 · P-5 STATUS Y
Zapata Expl Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorZapata Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 24, 1984.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
15 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 2, 1995.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 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.
- 20%
- spud rate · 3 of 15 mature permits
- 27
- median days permit to spud · middle half 14–36
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 12
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazos-LB county → | — | 11 | 2 | Jul 24, 1984 |
| Matgrda IS-LB county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jun 8, 1978 |
| Chambers county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 2, 1984 |
| Mustang IS-LB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 11, 1984 |
All 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
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
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 2
- plugged
How it got them
- 2
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 5
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
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 | 15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brazos Area 446-L SE-4 (C 7400)11612740 | 1 | 0 |
| Brazos Area 446-L SE-4 (E Sd.)11612600 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 2, 1995
- Address
- P O Box 4240
- Houston, TX 77210
- Officers and agents
- CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
- Williams, Bruce K. · President
- Migura, Marvin J. · Vice President
- Van Roseberg, Joseph L. · Vice President/Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 245918 | Jul 24, 1984 | Jul 24, 1984 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | S. T. 337-L (SW/4) #2 | 13,500 | 70430238 |
| 244907 | Jul 11, 1984 | Jul 11, 1984 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Mustang IS-LB | State Tract 796-L (NE/4) #1 | 13,500 | 70230215 |
| 243754 | Jul 2, 1984 | Jul 2, 1984 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Chambers | State Tract 6-7C #1 | 9,000 | 07131593 |
| 198134 | Jun 14, 1983 | Jun 14, 1983 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Lease #7 | 7,300 | 70430227 |
| 197027 | Jun 2, 1983 | Jun 2, 1983 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Lease 68099 #8 | 8,010 | 70430226 |
| 155487 | Apr 2, 1982 | Apr 2, 1982 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Lease 68099 #6 | 8,500 | 70430207 |
| 136583 | Oct 15, 1981 | Oct 15, 1981 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Lease 68099 #4 | 8,500 | 70430198 |
| 134170 | Sep 23, 1981 | Sep 23, 1981 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Lease 68099 #5 | 8,000 | 70430196 |
| 89038 | Aug 4, 1980 | Aug 4, 1980 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Tract 68099 #3 | 8,500 | 70430174 |
| 84617 | Jun 23, 1980 | Jun 23, 1980 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Tract 68099 #2A | 7,823 | 70430171 |
| 63937 | Nov 15, 1979 | Nov 15, 1979 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Tract 68099 #2 | 8,128 | 70430164 |
| 26018 | Jun 8, 1978 | Jun 8, 1978 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Matgrda IS-LB | State Tract #1 | 8,000 | 70330150 |
| 23511 | May 4, 1978 | May 4, 1978 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Matgrda IS-LB | State Tract #1 | 9,152 | 70330144 |
| 22998 | Apr 27, 1978 | Apr 27, 1978 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | State Tract 69073 #1 | 7,279 | 70430129 |
| 17263 | Jan 30, 1978 | Jan 30, 1978 | Zapata Exploration Co. | Brazos-LB | S/L 68099 446-L #1 | 8,185 | 70430127 |
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/950500, documented in the API reference.