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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 15123

Alpha Exploration Co.

P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Oct 23, 1997
Based in
Wichita Falls, TX
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Alpha Exploration CO. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 20, 1995.

The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.

41 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 23, 1997.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 3 of record
2
leases it reports
—
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 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.

51%
spud rate · 21 of 41 mature permits
20
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–43
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
20
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 17 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Foard county →—162Jan 20, 1995
Taylor county →—81Aug 11, 1986
Throckmorton county →—60Mar 18, 1986
Archer county →—40Dec 12, 1983
Clay county →—20Oct 1, 1980
Wilbarger county →—20Jul 13, 1982
Hardeman county →—10Jan 30, 1978
Montague county →—10Sep 30, 1980
Nolan county →—10Mar 29, 1983

All 41 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
Palo Pinto70
Strawn40
Caddo30
Mississippian30
Coleman Junction20
Cisco20
Gunsight10

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
47K
bbl oil since reporting began

No lease production reported under this operator number in the last ten years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

3
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
1
plugged

How it got them

2
permitted itself
1
acquired from others
13
permitted, now run by others

Each count opens the wells it counts. Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today; wells it permitted that others now run are in its permit history, marked with who runs them now. 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

Foard0 active0 bbl/d

All 2 permits, with volumes → · On the map →

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
Drill0032
Other005
Recompletion004

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
Margaret (D Sand)5737060020
Thompson (Gardner)8953520010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Inactive (I)
Last filed Oct 23, 1997
Address
3006 McNiel NO 453
Wichita Falls, TX 76309
(940) 696-8060
Officers and agents
Lee, Quincy J. · Texas Resident Agent
Lee, Thomas R · Sole Proprietor

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
431807Jan 20, 1995Jan 20, 1995Alpha Exploration Co.FoardIngle, C. "A" #52,80015530255
422389Apr 12, 1994Apr 12, 1994Alpha Exploration Co.FoardIngle, C. "A" #22,68015530201
305046Aug 11, 1986Aug 11, 1986Alpha Exploration Co.TaylorRobinson, O. L. #15,14344133049
299742Mar 18, 1986Mar 18, 1986Alpha Exploration Co.ThrockmortonSwenson #22125,40044734585
293501Dec 23, 1985Dec 23, 1985Alpha Exploration Co.TaylorMcRee-Scott Unit #13,50044133084
293349Dec 19, 1985Dec 19, 1985Alpha Exploration Co.ThrockmortonSwenson Ranch East #1205B5,40044734532
289869Nov 13, 1985Nov 13, 1985Alpha Exploration Co.TaylorMcRee Estate #15,40044133066
284345Sep 10, 1985Sep 10, 1985Alpha Exploration Co.TaylorRutherford-West Unit #15,20044133032
282803Aug 16, 1985Aug 16, 1985Alpha Exploration Co.TaylorHughes, G. W. #15,30044133020
275135May 15, 1985May 15, 1985Alpha Exploration Co.ThrockmortonSwenson Ranch East #1237A5,40044734399
272189Apr 16, 1985Apr 16, 1985Alpha Exploration Co.ThrockmortonSwenson #12075,50044733629
272000Apr 10, 1985Apr 10, 1985Alpha Exploration Co.TaylorRutherford, C. D. #35,20044132968
245269Jul 18, 1984Jul 18, 1984Alpha Exploration Co.TaylorRutherford #25,10044132816
239479May 21, 1984May 21, 1984Alpha Exploration Co.TaylorRutherford #15,10044132775
228473Feb 6, 1984Feb 6, 1984Alpha Exploration Co.ThrockmortonSwenson #12125,80044733970

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 by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/15123, documented in the API reference.