OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 18060

American Hunter Exploration Ltd.

P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Sep 20, 1993
Based in
Canada

American Hunter Exploration Ltd. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 10, 1990.

The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.

13 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 20, 1993.

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 NOV 9, 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.

46%
spud rate · 6 of 13 mature permits
24
median days permit to spud · middle half 17–32
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
7
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 9 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0120222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Frio county →—32Aug 2, 1982
Harris county →—30Dec 14, 1988
Fort Bend county →—20Jan 18, 1984
Henderson county →—20Jan 16, 1984
Dimmit county →—10Oct 10, 1990
Marion county →—10Mar 1, 1984
Van Zandt county →—10Mar 15, 1985

All 13 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
Vicksburg10
Yegua10
Jackson10
Frio10
Cook Mountain10

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 ten years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

2
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
2
plugged

How it got them

2
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
7
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 →

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
Drill0012
Recompletion001

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
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)6998112520

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Inactive (I)
Last filed Sep 20, 1993
Address
2000 605-5 Ave S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 3H5
Canada 00100
(403) 260-1720
Officers and agents
CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Thomas, A. R. · Joint Venturer
Gray, James · Joint Venturer
Grose, B. H. · Joint Venturer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
379236Oct 10, 1990Oct 10, 1990American Hunter Exploration Ltd.DimmitDe Zavala #1H7,00012732944
354277Dec 14, 1988Dec 14, 1988American Hunter Exploration Ltd.HarrisKelly-Brock et Al #113,00020132160
354277AmendmentDec 14, 1988Dec 14, 1988American Hunter Exploration Ltd.HarrisHouston, Sam #113,10020132160
341422Jan 14, 1988Jan 14, 1988American Hunter Exploration Ltd.HarrisFrost, P. M. #114,00020132123
341422AmendmentJan 14, 1988Jan 14, 1988American Hunter Exploration Ltd.HarrisFrost, P. M. #114,00020132123
329471May 5, 1987May 5, 1987American Hunter Exploration Ltd.HarrisTexas Northern Railway #114,50020132074
269486Mar 15, 1985Mar 15, 1985American Hunter Exploration Ltd.Van ZandtPitts, George #113,72046730614
231035Mar 1, 1984Mar 1, 1984American Hunter Exploration Ltd.MarionSimpson, Rhyne #211,00031530647
226725Jan 18, 1984Jan 18, 1984American Hunter Exploration Ltd.Fort BendMulloy #18,20015731512
227058Jan 16, 1984Jan 16, 1984American Hunter Exploration Ltd.Fort BendTennant, J. A. #18,04015731513
226741Jan 16, 1984Jan 16, 1984American Hunter Exploration Ltd.HendersonTexas Power & Light #18,85021330401
180560Dec 15, 1982Dec 15, 1982American Hunter Exploration Ltd.HendersonHarwell #026,04021330362
167835Aug 2, 1982Aug 2, 1982American Hunter Exploration Ltd.FrioHarris-Meyers A #3A6,05016332137
151940Feb 25, 1982Feb 25, 1982American Hunter Exploration Ltd.FrioHarris-Meyers #3B6,08516332144
150308Feb 9, 1982Feb 9, 1982American Hunter Exploration Ltd.FrioHarris-Meyers #3A6,08516332137

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. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.

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