OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 30790

Arkla Exploration Co.

P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Dec 19, 1991
Based in
Shreveport, LA

Arkla Exploration CO. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 4, 1992.

The RRC wellbore file lists 25 wells under its operatorship.

294 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 19, 1991.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 25 of record
0
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.

54%
spud rate · 159 of 294 mature permits
21
median days permit to spud · middle half 9–43
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 1 permits
134
expired undrilled
18
permits a year over 16 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
Panola county →—16411Nov 4, 1992
Harrison county →—340Aug 3, 1992
Shelby county →—173Sep 9, 1991
Nacogdoches county →—163Oct 7, 1985
Rusk county →—150Sep 4, 1991
Wheeler county →—72Apr 15, 1987
Gregg county →—60Mar 20, 1991
Harris county →—50Aug 18, 1992
Cass county →—41Sep 29, 1987
Cherokee county →—40Mar 16, 1983
Marion county →—43Aug 28, 1992
DE Witt county →—30May 24, 1990
Hemphill county →—30Aug 9, 1982
Jefferson county →—30Aug 21, 1984
Upshur county →—30Dec 22, 1983
Colorado county →—10Apr 22, 1991
Galveston county →—10Dec 31, 1984
Karnes county →—10Sep 21, 1992
Lavaca county →—10Mar 6, 1991
McMullen county →—10Oct 11, 1984
Wharton county →—10Mar 27, 1990

All 294 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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
1.11K
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

25
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
20
plugged

How it got them

10
permitted itself
6
acquired from others
97
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 1
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Nacogdoches0 active0 bbl/d

All 1 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
Drill00261
Recompletion0029
Reenter003
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 Inactive (I)
Last filed Dec 19, 1991
Address
P O Box 21734 % Martha Rogers
Shreveport, LA 71151
(318) 429-2955
Officers and agents
C T Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Quinn, Carl S. · Chairman/Ceo
France, Jerry M. · President/Coo
Simmons, Jimmie D. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
852864May 10, 2019May 10, 2019Ark-LA-Tex Energy, L.L.C.CassOlive P. King #110,80006730551
515932Dec 11, 2001Dec 11, 2001Ocean Energy, Inc.ShelbyFranks, L. T. #28,55041930517
405444Nov 4, 1992Nov 4, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.PanolaBrannon, J. R. Jr. #39,62536532474
403267Sep 21, 1992Sep 21, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.KarnesSistrunk, T.E. #16,50025531320
401941Aug 28, 1992Aug 28, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.MarionCromer Shallow Gas Well #1 R55131530788
402251Aug 18, 1992Aug 18, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.HarrisTharp, Kathleen #39,80020132295
402251Aug 18, 1992Aug 18, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.HarrisTharp, Kathleen #39,80020132295
401469Aug 3, 1992Aug 3, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.HarrisonAbney, C.M. "A" #29,65920330734
401670Jul 31, 1992Jul 31, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.PanolaAlexander, Geneva Furrh et AL #19,80036531491
400854Jul 7, 1992Jul 7, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.PanolaJernigan #87,30036532665
400854Jul 7, 1992Jul 7, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.PanolaJernigan #87,30036532665
398780May 27, 1992May 27, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.HarrisonAbney, C. M. #036,80020332127
399274May 19, 1992May 19, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.PanolaCummings #97,50036532637
398412Apr 15, 1992Apr 15, 1992Moon Operating, Inc.PanolaPitts, Janie Furrh #16,60036500225
398046Apr 6, 1992Apr 6, 1992Arkla Exploration Co.PanolaJernigan #77,70036532628

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/30790, documented in the API reference.