OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 36618
Atropos Exploration Company
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 28, 2026
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
Atropos Exploration Company has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 14, 2019.
The RRC wellbore file lists 79 wells under its operatorship (33 producing, 7 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 9.73K barrels of oil and 89.5K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through August 2026, down 30% on the year before.
50 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1987; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 28, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 33
- producing wells, of 79 of record
- 38
- leases it reports · 68 ever reported on
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 10, 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 · 27 of 50 mature permits
- 36
- median days permit to spud · middle half 25–82
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 23
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 32 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Counties
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks county → | — | 16 | 1 | Feb 7, 1991 |
| Crockett county → | — | 9 | 0 | Mar 14, 2019 |
| Irion county → | — | 8 | 62 | Feb 18, 2014 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 7 | 6 | Aug 30, 2010 |
| Sterling county → | — | 3 | 5 | Sep 16, 2004 |
| Loving county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 3, 1990 |
| Colorado county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 15, 2000 |
| Harris county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 2, 1987 |
| Howard county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 1, 2006 |
| Nolan county → | — | 1 | 1 | Mar 4, 1996 |
| Pecos county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 14, 2008 |
All 50 permits, searchable → · Leases it reported on → · On the map →
Formations in wells it permitted
Tops reported on completion filings for wells permitted under this operator number, including wells others run today. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Wolfcamp | 10 | 0 |
| San Andres | 9 | 0 |
| Queen | 8 | 0 |
| Canyon | 7 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 7 | 0 |
| Strawn | 6 | 0 |
| Leonard | 3 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 3 | 0 |
| Frio | 3 | 0 |
| Grayburg | 3 | 0 |
| San Angelo | 3 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 2 | 0 |
| Delaware | 2 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 2 | 0 |
| Lamar | 1 | 0 |
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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. From 68 leases it reported on; 8 are reported by other operators today; 22 are no longer on the schedule.How production is reported →
- 9.73K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -30%
- vs the 12 months before
- 89.5K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 531K
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Aug 2026 89,519 · prior 12 140,798(-36%)
Atropos Exploration Company: Gas by month.
Beyond the permit record
Operator of record and permit operator
A well's operator of record is the RRC's, and its permit operator is the one on its latest drilling permit; neither fills in for the other. Its wellbores of record are counted as its wells, with its live permits; a well it permitted that another operator runs, or that the RRC lists with no operator at all, is not. Each count opens the wells it counts. 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 | 29 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baker Ranch (Canyon)5143300 | 59 | 19 |
| Credo E. (Cisco Up.)21598105 | 5 | 5 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300 | 4 | 4 |
| Mertzon (Canyon)60698166 | 2 | 0 |
| Grapeland (Rodessa)36430200 | 1 | 1 |
| Kingsley (Canyon)49492333 | 1 | 1 |
| St. Lawrence (Wichita)79689850 | 1 | 1 |
| Willow Springs W.(tr. Pk.)97759500 | 1 | 1 |
| Ann Mag (7590 Frio II)2971408 | 1 | 0 |
| Yellow Wolf NW (Canyon)99339100 | 1 | 0 |
| Carthage (Pettit Upper)16032667 | 1 | 0 |
| Danville (TP-CV Cons.)23089800 | 1 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active – Extension (X)
- Last filed Apr 28, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- PO Box 12327
- Dallas, TX 75225
- (214) 691-2377
- Officers and agents
- Hunt, Todd M · President
- Hunt, Clay M · Vice President
- Lee, Paul C · Secretary,treasurer,secretary/TR
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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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