OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 68287
Best Petroleum Explorations,inc.
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 19, 2026
- Based in
- Jacksboro, TX
Best Petroleum Explorations,Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 6, 2024.
The RRC wellbore file lists 138 wells under its operatorship (20 producing, 7 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 7.62K barrels of oil and 158K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through August 2026, down 12% on the year before.
It holds 4 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 70.5K barrels in the 12 months reported through September 2025.
224 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 19, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- -100%
- vs prior 12 months (1)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 20
- producing wells, of 138 of record
- 41
- leases it reports · 153 ever reported on
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 12, 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.
- 42%
- spud rate · 95 of 224 mature permits
- 20
- median days permit to spud · middle half 10–49
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- canceled · 3 permits
- 124
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 44 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1(-100%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack county → | — | 179 | 113 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Wise county → | — | 12 | 6 | Nov 23, 2004 |
| Denton county → | — | 10 | 9 | Mar 7, 2008 |
| Young county → | — | 7 | 2 | Dec 29, 1992 |
| Clay county → | — | 6 | 1 | Jul 26, 2023 |
| Palo Pinto county → | — | 4 | 1 | Nov 5, 2010 |
| Parker county → | — | 2 | 1 | Feb 1, 1983 |
| Concho county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 1, 1991 |
| Knox county → | — | 1 | 2 | Nov 7, 1994 |
| Nolan county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 3, 1987 |
| Shackelford county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 18, 1984 |
All 224 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 107 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 76 | 0 |
| Strawn | 48 | 0 |
| Bryson | 44 | 0 |
| Barnett | 26 | 0 |
| Mississippian | 12 | 0 |
| Atoka | 5 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 4 | 0 |
| Forestburg | 4 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 3 | 0 |
| Canyon | 3 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 3 | 0 |
| Cisco | 1 | 0 |
| Viola | 1 | 0 |
| Bend | 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 153 leases it reported on; 19 are reported by other operators today; 93 are no longer on the schedule.How production is reported →
- 7.62K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -12%
- vs the 12 months before
- 158K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 1.02M
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Aug 2026 158,073 · prior 12 187,311(-16%)
Best Petroleum Explorations,inc.: Gas by month.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 13K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 70.5K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
All 6 permits, with volumes → · On the map →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Operator of record and permit operator
141 wellbores of record
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 | 1 | 200 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dearing (Caddo)23754200 | 15 | 1 |
| Newark East (Barnett Shale)65280200 | 14 | 5 |
| JMG Mag (Miss)45099250 | 13 | 3 |
| Barfield (Conglomerate)5668500 | 10 | 0 |
| KRS (Marble Falls)47941500 | 8 | 2 |
| Lost Valley (Caddo)55050333 | 7 | 1 |
| Dearing (Strawn)23754400 | 6 | 0 |
| Jack County Regular45274001 | 6 | 1 |
| Roanoke (Caddo Conglomerate)77120500 | 4 | 0 |
| Bryson East12800001 | 3 | 0 |
| Crum (Marble Falls)22037500 | 3 | 2 |
| Southwestern (Caddo Reef)84826500 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Feb 19, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- P O Box 729
- Jacksboro, TX 76458
- (940) 567-2661
- Officers and agents
- Gardner, Donald O. · President
- Gardner, Gary Z. · Secretary,treasurer,vice Preside
- Gardner, Charles T. · Vice President
- Gardner, Maria · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
About this data
Registration from the RRC P-5 organization file, loaded when the Commission posts a new one. 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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