OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 150655
Choice Exploration, Inc.
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 1, 2023
- Based in
- Irving, TX
Choice Exploration, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 15, 2017.
The RRC wellbore file lists 35 wells under its operatorship.
160 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1999; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 1, 2023.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 35 of record
- 43
- 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.
- 92%
- spud rate · 147 of 160 mature permits
- 23
- median days permit to spud · middle half 12–45
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 13
- expired undrilled
- 8
- permits a year over 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty county → | — | 44 | 9 | Oct 10, 2016 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 36 | 7 | May 24, 2013 |
| Jack county → | — | 12 | 2 | Sep 13, 2017 |
| Orange county → | — | 12 | 3 | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Bee county → | — | 8 | 1 | Nov 17, 2011 |
| Jefferson county → | — | 8 | 2 | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Hardin county → | — | 6 | 0 | Nov 3, 2015 |
| Jasper county → | — | 6 | 0 | Jul 6, 2017 |
| Jim Wells county → | — | 6 | 1 | May 3, 2001 |
| Roberts county → | — | 5 | 0 | Oct 15, 2015 |
| Wharton county → | — | 4 | 1 | Oct 15, 2009 |
| Nolan county → | — | 3 | 1 | Feb 11, 2014 |
| Chambers county → | — | 2 | 1 | May 30, 2012 |
| Ochiltree county → | — | 2 | 1 | Mar 28, 2016 |
| Refugio county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jun 21, 2001 |
| Harris county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 3, 2011 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 20, 1999 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 1 | 1 | Feb 11, 2013 |
| Victoria county → | — | 1 | 2 | Mar 20, 2000 |
All 160 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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 29 | 0 |
| Yegua | 20 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 14 | 0 |
| Caddo | 8 | 0 |
| Cook Mountain | 6 | 0 |
| Strawn | 5 | 0 |
| Jackson | 5 | 0 |
| Brown Dolomite | 4 | 0 |
| Douglas | 4 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 4 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 3 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 3 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 3 | 0 |
| Tonkawa | 3 | 0 |
| Bryson | 2 | 0 |
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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 375K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Choice Exploration, Inc.: Gas by month.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
How it got them
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
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
All 3 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 135 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George West South (Frio -N-)34498500 | 3 | 0 |
| Willis Marsh (13200)97693850 | 3 | 0 |
| Cottonwood S.E. (Yegua)21029500 | 2 | 0 |
| Alta Loma S. (Frio SD)1983500 | 2 | 0 |
| Wildcat8001 | 2 | 0 |
| Cottonwood (Frio 7550)21023498 | 1 | 0 |
| Doty SE (Vicksburg)25636500 | 1 | 0 |
| Cedar Bayou (Yegua 13 000)16531875 | 1 | 0 |
| Dinero West (Hockley)24888166 | 1 | 0 |
| Crooked Bayou (L. Ck. Mtn.)21798240 | 1 | 0 |
| Bowie SW. (Marble Falls)10895836 | 1 | 0 |
| Cottonwood (Vicksburg 8358)21023820 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed Aug 1, 2023
- Address
- 8505 Freeport Pkwy Ste 390
- Irving, TX 75063
- (817) 633-7777
- Officers and agents
- Martin, Jon Michael · President
- Griffin, Jonathan Michael · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 850282 | Mar 1, 2019 | Mar 1, 2019 | S & S Operating Company, Inc. | Jefferson | McDermand #1D | 3,550 | 24532685 |
| 834050 | Dec 15, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Orange | Evangeline #2 | 8,500 | 36130985 |
| 833357 | Nov 21, 2017 | Nov 21, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Orange | Evangeline #1 | 8,325 | 36130984 |
| 832017 | Oct 23, 2017 | Oct 23, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Orange | Lexington #1 | 8,900 | 36130983 |
| 832017 | Oct 23, 2017 | Oct 23, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Orange | Lexington #1ST | 8,900 | 36130983 |
| 832017 | Oct 23, 2017 | Oct 23, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Orange | Lexington #102ST | 8,400 | 36130983 |
| 830650 | Sep 13, 2017 | Sep 13, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Jack | Morton #1 | 6,860 | 23739943 |
| 828356 | Jul 6, 2017 | Jul 6, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Jasper | H J Ballard #1 | 9,500 | 24130895 |
| 828356 | Jul 6, 2017 | Jul 6, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Jasper | H. J. Ballard #1 | 9,500 | 24130895 |
| 825427 | Apr 24, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Orange | Texla Mill #3 | 7,650 | 36130980 |
| 823744 | Mar 3, 2017 | Mar 3, 2017 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Orange | Breece Unit #1 | 8,350 | 36130977 |
| 821131 | Dec 29, 2016 | Dec 29, 2016 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Jack | Dinwiddie #1 | 6,900 | 23739988 |
| 820146 | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Jefferson | Langham Unit #1D | 3,475 | 24532383 |
| 820015 | Nov 21, 2016 | Nov 21, 2016 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Orange | Simmons Unit #1 | 8,300 | 36130975 |
| 819579 | Nov 2, 2016 | Nov 2, 2016 | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Jefferson | Langham Unit #2 | 11,000 | 24532847 |
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.
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