OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 191535
Crown Exploration Company
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 26, 1995
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
Crown Exploration Company has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 5, 1989.
The RRC wellbore file lists 38 wells under its operatorship.
134 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 26, 1995.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 82 of record
- 0
- leases it reports
- —
- 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.
- 54%
- spud rate · 72 of 134 mature permits
- 19
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–34
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- canceled · 2 permits
- 60
- expired undrilled
- 11
- permits a year over 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor county → | — | 44 | 10 | May 5, 1989 |
| Callahan county → | — | 35 | 13 | Jul 19, 1985 |
| Jones county → | — | 9 | 5 | Mar 13, 1985 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 9 | 1 | Feb 22, 1982 |
| Nolan county → | — | 8 | 3 | Dec 30, 1988 |
| Fisher county → | — | 7 | 1 | Oct 24, 1983 |
| Runnels county → | — | 4 | 0 | Oct 14, 1986 |
| Scurry county → | — | 4 | 3 | Jan 26, 1989 |
| Sterling county → | — | 3 | 0 | Oct 11, 1984 |
| Borden county → | — | 2 | 0 | Apr 13, 1982 |
| Howard county → | — | 2 | 0 | Mar 31, 1981 |
| Lynn county → | — | 2 | 0 | Feb 10, 1984 |
| Brown county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 20, 1984 |
| Garza county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 3, 1984 |
| Palo Pinto county → | — | 1 | 2 | Nov 21, 1983 |
| Shackelford county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 26, 1977 |
| Stephens county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 30, 1983 |
All 134 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 | 13 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 10 | 0 |
| Barnett | 8 | 0 |
| Duffer | 8 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 7 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 2 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 1 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 1 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 1 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 1 | 0 |
| Saddle Creek | 1 | 0 |
| San Andres | 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. 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
- 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
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
All 5 permits, with volumes → · On the map →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
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 | 115 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Putnam West (Duffer)73523500 | 12 | 0 |
| Jones County Regular47113001 | 4 | 0 |
| Taylor County Regular88520001 | 3 | 0 |
| Buck Creek (Marble Falls)12885500 | 2 | 0 |
| Indian Creek (Dothan)44399500 | 2 | 0 |
| Cottonwood Creek (Flippen Lime)21051500 | 2 | 0 |
| Merkel NW. (Noodle Creek)60670700 | 2 | 0 |
| Roscoe South (Penn Lime)78228300 | 1 | 0 |
| Roscoe South (Strawn)78228666 | 1 | 0 |
| SO-Tex (Capps Lime)84685200 | 1 | 0 |
| Tuxedo (King 2760)92024500 | 1 | 0 |
| Wildcat16001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed Jan 26, 1995
- Address
- 2424 So. Willis
- Abilene, TX 79605
- (325) 692-7771
- Officers and agents
- Mergele, Jack E. · Texas Resident Agent
- Mergele, Jack E. · President/Vice President/Secreta
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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