OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 220849

Discovery Exploration Corp.

P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Feb 4, 1987
Based in
Wichita, KS

Discovery Exploration Corp. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 25, 1985.

The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.

14 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 4, 1987.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 4 of record
0
leases it reports
—
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 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.

0%
spud rate · 0 of 14 mature permits
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median days permit to spud
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
14
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 4 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Counties

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Palo Pinto county →—144Jul 25, 1985

All 14 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Strawn20

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
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

4
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
4
plugged

How it got them

0
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
11
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 →

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
Drill0010
Recompletion004

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Emory (Big Saline)2894725020
Palo Pinto County Regular6870700110
Strawn N. (Bend Congl.)8657533310

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status Inactive (I)
Last filed Feb 4, 1987
Address
150 South Battin
Wichita, KS 67218
(817) 659-2151
Officers and agents
Ippolito, Andrew V. · Chairman/President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
281053Jul 25, 1985Jul 25, 1985Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoLong, C. B. #84,15036333610
273949May 2, 1985May 2, 1985Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoLong, C. B. #73,60036333574
273953May 2, 1985May 2, 1985Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoLong, C. B. #63,60036333575
273948May 2, 1985May 2, 1985Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoLong, C. B. #53,60036333573
271679Apr 9, 1985Apr 9, 1985Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoLong, C. B. #43,60036333565
268435Mar 4, 1985Mar 4, 1985Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoLong, C. B. #33,46836380258
258046Nov 16, 1984Nov 16, 1984Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoLong, C. B. #23,45836320111
257748Nov 14, 1984Nov 14, 1984Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoLong, C. B. #13,14836300050
239783May 22, 1984May 22, 1984Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoLong, C. B. #5A4,22536333323
239784May 22, 1984May 22, 1984Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoSanders, Wm. #D1041,27536333324
176098Oct 26, 1982Oct 26, 1982Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoSanders, W. M. #51,25036380631
141637Nov 30, 1981Nov 30, 1981Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoSanders, Wm. #D1031,40036332797
140623Nov 12, 1981Nov 12, 1981Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoSanders, Wm. #D1021,40036332786
136993Oct 16, 1981Oct 16, 1981Discovery Exploration Corp.Palo PintoSanders, Wm #D1011,40036332770

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/220849, documented in the API reference.