OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 248895
Ellis Exploration, Inc.
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 18, 2026
- Based in
- Tyler, TX
Ellis Exploration, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 14, 2014.
The RRC wellbore file lists 33 wells under its operatorship (19 producing, 1 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 16.8K barrels of oil and 213K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 6% on the year before.
16 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 18, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 19
- producing wells, of 33 of record
- 39
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 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.
- 69%
- spud rate · 11 of 16 mature permits
- 53
- median days permit to spud · middle half 38–60
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 5
- expired undrilled
- 1
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith county → | — | 6 | 13 | Apr 8, 2004 |
| Henderson county → | — | 5 | 10 | Mar 24, 2008 |
| Rusk county → | — | 3 | 8 | Jul 14, 2014 |
| Freestone county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 30, 2011 |
| Wood county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 8, 1996 |
All 16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paluxy | 9 | 0 |
| Travis Peak | 5 | 0 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 5 | 0 |
| Rodessa | 5 | 0 |
| Pettit | 4 | 0 |
| Glen Rose | 4 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 4 | 0 |
| Woodbine | 4 | 0 |
| Goodland | 3 | 0 |
| James Lime | 3 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 2 | 0 |
| Nacatoch | 1 | 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 →
- 16.8K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -6%
- vs the 12 months before
- 213K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 945K
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Apr 2026 212,671 · prior 12 244,202(-13%)
Ellis 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 →
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 | 12 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill17008001 | 4 | 2 |
| Opelika67416001 | 4 | 4 |
| Chapel Hill (Rodessa)17008444 | 4 | 2 |
| Mt. Enterprise (Pettit)63347500 | 3 | 2 |
| Chapel Hill (Travis Peak)17008777 | 3 | 0 |
| Turlington91858500 | 2 | 2 |
| Opelika (Rodessa)67416498 | 2 | 1 |
| Trawick (Pettit-TP Cons.)90998500 | 2 | 1 |
| Mt. Enterprise (Rodessa Hill)63347600 | 1 | 1 |
| Mt. Enterprise (Travis Peak)63347800 | 1 | 1 |
| Chapel Hill (Pettit)17008222 | 1 | 1 |
| Tri-Cities NE. (Bacon)91109050 | 1 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Feb 18, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 3800 Paluxy Dr Ste 132
- Tyler, TX 75703
- (903) 592-9955
- Officers and agents
- Ellis, James S. · President,vice President
- Ellis, Tomi · Secretary
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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