OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 257068
Express Oil Co.
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 30, 2010
- Based in
- Hallettsville, TX
Express Oil CO. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 12, 2009.
The RRC wellbore file lists 38 wells under its operatorship (1 producing, 1 shut in).
37 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1988; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 30, 2010.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 1
- producing wells, of 38 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.
- 89%
- spud rate · 33 of 37 mature permits
- 11
- median days permit to spud · middle half 5–38
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 4
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimmit county → | — | 8 | 0 | Mar 12, 2009 |
| Waller county → | — | 8 | 1 | Jul 24, 2003 |
| Jackson county → | — | 6 | 6 | Feb 25, 2002 |
| Goliad county → | — | 3 | 0 | Nov 29, 2004 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 2 | 2 | Aug 29, 2005 |
| Bee county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 20, 2003 |
| Bowie county → | — | 1 | 1 | Apr 17, 2002 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 25, 2002 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 4, 2009 |
| Colorado county → | — | 1 | 2 | Aug 9, 2008 |
| Fisher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 23, 1988 |
| La Salle county → | — | 1 | 3 | Jun 20, 2003 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 24, 2001 |
| Victoria county → | — | 1 | 2 | Apr 21, 2004 |
| Wharton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 19, 2006 |
All 37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 2 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 2 | 0 |
| Georgetown | 2 | 0 |
| Buda | 2 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 2 | 0 |
| Frio | 2 | 0 |
| Anahuac | 1 | 0 |
| Yegua | 1 | 0 |
| Caprock | 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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 331K
- 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
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 2 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 | 34 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reenter | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500 | 6 | 0 |
| Peach Creek (Austin Chalk)69882500 | 4 | 0 |
| Pearsall (Austin Chalk)69981125 | 2 | 0 |
| Sandy Creek (Marginulina)80645750 | 2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles (3800)54941600 | 2 | 0 |
| Arroyo Rojo (Ballard)3947200 | 2 | 1 |
| Cologne (1950)19744460 | 1 | 0 |
| Cologne (1400)19744299 | 1 | 0 |
| Brookshire12306001 | 1 | 0 |
| Forgates (Yegua C 8400)31963500 | 1 | 0 |
| Hamel South (9100)38440515 | 1 | 0 |
| Clay N.E. (Austin Chalk 11870)18705210 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Delinquent (D)
- Last filed Jul 30, 2010
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- PO Box 432
- Hallettsville, TX 77964
- (361) 798-4031
- Officers and agents
- Jones, Don R. · Sole Proprietor
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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