OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 273996

Florida Exploration Co.

P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Feb 26, 1986
Based in
Midland, TX

Petrora groups this registration with Florida Exploration Co, New Mexico (0 active wells). Florida Exploration Co. across every state →

Florida Exploration CO. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 18, 1984.

The RRC wellbore file lists 10 wells under its operatorship.

79 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 26, 1986.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 10 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.

49%
spud rate · 39 of 79 mature permits
15
median days permit to spud · middle half 3–31
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
canceled · 1 permits
39
expired undrilled
16
permits a year over 5 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
Sutton county →—410Aug 30, 1982
Schleicher county →—110May 10, 1982
Howard county →—72Mar 8, 1984
Anderson county →—50Dec 29, 1983
Galveston county →—30May 18, 1984
Ward county →—32Jun 15, 1981
Matagorda county →—21Mar 9, 1982
Brazoria county →—10Jul 6, 1981
Calhoun county →—10Apr 30, 1981
Harris county →—10Dec 3, 1979
Leon county →—10Jun 29, 1981
Nueces county →—12Sep 9, 1980
Pecos county →—11Apr 17, 1981
Terry county →—10Jan 16, 1980

All 79 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 →

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
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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

10
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
10
plugged

How it got them

5
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
44
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
Drill0078
Other001

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Inactive (I)
Last filed Feb 26, 1986
Address
P. O. Box 2267
Midland, TX 79702
(432) 686-3710
Officers and agents
Collins, Ted Jr. · President
Mathews, Don · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
392802Oct 11, 1991Oct 11, 1991New Horizon Exploration, Inc.HowardMcDowell #110,20022732015
239904May 18, 1984May 18, 1984Florida Exploration Co.GalvestonMackay-Webb #114,50016730994
231734Mar 8, 1984Mar 8, 1984Florida Exploration Co.HowardPetty, Stella 32 #39,60022733363
225165Dec 29, 1983Dec 29, 1983Florida Exploration Co.AndersonLaroe #310,00000131540
221324Nov 18, 1983Nov 18, 1983Florida Exploration Co.GalvestonFarmer, Donald #114,50016730971
197299Jun 3, 1983Jun 3, 1983Florida Exploration Co.AndersonGrimes, John #19,80000131428
188974Mar 16, 1983Mar 16, 1983Florida Exploration Co.AndersonHinzie, C. M. #110,00000131401
170441Aug 30, 1982Aug 30, 1982Florida Exploration Co.SuttonPowell 1 #026,50043532823
170872Aug 26, 1982Aug 26, 1982Florida Exploration Co.AndersonJ. W. Mills #111,64200131326
170812Aug 26, 1982Aug 26, 1982Florida Exploration Co.AndersonJ. W. Mills "A" #110,70000131342
168607Aug 9, 1982Aug 9, 1982Florida Exploration Co.SuttonFlorence 31 #46,50043532811
168603Aug 9, 1982Aug 9, 1982Florida Exploration Co.SuttonMasterson 37 #26,50043532810
168451Aug 6, 1982Aug 6, 1982Florida Exploration Co.SuttonFlorence 38 #16,50043532807
166372Jul 12, 1982Jul 12, 1982Florida Exploration Co.SuttonPowell 1 #016,50043532789
166373Jul 9, 1982Jul 9, 1982Florida Exploration Co.SuttonFlorence 39 #016,50043532790

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.

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