Petrora

OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 278854

Fossil Exploration, Inc.

P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Mar 23, 1992
Based in
Corpus Christ, TX
Watch this operator

Petrora groups this registration with Fossil Exploration, Texas (0 active wells). Fossil Exploration, Inc. across every state →

Fossil Exploration, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 20, 1991.

The RRC wellbore file lists 6 wells under its operatorship.

39 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 23, 1992.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 6 of record
0
leases it reports
—
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 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.

23%
spud rate · 9 of 39 mature permits
20
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–27
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
30
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 9 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0120222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Atascosa county →—194Jul 18, 1985
Wilson county →—142May 27, 1987
Bexar county →—20Sep 15, 1983
Tom Green county →—20Feb 1, 1984
Bee county →—10Feb 25, 1991
Willacy county →—10May 20, 1991

All 39 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
Olmos120
Eagle Ford50
Midway50
Buda50
Navarro40
Taylor20
Del Rio20
Miocene (undifferentiated)10
Austin Chalk10
Escondido10

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
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

6
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
6
plugged

How it got them

6
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
16
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
Drill0035
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
Hasse (Buda)3956020020
Von Ormy9410000120
Big Foot785000110
Kyote5046900110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Inactive (I)
Last filed Mar 23, 1992
Address
14225 S Padre Island Dr #10-319
Corpus Christ, TX 78418
(512) 939-8685
Officers and agents
Cayce, Donald C. · President
Cayce, Janice M. · Vice President/Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
388093May 20, 1991May 20, 1991Fossil Exploration, Inc.WillacyR. Cavazos et al Unit #25,80048930931
385040Feb 25, 1991Feb 25, 1991Fossil Exploration, Inc.BeeAmen #18,40002532617
330779May 27, 1987May 27, 1987Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Conrad #17,41049330499
304892Aug 2, 1986Aug 2, 1986Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Conrad #37,52349331863
304705Jul 29, 1986Jul 29, 1986Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Conrad #27,55649331821
301919May 7, 1986May 7, 1986Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Henry #18,00049331923
301915May 7, 1986May 7, 1986Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Henry #18,00049331923
296388Jan 23, 1986Jan 23, 1986Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Conrad #38,00049331863
296384Jan 23, 1986Jan 23, 1986Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Conrad #38,00049331863
290952Nov 22, 1985Nov 22, 1985Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Conrad #28,00049331821
288454Oct 23, 1985Oct 23, 1985Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Conrad #28,00049331821
284280Aug 6, 1985Aug 6, 1985Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonPruske, Conrad #17,43949330499
280409Jul 18, 1985Jul 18, 1985Fossil Exploration, Inc.AtascosaFowler #101,65001333463
280408Jul 18, 1985Jul 18, 1985Fossil Exploration, Inc.AtascosaFowler #111,65001333462
272228Apr 12, 1985Apr 12, 1985Fossil Exploration, Inc.WilsonSnoga, Alvin et Al. #26,70049331705

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/278854, documented in the API reference.