OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 334965
Gro-Tex Exploration
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 28, 2016
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
Gro-Tex Exploration has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 31, 2013.
The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.
9 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2005; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 28, 2016.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 3 of record
- 3
- 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.
- 67%
- spud rate · 6 of 9 mature permits
- 152
- median days permit to spud · middle half 30–279
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 3
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown county → | — | 7 | 3 | Oct 31, 2013 |
| Shackelford county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 18, 2006 |
| Taylor county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 31, 2007 |
All 9 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
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 11.2K
- 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
By county
| Brown | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
All 1 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brown County Regular12406001 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Delinquent (D)
- Last filed Jan 28, 2016
- Address
- 8324 N FM 1235
- Abilene, TX 79603
- (325) 695-1207
- Officers and agents
- Hocking, Wiiliam R. · Sole Proprietor
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 772033 | Oct 31, 2013 | Oct 31, 2013 | Gro-Tex Exploration | Brown | Cole, James R. #1 | 700 | 04935267 |
| 688120 | Dec 8, 2009 | Dec 8, 2009 | Gro-Tex Exploration | Brown | Testament #1 | 1,999 | 04935950 |
| 651852 | Dec 31, 2007 | Dec 31, 2007 | Gro-Tex Exploration | Taylor | Wright Unit #1 | 2,600 | 44134222 |
| 642130 | Aug 11, 2007 | Aug 11, 2007 | Gro-Tex Exploration | Brown | Overton #703 | 990 | 04935877 |
| 629839 | Dec 18, 2006 | Dec 18, 2006 | Gro-Tex Exploration | Shackelford | Patsy Beaty #1 | 700 | 41730509 |
| 628806 | Nov 9, 2006 | Nov 9, 2006 | Gro-Tex Exploration | Brown | Whiteley #1 | 999 | 04935859 |
| 604776 | Aug 11, 2005 | Aug 11, 2005 | Gro-Tex Exploration | Brown | Overton #8 | 839 | 04934695 |
| 560682 | May 4, 2005 | May 4, 2005 | Gro-Tex Exploration | Brown | Overton #702 | 990 | 04935822 |
| 556435 | Jan 19, 2005 | Jan 19, 2005 | Gro-Tex Exploration | Brown | Overton #701 | 1,000 | 04935819 |
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/334965, documented in the API reference.