OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 389550

Hinkle Exploration Ltd.

P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
May 28, 1987
Based in
Monterey, CA

Hinkle Exploration Ltd. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 21, 1983.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.

35 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 28, 1987.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 1 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.

69%
spud rate · 24 of 35 mature permits
18
median days permit to spud · middle half 5–46
0
spuds, last 180 days
6%
canceled · 2 permits
9
expired undrilled
9
permits a year over 4 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
Garza county →—220Mar 8, 1983
Kent county →—71Oct 13, 1982
Borden county →—30Nov 10, 1981
Howard county →—10Jun 29, 1981
La Salle county →—10Oct 24, 1983
McMullen county →—10Nov 21, 1983

All 35 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
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

1
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
1
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
11
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
Drill0030
Other003
Recompletion002

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
Wallace Ranch NE. (Noodle Creek)9485550010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Inactive (I)
Last filed May 28, 1987
Address
556 Abrego-Box 149
Monterey, CA 93940
(408) 646-9393
Officers and agents
Church, Charles R. · Texas Resident Agent
CHT Resources Co. · General Partner (Charles Church-
Hinkle Resources Co., Inc. · General Partner (Charles Hinkle-
Dishron, J. F. · Partner/Engineer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
221198Nov 21, 1983Nov 21, 1983Hinkle Exploration Ltd.McMullenHorton, Hinkle #19,70031131972
218378Oct 24, 1983Oct 24, 1983Hinkle Exploration Ltd.La SalleMiller, Kenneth C. Estate #19,70028331018
187698Mar 8, 1983Mar 8, 1983Hinkle Exploration Ltd.GarzaParks A #28,52416931419
174204Oct 13, 1982Oct 13, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.KentHinkle 96 #34,00026330918
174202Oct 13, 1982Oct 13, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.KentHinkle 96 #44,00026330917
174201Oct 13, 1982Oct 13, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.KentHinkle 85 #14,00026330916
174199Oct 13, 1982Oct 13, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.KentHinkle 84 #24,00026330915
174198Oct 13, 1982Oct 13, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.KentHinkle 84 #14,00026330914
171457Sep 10, 1982Sep 10, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.KentHinkle 96 #24,00026330907
167102Jul 23, 1982Jul 23, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.GarzaHinkle KWK #17,67016931893
166537Jul 16, 1982Jul 16, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.GarzaKirkpatrick, K. W. #38,30016931892
164756Jun 25, 1982Jun 25, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.GarzaKirkpatrick, K.W. #48,30016931887
162770Jun 4, 1982Jun 4, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.GarzaKey, Mona #12,29016931866
160893May 18, 1982May 18, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.KentHinlke 96 #14,00026330886
152369Mar 8, 1982Mar 8, 1982Hinkle Exploration Ltd.GarzaKirkpatrick K W #28,35016931805

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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