OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 405950
Howard Exploration, Inc.
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 31, 2025
- Based in
- Houston, TX
Howard Exploration, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 29, 2023.
The RRC wellbore file lists 19 wells under its operatorship.
Lease reports credit it with 1.61K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 87% on the year before.
113 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1987; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 31, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 19 of record
- 74
- 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.
- 73%
- spud rate · 83 of 113 mature permits
- 13
- median days permit to spud · middle half 4–34
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 30
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazoria county → | — | 33 | 4 | Jul 28, 2011 |
| Hardin county → | — | 13 | 0 | Aug 29, 2023 |
| Colorado county → | — | 9 | 4 | Jun 13, 2008 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 9 | 3 | Nov 23, 2011 |
| Jackson county → | — | 8 | 0 | Sep 12, 2018 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 7 | 1 | Dec 6, 2016 |
| Duval county → | — | 5 | 1 | Mar 4, 2003 |
| Starr county → | — | 5 | 2 | Jan 28, 2014 |
| Zapata county → | — | 5 | 0 | Jan 14, 2015 |
| Bee county → | — | 4 | 0 | Mar 26, 2018 |
| Jim Hogg county → | — | 3 | 1 | Mar 23, 2007 |
| De Witt county → | — | 2 | 1 | Sep 19, 2005 |
| Galveston county → | — | 2 | 1 | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Jefferson county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 17, 2006 |
| Nueces county → | — | 2 | 0 | Sep 1, 2020 |
| Victoria county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 2, 1999 |
| Wharton county → | — | 2 | 0 | Sep 29, 2016 |
All 113 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 20 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 11 | 0 |
| Yegua | 9 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 3 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 3 | 0 |
| Queen City | 2 | 0 |
| Anahuac | 2 | 0 |
| Sparta | 1 | 0 |
| Yates | 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 →
- 1.61K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -87%
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 699K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 1,608 · prior 12 12,591(-87%)
Howard Exploration, Inc.: Oil by month.
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 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Field transfer | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wildcat6001 | 2 | 0 |
| Buffalo Camp (Upper F-9)13080700 | 1 | 0 |
| Chesterville SE. (2100 Sand)17560350 | 1 | 0 |
| Chocolate Bayou ( Frio Upper)17915312 | 1 | 0 |
| Elsa South (Frio Consolidated)28739100 | 1 | 0 |
| Englehart (3400)29110723 | 1 | 0 |
| Flores (4270)31533817 | 1 | 0 |
| Garwood S.E. (3600)34096700 | 1 | 0 |
| Garwood S.E. (F-3400)34096300 | 1 | 0 |
| Blessing Townsite(frio 8600)8876400 | 1 | 0 |
| Kreis50294001 | 1 | 0 |
| Provident City (Frio 3150)73293136 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Jul 31, 2025
- Address
- Suite 220, 13231 Champion Forest Dr
- Houston, TX 77069
- (281) 477-9200
- Officers and agents
- Baker, Roland R. · Texas Resident Agent
- Howard, Alan W. · President,treasurer
- Burklund, Bonnie · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 893190 | Aug 29, 2023 | Aug 29, 2023 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Hardin | BP-Vickers Fee #1 | 6,780 | 19932869 |
| 864910 | Sep 1, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Nueces | Chicago Land Bank #1 | 5,300 | 35500500 |
| 844530 | Sep 12, 2018 | Sep 12, 2018 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Jackson | Vincik #1 | 6,450 | 23933530 |
| 837946 | Mar 26, 2018 | Mar 26, 2018 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Bee | Hartzendorf #1 | 3,100 | 02533612 |
| 820688 | Dec 6, 2016 | Dec 6, 2016 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Matagorda | A.S. Herman #1 | 8,100 | 32131754 |
| 818535 | Sep 29, 2016 | Sep 29, 2016 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Wharton | Wilson Family Trust #1R | 4,900 | 48134186 |
| 814157 | Mar 3, 2016 | Mar 3, 2016 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Hardin | J.A. Vickers #6 | 7,000 | 19900160 |
| 805292 | Apr 10, 2015 | Apr 10, 2015 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Matagorda | A. S. Herman #1 | 8,400 | 32131754 |
| 802614 | Jan 14, 2015 | Jan 14, 2015 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Zapata | Gutierrez 'C' #5 | 999 | 50536518 |
| 798526 | Oct 28, 2014 | Oct 28, 2014 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Hardin | J.A. Vickers #6 | 7,000 | 19900160 |
| 776810 | Jan 28, 2014 | Jan 28, 2014 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Starr | State of Texas Slick #1 | 5,000 | 42733126 |
| 776431 | Jan 9, 2014 | Jan 9, 2014 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Jackson | Vincik,a.r. #2 | 5,800 | 23932930 |
| 770259 | Sep 27, 2013 | Sep 27, 2013 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Starr | State of Texas Slick #1 | 5,340 | 42733126 |
| 765048 | Jul 8, 2013 | Jul 8, 2013 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Starr | Al-SW Btlt #1 #1 | 5,500 | 42732919 |
| 756810 | Feb 19, 2013 | Feb 19, 2013 | Howard Exploration, Inc. | Zapata | Gutierrez, J.M. 'C' #4 | 2,900 | 50531629 |
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/405950, documented in the API reference.