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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 573226

Modern Exploration, Inc.

P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jun 30, 2026
Based in
Sherman, TX
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Petrora groups this registration with Modern Exploration Inc, Oklahoma (0 active wells), Modern Exploration, Corp., Texas (0 active wells). Modern Exploration, Inc. across every state →

Modern Exploration, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 23, 2025.

The RRC wellbore file lists 114 wells under its operatorship (28 producing, 1 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 126K barrels of oil and 92.4K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 13% on the year before.

195 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 30, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
-100%
vs prior 12 months (2)
0
counties, 12 months
28
producing wells, of 114 of record
119
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.

69%
spud rate · 135 of 195 mature permits
28
median days permit to spud · middle half 10–54
0
spuds, last 180 days -100%
1%
canceled · 1 permits
59
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 48 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 2(-100%)

01220222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Gonzales county →—6232Sep 18, 2024
Goliad county →—1613Feb 6, 2008
Lavaca county →—1311Oct 23, 2025
Lee county →—114Oct 14, 1987
De Witt county →—109Jun 13, 2005
Bastrop county →—86Mar 10, 1987
Colorado county →—64Jul 31, 2001
McMullen county →—61Feb 13, 2025
San Patricio county →—61Feb 25, 2002
Bee county →—51Mar 7, 2006
Jim Wells county →—52Dec 30, 2021
Karnes county →—52Dec 21, 1998
Live Oak county →—52May 13, 2022
Eastland county →—41Sep 13, 1979
Willacy county →—45Mar 17, 2003
Duval county →—30Apr 13, 2007
Foard county →—31Sep 17, 2015
Hardeman county →—30Feb 13, 1996
Starr county →—32Apr 26, 2018
Victoria county →—32Aug 5, 2010
Brooks county →—21Dec 3, 2002
Navarro county →—20Oct 10, 1978
Refugio county →—20Aug 18, 2006
Hidalgo county →—10Oct 31, 2013
Jackson county →—10Mar 23, 1984
Jim Hogg county →—10May 27, 1999
La Salle county →—17Feb 1, 2000
Leon county →—10Apr 14, 1988
Nolan county →—11Mar 28, 1983
Nueces county →—10Apr 29, 2011
Shelby county →—10Sep 1, 2000

All 195 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
Austin Chalk362
Navarro242
Eagle Ford232
Anacacho180
Taylor180
Wilcox152
Vicksburg151
Carrizo121
Frio111
Buda110
Yegua101
Reklaw101
Catahoula51
Miocene (undifferentiated)40
Pecan Gap40

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 →

126K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+13%
vs the 12 months before
92.4K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
3.31M
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 126,368 · prior 12 112,165(+13%)

010K20K30K2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Modern Exploration, Inc.: Oil by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

114
in the wellbore file, 34 on schedule
28
producing
1
shut in
0
injection
5
temp. abandoned
80
plugged

How it got them

88
permitted itself
25
acquired from others
49
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 →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

0
active UIC permits of 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Gonzales0 active0 bbl/d
Willacy0 active0 bbl/d

All 2 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill02173
Recompletion0015
Reenter004
Field transfer002
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.

FieldWellsProducing
Pilgrim (Austin Chalk)71486100228
Serbin (Taylor Sand)8226550074
Nunley Ranch (5890)6630760070
First Shot (Austin Chalk)3096710063
Newark East (Barnett Shale)6528020062
Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)2713575033
Carter Thomas (Third Yegua)1601750030
Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)2713570033
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)3473350031
Marshall (Frio 3000)5771931020
Hope (Miocene 2550)4252832820
King Ranch W. (Miocene 5700)4943225020

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Active (A)
Last filed Jun 30, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
4900 Texoma Pkwy
Sherman, TX 75090
(903) 893-1129
Officers and agents
Yost, Gary A · President
Yost, Joel Heath · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
911202Oct 23, 2025Oct 23, 2025Modern Exploration, Inc.LavacaGrover #3HH13,00028534344
905897Feb 13, 2025Feb 13, 2025Modern Exploration, Inc.McMullenRoark #17,00031137582
902724Sep 18, 2024Sep 18, 2024Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesSouthern Cross #1HH10,00017734731
899877Jun 6, 2024Jun 6, 2024Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesEllis #1H8,90017732038
893656Sep 20, 2023Sep 20, 2023Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesDave Huseman #2HH11,00017734649
893656Sep 20, 2023Sep 20, 2023Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesDave Huseman #2HH11,00017734649
880117Jun 3, 2022Jun 3, 2022Modern Exploration, Inc.GonzalesHuseman #1HH11,00017734506
879962May 13, 2022May 13, 2022Modern Exploration, Inc.Live OakAshenfelder #19,00029736239
875536Dec 30, 2021Dec 30, 2021Modern Exploration, Inc.Jim WellsSuzanne Bell #16,00024932661
873446Oct 15, 2021Oct 15, 2021Modern Exploration, Inc.LavacaGrover #2HH14,50028534200
871577Jul 29, 2021Jul 29, 2021Modern Exploration, Inc.Jim WellsBell Unit #16,00024932656
863005Mar 25, 2020Mar 25, 2020Modern Exploration, Inc.LavacaGrover #1HH14,50028534147
839189Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018Modern Exploration, Inc.StarrClopton, John H. #14,50042734471
810246Sep 17, 2015Sep 17, 2015Modern Exploration, Inc.FoardDrabek #19,00015530800
810245Sep 17, 2015Sep 17, 2015Modern Exploration, Inc.FoardHemingway #19,00015530799

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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