OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 630611
Ozark Exploration, Inc.
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 6, 2026
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
Petrora groups this registration with Ozark Exploration Inc, New Mexico (0 active wells). Ozark Exploration, Inc. across every state →
Ozark Exploration, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 12, 2007.
The RRC wellbore file lists 68 wells under its operatorship (15 producing).
Lease reports credit it with 24.7K barrels of oil and 38.6K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 2% on the year before.
94 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 6, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 15
- producing wells, of 68 of record
- 64
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 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 · 63 of 94 mature permits
- 7
- median days permit to spud · middle half 3–15
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- canceled · 1 permits
- 30
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett county → | — | 23 | 17 | Feb 12, 2007 |
| Irion county → | — | 21 | 11 | Jul 25, 2005 |
| Sutton county → | — | 21 | 23 | Jan 23, 1997 |
| Hardeman county → | — | 10 | 2 | Jul 9, 1996 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 6 | 4 | Sep 28, 1993 |
| Parker county → | — | 3 | 2 | Aug 24, 1992 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 3 | 1 | Sep 22, 1983 |
| Callahan county → | — | 2 | 0 | Sep 10, 1997 |
| Cooke county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 9, 1986 |
| Borden county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 13, 1984 |
| Concho county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 20, 1993 |
| Edwards county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 29, 1987 |
All 94 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 14 | 0 |
| Strawn | 9 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 8 | 0 |
| San Andres | 7 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 7 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 5 | 0 |
| San Angelo | 4 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 2 | 0 |
| Cisco | 2 | 0 |
| Coleman Junction | 1 | 0 |
| Barnett | 1 | 0 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 |
| Atoka | 1 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 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 →
- 24.7K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +2%
- vs the 12 months before
- 38.6K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 810K
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Apr 2026 24,708 · prior 12 24,283(+2%)
Ozark 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reenter | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sawyer (Canyon)81267333 | 19 | 0 |
| Ozona (Canyon Sand)67995200 | 6 | 6 |
| Christi (Canyon 6800)17991500 | 5 | 0 |
| Wardlaw Three (Wolfcamp 5800)95215600 | 4 | 0 |
| Ozona NE. (Canyon Sand)67998075 | 4 | 0 |
| University 31 (Strawn-Detrital)92626600 | 4 | 3 |
| Fort McKavitt (Canyon)32078142 | 3 | 0 |
| Wesley Sykes (Canyon Sand)96465300 | 2 | 0 |
| Zebulon South (Fusselman)99736200 | 2 | 2 |
| Beavely Wilson (Canyon 3750)6549500 | 2 | 0 |
| Block 51 (Strawn)9535700 | 2 | 0 |
| Ernie Pinnell (Fusselman)29248200 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Mar 6, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 3100 Monticello Ave Ste 575
- Dallas, TX 75205
- (214) 526-6270
- Officers and agents
- Smith, Ernest L. III · President
- Smith, Norman W. · Secretary,chairman
- Joyce, Pamela S · Controller
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.
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