Texas operator · P-5 020783
Andector Exploration Company
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The record
What the state's files show about Andector Exploration Company
Railroad Commission record
Who the state lists
The Railroad Commission lists this company as an operator: it reports wells and leases in Texas.
- Name on file
- ANDECTOR EXPLORATION COMPANY
- Operator number (P-5)
- 020783
- P-5 status
- Active
- Organization type
- Corporation
- Location
- Midland, TX
- Mailing city
- Midland, TX
- Activities filed
- Oil Operator
- Last P-5 received
- January 21, 2026
- Record built
- January 2, 1987
- Refiling required
- Yes
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, P-5 Organization Report data set, as of September 22, 2026.
Owner relations
How to reach Andector Exploration Company as an owner
Not checked yet
We have not checked Andector Exploration Company’s owner-relations desk yet. Here is how owners usually find it:
- Look at a recent check stub or statement. The phone number and address printed on it usually reach the owner relations department.
- Search the company’s own website for “owner relations” or “royalty owners”. Larger operators have a page and an online owner portal.
- The Railroad Commission file above has the company’s mailing address. A letter sent there reaches the company, though not always the right desk.
- Put your owner number and the property name or number on every letter and call.
Comptroller and Secretary of State
The business entity on file
- Legal name
- ANDECTOR EXPLORATION COMPANY
- Taxpayer number
- 17519273357
- Entity type
- Texas profit corporation
- Secretary of State file number
- 0068259200
- Secretary of State status
- Active (December 8, 1983)
- Right to transact business in Texas
- Active
- Formed
- December 8, 1983
- Formed in
- TX
- Mailing city
- Midland, TX
Source: Texas Comptroller, franchise tax permit holder file (data.texas.gov), as of September 26, 2026.
Look it up yourself: Secretary of State business filings (search for file number 0068259200), Comptroller account status.
Production
What the state's reports show
- Oil, last 12 months
- 674 barrels
- Down 12.7% from the 12 months before
- Gas, last 12 months
- 0 mcf
Oil reported each month, in barrels
- Jul 202619
- Jun 202617
- May 202649
- Apr 202669
- Mar 202655
- Feb 202675
- Jan 202659
- Dec 202533
- Nov 202580
- Oct 202584
- Sep 202567
- Aug 202567
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, production data query, as of July 1, 2026.
Drilling permits
Permits filed with the state
0 drilling permits in the last three years. A permit is permission to drill. It is not a well.
Source: Railroad Commission of Texas, drilling permit records.
Leases
Leases this company operates
20 leases on the state record, 2 with production in the last twelve months. The largest by production:
- TXLEctor County · 519 bbl of oil
- Cowden JEctor County · 155 bbl of oil
- Cowden 2-VVAndrews County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden HEctor County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden BEctor County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden -F-Ector County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden FEctor County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Bum -C-Ector County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden "H"Ector County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden, R. B. -A-Ector County · nothing reported in 12 months
- R. B. Cowden 2-2Andrews County · nothing reported in 12 months
- R. B. Cowden 2-2Andrews County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden, R. B. -A-Ector County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden KEctor County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden SEctor County · nothing reported in 12 months
- TXLEctor County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden 2-VAndrews County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden,r.b.Andrews County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden, R.b. F 10-1Ector County · nothing reported in 12 months
- Cowden -F-Andrews County · nothing reported in 12 months
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FAQ
Questions people ask
Who is Andector Exploration Company?
The Railroad Commission lists Andector Exploration Company as operator number 020783, P-5 active, in Midland, TX. Its leases reported 674 barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the last twelve months.
Is Andector Exploration Company a registered business in Texas?
The Comptroller's franchise tax file lists a business entity that matches the company: ANDECTOR EXPLORATION COMPANY, a texas profit corporation, Secretary of State status Active, right to transact business in Texas: Active. Confirm it in the Secretary of State's business search.
How much oil and gas did Andector Exploration Company report?
In the last twelve months the leases Andector Exploration Company operates reported 674 barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas to the Railroad Commission, through July 1, 2026. It has 20 leases on the state record, 2 with production in that time.
I got a letter or an offer from Andector Exploration Company: what should I do?
Do not sign or call yet. Keep every page and the envelope, compare the paper with your deed, lease and last statements, and answer in writing. You can upload the letter to have it read: it says what kind of paper it is, what it asks, and which terms deserve a question, quoting the words they come from.
Where does this page's information come from, and how current is it?
The record is the Railroad Commission's P-5 Organization Report file, dated September 22, 2026. The entity is the Comptroller's franchise tax file. Production, permits and leases are the Commission's own reports. The page shows no rating and no opinion.
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Sources
Primary sources, opened on 29 September 2026. Statute text is the current version on statutes.capitol.texas.gov.