# Ballard Exploration Company Inc. (1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era) - Jasper County (TX) Land & Surveyor Archive

> Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index documenting recorded conveyances into and out of Ballard Exploration Company Inc. in Jasper County (TX).

## 1. Entity & Archival Summary
- **Corporate / Record Name**: Ballard Exploration Company Inc.
- **Indexed Variations**: Ballard Exploration Company Inc., BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY INC
- **County & State**: Jasper County, TX
- **Charter / Archive Reference**: TX Corporate Grantor / County Clerk Archive
- **Original Active Era**: 1960s-1980s Active Grantor Era
- **Primary County Clerk Anchor Citation**: Jasper County Official Public Records (31 Recorded Conveyances & Assignments)
- **Canonical Broadsheet URL**: https://ballard-exploration-company-inc.pages.dev/
- **Records & Curative Inquiry Desk**: https://ballard-exploration-company-inc.pages.dev/#inquiry

## 2. Primary Surveys, Subdivisions & Abstracts Indexed
- Jasper County Survey Abstracts & Subdivided Rural Tracts (31 Recorded Instruments)
- Regional Oil, Gas & Subsurface Reservation Corridor (Jasper County, TX)

## 3. Documented Subsurface, Mineral, Royalty & Easement Reservations
- Express Oil, Gas, Royalty & Mineral Reservations Across 31 Recorded Jasper County Instruments
- Retained Subsurface Ingress/Egress & Leasehold Rights with Zero Blanket Corporate Liquidation Deeds

## 4. Chain-of-Title Runsheet (Conveyances Into Company & Out-Conveyance Reservations)
- **[Vesting Into Company] Jasper County Parent Survey & Mineral Vesting Into Ballard Exploration Company Inc.**: `Jasper County Deed & Official Records (Parent Acquisition Series)` | Parties & Tract: Prior Jasper County Grantors -> Ballard Exploration Company Inc. | Notes: Vests parent tract, mineral, and leasehold estates in Jasper County (TX) into Ballard Exploration Company Inc..
- **[Mineral Reservation] Jasper County 31-Instrument Out-Conveyance & Subsurface Reservation Schedule**: `Jasper County Official Public Records (31 Recorded Conveyances & Assignments)` | Parties & Tract: Ballard Exploration Company Inc. -> Various Jasper County Grantees | Notes: 31 recorded instruments in Jasper County indexing conveyances and retained subsurface interests of Ballard Exploration Company Inc. with zero blanket corporate exit deeds.

## 5. Railroad Commission (RRC) Operator Profile, Lease Succession & API Wells
- **RRC Form P-5 Operator Number(s)**: #048169 (BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.)
- **Recorded P-5 Office Address**: 712 MAIN STREET SUITE 1300, HOUSTON, TX 77002
- **P-5 Status**: INACTIVE / DELINQUENT P-5 (Effective: 1982-03-30, Last Refile: 2025-12-04)
- **Historical P-5 Corporate Officers**: BALLARD, ANDREW L (PRESIDENT); SNOW, NANCY W (CORP SECRETARY AND CONTROLLER); HULL, MARK (PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS)
### Historical RRC Leases & Current Successor Operators
- **RRC Lease #03-11659 (CONROE FIELD UNIT)** | County: MONTGOMERY | Field: CONROE | Cum Oil: 26,776,296 BBL | Cum Gas: 61,399,089 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: HIGHMARK ENERGY OPERATING, LLC (P-5 #385847) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #08-13869 (DOLLARHIDE UNIT)** | County: ANDREWS | Field: DOLLARHIDE (CLEAR FORK) | Cum Oil: 13,716,424 BBL | Cum Gas: 20,484,971 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC (P-5 #760218) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #7C-00621 (JAMESON REEF UNIT)** | County: COKE | Field: JAMESON | Cum Oil: 3,635,761 BBL | Cum Gas: 18,549,528 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: CITATION OIL & GAS CORP. (P-5 #154235) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #03-171232 (CHANNELVIEW TOWNSITE "B")** | County: HARRIS | Field: CHANNELVIEW (YEGUA 10,000) | Cum Oil: 0 BBL | Cum Gas: 29,436,080 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. (P-5 #048169) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #03-177910 (WEST CHANNELVIEW TOWNSITE)** | County: HARRIS | Field: CHANNELVIEW (YEGUA 10,000) | Cum Oil: 0 BBL | Cum Gas: 28,670,710 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. (P-5 #048169) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #7B-09713 (FLOWERS /CANYON SAND/ UNIT)** | County: STONEWALL | Field: FLOWERS (CANYON SAND) | Cum Oil: 4,561,590 BBL | Cum Gas: 1,203,047 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: CITATION OIL & GAS CORP. (P-5 #154235) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #03-192683 (HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL UNIT)** | County: HARRIS | Field: YELLOW ROSE (YEGUA Y-2) | Cum Oil: 0 BBL | Cum Gas: 27,975,130 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. (P-5 #048169) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #03-234163 (HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL UNIT -A-)** | County: HARRIS | Field: YELLOW ROSE (YEGUA Y-2) | Cum Oil: 0 BBL | Cum Gas: 27,514,890 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. (P-5 #048169) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #7C-05142 (ROCKER, B. -N-)** | County: REAGAN | Field: SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) | Cum Oil: 2,240,432 BBL | Cum Gas: 12,792,133 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. (P-5 #665748) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #03-262652 (STONE 'B')** | County: LIBERTY | Field: CYPRESS POND (UPPER COOK MTN) | Cum Oil: 0 BBL | Cum Gas: 14,020,336 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. (P-5 #048169) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #03-168102 (CHANNELVIEW TOWNSITE "A")** | County: HARRIS | Field: CHANNELVIEW (YEGUA 10,000) | Cum Oil: 0 BBL | Cum Gas: 13,438,890 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. (P-5 #048169) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #01-10191 (HENRY,EDNA GIBBENS)** | County: MCMULLEN | Field: A.W.P. (OLMOS) | Cum Oil: 1,333,502 BBL | Cum Gas: 5,368,799 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: WR RESOURCES, LLC (P-5 #102686) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #03-163503 (CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT)** | County: JEFFERSON | Field: CHINA TOWNSITE (YEGUA EY-2) | Cum Oil: 0 BBL | Cum Gas: 12,761,892 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: ZACHRY EXPLORATION, LLC (P-5 #950468) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #03-167123 (CHANNELVIEW TOWNSITE)** | County: HARRIS | Field: CHANNELVIEW (YEGUA 10,000) | Cum Oil: 0 BBL | Cum Gas: 11,458,071 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. (P-5 #048169) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
- **RRC Lease #03-222830 (KERR-MCGEE)** | County: LIBERTY | Field: BUYE (LOWER COOK MTN. 3) | Cum Oil: 0 BBL | Cum Gas: 10,530,517 MCF | Current/Successor Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. (P-5 #048169) | Status: ACTIVE PRODUCING (HBP)
### RRC API Well Inventory
- **API 42-339-31098** | CONROE FIELD UNIT #1 | MONTGOMERY Co. | Survey: SMITH, L A-502 | Operator: HIGHMARK ENERGY OPERATING, LLC
- **API 42-003-33753** | DOLLARHIDE UNIT #1689C | ANDREWS Co. | Survey: SEC. 17, BLK. A-52 PSL SURVEY A-52 | Operator: SCOUT ENERGY MANAGEMENT LLC
- **API 42-081-31166** | JAMESON REEF UNIT #10-30 | COKE Co. | Survey: SEC. 316, W. G. JAMESON SUR. A-1847 A-1847 | Operator: CITATION OIL & GAS CORP.
- **API 42-201-32546** | CHANNELVIEW TOWNSITE "B" #4 | HARRIS Co. | Survey: JOSIAH T. HARRELL A-330 | Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.
- **API 42-201-32590** | WEST CHANNELVIEW TOWNSITE #1 | HARRIS Co. | Survey: PETER J. DUNCAN A-232 | Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.
- **API 42-433-31585** | FLOWERS /CANYON SAND/ UNIT #229 | STONEWALL Co. | Survey: SECTION 17, BLOCK "D", H & TC RR CO SURVEY  | Operator: CITATION OIL & GAS CORP.
- **API 42-201-32613** | HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL UNIT #1 | HARRIS Co. | Survey: RICHARD & ROBERT VINCE A-76 | Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.
- **API 42-201-32773** | HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL UNIT -A- #2 | HARRIS Co. | Survey: VINCE, R & R A-76 | Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.
- **API 42-383-32986** | ROCKER, B. -N- #28 | REAGAN Co. | Survey: T & P RR  | Operator: PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC.
- **API 42-291-32846** | STONE 'B' #1 | LIBERTY Co. | Survey: DELGADO, J A-177 | Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.
- **API 42-201-32524** | CHANNELVIEW TOWNSITE "A" #3 | HARRIS Co. | Survey: JOSIAH T. HARRELL A-330 | Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.
- **API 42-311-32434** | HENRY,EDNA GIBBENS #31 | MCMULLEN Co. | Survey: FRANCISCO GARZA A-214 | Operator: WR RESOURCES, LLC
- **API 42-245-32136** | CHINA TOWNSITE UNIT #1 | JEFFERSON Co. | Survey: SOPHIA DEAN A-16 | Operator: ZACHRY EXPLORATION, LLC
- **API 42-201-32510** | CHANNELVIEW TOWNSITE #1 | HARRIS Co. | Survey: JOSIAH T. HARRELL A-330 | Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.
- **API 42-291-32653** | KERR-MCGEE #2 | LIBERTY Co. | Survey: BUYE, M A-5 | Operator: BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.

## 6. Custom-Quoted Abstract Runsheets, Leasehold Verification & Unclaimed Royalty Audits
Full Sovereignty-to-Present Grantor/Grantee Runsheets, Scanned Instrument PDFs, and Unredacted Lease Expiration Schedules are custom quoted on demand based on instrument count, page volume, and tract value via https://ballard-exploration-company-inc.pages.dev/#inquiry.