OPERATORS · RRC 120079 · P-5 STATUS Y
C & E Oper, Inc
Hockley, TX
Watch this operatorC & E Oper, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 5, 2022.
The RRC wellbore file lists 182 wells under its operatorship.
462 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1993; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 2, 2023.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 182 of record
- 237
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 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.
- 77%
- spud rate · 354 of 462 mature permits
- 19
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–39
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 108
- expired undrilled
- 15
- permits a year over 30 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 2 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 2
Where
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bee county → | — | 113 | 49 | Nov 9, 2012 |
| Refugio county → | — | 104 | 42 | Feb 7, 2005 |
| Colorado county → | — | 71 | 25 | Apr 8, 2019 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 59 | 24 | Feb 2, 2010 |
| Goliad county → | — | 36 | 19 | Dec 20, 2000 |
| Wharton county → | — | 23 | 7 | Feb 24, 2006 |
| Hardin county → | — | 11 | 3 | Aug 3, 2011 |
| Chambers county → | — | 10 | 4 | Dec 5, 2022 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 8 | 1 | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Jackson county → | — | 6 | 2 | May 17, 2006 |
| Brooks county → | — | 4 | 2 | Nov 28, 2011 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 4 | 2 | Jul 23, 2004 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 3 | 0 | Mar 4, 2010 |
| Jasper county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jul 11, 2005 |
| Jim Wells county → | — | 2 | 1 | Mar 22, 2004 |
| Nueces county → | — | 2 | 0 | Feb 8, 1996 |
| Liberty county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 25, 2005 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 17, 2009 |
| Victoria county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 23, 1994 |
All 462 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 | 151 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 97 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 23 | 0 |
| Yegua | 18 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 6 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 6 | 0 |
| Queen City | 2 | 0 |
| Midway | 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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 829K
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 182
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 178
- plugged
How it got them
- 178
- permitted itself
- 4
- acquired from others
- 125
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 0
- active UIC permits of 3
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 426 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Berclair E. (Frio Middle)7251500 | 12 | 0 |
| Peponi Ranch (Frio 4800)70553200 | 11 | 0 |
| Obrien Ranch (3820)66655780 | 8 | 0 |
| Wildcat6001 | 7 | 0 |
| Devils Run (6200)24470620 | 6 | 0 |
| Black Bull (Frio 4230)8516200 | 6 | 0 |
| Rock Island (Mio. 2425)77608800 | 4 | 0 |
| Glasscock (Cockfield)35231083 | 4 | 0 |
| Devils Run (Chamberlain 3A)24470150 | 3 | 0 |
| Lobue (Discorbis D)54260080 | 3 | 0 |
| Devil S Run (5250)24470500 | 3 | 0 |
| Crasco (Frio)21552200 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jun 2, 2023
- Address
- PO Box 527
- Hockley, TX 77447
- (281) 265-6500
- Officers and agents
- Ely, Mark · Texas Resident Agent
- Boening, Terry L. · President
- Burke, Laura · Treasurer,vice President
- Ely, Mark H. · 70 Percent Owner
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 886049 | Dec 5, 2022 | Dec 5, 2022 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | Seabreeze Land Co. #1 | 9,300 | 07132463 |
| 885620 | Nov 16, 2022 | Nov 16, 2022 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | Seabreeze Land Co. #1 | 9,300 | 07132463 |
| 853068 | May 16, 2019 | May 16, 2019 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | McCarthy Family Trust 97 #2 | 12,500 | 07132311 |
| 851801 | Apr 8, 2019 | Apr 8, 2019 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Colorado | Clinton #1 | 15,000 | 08932756 |
| 809862 | Sep 2, 2015 | Sep 2, 2015 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Colorado | Rinne #1 | 5,500 | 08932726 |
| 805095 | Mar 30, 2015 | Mar 30, 2015 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Colorado | Obenhaus #1 | 13,000 | 08932723 |
| 805095 | Mar 30, 2015 | Mar 30, 2015 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Colorado | Obenhaus #1 | 13,000 | 08932723 |
| 780481 | Mar 21, 2014 | Mar 21, 2014 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | Wakefield #1H | 11,000 | 07132446 |
| 760316 | Apr 11, 2013 | Apr 11, 2013 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | Seabreeze Land Co. #3 | 9,500 | 07132504 |
| 759878 | Apr 4, 2013 | Apr 4, 2013 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | Seabreeze Land Co. #2 | 9,500 | 07132501 |
| 750870 | Nov 9, 2012 | Nov 9, 2012 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Bee | Hughes #1R | 5,500 | 02533848 |
| 743741 | Jul 17, 2012 | Jul 17, 2012 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | Seabreeze Land Co. #1 | 9,500 | 07132463 |
| 743741 | Jul 17, 2012 | Jul 17, 2012 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | Seabreeze Land Co. #1 | 9,500 | 07132463 |
| 730922 | Jan 6, 2012 | Jan 6, 2012 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | Wakefield #1H | 11,000 | 07132446 |
| 730922 | Jan 6, 2012 | Jan 6, 2012 | C & E Operating, Inc. | Chambers | Wakefield #1H | 11,000 | 07132446 |
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 at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/120079, documented in the API reference.