OPERATORS · RRC 128979 · P-5 STATUS Y
Canan Oper, Inc
Wichita Falls, TX
Watch this operatorCanan Oper, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 19, 2021.
The RRC wellbore file lists 86 wells under its operatorship (7 producing, 3 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 5K barrels of oil and 337K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 40% on the year before.
It holds 1 active disposal or injection permit, injecting 34.7K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
68 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1992; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 7
- producing wells, of 86 of record
- 52
- 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.
- 87%
- spud rate · 59 of 68 mature permits
- 13
- median days permit to spud · middle half 6–35
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 9
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 29 active years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montague county → | — | 37 | 2 | Jan 18, 2014 |
| Clay county → | — | 18 | 30 | Oct 29, 2014 |
| Tarrant county → | — | 5 | 0 | Dec 27, 2005 |
| Denton county → | — | 3 | 0 | Dec 10, 2001 |
| Archer county → | — | 2 | 40 | Oct 19, 1998 |
| Baylor county → | — | 2 | 6 | Nov 12, 2020 |
| Wilbarger county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 19, 2021 |
All 68 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barnett | 13 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 8 | 0 |
| Strawn | 5 | 0 |
| Viola | 3 | 0 |
| Forestburg | 3 | 0 |
| Cisco | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 2 | 0 |
| Coleman Junction | 1 | 0 |
| Caddo | 1 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 1 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 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 →
- 5K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -40%
- vs the 12 months before
- 337K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 1.82M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 337,013 · prior 12 337,656(0%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 5,002 · prior 12 8,278(-40%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 86
- on the schedule
- 7
- producing
- 3
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 71
- plugged
How it got them
- 5
- permitted itself
- 65
- acquired from others
- 33
- 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
- 1
- active UIC permits of 37
- 1K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 34.7K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Baylor | 1 active | 1K bbl/d |
| Archer | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Clay | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Montague | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Stephens | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Wilbarger | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
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 | 59 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Archer County Regular3446001 | 30 | 0 |
| Lazy -B- (Strawn)52511600 | 11 | 0 |
| Newark East (Barnett Shale)65280200 | 11 | 5 |
| Reno (Strawn 3700 Sand)75962710 | 8 | 0 |
| Clay County Regular18707001 | 5 | 0 |
| Chardonnay (Caddo)17152200 | 3 | 2 |
| Crumpler (Thomas)22050500 | 3 | 0 |
| St. JO Ridge (Barnett Shale)79656050 | 2 | 0 |
| Canan (Thomas)15253500 | 2 | 0 |
| Mankins South(strawn)57133300 | 2 | 0 |
| Pecan Bayou (Ellen.)70067600 | 2 | 0 |
| Gypsum Creek (Strawn Lime)37542500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 4, 2025
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- P O Box 4887
- Wichita Falls, TX 76308
- (940) 733-5402
- Officers and agents
- Canan, Patrick A. · President,vice President
- Canan, Marie L. · Secretary
- Appling, Rick · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 870964 | Jul 19, 2021 | Jul 19, 2021 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Wilbarger | Gussman-Waggoner -J- #206 | 3,878 | 48701759 |
| 865728 | Nov 12, 2020 | Nov 12, 2020 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Baylor | Zinfandel #5 | 5,300 | 02331723 |
| 855912 | Aug 9, 2019 | Aug 9, 2019 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Baylor | Covington #7B | 6,000 | 02331717 |
| 801613 | Dec 16, 2014 | Dec 16, 2014 | Lone Star Land & Energy II, LLC | Clay | Hapgood Ranch #6HH | 7,000 | 07735228 |
| 799219 | Oct 29, 2014 | Oct 29, 2014 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Clay | Scaling NW #3HH | 8,000 | 07735224 |
| 790411 | Aug 8, 2014 | Aug 8, 2014 | Lone Star Land & Energy II, LLC | Clay | Hapgood Ranch #5HH | 7,000 | 07735216 |
| 790412 | Jul 30, 2014 | Jul 30, 2014 | Lone Star Land & Energy II, LLC | Clay | Hapgood Ranch #4HH | 7,000 | 07735217 |
| 790412 | Jul 30, 2014 | Jul 30, 2014 | Lone Star Land & Energy II, LLC | Clay | Hapgood Ranch #4HH | 7,000 | 07735217 |
| 782529 | Apr 21, 2014 | Apr 21, 2014 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Clay | Dansby A #1HH | 8,700 | 07735210 |
| 779607 | Feb 27, 2014 | Feb 27, 2014 | Verdugo-Pablo Energy, LLC | Baylor | Buckalew #1HH | 4,999 | 02331667 |
| 776403 | Jan 18, 2014 | Jan 18, 2014 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Montague | Scott Thompson #1 | 8,900 | 33733898 |
| 771359 | Oct 15, 2013 | Oct 15, 2013 | Lone Star Land & Energy II, LLC | Clay | Hapgood Ranch #3HH | 6,400 | 07735199 |
| 770034 | Sep 20, 2013 | Sep 20, 2013 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Montague | Mosley D #9HH | 8,600 | 33735208 |
| 768927 | Aug 28, 2013 | Aug 28, 2013 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Clay | Jones #1HH | 8,500 | 07735196 |
| 768927 | Aug 28, 2013 | Aug 28, 2013 | Canan Operating, Inc. | Clay | Jones #1HH | 8,500 | 07735196 |
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/128979, documented in the API reference.