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OPERATORS · RRC 129692  · P-5 STATUS Y

Cantera Oper, LLC

The Woodlands, TX

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Cantera Oper, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 3, 2017.

The RRC wellbore file lists 63 wells under its operatorship.

117 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2013; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 7, 2018.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 63 of record
98
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.

69%
spud rate · 81 of 117 mature permits
8
median days permit to spud · middle half 5–23
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
36
expired undrilled
29
permits a year over 4 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Hidalgo county →—6133Jan 26, 2017
Lavaca county →—3314Feb 3, 2017
Starr county →—1111Jul 20, 2015
Zapata county →—65Aug 31, 2015
DE Witt county →—50Nov 4, 2016
Colorado county →—10Dec 12, 2014

All 117 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Vicksburg10

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
8.6K
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

63
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
14
plugged

How it got them

45
permitted itself
18
acquired from others
18
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 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Hidalgo0 active0 bbl/d
Starr0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Recompletion00117

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Dry Hollow (Wilcox Massive)2621461050
Monte Christo N(vicksburg T LO)6255897540
Hope (14 000)4252895030
Jeffress (Vicksburg T)4608840030
Bob West (L-27 28 29)1004135030
Jeffress E. (Vicksburg T)4608950030
Monte Christo (43-57 Cons.)6255636120
Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)1004115120
Monte Christo (Frio Cons.)6255600120
Bob West (L-18 20 21 22)1004122820
Jeffress E. (Vicksburg S)4608949020
Jeffress (Vicksburg U)4608850020

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Sep 7, 2018
Address
10001 Woodloch Forest Dr STE400
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(800) 871-1446
Officers and agents
Kelly, John Patrick Jr. · President
Garza, David N. · Vice President

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
837196Mar 8, 2018Mar 8, 2018Merit Energy CompanyHidalgoStalker Gas Unit #618,31521532986
822555Feb 3, 2017Feb 3, 2017Cantera Operating, LLCLavacaO. A. Lampley GU 1 #1213,08028532759
821875Jan 26, 2017Jan 26, 2017Cantera Operating, LLCHidalgoHamman #19,20021533542
821875Jan 26, 2017Jan 26, 2017Cantera Operating, LLCHidalgoHamman #19,20021533542
820224Nov 18, 2016Nov 18, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCHidalgoHamman #57,41021533718
819708Nov 4, 2016Nov 4, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCDE WittHilda Dagg Gas Unit 2 #115,77512331249
818241Sep 6, 2016Sep 6, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCHidalgoCoates C #213,60021532705
818201Sep 2, 2016Sep 2, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCHidalgoCoates A #3310,40021532786
815832May 23, 2016May 23, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCLavacaGarrett #216,60028532998
815832May 23, 2016May 23, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCLavacaGarrett #216,60028532998
815354May 10, 2016May 10, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCLavacaO. A. Lampley GU 1 #1616,00028533047
815181Apr 25, 2016Apr 25, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCLavacaGarrett #111,85028532205
814701Mar 30, 2016Mar 30, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCLavacaFrank GU #413,14728533546
814701Mar 30, 2016Mar 30, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCLavacaFrank GU #413,14728533546
813960Feb 19, 2016Feb 19, 2016Cantera Operating, LLCLavacaO. A. Lampley GU 1 #714,12028532698

Full permit history →

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/129692, documented in the API reference.