OPERATORS · RRC 144611 · P-5 STATUS Y
Chapco, Inc
Benavides, TX
Watch this operatorChapco, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 10, 2013.
The RRC wellbore file lists 35 wells under its operatorship (8 producing, 8 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 3.68K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 18% on the year before.
30 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1995; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 8
- producing wells, of 35 of record
- 13
- 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.
- 63%
- spud rate · 19 of 30 mature permits
- 9
- median days permit to spud · middle half 2–19
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 11
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duval county → | — | 26 | 35 | Jan 10, 2013 |
| Webb county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 16, 2006 |
| Dimmit county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 24, 2003 |
| Nueces county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 8, 2011 |
All 30 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 | 2 | 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 →
- 3.68K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -18%
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 315K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 3,675 · prior 12 4,478(-18%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 35
- on the schedule
- 8
- producing
- 8
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 18
- plugged
How it got them
- 11
- permitted itself
- 13
- acquired from others
- 7
- 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
| Duval | 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Piedras Pintas Dome71416001 | 33 | 8 |
| Wildcat8001 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jan 4, 2026
- Oil operator
- Address
- PO Box 643
- Benavides, TX 78341
- (361) 256-4726
- Officers and agents
- Chapa, Lauro H Sr · President,secretary,treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 753879 | Jan 10, 2013 | Jan 10, 2013 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Vaello-Bromberg #4 | 4,500 | 13139351 |
| 753877 | Jan 10, 2013 | Jan 10, 2013 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Vaello-Bromberg #3 | 4,500 | 13139350 |
| 752277 | Dec 11, 2012 | Dec 11, 2012 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Tinney, W.A. Estate #8 | 2,500 | 13139339 |
| 726261 | Oct 18, 2011 | Oct 18, 2011 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Saenz #1 | 4,000 | 13139252 |
| 726261 | Oct 18, 2011 | Oct 18, 2011 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Saenz #1 | 5,100 | 13139252 |
| 726261 | Oct 18, 2011 | Oct 18, 2011 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Saenz #1 | 5,450 | 13139252 |
| 709674 | Feb 8, 2011 | Feb 8, 2011 | Chapco, Inc. | Nueces | Klosterman #1 | 8,900 | 35505927 |
| 695184 | May 3, 2010 | May 3, 2010 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Tinney, W.A Estate #9 | 2,500 | 13139208 |
| 693699 | May 3, 2010 | May 3, 2010 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Tinney, W.A. Estate #8 | 2,500 | 13139209 |
| 680965 | Jun 19, 2009 | Jun 19, 2009 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Bromberg #3 | 4,500 | 13139161 |
| 680968 | May 21, 2009 | May 21, 2009 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Bromberg #4 | 4,500 | 13139162 |
| 679091 | Mar 5, 2009 | Mar 5, 2009 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Tinney Estate #3C | 4,000 | 13139150 |
| 678594 | Feb 20, 2009 | Feb 20, 2009 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Chapa #7 | 4,000 | 13137100 |
| 672528 | Oct 11, 2008 | Oct 11, 2008 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Chapa #2 | 3,500 | 13137071 |
| 671371 | Sep 26, 2008 | Sep 26, 2008 | Chapco, Inc. | Duval | Tinney #2C | 4,000 | 13139125 |
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/144611, documented in the API reference.