OPERATORS · RRC 160595 · P-5 STATUS Y
Cliffs Drilling - Black Stone
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorCliffs Drilling - Black Stone has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 5, 1984.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 15, 1986.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 1 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 17%
- spud rate · 1 of 6 mature permits
- 18
- median days permit to spud · middle half 18–18
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 5
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 2 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 6 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 →
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
- 0
- 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
- 1
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 4
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
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 | 5 |
| Recompletion | 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.
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 15, 1986
- Address
- Citicorp Center, Suite 300
- Houston, TX 77002
- Officers and agents
- Cone, M.M.-Cliffs Drilling · President/Joint Venturer
- Carter, T.L. Jr-Black Stone · President/Joint Venturer
- Newcomer, R.-Cliffs Drilling · Vice President/Joint Venturer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253757 | Oct 5, 1984 | Oct 5, 1984 | Cliffs Drilling - Black Stone | Polk | Carter, W. T. #5 | 14,100 | 37330599 |
| 240746 | May 31, 1984 | May 31, 1984 | Cliffs Drilling - Black Stone | Tyler | Carter, W. T. #3 | 14,100 | 45730366 |
| 237713 | May 3, 1984 | May 3, 1984 | Cliffs Drilling - Black Stone | Polk | St. Regis Paper #1 | 14,100 | 37330587 |
| 234587 | Apr 4, 1984 | Apr 4, 1984 | Cliffs Drilling - Black Stone | Polk | Clamon No. 1 #1 | 14,100 | 37330583 |
| 221521 | Nov 22, 1983 | Nov 22, 1983 | Cliffs Drilling - Black Stone | Tyler | Carter, W. T. #4 | 14,500 | 45730327 |
| 207299 | Aug 24, 1983 | Aug 24, 1983 | Cliffs Drilling - Black Stone | Polk | Handley Unit #1 | 14,400 | 37330559 |
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/160595, documented in the API reference.