OPERATORS · RRC 160600 · P-5 STATUS Y
Cliffs Drilling Co
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorCliffs Drilling CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 3, 1985.
The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.
10 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 13, 1989.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 2 of record
- 0
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 50%
- spud rate · 5 of 10 mature permits
- 28
- median days permit to spud · middle half 27–30
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 20%
- cancelled · 2 permits
- 3
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jul 22, 1981 |
| Polk county → | — | 3 | 0 | Oct 3, 1985 |
| Loving county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 13, 1983 |
| Tyler county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 11, 1983 |
| Waller county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 24, 1981 |
All 10 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
- 2
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 2
- 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 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chapman (Howell-Hight)17024500 | 1 | 0 |
| Stedman Island (9600)85771950 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jan 13, 1989
- Address
- 1200 Smith Street Ste 300
- Houston, TX 77008
- Officers and agents
- Swanson, Douglas E. · Vice President/Secretary
- Cone, M. M. · President
- Gurhrie, Edward A. · Controller
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286474 | Oct 3, 1985 | Oct 3, 1985 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Polk | Carter, W. T. B #2 | 11,000 | 37330615 |
| 268732 | Mar 7, 1985 | Mar 7, 1985 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Polk | Carter, W. T. B #2 | 11,000 | 37330615 |
| 243444 | Jun 28, 1984 | Jun 28, 1984 | Conquest Petroleum, Inc. | Nueces | State Tract 307 #1 | 8,650 | 35532329 |
| 223562 | Dec 13, 1983 | Dec 13, 1983 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Loving | Left Hand #1 | 17,500 | 30130497 |
| 204133 | Aug 3, 1983 | Aug 3, 1983 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Polk | Carter, W.T. #2 | 14,800 | 37330555 |
| 182924 | Jan 11, 1983 | Jan 11, 1983 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Tyler | Cliffs-Carter, W. T. #1 | 14,500 | 45730345 |
| 147728 | Jan 15, 1982 | Jan 15, 1982 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Loving | Sorrell Horse #1 | 17,240 | 30130357 |
| 126069 | Jul 22, 1981 | Jul 22, 1981 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Anderson | Hemus #1 | 10,200 | 00131264 |
| 122145 | Jun 18, 1981 | Jun 18, 1981 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Anderson | Hemus #1 | 10,200 | 00131249 |
| 115370 | Apr 16, 1981 | Apr 16, 1981 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Anderson | Moran, H. G. #1 | 10,200 | 00131192 |
| 109369 | Feb 24, 1981 | Feb 24, 1981 | Cliffs Drilling Company | Waller | Swanson #1 | 19,778 | 47330339 |
| 34956 | Oct 18, 1978 | Oct 18, 1978 | Dinero Oil Company | Nueces | Chapman #1 | 14,000 | 35506542 |
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/160600, documented in the API reference.