OPERATORS · RRC 176350  · P-5 STATUS Y

Copano Co

Copano CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 21, 1999.

The RRC wellbore file lists 16 wells under its operatorship.

48 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 3, 2004.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 16 of record
5
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.

19%
spud rate · 9 of 48 mature permits
82
median days permit to spud · middle half 61–103
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
39
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 22 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Refugio county →—4816Jan 21, 1999

All 48 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
Catahoula60
Frio60
Lagarto50
Miocene (undifferentiated)40
Greta40
Oakville20
Anahuac20

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
—
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
264K
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

16
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
10
plugged

How it got them

4
permitted itself
1
acquired from others
12
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 7
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Refugio0 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
Recompletion0047
Drill001

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 Dec 3, 2004
Address
427 FM 774
Refugio, TX 78377
Officers and agents
Braman, Daniel H. Jr. · President
Hewitt, Robert J. · Vice President
Gilster, Ralph R. III · Secretary/Treasurer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
720497Jul 22, 2011Jul 22, 2011Hilcorp Energy CompanyRefugioTom O'Connor (5800 SD) Fld. Unit #C3125,92039102041
482069Jan 21, 1999Jan 21, 1999Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas -D- #134,98039100579
474695Mar 25, 1998Mar 25, 1998Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "B" #B385,80639101618
463525Jun 16, 1997Jun 16, 1997Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "E" #E 395,60039101663
462882May 30, 1997May 30, 1997Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "B" #B 415,60039101621
462882May 30, 1997May 30, 1997Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "B" #B 415,80039101621
443829Jan 25, 1996Jan 25, 1996Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "B" #B 135,50039101593
438212Jul 27, 1995Jul 27, 1995Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "B" #B 445,50039101624
438211Jul 27, 1995Jul 27, 1995Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "B" #B 145,50039101594
339445Dec 2, 1987Dec 2, 1987Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "B" #B 445,84439101624
334820Aug 25, 1987Aug 25, 1987Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "E" #E 425,88339101666
326783Mar 3, 1987Mar 3, 1987Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas "B" #B 325,87539101612
297699Feb 13, 1986Feb 13, 1986Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thos. -E- #E75,91139101630
242718Jun 21, 1984Jun 21, 1984Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas -E- #E85,91539101631
221255Nov 21, 1983Nov 21, 1983Copano CompanyRefugioO'Connor, Thomas -E- #E635,93439101688

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/176350, documented in the API reference.