OPERATORS · RRC 179915 · P-5 STATUS Y
Cortez Oil, Inc
Wichita Falls, TX
Watch this operatorCortez Oil, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 15, 1987.
The RRC wellbore file lists 12 wells under its operatorship.
51 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 5, 1995.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 12 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.
- 6%
- spud rate · 3 of 51 mature permits
- 7
- median days permit to spud · middle half 6–21
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 48
- expired undrilled
- 7
- permits a year over 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita county → | — | 30 | 9 | Feb 25, 1986 |
| Clay county → | — | 10 | 3 | May 5, 1983 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 5 | 0 | Mar 26, 1984 |
| Montague county → | — | 3 | 0 | Jan 21, 1985 |
| Archer county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 15, 1987 |
| Knox county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 22, 1985 |
All 51 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Permian (undifferentiated) | 8 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 4 | 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 →
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- 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
- 12
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 12
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 17
- 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita County Regular97155001 | 9 | 0 |
| Blue Grove (Conglomerate)9819500 | 1 | 0 |
| Clay County Regular18707001 | 1 | 0 |
| Joy (Mississippi Lime)47372284 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 5, 1995
- Address
- Box 4344
- Wichita Falls, TX 76308
- Officers and agents
- Gage, Hardy L. Jr · President
- Gage, Mary Joan · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 332848 | Jul 15, 1987 | Jul 15, 1987 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Archer | Perkins, J. J. #1 | 550 | 00939773 |
| 298797 | Feb 25, 1986 | Feb 25, 1986 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | Roller Estate #7 | 650 | 48541044 |
| 287870 | Oct 15, 1985 | Oct 15, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | West Roller Estate #1 | 1,400 | 48540712 |
| 287867 | Oct 15, 1985 | Oct 15, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | West Roller Estate #3 | 1,400 | 48540711 |
| 287882 | Oct 15, 1985 | Oct 15, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | West Roller Estate #2 | 1,400 | 48540713 |
| 284699 | Sep 10, 1985 | Sep 10, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | Roller Estate #6 | 650 | 48540641 |
| 283133 | Aug 22, 1985 | Aug 22, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Knox | Ratliff, W. O. #1 | 1,800 | 27531698 |
| 279463 | Jul 5, 1985 | Jul 5, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | Roller Estate #5 | 650 | 48540533 |
| 279464 | Jul 5, 1985 | Jul 5, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | Roller Estate #4 | 650 | 48540534 |
| 276875 | Jun 4, 1985 | Jun 4, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Archer | Perkins, J. J. #1 | 1,999 | 00938952 |
| 269818 | Mar 19, 1985 | Mar 19, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | Roller Estate #3 | 1,400 | 48540332 |
| 266959 | Feb 15, 1985 | Feb 15, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | Roller Estate 'C' #5 | 200 | 48540276 |
| 266960 | Feb 15, 1985 | Feb 15, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | Roller Estate 'C' #4 | 200 | 48540277 |
| 264673 | Jan 21, 1985 | Jan 21, 1985 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Montague | G.M. Rucker Unti #1 | 6,250 | 33732491 |
| 251857 | Sep 20, 1984 | Sep 20, 1984 | Cortez Oil, Inc. | Wichita | Roller Estate "AA" #2 | 250 | 48540056 |
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/179915, documented in the API reference.