OPERATORS · RRC 179950 · P-5 STATUS Y
Cortez Oper Co
Fort Worth, TX
Watch this operatorCortez Oper CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 27, 2004.
The RRC wellbore file lists 1 well under its operatorship.
24 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2002; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 5, 2004.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 1 of record
- 1
- 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.
- 42%
- spud rate · 10 of 24 mature permits
- 88
- median days permit to spud · middle half 35–215
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 14
- expired undrilled
- 12
- 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.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denton county → | — | 14 | 0 | Feb 27, 2004 |
| Crane county → | — | 6 | 0 | Jul 25, 2003 |
| Tarrant county → | — | 4 | 1 | Dec 12, 2002 |
All 24 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barnett | 7 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 5 | 0 |
| Caddo | 5 | 0 |
| Viola | 3 | 0 |
| Forestburg | 3 | 0 |
| Strawn | 1 | 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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 588K
- 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
- 9
- 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 3
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Crane | 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bluff (Atoka)63457003 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Nov 5, 2004
- Address
- 777 Main St Ste 1400
- Fort Worth, TX 76102
- Officers and agents
- Hill, Cecil Randall · Chairman/Ceo
- Richards, Rev. Cory · Director/President
- Myers, David C. · Vice President/Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 542594 | Feb 27, 2004 | Feb 27, 2004 | Cortez Operating Company | Denton | Furst Ranch #D 2H | 9,000 | 12132265 |
| 542593 | Feb 27, 2004 | Feb 27, 2004 | Cortez Operating Company | Denton | Furst Ranch #L 2H | 9,000 | 12132264 |
| 539241 | Dec 3, 2003 | Dec 3, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Denton | Furst Ranch #J 2 | 9,000 | 12132178 |
| 539240 | Dec 3, 2003 | Dec 3, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Denton | Furst Ranch #G 2 | 9,000 | 12132180 |
| 539239 | Dec 3, 2003 | Dec 3, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Denton | Furst Ranch #G 1H | 9,000 | 12132179 |
| 534620 | Jul 25, 2003 | Jul 25, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Crane | Lea #1 | 8,000 | 10331532 |
| 533768 | Jul 25, 2003 | Jul 25, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Crane | P J Lea A/C2 #31 | 3,521 | 10303609 |
| 533337 | Jul 15, 2003 | Jul 15, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Crane | Lea, P. J. a/C 2 #28 | 3,411 | 10303623 |
| 532496 | Jun 24, 2003 | Jun 24, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Crane | Sand Hills Judkins Unit #47 | 3,305 | 10332232 |
| 533340 | Jun 20, 2003 | Jun 20, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Crane | Lea Unit #22 | 4,800 | 10303594 |
| 531779 | Jun 4, 2003 | Jun 4, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Crane | Lea, P J A/C3 #2 | 3,117 | 10303582 |
| 531497 | May 5, 2003 | May 5, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Denton | Furst Ranch #J 1 | 9,000 | 12131933 |
| 531497 | May 5, 2003 | May 5, 2003 | Cortez Operating Company | Denton | Furst Ranch #J 1H | 9,000 | 12131933 |
| 526312 | Dec 12, 2002 | Dec 12, 2002 | Cortez Operating Company | Tarrant | Bonds Ranch "E" #4 | 8,000 | 43930534 |
| 526312 | Dec 12, 2002 | Dec 12, 2002 | Cortez Operating Company | Tarrant | Bonds Ranch "E" #4 | 8,000 | 43930534 |
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/179950, documented in the API reference.