OPERATORS · RRC 250195 · P-5 STATUS Y

EL Paso E & P Co, L. P

Houston, TX

El Paso E & P CO, L. P has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 31, 2012.

The RRC wellbore file lists 93 wells under its operatorship.

582 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2000; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 6, 2015.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 93 of record
131: 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.

77%: spud rate · 449 of 582 mature permits
46: median days permit to spud · middle half 18–104
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 0 permits
133: expired undrilled
49: permits a year over 12 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
LA Salle county →	—	180	6	Jul 31, 2012
Hidalgo county →	—	114	30	Feb 5, 2009
Rusk county →	—	65	6	Jul 14, 2010
Starr county →	—	46	15	Oct 14, 2011
Lavaca county →	—	38	12	Jul 24, 2009
Reagan county →	—	29	0	Jul 27, 2012
Irion county →	—	24	2	May 29, 2012
Dimmit county →	—	23	0	Apr 12, 2012
Crockett county →	—	13	1	May 18, 2012
Upshur county →	—	10	0	Feb 8, 2007
Frio county →	—	7	1	Feb 14, 2011
Zapata county →	—	7	8	Apr 13, 2010
Live Oak county →	—	5	0	Oct 3, 2006
Webb county →	—	4	0	Apr 27, 2010
Orange county →	—	3	0	Jun 28, 2008
Willacy county →	—	3	1	Aug 2, 2008
Atascosa county →	—	2	0	Feb 21, 2011
Panola county →	—	2	1	Jun 11, 2009
Brooks county →	—	1	0	Mar 31, 2006
Colorado county →	—	1	0	Sep 25, 2008
DE Witt county →	—	1	3	Dec 17, 2008
Galveston county →	—	1	0	Mar 8, 2011
Matagorda county →	—	1	1	Apr 22, 2008
San Patricio county →	—	1	0	Aug 27, 2009
Shelby county →	—	1	0	Dec 22, 2006

All 582 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
Eagle Ford	50	0
Austin Chalk	48	0
Anacacho	32	0
Cotton Valley	27	0
Travis Peak	27	0
Wolfcamp	27	0
Vicksburg	26	0
Taylor	23	0
Bossier	22	0
Rodessa	20	0
Frio	18	0
Sligo	17	0
Dean	12	0
Wilcox	12	0
Buda	7	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
5.45M: 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

93: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
52: plugged

How it got them

32: permitted itself
55: acquired from others
285: 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

Hidalgo	0 active	0 bbl/d
Lavaca	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	479
Recompletion	0	0	100
Field transfer	0	0	2
Reclass	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.

Field	Wells	Producing
Wildcat8001	11	0
Eagleville (Eagle Ford)27135500	7	0
Jeffress E. (Vicksburg T)46089500	5	0
Yturria99549001	5	0
Monte Christo (43-57 Cons.)62556361	4	0
Lin (Wolfcamp)53613750	3	0
Monte Christo N. (Vicksburg T)62558970	3	0
Dry Hollow (Wilcox Massive)26214610	3	0
Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)10041151	2	0
Minden (Travis Peak Cons.)61792380	2	0
Henderson S. (Travis Peak Up.)40361875	2	0
Jeffress N (Vksbg LO)46090500	2	0

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Feb 6, 2015

Address: Attn Beth Atwood PO Box 2511; Houston, TX 77002; (713) 420-2600

Officers and agents: CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent; EL Paso Expl. & Prod. Mgmt., Inc · General Partner; Smolik, Brent J. · President; Sult, John R. · Vice President/Cfo; Carrell, Clayton A. · Vice President; Jenson, John D. · Vice President; Murray, Katherine A. · Vice President; Falleri, Frank W. · Vice President; All 14 on the P-5 →

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
815832	May 23, 2016	May 23, 2016	Cantera Operating, LLC	Lavaca	Garrett #2	16,600	28532998
815832	May 23, 2016	May 23, 2016	Cantera Operating, LLC	Lavaca	Garrett #2	16,600	28532998
788248	Jul 31, 2014	Jul 31, 2014	Cantera Operating, LLC	Starr	Guerra-USA Gas Unit C. #13	13,400	42732957
745024	Jul 31, 2012	Jul 31, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Whitwell #6HH	11,000	28333410
745023	Jul 31, 2012	Jul 31, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Whitwell #5HH	11,000	28333411
745018	Jul 31, 2012	Jul 31, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Storey-Reed #17HH	11,000	28333409
745005	Jul 30, 2012	Jul 30, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Altito A #191HH	11,500	28333408
744326	Jul 27, 2012	Jul 27, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	Reagan	University East #4325AHH	12,900	38337936
744820	Jul 26, 2012	Jul 26, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Ramsey-Larson 'C' Unit #1HH	11,000	28333407
744809	Jul 26, 2012	Jul 26, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Hixon-Larson 'C' Unit #1HH	11,000	28333404
744604	Jul 24, 2012	Jul 24, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Altito A #201HH	11,500	28333399
743880	Jul 11, 2012	Jul 11, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Altito A #214HH	11,400	28333380
743879	Jul 11, 2012	Jul 11, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Altito A #213HH	11,400	28333378
743465	Jul 3, 2012	Jul 3, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Maltsberger #30H	11,400	28333362
743463	Jul 3, 2012	Jul 3, 2012	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.	LA Salle	Maltsberger #29HH	11,400	28333361

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/250195, documented in the API reference.