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OPERATORS · RRC 421166  · P-5 STATUS Y

Hydrocarbon Oper, Inc

Corpus Christ, TX · most active in Lavaca County

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Hydrocarbon Oper, Inc was issued 5 drilling permits in the past 12 months, after a quiet prior year, across 2 counties led by Lavaca with 4. 0% were horizontal.

None were issued in the past 90 days.

The RRC wellbore file lists 24 wells under its operatorship (9 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 2.81K barrels of oil and 381K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, level with the year before.

It holds 1 active disposal or injection permit.

32 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1994; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2026.

5
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
2
counties, 12 months
9
producing wells, of 24 of record
49
leases it reports
0%
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.

72%
spud rate · 21 of 29 mature permits
35
median days permit to spud · middle half 14–67
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
11
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 33 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 4 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 7

0122026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Lavaca county →4713May 15, 2026
Live Oak county →111Jul 21, 2026
Bee county →—145Aug 25, 2022
Webb county →—41May 15, 2019
Duval county →—20May 31, 1994
Nueces county →—21Nov 18, 1998
Goliad county →—10Sep 18, 1995
Jackson county →—10Mar 15, 1994

All 32 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
Frio71
Vicksburg62
Yegua62
Catahoula52
Wilcox30
Queen City20
Jackson20
Reklaw10
Miocene (undifferentiated)10

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 →

2.81K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+0%
vs the 12 months before
381K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
78.3K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 381,481 · prior 12 540,032(-29%)

020K40K60K202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 2,808 · prior 12 2,810(0%)

05001K1.5K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

24
on the schedule
9
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
2
temp. abandoned
10
plugged

How it got them

9
permitted itself
14
acquired from others
8
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

1
active UIC permits of 1
1K
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Lavaca1 active1K 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
Recompletion4013
Drill1018
Reenter001

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Benbow (Lower Wilcox A)708815063
Big Cowboy (Wilcox 6200)780060010
Borchers (4160)1063486010
Borchers (5700 Yegua)1063487010
Boyle E. (3500)1109750010
Boyle (H-)1109611611
Esperanza (3150)2936172510
Hope (Miocene 2730)4252836210
Mountain View (Wilcox 10400)6346685011
Norbee (Hockley 3700)6591633211
Norbee (Slick)6591671010
Normanna (Consolidated)6601302010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Apr 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
555 N Carancahua St Ste 336
Corpus Christ, TX 78401
(361) 877-7557
Officers and agents
Calhoun, Brian S · Texas Resident Agent
Calhoun, Brian Seigal · President,treasurer
Calhoun, Sherilyn O · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
917256Jul 21, 2026Jul 21, 2026Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.Live OakSanger Heirs 226 #18,00029736588
915581May 15, 2026May 15, 2026Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.LavacaBorchers #26,30028533640
915480May 14, 2026May 14, 2026Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.LavacaBorchers #16,16028533676
913015Jan 26, 2026Jan 26, 2026Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.LavacaBorchers, Vivian et AL #613,30028531972
913015Jan 26, 2026Jan 26, 2026Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.LavacaBorchers, Vivian et AL #613,30028531972
883261Aug 25, 2022Aug 25, 2022Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.BeeLooney #35,30002534024
883257Aug 25, 2022Aug 25, 2022Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.BeeLooney Gas Unit #19,80002534023
862570Mar 18, 2020Mar 18, 2020Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.LavacaVivian Borchers, Etal Gas Unit 2 #156,00028534144
853074May 15, 2019May 15, 2019Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.WebbRosa Benavides 'B' #103,68847931324
840335Mar 14, 2019Mar 14, 2019Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.LavacaGoodrich-Poindexter Unit #013,81028533384
850937Mar 13, 2019Mar 13, 2019Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.LavacaPope #13,80028533386
826991Jun 5, 2017Jun 5, 2017H & P Exploration Co.LavacaBorchers #044,40028534025
818311Sep 7, 2016Sep 7, 2016H & P Exploration Co.LavacaLegacy Trust #0310,35028533992
751340Nov 14, 2012Nov 14, 2012H & P Exploration Co.LavacaBorchers #16,20028533676
751340Nov 14, 2012Nov 14, 2012H & P Exploration Co.LavacaBorchers #16,20028533676

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/421166, documented in the API reference.