OPERATORS · RRC 501545 · P-5 STATUS Y
Linn Oper, Inc
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorLinn Oper, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 21, 2017.
The RRC wellbore file lists 214 wells under its operatorship.
1,401 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2006; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 8, 2019.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 214 of record
- 218
- 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.
- 81%
- spud rate · 1,134 of 1,401 mature permits
- 46
- median days permit to spud · middle half 22–105
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 267
- expired undrilled
- 117
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler county → | — | 372 | 19 | Oct 15, 2014 |
| Martin county → | — | 251 | 1 | Feb 10, 2015 |
| Hutchinson county → | — | 189 | 58 | May 20, 2014 |
| Howard county → | — | 166 | 12 | Aug 5, 2015 |
| Ector county → | — | 107 | 6 | Jan 21, 2015 |
| Midland county → | — | 100 | 0 | Sep 12, 2014 |
| Moore county → | — | 59 | 0 | Jul 9, 2014 |
| Hemphill county → | — | 42 | 2 | Aug 30, 2013 |
| Ochiltree county → | — | 20 | 26 | Jun 28, 2014 |
| Limestone county → | — | 16 | 11 | Jul 14, 2016 |
| Upton county → | — | 14 | 0 | Jul 7, 2014 |
| Carson county → | — | 12 | 3 | Feb 19, 2009 |
| Nueces county → | — | 9 | 3 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Potter county → | — | 8 | 1 | Nov 29, 2011 |
| Smith county → | — | 8 | 7 | Dec 23, 2014 |
| Harrison county → | — | 6 | 4 | Sep 10, 2015 |
| Roberts county → | — | 4 | 11 | Jul 30, 2014 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 3 | 0 | Feb 21, 2017 |
| Jim Wells county → | — | 3 | 4 | Dec 4, 2015 |
| Andrews county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 29, 2010 |
| Marion county → | — | 2 | 1 | Apr 2, 2015 |
| Zapata county → | — | 2 | 0 | Aug 9, 2016 |
| Freestone county → | — | 1 | 1 | Mar 10, 2016 |
| Garza county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 8, 2011 |
| Hansford county → | — | 1 | 16 | Jan 18, 2013 |
| McMullen county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 15, 2015 |
| Robertson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 18, 2016 |
| Webb county → | — | 1 | 1 | Dec 1, 2015 |
All 1,401 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Strawn | 322 | 0 |
| Atoka | 312 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 278 | 0 |
| Brown Dolomite | 219 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 211 | 0 |
| Mississippian | 204 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 142 | 0 |
| Panhandle Lime | 140 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 104 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 100 | 0 |
| San Andres | 96 | 0 |
| Marmaton | 90 | 0 |
| Oswego | 83 | 0 |
| Grayburg | 81 | 0 |
| Yates | 76 | 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
- 29.6M
- 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
- 214
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 144
- plugged
How it got them
- 19
- permitted itself
- 131
- acquired from others
- 831
- 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 33
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Howard | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Ector | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Hutchinson | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Hockley | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Sherman | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Dawson | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Irion | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Carson | 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 | 1,209 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 147 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Panhandle West68831001 | 20 | 0 |
| Horizon (Cleveland)42597332 | 20 | 0 |
| Panhandle Hutchinson County Fld.68887001 | 19 | 0 |
| Frye Ranch (Granite Wash -A-)33151300 | 11 | 0 |
| Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)67849150 | 8 | 0 |
| Morse SW (Brown Dolomite)63100500 | 8 | 0 |
| Personville N (CV Consolidated)70794475 | 8 | 0 |
| Pan Petro (Cleveland)68735120 | 8 | 0 |
| Wildcat24001 | 7 | 0 |
| Levelland NE. (Strawn)53414500 | 7 | 0 |
| Hodges (Des Moines)41878500 | 6 | 0 |
| Panhandle West (Red Cave)68831200 | 5 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 8, 2019
- Address
- Attn Debra Gordon 600 Travis Suite 5100
- Houston, TX 77002
- (281) 840-4000
- Officers and agents
- Ellis, Mark · President/Ceo
- Rottino, David · Vice President/Cao
- Walker, Arden L · Vice President/Coo
- Wells, Candice Jill · Vice President/Gen Counsel/Secre
- McNeil, Jamin · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 823017 | Feb 21, 2017 | Feb 21, 2017 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Glasscock | Stallings 3 #1 | 11,000 | 17333501 |
| 818192 | Sep 21, 2016 | Sep 21, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Nueces | Kinsey, E.A. B #5B | 9,700 | 35533629 |
| 818295 | Sep 15, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Nueces | LA Jolla #3 | 11,500 | 35532834 |
| 818295 | Sep 15, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Nueces | LA Jolla #3 | 11,500 | 35532834 |
| 818240 | Sep 15, 2016 | Sep 15, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Nueces | Walton, W.W. #5 | 9,117 | 35532832 |
| 817428 | Aug 9, 2016 | Aug 9, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Zapata | Haynes-North #10 | 14,600 | 50536162 |
| 817071 | Jul 18, 2016 | Jul 18, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Robertson | Whaley, T.W. 'A' #3 | 13,119 | 39530813 |
| 816894 | Jul 14, 2016 | Jul 14, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Limestone | Alexander, Toni #1 | 11,200 | 29331410 |
| 815185 | Apr 25, 2016 | Apr 25, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Limestone | Fowler 'A' #1 | 10,500 | 29331184 |
| 814563 | Mar 28, 2016 | Mar 28, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Limestone | Alton Sims #24 | 13,700 | 29332188 |
| 814286 | Mar 10, 2016 | Mar 10, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Limestone | Presley Sadler Gas Unit #8 | 11,700 | 29331376 |
| 814260 | Mar 10, 2016 | Mar 10, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Freestone | M.T. Peyton GU 1 #6 | 13,300 | 16132949 |
| 813718 | Feb 8, 2016 | Feb 8, 2016 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Limestone | Phillips Gas Unit #1 | 11,500 | 29331139 |
| 812674 | Dec 16, 2015 | Dec 16, 2015 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Limestone | Mae B. Vance G.U. #3 | 11,300 | 29331145 |
| 812521 | Dec 11, 2015 | Dec 11, 2015 | Linn Operating, Inc. | Limestone | Mabel Carpenter et al G.U. #2 | 11,500 | 29331004 |
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/501545, documented in the API reference.