OPERATORS · RRC 516251  · P-5 STATUS Y

Lynx Oil Co., Inc

Lynx Oil CO., Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 9, 1997.

The RRC wellbore file lists 25 wells under its operatorship.

48 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 5, 2003.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 25 of record
11
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.

23%
spud rate · 11 of 48 mature permits
14
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–19
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
37
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 14 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Coleman county →—259Apr 28, 1988
Concho county →—61Sep 14, 1987
Wilson county →—47Jan 11, 1995
Wise county →—30Mar 1, 1996
Brown county →—20Jun 19, 1984
Eastland county →—21Sep 22, 1987
Runnels county →—21Aug 11, 1986
Callahan county →—10Dec 27, 1984
Jack county →—10Jul 9, 1997
Menard county →—10Jul 29, 1987
Taylor county →—11Aug 28, 1985

All 48 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
Palo Pinto80
Caddo60
Ellenburger40
Mississippian30
Strawn20
Atoka20
Bend10
Barnett10
Anacacho10
Tannehill10

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
493K
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

25
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
25
plugged

How it got them

12
permitted itself
7
acquired from others
28
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 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Wilson0 active0 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
Drill0042
Recompletion003
Other002
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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Sep 5, 2003
Address
4226 I 35 N
Denton, TX 76207
Officers and agents
Cates, Bobby D. · President
Cates, Nancy K. · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
464536Jul 9, 1997Jul 9, 1997Lynx Oil Co., Inc.JackGarrett, W. R. #13,50623733140
444057Mar 1, 1996Mar 1, 1996Lynx Oil Co., Inc.WiseFortenberry #18,40049734041
444064Feb 7, 1996Feb 7, 1996Lynx Oil Co., Inc.WiseCarson #18,40049734043
444064Feb 7, 1996Feb 7, 1996Lynx Oil Co., Inc.WiseCarson #18,95049734043
431718Jan 11, 1995Jan 11, 1995Lynx Oil Co., Inc.WilsonLydia #2HH4,60049332411
431556Jan 4, 1995Jan 4, 1995Lynx Oil Co., Inc.WilsonMartha #24,60049332410
431407Dec 28, 1994Dec 28, 1994Lynx Oil Co., Inc.WilsonDorcas #2H4,60049332409
431407Dec 28, 1994Dec 28, 1994Lynx Oil Co., Inc.WilsonDorcas #2HH4,60049332409
380488Jan 7, 1991Jan 7, 1991United Oil & Minerals, Inc.WilsonDorcas #34,70049332253
382498Dec 20, 1990Dec 20, 1990United Oil & Minerals, Inc.WilsonBrown #15,20049332266
379306Oct 11, 1990Oct 11, 1990United Oil & Minerals, Inc.WilsonDairy Barn #1H5,10049332241
365401Oct 24, 1989Oct 24, 1989P.S.N. Petroleum, Inc.WilsonLeasman, Roy #24,60049332176
357732Apr 4, 1989Apr 4, 1989United Oil & Minerals, Inc.WilsonDorcas #24,70049332130
354496Dec 22, 1988Dec 22, 1988P.S.N. Petroleum, Inc.WilsonLeaseman #14,70049332106
345737Apr 28, 1988Apr 28, 1988Lynx Oil Co., Inc.ColemanWilson, J. #13,67808334215

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.

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