OPERATORS · RRC 835999 · P-5 STATUS Y
Tara Oper Co
Lamesa, TX
Watch this operatorTara Oper CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 24, 1997.
The RRC wellbore file lists 17 wells under its operatorship.
9 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1987; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 2, 1998.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 17 of record
- 5
- 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.
- 78%
- spud rate · 7 of 9 mature permits
- 8
- median days permit to spud · middle half 3–20
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 2
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 10 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
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
- 173K
- 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
- 17
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 16
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 12
- acquired from others
- 4
- 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
| Dawson | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300 | 6 | 0 |
| Key (Spraberry Upper)49113750 | 4 | 0 |
| Block 35 (Dean Sd.)9390500 | 2 | 0 |
| Lanier (Spraberry)51990600 | 1 | 0 |
| Patricia (Fusselman)69563250 | 1 | 0 |
| Tink (Strawn)90100500 | 1 | 0 |
| Breedlove East (Spraberry)11752666 | 1 | 0 |
| Breedlove (Spraberry)11751200 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 2, 1998
- Address
- HCR 5 Box 87 SH 115
- Lamesa, TX 79331
- Officers and agents
- Estes, L. N. (Jack) · President
- Estes, Lon C. · Secretary/Treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 732495 | Feb 15, 2012 | Feb 15, 2012 | Element Petro Operating II, LLC | Dawson | Estes Farms 11 #1D | 13,180 | 11532155 |
| 618862 | May 8, 2006 | May 8, 2006 | Draco Energy, Inc. | Dawson | Dad #1 | 8,400 | 11532155 |
| 460048 | Mar 24, 1997 | Mar 24, 1997 | Tara Operating Co. | Dawson | Waldrop 6 #1 | 4,350 | 11531223 |
| 451486 | Aug 14, 1996 | Aug 14, 1996 | Tara Operating Co. | Dawson | William Clay Fr. Foundation #1 | 9,000 | 11500434 |
| 445787 | Mar 11, 1996 | Mar 11, 1996 | Tara Operating Co. | Dawson | Harris, E. W. #1 | 8,400 | 11530017 |
| 429012 | Oct 12, 1994 | Oct 12, 1994 | Tara Operating Co. | Dawson | Harris, E W et AL #8 | 8,500 | 11510281 |
| 424734 | Jun 9, 1994 | Jun 9, 1994 | Tara Operating Co. | Dawson | Harris, E.W. Etal #1 | 8,350 | 11500436 |
| 424638 | Jun 7, 1994 | Jun 7, 1994 | Tara Operating Co. | Dawson | Harris, E W Etal #2 | 8,350 | 11500437 |
| 420543 | Jan 25, 1994 | Jan 25, 1994 | Tara Operating Co. | Dawson | Harris, E. W. Etal #11 | 8,500 | 11531365 |
| 385916 | Mar 19, 1991 | Mar 19, 1991 | Tara Operating Co. | Crane | Gettys 9 #1 | 5,600 | 10334065 |
| 340447 | Dec 18, 1987 | Dec 18, 1987 | Tara Operating Co. | Dawson | Preston #1 | 12,013 | 11510156 |
| 260837 | Dec 11, 1984 | Dec 11, 1984 | Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc. | Dawson | Estes, Tom et AL #1 | 14,000 | 11532155 |
| 210073 | Sep 7, 1983 | Sep 7, 1983 | Tahoe Oil & Cattle Co. | Martin | O'Neil, G. E. #1 | 9,800 | 31732773 |
| 200620 | Jul 7, 1983 | Jul 7, 1983 | Tahoe Oil & Cattle Co. | Martin | Tahoe Hyatt-Regiency #2 | 9,500 | 31732719 |
| 199761 | Jun 28, 1983 | Jun 28, 1983 | Tahoe Oil & Cattle Co. | Martin | Tahoe-Campbell #3 | 9,600 | 31732715 |
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/835999, documented in the API reference.