OPERATORS · RRC 863965 · P-5 STATUS Y
Tracer Oper, Inc
Graham, TX
Watch this operatorTracer Oper, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 26, 2014.
The RRC wellbore file lists 65 wells under its operatorship (11 producing, 2 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 4.25K barrels of oil and 165K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 30% on the year before.
It holds 10 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 190K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
81 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1997; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 11
- producing wells, of 65 of record
- 93
- 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.
- 72%
- spud rate · 58 of 81 mature permits
- 28
- median days permit to spud · middle half 6–50
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 22
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto county → | — | 47 | 42 | Oct 11, 2012 |
| Stephens county → | — | 16 | 21 | Jun 26, 2014 |
| Runnels county → | — | 7 | 1 | Apr 26, 2000 |
| Throckmorton county → | — | 5 | 0 | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Motley county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jan 23, 1998 |
| Brown county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 16, 2008 |
| Gaines county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 10, 2000 |
| Jones county → | — | 1 | 1 | Oct 9, 2009 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 23, 1999 |
All 81 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 | 16 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 9 | 0 |
| Bend | 8 | 0 |
| Big Saline | 7 | 0 |
| Barnett | 6 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 6 | 0 |
| Cisco | 4 | 0 |
| Caddo | 3 | 0 |
| Canyon | 3 | 0 |
| Ellenburger | 3 | 0 |
| Mississippian | 1 | 0 |
| Bryson | 1 | 0 |
| Atoka | 1 | 0 |
| Smithwick | 1 | 0 |
| Duffer | 1 | 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 →
- 4.25K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -30%
- vs the 12 months before
- 165K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 325K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 165,319 · prior 12 238,293(-31%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 4,245 · prior 12 6,095(-30%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 65
- on the schedule
- 11
- producing
- 2
- shut in
- 5
- injection
- 4
- temp. abandoned
- 23
- plugged
How it got them
- 21
- permitted itself
- 39
- acquired from others
- 32
- 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
- 10
- active UIC permits of 15
- 15.8K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 190K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Palo Pinto | 7 active | 12.7K bbl/d |
| Stephens | 3 active | 3.1K 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 | 69 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Field transfer | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Strawn NW. (Marble Falls)86577200 | 8 | 0 |
| Strawn N. (Bend Congl.)86575333 | 8 | 4 |
| Billie J. Hall (Conglomerate)8171100 | 7 | 0 |
| Fletcher (Lake Sand)31461500 | 6 | 0 |
| Stephens County Regular85948001 | 4 | 3 |
| Miff (Congl.)61275200 | 3 | 3 |
| Lake Necessity (2900)51505500 | 3 | 0 |
| Newark East (Barnett Shale)65280200 | 3 | 0 |
| Ringo (Cong.upper)76800302 | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto County Regular68707001 | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto Co. Reg. (Gas)68707333 | 2 | 1 |
| Pit-Rom (Congl. Zone A)71740400 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 4, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 1511 Dresser St
- Graham, TX 76450
- (940) 549-4683
- Officers and agents
- Gaton, Donald Kirk · President,secretary,treasurer
- Gaton, Dustin Tanner · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 788649 | Jun 26, 2014 | Jun 26, 2014 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Coody 40 #3 | 4,600 | 42936939 |
| 785355 | May 28, 2014 | May 28, 2014 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Norene Blanchard #1 | 4,900 | 42936923 |
| 761912 | May 9, 2013 | May 9, 2013 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Coody 40 #2 | 4,900 | 42936828 |
| 761912 | May 9, 2013 | May 9, 2013 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Coody 40 #2 | 4,900 | 42936828 |
| 751381 | Nov 14, 2012 | Nov 14, 2012 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Coody 40 #1A | 2,200 | 42936801 |
| 749797 | Oct 19, 2012 | Oct 19, 2012 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Coody 40 #1 | 4,900 | 42936792 |
| 749805 | Oct 18, 2012 | Oct 18, 2012 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Coody SWD #1 | 4,900 | 42936793 |
| 747429 | Oct 11, 2012 | Oct 11, 2012 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Conway, J.W. #1 | 5,000 | 36336093 |
| 731977 | Jan 31, 2012 | Jan 31, 2012 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Coody '44' #B 2 | 4,900 | 42982742 |
| 710839 | Mar 8, 2011 | Mar 8, 2011 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Coody "44" #B 1 | 5,000 | 42936635 |
| 710839 | Mar 8, 2011 | Mar 8, 2011 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Stephens | Coody '44' #B 1 | 5,000 | 42936635 |
| 707410 | Dec 30, 2010 | Dec 30, 2010 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Brant #1 | 4,999 | 36336018 |
| 704440 | Oct 29, 2010 | Oct 29, 2010 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Popp, Clara #2D | 2,000 | 36320128 |
| 697848 | Jul 6, 2010 | Jul 6, 2010 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Palo Pinto | Costello #3 | 1,999 | 36371780 |
| 697156 | Jun 23, 2010 | Jun 23, 2010 | Tracer Operating, Inc. | Palo Pinto | David Holub #3 | 4,999 | 36335998 |
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/863965, documented in the API reference.