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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 58893

BC Operating, Inc.

P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Mar 11, 2026
Based in
Midland, TX
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Petrora groups this registration with BC Operating, Inc., New Mexico (0 active wells), BC Operating Inc, Oklahoma (0 active wells). BC Operating, Inc. across every state →

BC Operating, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 10, 2019.

The RRC wellbore file lists 108 wells under its operatorship.

368 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1979; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 11, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 108 of record
73
leases it reports
—
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 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.

77%
spud rate · 283 of 368 mature permits
77
median days permit to spud · middle half 31–186
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
85
expired undrilled
9
permits a year over 40 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0120222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Ector county →—2217Aug 18, 2014
Pecos county →—5219Nov 17, 2014
Martin county →—243Dec 15, 2010
Reagan county →—138Sep 25, 2014
Borden county →—90Jun 26, 2008
Hockley county →—71Jan 10, 2019
Reeves county →—74Jul 12, 2018
Ward county →—62Aug 16, 2011
Lynn county →—41Sep 1, 1998
Winkler county →—430Jan 16, 1997
Andrews county →—39Aug 29, 1996
Coleman county →—30Dec 3, 2003
Dawson county →—311Dec 19, 2007
Shackelford county →—20Sep 2, 1998
Crane county →—14May 15, 1991
Crockett county →—10Oct 29, 1991
Glasscock county →—10Jul 13, 2012
Harris county →—11May 1, 1979
Howard county →—10Aug 2, 2005
Midland county →—10May 12, 2014
Shelby county →—10Nov 12, 2012
Sterling county →—10Apr 3, 1997
Terry county →—10May 21, 1993
Upton county →—10Jan 20, 2011

All 368 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
Clear Fork1390
Glorieta1360
San Andres1320
Holt1260
Grayburg1070
Wichita-Albany700
Tubb590
Yates560
Queen390
Seven Rivers210
Wolfcamp200
Rustler200
Santa Rosa190
Spraberry170
Dean100

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
8.38M
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

050K100K150K2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

BC Operating, Inc.: Gas by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

108
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
91
plugged

How it got them

5
permitted itself
31
acquired from others
231
permitted, now run by others

Each count opens the wells it counts. Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today; wells it permitted that others now run are in its permit history, marked with who runs them now. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

0
active UIC permits of 34
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Ector0 active0 bbl/d
Ward0 active0 bbl/d
Andrews0 active0 bbl/d
Winkler0 active0 bbl/d
Pecos0 active0 bbl/d
Harris0 active0 bbl/d
Hockley0 active0 bbl/d
Loving0 active0 bbl/d

All 34 permits, with volumes → · On the map →

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
Drill00326
Recompletion0022
Reenter0019
Field transfer001

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
Scarborough81392001220
Priest & Beavers (Queen)73167500160
Keystone (Colby)4912913280
Goldsmith3565200160
Benedum (Spraberry)710987560
Block 35 (Dean Sd.)939050050
Lea (San Andres)5262480040
Chapman1702900140
Ackerly (Dean Sand)44820040
Spraberry (Trend Area)8528030030
Mc Comb (Ellenburger)5903050020
JFM4502950020

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Active (A)
Last filed Mar 11, 2026
Gas operator
Address
P O Box 50820
Midland, TX 79710
(432) 684-9696
Officers and agents
Black, Michael E · President,secretary,treasurer
Black, Brandon M · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
848534Jan 10, 2019Jan 10, 2019BC Operating, Inc.HockleyGrace #110,00021937470
842039Jul 12, 2018Jul 12, 2018BC Operating, Inc.ReevesBulwark State 12 #8HXH9,72038937342
842036Jul 12, 2018Jul 12, 2018BC Operating, Inc.ReevesBulwark State 12 #5HXH9,72038937341
842034Jul 12, 2018Jul 12, 2018BC Operating, Inc.ReevesBulwark State 12 #4HAH9,82038937338
842033Jul 12, 2018Jul 12, 2018BC Operating, Inc.ReevesBulwark State 12 #1HAH9,82038937340
798305Nov 17, 2014Nov 17, 2014BC Operating, Inc.PecosSmithfield #19,00037139272
799784Nov 6, 2014Nov 6, 2014BC Operating, Inc.PecosStroman SWD #15,00037139287
795596Sep 25, 2014Sep 25, 2014BC Operating, Inc.ReaganUniversity 9-11 #111,00038337150
795471Sep 22, 2014Sep 22, 2014BC Operating, Inc.PecosSutro Gas Unit #125,02537135104
792677Aug 18, 2014Aug 18, 2014BC Operating, Inc.EctorWight #27,20013543194
792670Aug 18, 2014Aug 18, 2014BC Operating, Inc.EctorWight #17,20013543193
791145Aug 6, 2014Aug 6, 2014BC Operating, Inc.EctorBlack Oak SWD #15,60013543172
783835May 12, 2014May 12, 2014BC Operating, Inc.MidlandEntrada SWD #16,10032939320
782308Apr 26, 2014Apr 26, 2014BC Operating, Inc.PecosMary McComb Gas Unit #125,51537133064
780169Apr 17, 2014Apr 17, 2014BC Operating, Inc.HockleyParralena '24' #1HH16,00021937319

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 by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.

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