OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 129692
Cantera Operating, LLC
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 2, 2016
- Based in
- The Woodlands, TX
Cantera Operating, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 3, 2017.
The RRC wellbore file lists 63 wells under its operatorship.
117 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2013; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 2, 2016.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 63 of record
- 98
- 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.
- 69%
- spud rate · 81 of 117 mature permits
- 8
- median days permit to spud · middle half 5–23
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 36
- expired undrilled
- 29
- permits a year over 4 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Counties
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo county → | — | 61 | 33 | Jan 26, 2017 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 33 | 14 | Feb 3, 2017 |
| Starr county → | — | 11 | 11 | Jul 20, 2015 |
| Zapata county → | — | 6 | 5 | Aug 31, 2015 |
| DE Witt county → | — | 5 | 0 | Nov 4, 2016 |
| Colorado county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 12, 2014 |
All 117 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg | 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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 8.6K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Cantera Operating, LLC: Gas by month.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
How it got them
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
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
All 2 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 117 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Hollow (Wilcox Massive)26214610 | 5 | 0 |
| Monte Christo N(vicksburg T LO)62558975 | 4 | 0 |
| Hope (14 000)42528950 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeffress (Vicksburg T)46088400 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob West (L-27 28 29)10041350 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeffress E. (Vicksburg T)46089500 | 3 | 0 |
| Monte Christo (43-57 Cons.)62556361 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob West (L-12 13 14 15)10041151 | 2 | 0 |
| Monte Christo (Frio Cons.)62556001 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob West (L-18 20 21 22)10041228 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeffress E. (Vicksburg S)46089490 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeffress (Vicksburg U)46088500 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed Nov 2, 2016
- Address
- 10001 Woodloch Forest Dr STE400
- The Woodlands, TX 77380
- (832) 246-6100
- Officers and agents
- Kelly, John Patrick Jr. · President
- Garza, David N. · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 837196 | Mar 8, 2018 | Mar 8, 2018 | Merit Energy Company | Hidalgo | Stalker Gas Unit #6 | 18,315 | 21532986 |
| 822555 | Feb 3, 2017 | Feb 3, 2017 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Lavaca | O. A. Lampley GU 1 #12 | 13,080 | 28532759 |
| 821875 | Jan 26, 2017 | Jan 26, 2017 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Hidalgo | Hamman #1 | 9,200 | 21533542 |
| 821875 | Jan 26, 2017 | Jan 26, 2017 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Hidalgo | Hamman #1 | 9,200 | 21533542 |
| 820224 | Nov 18, 2016 | Nov 18, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Hidalgo | Hamman #5 | 7,410 | 21533718 |
| 819708 | Nov 4, 2016 | Nov 4, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | DE Witt | Hilda Dagg Gas Unit 2 #1 | 15,775 | 12331249 |
| 818241 | Sep 6, 2016 | Sep 6, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Hidalgo | Coates C #2 | 13,600 | 21532705 |
| 818201 | Sep 2, 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Hidalgo | Coates A #33 | 10,400 | 21532786 |
| 815832 | May 23, 2016 | May 23, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Lavaca | Garrett #2 | 16,600 | 28532998 |
| 815832 | May 23, 2016 | May 23, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Lavaca | Garrett #2 | 16,600 | 28532998 |
| 815354 | May 10, 2016 | May 10, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Lavaca | O. A. Lampley GU 1 #16 | 16,000 | 28533047 |
| 815181 | Apr 25, 2016 | Apr 25, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Lavaca | Garrett #1 | 11,850 | 28532205 |
| 814701 | Mar 30, 2016 | Mar 30, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Lavaca | Frank GU #4 | 13,147 | 28533546 |
| 814701 | Mar 30, 2016 | Mar 30, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Lavaca | Frank GU #4 | 13,147 | 28533546 |
| 813960 | Feb 19, 2016 | Feb 19, 2016 | Cantera Operating, LLC | Lavaca | O. A. Lampley GU 1 #7 | 14,120 | 28532698 |
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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