OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 421166
Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 1, 2026
- Based in
- Corpus Christ, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- Lavaca County
Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc. was issued 4 drilling permits in the past 12 months, after a quiet prior year, across 2 counties led by Lavaca with 3. 0% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 36 wells under its operatorship (12 producing, 3 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 13.8K barrels of oil and 381K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 14% on the year before.
It holds 1 active disposal or injection permit.
28 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1994; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 1, 2026.
- 4
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 2
- counties, 12 months
- 12
- producing wells, of 36 of record
- 49
- leases it reports
- 0%
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 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.
- 88%
- spud rate · 22 of 25 mature permits
- 35
- median days permit to spud · middle half 14–67
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days -100%
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 3
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 33 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 4 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavaca county → | 3 | 6 | 17 | May 15, 2026 |
| Live Oak county → | 1 | 1 | 5 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Bee county → | — | 12 | 6 | Aug 25, 2022 |
| Webb county → | — | 4 | 0 | May 15, 2019 |
| Duval county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 31, 1994 |
| Goliad county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 18, 1995 |
| Jackson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 15, 1994 |
| Nueces county → | — | 1 | 1 | Nov 18, 1998 |
All 28 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 9 | 2 |
| Vicksburg | 8 | 3 |
| Yegua | 7 | 3 |
| Catahoula | 6 | 3 |
| Wilcox | 4 | 1 |
| Jackson | 2 | 0 |
| Queen City | 2 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 2 | 0 |
| Reklaw | 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 →
- 13.8K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -14%
- vs the 12 months before
- 381K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 204K
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Apr 2026 381,481 · prior 12 540,032(-29%)
Hydrocarbon Operating, Inc.: 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
- 1K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Lavaca | 1 active | 1K bbl/d |
All 1 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 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Drill | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Benbow (Lower Wilcox A)7088150 | 6 | 3 |
| Borchers (2750)10634415 | 1 | 1 |
| Boyle (H-)11096116 | 1 | 1 |
| Borchers (4160)10634860 | 1 | 0 |
| Borchers North (8050)10639750 | 1 | 1 |
| Boyle E. (3500)11097500 | 1 | 0 |
| Borchers (2850)10634450 | 1 | 0 |
| Cottonwood Creek S. (Frio 2300)21048090 | 1 | 0 |
| Esperanza (3150)29361725 | 1 | 0 |
| Highbaugh (Consolidated)41307025 | 1 | 0 |
| Highbaugh (Wilcox a-2 Sand)41307075 | 1 | 0 |
| Benbow (Lower Wilcox B)7088175 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active – Extension (X)
- Last filed Jun 1, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 555 N Carancahua St Ste 336
- Corpus Christ, TX 78401
- (361) 887-6655
- Officers and agents
- Calhoun, Brian S · Texas Resident Agent
- Calhoun, Brian Seigal · President,treasurer
- Calhoun, Sherilyn O · Secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.
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