OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 496350

Lem Operating Co., Inc.

P-5 status
Delinquent (D)
P-5 last filed
Jun 7, 2021
Based in
Colorado City, TX

Lem Operating CO., Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 30, 1990.

The RRC wellbore file lists 25 wells under its operatorship.

101 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 7, 2021.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 25 of record
8
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.

36%
spud rate · 36 of 101 mature permits
20
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–102
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
canceled · 1 permits
64
expired undrilled
8
permits a year over 13 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
Scurry county →—765May 30, 1990
Mitchell county →—2519Oct 28, 1985

All 101 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
San Andres530
Yates360
Queen40
Clear Fork20
Grayburg20

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
1.4M
bbl oil since reporting began

No lease production reported under this operator number in the last ten years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

25
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
23
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
18
acquired from others
69
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 23
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Scurry0 active0 bbl/d
Mitchell0 active0 bbl/d

All 23 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
Drill0098
Recompletion002
Other001

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
Sharon Ridge (1700)82710498190
Coleman Ranch1954100130
Sharon Ridge (Clear Fork)8271016620
Varel (San Andres)9323333310

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Delinquent (D)
Last filed Jun 7, 2021
Address
P O Box 640
Colorado City, TX 79512
(325) 728-3495
Officers and agents
Ellis, William W. · President
Ellis, Jackson R. · Vice President
Ellis, Ray D. · Secretary/Treasurer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
373954May 30, 1990May 30, 1990Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEllis Gray Unit Tract 14 #14141,80041533095
373953May 30, 1990May 30, 1990Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEllis Gray Unit 14 #14131,80041533094
373952May 30, 1990May 30, 1990Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEllis Gray Unit Tract 14 #14121,80041533093
373951May 30, 1990May 30, 1990Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEllis Gray Unit Tract 14 #14111,80041533092
373950May 30, 1990May 30, 1990Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEllis Gray Unit Tract 14 #14101,80041533091
366476Nov 14, 1989Nov 14, 1989Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEchols, P. #171,90041533064
366475Nov 14, 1989Nov 14, 1989Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEchols, P. #161,90041533063
366474Nov 14, 1989Nov 14, 1989Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEchols, P. #151,90041533062
366473Nov 14, 1989Nov 14, 1989Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEchols, P. #141,90041533061
366472Nov 14, 1989Nov 14, 1989Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEchols, P. #131,90041533060
288775Oct 31, 1985Oct 31, 1985Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEllis-Gray Unit Tract 14 #101,80041533091
288776Oct 31, 1985Oct 31, 1985Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEllis-Gray Unit Tract 14 #91,80041532838
288469Oct 28, 1985Oct 28, 1985Lem Operating Co. Inc.MitchellMcMillan #81,85033533074
288472Oct 28, 1985Oct 28, 1985Lem Operating Co. Inc.MitchellMcMillan #111,85033533075
288820Oct 25, 1985Oct 25, 1985Lem Operating Co. Inc.ScurryEllis-Gray Unit Tract 14 #81,80041532840

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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