OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 501545

Linn Operating, Inc.

P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: May 9, 2016
Based in: Houston, TX

Petrora groups this registration with Linn Operating, LLC., New Mexico (0 active wells), Linn Operating, LLC, Texas (0 active wells). Linn Operating, Inc. across every state →

Linn Operating, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 21, 2017.

The RRC wellbore file lists 160 wells under its operatorship.

1,401 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2006; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 9, 2016.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 160 of record
218: 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.

81%: spud rate · 1,134 of 1,401 mature permits
46: median days permit to spud · middle half 22–105
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: canceled · 0 permits
267: expired undrilled
117: permits a year over 12 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
Wheeler county →	—	372	9	Oct 15, 2014
Martin county →	—	251	0	Feb 10, 2015
Hutchinson county →	—	189	63	May 20, 2014
Howard county →	—	166	7	Aug 5, 2015
Ector county →	—	107	4	Jan 21, 2015
Midland county →	—	100	0	Sep 12, 2014
Moore county →	—	59	0	Jul 9, 2014
Hemphill county →	—	42	3	Aug 30, 2013
Ochiltree county →	—	20	9	Jun 28, 2014
Limestone county →	—	16	3	Jul 14, 2016
Upton county →	—	14	0	Jul 7, 2014
Carson county →	—	12	3	Feb 19, 2009
Nueces county →	—	9	0	Sep 21, 2016
Potter county →	—	8	1	Nov 29, 2011
Smith county →	—	8	2	Dec 23, 2014
Harrison county →	—	6	1	Sep 10, 2015
Roberts county →	—	4	12	Jul 30, 2014
Glasscock county →	—	3	0	Feb 21, 2017
Jim Wells county →	—	3	5	Dec 4, 2015
Andrews county →	—	2	0	Jul 29, 2010
Marion county →	—	2	0	Apr 2, 2015
Zapata county →	—	2	0	Aug 9, 2016
Freestone county →	—	1	0	Mar 10, 2016
Garza county →	—	1	0	Apr 8, 2011
Hansford county →	—	1	16	Jan 18, 2013
McMullen county →	—	1	1	Jun 15, 2015
Robertson county →	—	1	0	Jul 18, 2016
Webb county →	—	1	1	Dec 1, 2015

All 1,401 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	322	0
Atoka	312	0
Spraberry	278	0
Brown Dolomite	219	0
Clear Fork	211	0
Mississippian	204	0
Kansas City	142	0
Panhandle Lime	140	0
Cleveland	104	0
Glorieta	100	0
San Andres	96	0
Marmaton	90	0
Oswego	83	0
Grayburg	81	0
Yates	76	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
29.6M: bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

160: in the wellbore file
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
160: plugged

How it got them

19: permitted itself
131: acquired from others
835: 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 33
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Howard	0 active	0 bbl/d
Ector	0 active	0 bbl/d
Hutchinson	0 active	0 bbl/d
Hockley	0 active	0 bbl/d
Sherman	0 active	0 bbl/d
Dawson	0 active	0 bbl/d
Irion	0 active	0 bbl/d
Carson	0 active	0 bbl/d

All 33 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
Drill	0	0	1,209
Recompletion	0	0	147
Field transfer	0	0	45

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
Panhandle West68831001	22	0
Panhandle Hutchinson County Fld.68887001	19	0
Hodges (Des Moines)41878500	8	0
Pan Petro (Cleveland)68735120	8	0
Morse SW (Brown Dolomite)63100500	8	0
Wildcat24001	7	0
Panhandle West (Red Cave)68831200	6	0
Arrington (Morrow)3853350	5	0
Horizon (Cleveland)42597332	4	0
Levelland NE. (Strawn)53414500	4	0
Hagist Ranch ( Wilcox Upper)37993518	3	0
Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)67849150	3	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status Inactive (I); Last filed May 9, 2016

Address: Attn Debra Gordon, 600 Travis Suite 5100; Houston, TX 77002; (281) 840-4000

Officers and agents: Ellis, Mark · President/Ceo; Rottino, David · Vice President/Cao; Walker, Arden L · Vice President/Coo; Wells, Candice Jill · Vice President/Gen Counsel/Secre; McNeil, Jamin · 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
823017	Feb 21, 2017	Feb 21, 2017	Linn Operating, Inc.	Glasscock	Stallings 3 #1	11,000	17333501
818192	Sep 21, 2016	Sep 21, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Nueces	Kinsey, E.A. B #5B	9,700	35533629
818295	Sep 15, 2016	Sep 15, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Nueces	LA Jolla #3	11,500	35532834
818295	Sep 15, 2016	Sep 15, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Nueces	LA Jolla #3	11,500	35532834
818240	Sep 15, 2016	Sep 15, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Nueces	Walton, W.W. #5	9,117	35532832
817428	Aug 9, 2016	Aug 9, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Zapata	Haynes-North #10	14,600	50536162
817071	Jul 18, 2016	Jul 18, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Robertson	Whaley, T.W. 'A' #3	13,119	39530813
816894	Jul 14, 2016	Jul 14, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Limestone	Alexander, Toni #1	11,200	29331410
815185	Apr 25, 2016	Apr 25, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Limestone	Fowler 'A' #1	10,500	29331184
814563	Mar 28, 2016	Mar 28, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Limestone	Alton Sims #24	13,700	29332188
814286	Mar 10, 2016	Mar 10, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Limestone	Presley Sadler Gas Unit #8	11,700	29331376
814260	Mar 10, 2016	Mar 10, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Freestone	M.T. Peyton GU 1 #6	13,300	16132949
813718	Feb 8, 2016	Feb 8, 2016	Linn Operating, Inc.	Limestone	Phillips Gas Unit #1	11,500	29331139
812674	Dec 16, 2015	Dec 16, 2015	Linn Operating, Inc.	Limestone	Mae B. Vance G.U. #3	11,300	29331145
812521	Dec 11, 2015	Dec 11, 2015	Linn Operating, Inc.	Limestone	Mabel Carpenter et al G.U. #2	11,500	29331004

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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