OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 863965

Tracer Operating, Inc.

P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Oct 8, 2025
Based in
Graham, TX

Tracer Operating, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued June 26, 2014.

The RRC wellbore file lists 75 wells under its operatorship (36 producing, 5 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 4.25K barrels of oil and 165K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 30% on the year before.

It holds 10 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 190K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

81 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1997; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 8, 2025.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
36
producing wells, of 75 of record
93
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.

72%
spud rate · 58 of 81 mature permits
28
median days permit to spud · middle half 6–50
0
spuds, last 180 days
1%
canceled · 1 permits
22
expired undrilled
5
permits a year over 18 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Palo Pinto county →—4754Oct 11, 2012
Stephens county →—1619Jun 26, 2014
Runnels county →—71Apr 26, 2000
Throckmorton county →—50Aug 1, 2000
Motley county →—20Jan 23, 1998
Brown county →—10Sep 16, 2008
Gaines county →—10Mar 10, 2000
Jones county →—11Oct 9, 2009
Schleicher county →—10Apr 23, 1999

All 81 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 →

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 →

4.25K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-30%
vs the 12 months before
165K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
325K
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 165,319 · prior 12 238,293(-31%)

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Tracer Operating, Inc.: Gas by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

75
in the wellbore file, 54 on schedule
36
producing
5
shut in
8
injection
4
temp. abandoned
21
plugged

How it got them

21
permitted itself
39
acquired from others
32
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

10
active UIC permits of 15
15.8K
permitted bbl/day, active
190K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Palo Pinto7 active12.7K bbl/d
Stephens3 active3.1K bbl/d

All 15 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
Drill0069
Reenter005
Recompletion005
Field transfer002

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Active (A)
Last filed Oct 8, 2025
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
1511 Dresser St
Graham, TX 76450
(940) 549-4683
Officers and agents
Gaton, Donald Kirk · President,secretary,treasurer
Gaton, Dustin Tanner · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
788649Jun 26, 2014Jun 26, 2014Tracer Operating, Inc.StephensCoody 40 #34,60042936939
785355May 28, 2014May 28, 2014Tracer Operating, Inc.StephensNorene Blanchard #14,90042936923
775927Jan 3, 2014Jan 3, 2014Athena Resources, Inc.Palo PintoBonnie #24,15136333596
770124Sep 20, 2013Sep 20, 2013Athena Resources, Inc.Palo PintoBonnie #1 A4,05036336177
770124Sep 20, 2013Sep 20, 2013Athena Resources, Inc.Palo PintoBonnie #1 A4,60036336177
769296Sep 6, 2013Sep 6, 2013Athena Resources, Inc.Palo PintoBonnie #14,01736333592
761912May 9, 2013May 9, 2013Tracer Operating, Inc.StephensCoody 40 #24,90042936828
761912May 9, 2013May 9, 2013Tracer Operating, Inc.StephensCoody 40 #24,90042936828
751381Nov 14, 2012Nov 14, 2012Tracer Operating, Inc.StephensCoody 40 #1A2,20042936801
749797Oct 19, 2012Oct 19, 2012Tracer Operating, Inc.StephensCoody 40 #14,90042936792
749805Oct 18, 2012Oct 18, 2012Tracer Operating, Inc.StephensCoody SWD #14,90042936793
747429Oct 11, 2012Oct 11, 2012Tracer Operating, Inc.Palo PintoConway, J.W. #15,00036336093
731977Jan 31, 2012Jan 31, 2012Tracer Operating, Inc.StephensCoody '44' #B 24,90042982742
718887Jun 23, 2011Jun 23, 2011Purex Energy LLCPalo PintoPopp #8H4,99936335649
710839Mar 8, 2011Mar 8, 2011Tracer Operating, Inc.StephensCoody "44" #B 15,00042936635

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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