Permit approval rates in Cameron County have only reached a high of just over 9 permits approved. This happened in 1998. The second highest record of permit approvals in the county happened in 1990 and 1992 when 9 permits were approved on each year. The last year that permits were given out was in 2013 when two permits submitted by the Esenjay Operating, Inc. and Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation were approved. In the previous years, Waters Eng. & Operating, Inc. AND Western Gulf Oil & Gas, LLC were among the companies that filed permits in the county.
Oil production in Cameron County has gone on a downward spiral since 1993 when more than 1,900 barrels of oil were produced. In fact, in 2002, no oil was produced in the county at all. This has been the case in the past two years as well.
In the county’s history, some 130 operations have entered into its territory. At present, there are no oil leases in the county.
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Operator Number
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Operator Name
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Location
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Leases
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| 000195 | A & D COGENERATION COMPANY | ||
| 000202 | A & D EXPLORATION COMPANY | Rockport, TX 78381 | |
| 008380 | ADOBE OIL & GAS CORP. | ||
| 008398 | ADOBE RESOURCES CORPORATION | ||
| 015114 | ALPHA-OMEGA ENERGY | ||
| 018890 | AMERICAN PENN ENERGY, INC. | ||
| 019768 | AMERICORP PETROLEUM COMPANY | ||
| 025640 | ANSCHUTZ CORPORATION, THE | ||
| 029340 | ARCO OIL & GAS CO. | ||
| 033860 | ASAMERA OIL (U.S.) INC. | ||
| 035643 | ATASCA RESOURCES, INC. | Houston, TX 77219 | |
| 036550 | ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. | ||
| 037057 | AUSTIN RESOURCES CORPORATION | ||
| 038889 | AWP OPERATING COMPANY | San Antonio, TX 78209 | |
| 057850 | BAY ROCK CORP. | ||
| 057860 | BAY ROCK OPERATING COMPANY | San Antonio, TX 78212 | |
| 063265 | BELL, KELLY | ||
| 064084 | BENCHMARK LAND & EXPLORATION INC | ||
| 068468 | BEXCO OPERATING, INC. | College Sta, TX 77842 | |
| 072550 | BISHOP, R. H. | ||
| 082993 | BORDER EXPLORATION CO. | ||
| 088569 | BRAHMAN ENERGY, INC. | ||
| 091093 | BRIDGE OIL COMPANY, L. P. | ||
| 108800 | BURK ROYALTY COMPANY | ||
| 125948 | CALPINE NATURAL GAS COMPANY | ||
| 125946 | CALPINE NATURAL GAS COMPANY L.P. | ||
| 125944 | CALPINE NATURAL GAS L.P. | ||
| 131850 | CARL OIL & GAS INC. | ||
| 140588 | CAYUGA EXPLORATION, INC. | ||
| 141023 | CENIZA PETROLEUM, INC. | Portland, TX 78374 | |
| 151600 | CHRISTIE ENERGY CO., INC. | ||
| 161397 | CNG PRODUCING COMPANY | ||
| 161639 | COASTAL OIL & GAS CORPORATION | ||
| 161700 | COASTAL STATES GAS PROD. CO. | ||
| 173740 | CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY | ||
| 173881 | CONTRACT ENERGY, L.L.C. | ||
| 179825 | CORPUS CHRISTI OIL & GAS CO. | ||
| 191660 | CRYSTAL OIL COMPANY | ||
| 192055 | CULBERSON WELL SERVICE, INC. | ||
| 216748 | DEWBRE PETROLEUM CORPORATION | Corpus Chrsti, TX 78401 | |
| 220846 | DISCORBIS OIL COMPANY | San Antonio, TX 78217 | |
| 220889 | DIVERSIFIED O&G PROD. CO., INC. | Houston, TX 77257 | |
| 237926 | DYNAMIC PRODUCTION, INC. | Fort Worth, TX 76106 | |
| 251955 | ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORP. | ||
| 252125 | ENGELKE, R. H. | San Antonio, TX 78230 | |
| 254262 | ESENJAY OPERATING, INC. | Corpus Chrsti, TX 78426 | |
| 254254 | ESENJAY PETROLEUM CORP. | ||
| 257097 | EXXON CORP. | ||
| 263701 | FAULCONER, VERNON E., INC. | Tyler, TX 75711 | 1 |
| 273990 | FLORIDA GAS EXPLORATION COMPANY |