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OPERATORS · RRC 100365  · P-5 STATUS Y

Empire Texas Oper LLC

The Woodlands, TX · most active in Madison County

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Empire Texas Oper LLC was issued 14 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 2 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by Madison with 8. 0% were horizontal.

5 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 8 in the prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 113 wells under its operatorship (21 producing, 76 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 25.7K barrels of oil and 577K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 28% on the year before.

It holds 3 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 437K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

18 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2014; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 2026.

14
permits, last 12 months
+600%
vs prior 12 months (2)
2
counties, 12 months
21
producing wells, of 113 of record
85
leases it reports
0%
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 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.

50%
spud rate · 3 of 6 mature permits
70
median days permit to spud · middle half 70–70
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
15
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 13 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 8 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 17

02420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Madison county →81263Aug 3, 2026
Houston county →6642Sep 21, 2026

All 18 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
No completion tops on file.

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 →

25.7K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-28%
vs the 12 months before
577K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
149K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 576,873 · prior 12 539,308(+7%)

050K100K202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 25,685 · prior 12 35,764(-28%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

113
on the schedule
21
producing
76
shut in
0
injection
2
temp. abandoned
5
plugged

How it got them

6
permitted itself
97
acquired from others
1
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

3
active UIC permits of 9
42K
permitted bbl/day, active
437K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Madison2 active32K bbl/d
Houston1 active10K bbl/d

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
Recompletion14014
Reenter022
Drill001
Reclass001

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
Fort Trinidad East (Buda)32157071771
Halliday (Woodbine)382746661711
Fort Trinidad (Glen Rose Upper)3215685252
Fort Trinidad W. (Glen Rose B)3219133350
Kurten (Sub-Clarksville)5042480044
Ft. Trinidad (Lewisville a )3221052520
Hilltop Resort (Bossier)4151525011
Ft. Trinidad E. (Glen Rose D)3215778111
Madisonville W. (Woodbine -A-)5659950011

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 4, 2026
CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
25025 Interstate 45 North Ste 400
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(539) 444-8002
Officers and agents
C T Corporation System · Other
Empire Petroleum Corporation · Managing Member
Mills, Donna · Filing Agent
Morrisett, Michael R · President,treasurer,ceo

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
918740Sep 23, 2026Sep 21, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCHoustonShelly #223,00022531139
917352Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCMadisonFT Trinidad Upper Glen Rose Unit #1410,88531331209
917343Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCHoustonFT Trinidad Upper Glen Rose Unit #48110,78822531348
917346Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCHoustonFT Trinidad Upper Glen Rose Unit #17311,50022531245
917358Jul 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCHoustonShelly D #111,52822531063
916990Aug 19, 2026Jul 10, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCMadisonForrest D State Unit #8029,74031331235
916990Jul 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCMadisonForrest #8029,74031331235
916528Jun 22, 2026Jun 22, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCHoustonButler-Maples D Unit #10118,00022531336
916220Jun 10, 2026Jun 10, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCMadisonJoyce D Unit #10213,94731331176
916220Jun 10, 2026Jun 10, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCMadisonJoyce D Unit #10218,00031331176
916100Jun 3, 2026Jun 3, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCMadisonW.M. Forrest D #210,60531331015
915910May 29, 2026May 29, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCHoustonHunt D #111,25022531286
915398May 7, 2026May 7, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCMadisonWakefield & Harrison Gas Unit B #120,70531300068
914736Apr 14, 2026Apr 14, 2026Empire Texas Operating LLCMadisonW.M. Forrest D Well No. #110,35031331038
909689Aug 6, 2025Aug 6, 2025Empire Texas Operating LLCMadisonFT Trinidad Upper Glen Rose Unit #12121,22731300068

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 at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/100365, documented in the API reference.