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OPERATORS · RRC 100703  · P-5 STATUS Y

Circle-S Engy, LLC

McKinney, TX · most active in Loving County

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Circle-S Engy, LLC was issued 20 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 67% on the prior year, across 2 counties led by Loving with 15. 90% were horizontal.

11 were issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 76 wells under its operatorship (74 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 2.08M barrels of oil and 23.1M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 22% on the year before.

It holds 3 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 8.65M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

42 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2024; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.

20
permits, last 12 months
+67%
vs prior 12 months (12)
2
counties, 12 months
74
producing wells, of 76 of record
42
leases it reports
90%
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.

77%
spud rate · 24 of 31 mature permits
52
median days permit to spud · middle half 42–67
0
spuds, last 180 days -100%
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
18
expired undrilled
14
permits a year over 3 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 12 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 42

051020252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Loving county →153449Oct 20, 2026
Webb county →5813Jan 8, 2026

All 42 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
Brushy Canyon1717
Delaware1717
Red Bluff1717
Bone Spring1717
Bell Canyon1717
Cherry Canyon1717
Olmos77
Escondido77
Wolfcamp44
Wilcox44
Weches11
Austin Chalk11
Queen City11
Sparta11
Cook Mountain11

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 →

2.08M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+22%
vs the 12 months before
23.1M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
6.97M
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 23,145,276 · prior 12 22,286,056(+4%)

01M2M3M202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 2,077,397 · prior 12 1,707,763(+22%)

0100K200K300K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

76
on the schedule
74
producing
0
shut in
2
injection
0
temp. abandoned
0
plugged

How it got them

20
permitted itself
56
acquired from others
0
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 3
110K
permitted bbl/day, active
8.65M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Loving2 active90K bbl/d
Upton1 active20K 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
Drill201141
Recompletion011

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
Phantom (Wolfcamp)710529003434
Sandbar (Bone Spring)805445001414
Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc852792011313
Hawkville (Austin Chalk)3974425099
Hawkville (Eagleford Shale)3974450044
Meridian (Delaware)6062450010
Spraberry (Trend Area)8527920010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
1501 N Hardin Blvd Ste 100
McKinney, TX 75071
(800) 295-6770
Officers and agents
Smith, Michelle F · Manager
Smith, Pat L · Manager,president
Smith, Aaron · Vice President
Ashley, Haley · Vice President
Buddenbohn, Eric · Vice President
Ritchie, Gina · Secretary

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
918790Oct 22, 2026Oct 20, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #3HH12,00030137987
918789Oct 22, 2026Oct 20, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #2HH12,00030137986
918788Oct 22, 2026Oct 20, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #1HH12,00030137985
918798Oct 21, 2026Oct 19, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #33HH10,80030137998
918796Oct 21, 2026Oct 19, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #31HH10,80030137994
918795Oct 21, 2026Oct 19, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #24HH10,80030137990
918794Oct 21, 2026Oct 19, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #23HH10,80030138008
918793Oct 21, 2026Oct 19, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #22HH10,80030137989
918797Oct 11, 2026Oct 9, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #32HH10,80030137996
918792Oct 11, 2026Oct 9, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingLindley 92 #21HH10,80030137988
918562Sep 17, 2026Sep 14, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingHaley 31 #42HUH11,10030137972
914028Mar 13, 2026Mar 13, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingHaley 31 #32HUH13,30030137781
914027Mar 13, 2026Mar 13, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCLovingHaley 31 #31HUH13,30030137780
912512Jan 8, 2026Jan 8, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCWebbLos Olmos Ranch #1HH13,50047945536
912511Jan 8, 2026Jan 8, 2026Circle-S Energy, LLCWebbLos Olmos Ranch #2HH13,50047945533

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/100703, documented in the API reference.