OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 100951 · WARD COUNTY
Vital Energy, Inc. in Ward County
One operator, one county: its permits, wells of record, formations, and leases here, with the rest of the county and the rest of the operator one click away.
Vital Energy, INC. has 76 drilling permits on file in Ward County, the first issued in 2022 and the latest on December 31, 2025.
8 of them came in the last twelve months, 76% fewer than the year before; 100% horizontal, averaging 11,781 ft.
It is operator of record on 3 wells in the county: 0 producing, 0 shut in, 0 injection.
Its completed wells here most often report Rustler, San Andres, Yates.
- 8
- permits, 12 months -76%
- 76
- permits, all time since 2022
- 100%
- horizontal, 12 months
- 11,781
- ft average depth, 12 months
- 3
- wells of record
- 0
- producing · 0 shut in · 0 injection
Permits issued by month
LAST FIVE YEARS · WARD ONLY
Last 12 months 8 · prior 12 33(-76%)
Latest permits here
| Issued | Lease / well | Type | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | UL Air Force #5A 912479 | DrillHZ | 12,500 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | UL Air Force #7FB 912482 | DrillHZ | 10,500 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | UL Air Force #3TB 912480 | DrillHZ | 11,750 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | UL Air Force #1B 912478 | DrillHZ | 12,500 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Dire Wolf H #11B 911273 | DrillHZ | 13,000 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Dire Wolf G #10A 911272 | DrillHZ | 12,000 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Dire Wolf E #8A 911270 | DrillHZ | 12,000 |
| Dec 2, 2025 | Dire Wolf F #9FB 911269 | DrillHZ | 10,000 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | UL Eclipse 16-29-24 G #9TB 906207 | DrillHZ | 11,100 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | UL Eclipse 16-29-24 F #8A 906197 | DrillHZ | 11,100 |
All 76 permits in Ward County, searchable → · Wells of record here →
Permit types and formations
Permit types
- Drill
- 8 / 76
12 MONTHS / ALL TIME
Formations reported
- Holt
- 2
Leases it reports here
| Lease | Wells | Oil, bbl | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dire Wolf C | 1 | 0 | Jan 2026 |
| UL Dino Juice 18-41-40-45 WB5 | 1 | 0 | Nov 2025 |
| Dire Wolf 70 WC A | 1 | 0 | Jun 2025 |
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record and status from the EWA wellbore schedule, weekly; formations from the dbf900 wellbore file; leases from PDQ lease reports, placed in the county by the wells completed on them.
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