OPERATORS · RRC 101934 · P-5 STATUS Y
Kek Expl LLC
Midland, TX · most active in Mitchell County
Watch this operatorKek Expl LLC was issued 2 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 6 in the prior year, all in Mitchell County. 0% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 58 wells under its operatorship (18 producing, 10 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 43.1K barrels of oil and 2.81K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, versus 5.44K the year before.
It holds 6 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 668K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
8 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2025; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.
- 2
- permits, last 12 months
- -67%
- vs prior 12 months (6)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 18
- producing wells, of 58 of record
- 41
- 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.
- 71%
- spud rate · 5 of 7 mature permits
- 15
- median days permit to spud · middle half 15–20
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 3
- expired undrilled
- 8
- permits a year over 1 active year
Permits issued by month
LAST 4 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 8
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 8 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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita-Albany | 5 | 5 |
| Seven Rivers | 4 | 4 |
| Yates | 4 | 4 |
| San Andres | 4 | 4 |
| Glorieta | 4 | 4 |
| Clear Fork | 4 | 4 |
| Queen | 3 | 3 |
| Wolfcamp | 3 | 3 |
| Coleman Junction | 3 | 3 |
| Pennsylvanian | 1 | 1 |
| Strawn | 1 | 1 |
| Atoka | 1 | 1 |
| Mississippian | 1 | 1 |
| Ellenburger | 1 | 1 |
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 →
- 43.1K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +693%
- vs the 12 months before
- 2.81K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 48.6K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 43,144 · prior 12 5,438(+693%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 2,814 · prior 12 0
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 58
- on the schedule
- 18
- producing
- 10
- shut in
- 3
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 25
- plugged
How it got them
- 5
- permitted itself
- 52
- 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
- 6
- active UIC permits of 8
- 9.7K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 668K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Sterling | 6 active | 9.7K 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Rose Creek N (Wolfcamp)78279300 | 23 | 2 |
| Renderbrook Creek (Miss)75880400 | 13 | 6 |
| Walter (Wolfcamp)94975800 | 6 | 3 |
| Passout (Strawn)69495400 | 6 | 3 |
| A & S (Miss.)206500 | 2 | 1 |
| Lonesome Dove (Miss)54644300 | 2 | 1 |
| Rose Creek N. (Ellenburger)78279080 | 1 | 0 |
| Lucky Strike (Strawn)55552700 | 1 | 1 |
| Seventy-Seven (Ellenburger)82414080 | 1 | 0 |
| Triple C (Miss.)91312700 | 1 | 0 |
| Boatright Tank (Strawn)9955700 | 1 | 0 |
| Ellwood (Mississippian)28551333 | 1 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 4, 2025
- Oil operator
- Address
- PO Box 10280
- Midland, TX 79702
- (432) 813-2948
- Officers and agents
- Spraberry, Jana · Texas Resident Agent
- Foster, Randall Ray · Manager
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916708 | Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | Kek Exploration LLC | Mitchell | Spade 18 #3601 | 8,900 | 33536125 |
| 913974 | Mar 11, 2026 | Mar 11, 2026 | Kek Exploration LLC | Mitchell | Spade 15 #1801 | 8,900 | 33536119 |
| 910173 | Sep 2, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 | Kek Exploration LLC | Mitchell | Spade 18 #3701 | 8,900 | 33536098 |
| 910172 | Sep 2, 2025 | Sep 2, 2025 | Kek Exploration LLC | Mitchell | Spade 18 #3501 | 8,900 | 33536097 |
| 910105 | Aug 28, 2025 | Aug 28, 2025 | Kek Exploration LLC | Sterling | Foster 60 #1A | 7,880 | 43133043 |
| 910082 | Aug 28, 2025 | Aug 28, 2025 | Kek Exploration LLC | Sterling | Spade 18 #5101 | 8,900 | 43133530 |
| 909796 | Aug 12, 2025 | Aug 12, 2025 | Kek Exploration LLC | Sterling | Axe #1 | 8,900 | 43133529 |
| 909796 | Aug 12, 2025 | Aug 12, 2025 | Kek Exploration LLC | Sterling | Axe #1 | 8,900 | 43133529 |
| 819879 | Nov 10, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 | PPC Operating Company LLC | Sterling | Renderbrook Creek (Miss) Unit #511 | 9,000 | 43133502 |
| 819878 | Nov 10, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 | PPC Operating Company LLC | Sterling | Renderbrook Creek (Miss) Unit #508 | 9,000 | 43133501 |
| 739338 | May 24, 2012 | May 24, 2012 | PPC Operating Company LLC | Sterling | Renderbrook Creek (Miss) Unit #363 | 9,000 | 43132333 |
| 739008 | May 8, 2012 | May 8, 2012 | PPC Operating Company LLC | Sterling | Renderbrook Creek (Miss) Unit #500 | 9,000 | 43133363 |
| 738736 | May 3, 2012 | May 3, 2012 | PPC Operating Company LLC | Sterling | Renderbrook Creek (Miss) Unit #401 | 9,000 | 43133362 |
| 738733 | May 3, 2012 | May 3, 2012 | PPC Operating Company LLC | Sterling | Renderbrook Creek (Miss) Unit #400 | 9,000 | 43133361 |
| 698503 | Jul 8, 2010 | Jul 8, 2010 | Bright & Co. | Sterling | Double 7 #1 | 8,086 | 43133147 |
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/101934, documented in the API reference.