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OPERATORS · RRC 102459  · P-5 STATUS Y

Deep Blue Central LLC

The Woodlands, TX · most active in Dawson County

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Deep Blue Central LLC was issued 21 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 1 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by Dawson with 13. 0% were horizontal.

None were issued in the past 90 days.

The RRC wellbore file lists 12 wells under its operatorship.

It holds 13 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 50.5M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

44 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2023; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 4, 2026.

21
permits, last 12 months
+2000%
vs prior 12 months (1)
2
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 12 of record
13
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.

7%
spud rate · 3 of 44 mature permits
666
median days permit to spud · middle half 427–684
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
41
expired undrilled
15
permits a year over 3 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 9 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 44

01020202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Dawson county →13250Apr 10, 2026
Martin county →8187Apr 24, 2026
Midland county →—15Sep 22, 2023

All 44 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
Santa Rosa21
Seven Rivers21
Queen21
Grayburg21
San Andres21
Yates21
Rustler21
Glorieta11

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 →

0
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
0
bbl oil since reporting began

No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

12
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
12
injection
0
temp. abandoned
0
plugged

How it got them

0
permitted itself
12
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

13
active UIC permits of 33
309K
permitted bbl/day, active
50.5M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Martin8 active165K bbl/d
Midland5 active144K bbl/d
Dawson0 active0 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
Drill21144

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
Glass (Grayburg)3521520050
Germania (San Andres)3456360040
Spraberry (Trend Area)8528030020
Phoenix South (Grayburg)7127750010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jun 4, 2026
Oil operator
Address
4 Waterway Square PL Suite 300
The Woodlands, TX 77380
(713) 997-3530
Officers and agents
Griesbaum, Isaac · Secretary
Mitchell, Scott · President,ceo
Smiley, Ben · Vice President,coo

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
915088Oct 18, 2026Apr 24, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCMartinMcKnight SWD #15,80031745932
915088Apr 24, 2026Apr 24, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCMartinMcKnight SWD #15,80031745932
914594Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonO'Brien SWD #35,70011533962
914580Apr 10, 2026Apr 10, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonO'Brien SWD #15,70011533960
914602Apr 9, 2026Apr 9, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonDex South SWD Alt B #65,80011533975
914595Apr 8, 2026Apr 8, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCMartinMonarch a SWD #15,70031745640
914559Apr 8, 2026Apr 8, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonShawn SWD #7015,60011533959
914597Apr 8, 2026Apr 8, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonDex South SWD #55,80011533974
914599Apr 8, 2026Apr 8, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonDex South SWD #35,80011533973
914604Apr 8, 2026Apr 8, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonDex South SWD #2B5,80011533965
914596Apr 7, 2026Apr 7, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonO'Brien SWD #25,70011533961
914601Apr 7, 2026Apr 7, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonDex South SWD #85,80011533966
914600Apr 7, 2026Apr 7, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonDex South SWD #75,80011533964
914568Oct 21, 2026Apr 6, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCDawsonBarkowsky SWD #15,65011533976
914575Apr 6, 2026Apr 6, 2026Deep Blue Central LLCMartinWake SWD #15,50031745637

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/102459, documented in the API reference.