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OPERATORS · RRC 173777  · P-5 STATUS Y

Continental Res, Inc

Oklahoma City, OK · most active in Midland County

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Continental Res, Inc was issued 175 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 84% on the prior year, across 7 counties led by Midland with 51. 100% were horizontal.

30 were issued in the past 90 days, down 44% on the prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 802 wells under its operatorship (455 producing, 129 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 21.9M barrels of oil and 108M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 19% on the year before.

It holds 40 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 36.8M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

551 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2019; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 4, 2025.

175
permits, last 12 months
+84%
vs prior 12 months (95)
7
counties, 12 months
455
producing wells, of 802 of record
435
leases it reports
100%
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.

64%
spud rate · 297 of 467 mature permits
65
median days permit to spud · middle half 38–106
10
spuds, last 180 days -50%
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
249
expired undrilled
79
permits a year over 7 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 50 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 174 · prior 12 97(+79%)

020406020222023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Midland county →5157254Oct 5, 2026
Ector county →4412242Aug 26, 2026
Winkler county →3911258Jul 21, 2026
Pecos county →2894121Jul 30, 2026
Reeves county →54490Oct 7, 2026
Ward county →4116236Nov 13, 2025
Glasscock county →440Apr 23, 2026
Andrews county →—10Apr 19, 2022
Crane county →—11Mar 20, 2025

All 551 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
Delaware8626
Cherry Canyon3922
Bone Spring3918
San Andres2517
Rustler224
Wolfcamp169
Yates1514
Holt139
Barnett126
Bell Canyon90
Queen72
Capitan63
Grayburg60
Clear Fork52
Brushy Canyon54

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 →

21.9M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+19%
vs the 12 months before
108M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
72.7M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 21,851,707 · prior 12 18,399,058(+19%)

01M2M3M202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 107,880,114 · prior 12 54,799,848(+97%)

05M10M15M202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

802
on the schedule
455
producing
129
shut in
17
injection
21
temp. abandoned
109
plugged

How it got them

182
permitted itself
557
acquired from others
3
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

40
active UIC permits of 65
511K
permitted bbl/day, active
36.8M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Ward9 active156K bbl/d
Pecos6 active120K bbl/d
Reeves4 active90K bbl/d
Midland17 active87.5K bbl/d
Ector2 active35K bbl/d
Winkler2 active22K 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
Drill17496551
Field transfer001

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)71052900372344
Dora Roberts (Consolidated)2539510014860
Dora Roberts (Devonian)25395166471
Caprito (Delaware Middle)15499380310
Ruppel (Woodford)789538002819
Moose (Queen)62781500243
Emma (Barnett Shale)288990401914
Virey (Queen)93958525150
Virey (Ellenburger)93958250140
Dora Roberts (Ellenburger)25395332131
War-Wink S. (Wolfcamp)95129600120
War-Wink E. (7000)95123875100

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Aug 4, 2025
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
Attn: Robert Sandbo PO Box 268870
Oklahoma City, OK 73126
(405) 234-9000
Officers and agents
Corporation Service Company · Texas Resident Agent
Chang, Aaron · Coo
Elliot, Chad · Vice President
Webb, James · Secretary
Hart, John · Vice President,cfo/Exec
Hagens, Robert · Vice President
Montgomery, Diane · Treasurer
Lambertz, Shelly · Vice President,exec
All 9 on the P-5 →

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919759Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.WinklerUtl Royal 4331A #01HH17,50049535263
919108Oct 9, 2026Oct 7, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.ReevesMacchiato 0211A #01HH15,83138942339
918987Oct 7, 2026Oct 5, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.MidlandMulder 2635E #05WFH12,11132948599
918986Oct 7, 2026Oct 5, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.MidlandMulder 2635C #03BLH12,11132948598
918985Oct 7, 2026Oct 5, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.MidlandMulder 2635B #02BLH12,11132948597
918984Oct 7, 2026Oct 5, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.MidlandMulder 2635A #01BLH12,11132948596
918717Sep 23, 2026Sep 21, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.ReevesEspresso 0805A #01HH16,32538942324
917587Sep 12, 2026Sep 10, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.MidlandTXL L #2308LSH9,88932948531
917586Sep 12, 2026Sep 10, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.MidlandTXL L #2307MSH9,88932948530
917585Sep 12, 2026Sep 10, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.MidlandTXL L #2306JMH9,88932948529
917493Oct 2, 2026Aug 26, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.EctorAthena #1604BLH12,07213544294
917492Oct 2, 2026Aug 26, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.EctorAthena #1603BLH12,07213544293
917491Oct 2, 2026Aug 26, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.EctorAthena #1602BLH12,07213544292
917490Oct 2, 2026Aug 26, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.EctorAthena #1601BLH12,07213544291
917493Aug 28, 2026Aug 26, 2026Continental Resources, Inc.EctorAthena #1604BLH12,07213544294

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/173777, documented in the API reference.