OPERATORS · RRC 186717 · P-5 STATUS Y
Craton Oper LLC
Bellaire, TX
Watch this operatorCraton Oper LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 10, 2025.
The RRC wellbore file lists 245 wells under its operatorship (120 producing, 8 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 7.54K barrels of oil and 2.71M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 124% on the year before.
14 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2022; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- -100%
- vs prior 12 months (7)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 120
- producing wells, of 245 of record
- 311
- leases it reports
- —
- 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.
- 21%
- spud rate · 3 of 14 mature permits
- 19
- median days permit to spud · middle half 19–19
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 11
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 4 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 10 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 14
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusk county → | — | 7 | 66 | Dec 5, 2022 |
| Gregg county → | — | 6 | 56 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| Harrison county → | — | 1 | 44 | Apr 15, 2025 |
All 14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bossier | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Chalk | 1 | 1 |
| Woodbine | 1 | 1 |
| Buda | 1 | 1 |
| Rodessa | 1 | 1 |
| Pettit | 1 | 1 |
| Travis Peak | 1 | 1 |
| Cotton Valley | 1 | 1 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 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 →
- 7.54K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +124%
- vs the 12 months before
- 2.71M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 38.1K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 2,710,539 · prior 12 2,929,957(-7%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 7,536 · prior 12 3,371(+124%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 245
- on the schedule
- 120
- producing
- 8
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 99
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 5
- permitted itself
- 233
- acquired from others
- 2
- 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
- 0
- active UIC permits of 3
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 0 | 7 | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)66461275 | 62 | 32 |
| Willow Springs (Cotton Valley)97752100 | 24 | 15 |
| Carthage (Cotton Valley)16032174 | 24 | 12 |
| Willow Springs (Travis Peak)97752830 | 23 | 7 |
| Centennial E. (Cotton Valley)16694500 | 20 | 7 |
| Carthage (Haynesville Shale)16032300 | 18 | 15 |
| Personville N (CV Consolidated)70794475 | 11 | 9 |
| Beckville (Cotton Valley)6648500 | 7 | 3 |
| Carthage North (Cotton Valley)16034250 | 7 | 3 |
| Blocker (Cotton Valley)9591300 | 6 | 3 |
| Hardwood (Cotton Valley)39026200 | 6 | 3 |
| Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)67849150 | 4 | 2 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 4, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 6300 West Loop South Ste 550
- Bellaire, TX 77401
- (713) 900-3456
- Officers and agents
- Marin, Robert · Manager,member
- Van Dyke, James · Filing Agent
- Gardner, Thomas · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 910325 | Sep 10, 2025 | Sep 10, 2025 | Craton Operating LLC | Gregg | Thrasher, S.R. #2 | 10,775 | 18330903 |
| 907358 | Apr 15, 2025 | Apr 15, 2025 | Craton Operating LLC | Harrison | Harris-Munden Gas Unit #4 | 10,226 | 20333008 |
| 907273 | Apr 9, 2025 | Apr 9, 2025 | Craton Operating LLC | Gregg | Lawrence-Chevron Gas Unit #8 | 10,720 | 18330852 |
| 906411 | Mar 12, 2025 | Mar 12, 2025 | Craton Operating LLC | Gregg | Harroun-Finch #5 | 10,766 | 18330983 |
| 905198 | Jan 30, 2025 | Jan 30, 2025 | Craton Operating LLC | Gregg | Harroun-Finch #4 | 10,771 | 18330982 |
| 905153 | Aug 14, 2026 | Jan 21, 2025 | Craton Operating LLC | Gregg | Fisher-Duncan #1B | 10,700 | 18330844 |
| 905153 | Jan 21, 2025 | Jan 21, 2025 | Craton Operating LLC | Gregg | Fisher-Duncan GU #1 | 10,700 | 18330844 |
| 885956 | Dec 5, 2022 | Dec 5, 2022 | Craton Operating LLC | Rusk | Cherokee Water Company Unit #14 | 8,850 | 40134930 |
| 885200 | Nov 18, 2022 | Nov 18, 2022 | Craton Operating LLC | Rusk | Gladney Gas Unit #2 | 7,344 | 40131265 |
| 884660 | Oct 11, 2022 | Oct 11, 2022 | Craton Operating LLC | Rusk | Shelton Gas Unit No. 1 #2 | 8,950 | 40132786 |
| 884178 | Sep 23, 2022 | Sep 23, 2022 | Craton Operating LLC | Rusk | Gladney Gas Unit #11 | 7,200 | 40134633 |
| 883284 | Aug 30, 2022 | Aug 30, 2022 | Craton Operating LLC | Rusk | Shelton Gas Unit #1 | 7,200 | 40132549 |
| 882369 | Jul 26, 2022 | Jul 26, 2022 | Craton Operating LLC | Rusk | Gladney #9 | 10,575 | 40133562 |
| 882369 | Jul 26, 2022 | Jul 26, 2022 | Craton Operating LLC | Rusk | Gladney #9 | 10,575 | 40133562 |
| 870727 | Jul 1, 2021 | Jul 1, 2021 | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation | Rusk | Gladney Gas Unit #13 | 10,643 | 40134813 |
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/186717, documented in the API reference.