OPERATORS · RRC 200532  · P-5 STATUS Y

Dark Horse Oper Co., L.L.C

Dark Horse Oper CO., L.L.C has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 14, 2011.

The RRC wellbore file lists 26 wells under its operatorship.

30 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2004; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 2, 2024.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 26 of record
3
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.

70%
spud rate · 21 of 30 mature permits
3
median days permit to spud · middle half 1–7
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
9
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 7 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Denton county →—131Mar 9, 2007
Montague county →—111Jun 1, 2010
Wise county →—50Aug 6, 2007
Wichita county →—124Jan 14, 2011

All 30 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
Barnett130
Forestburg80
Marble Falls60
Viola50
Caddo40

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
8.83K
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

26
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
19
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
13
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

By county

Wichita0 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
Drill0030

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
Wichita County Regular97155001240
Newark East (Barnett Shale)6528020020

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 2, 2024
Address
P O Box 2184
Denton, TX 76202
(940) 390-3508
Officers and agents
Stinnett, Stephen Rand · Manager
Lindsay, Robert Phillip · Manager

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
708503Jan 14, 2011Jan 14, 2011Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.WichitaRamming Stephen #2T2,00048545004
696798Jun 1, 2010Jun 1, 2010Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.MontagueBrowning #28,50033734339
677196Jan 13, 2009Jan 13, 2009Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.MontagueBrowning #19,10033734192
643554Aug 6, 2007Aug 6, 2007Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.WiseEudaly #1HH9,00049736316
634566Mar 9, 2007Mar 9, 2007Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.WiseBoaz #1 HH8,50049736222
634565Mar 9, 2007Mar 9, 2007Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.DentonPruett #29,00012133060
631477Jan 8, 2007Jan 8, 2007Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.MontagueBloomer #18,20033733894
631477Jan 8, 2007Jan 8, 2007Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.MontagueBloomer #18,20033733894
630395Dec 13, 2006Dec 13, 2006Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.MontagueFive NS #19,00033733886
630395Dec 13, 2006Dec 13, 2006Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.MontagueFive NS #19,00033733886
630250Dec 11, 2006Dec 11, 2006Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.WiseRSK #18,20049736181
628778Nov 9, 2006Nov 9, 2006Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.DentonPruett #19,50012132994
626323Sep 21, 2006Sep 21, 2006Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.MontagueSeibold #18,50033733869
626323Sep 21, 2006Sep 21, 2006Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.MontagueSeibold #18,50033733869
625635Sep 8, 2006Sep 8, 2006Dark Horse Operating Co., L.L.C.DentonCorbin #19,50012132952

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.

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