OPERATORS · RRC 217012 · P-5 STATUS Y
Diamondback E&P LLC
Midland, TX · most active in Midland County
Watch this operatorDiamondback E&P LLC was issued 729 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 39% on the prior year, across 8 counties led by Midland with 345. 100% were horizontal.
227 were issued in the past 90 days, up 161% on the prior quarter. 29 were issued in the past week.
The RRC wellbore file lists 11,735 wells under its operatorship (5,929 producing, 3,021 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 216M barrels of oil and 829M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 40% on the year before.
It holds 48 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 9.36M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
5,229 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2007; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.
- 729
- permits, last 12 months
- +39%
- vs prior 12 months (523)
- 8
- counties, 12 months
- 5.93K
- producing wells, of 11.7K of record
- 4.92K
- 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.
- 80%
- spud rate · 3,913 of 4,915 mature permits
- 50
- median days permit to spud · middle half 23–119
- 49
- spuds, last 180 days -71%
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 1,272
- expired undrilled
- 262
- permits a year over 20 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 59 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 705 · prior 12 548(+29%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland county → | 345 | 1,125 | 2,696 | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Martin county → | 205 | 1,909 | 4,652 | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Glasscock county → | 76 | 337 | 627 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Ector county → | 62 | 235 | 804 | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Howard county → | 34 | 296 | 394 | Mar 27, 2026 |
| Upton county → | 4 | 77 | 711 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Andrews county → | 2 | 268 | 442 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Pecos county → | 1 | 459 | 249 | Jan 12, 2026 |
| Reeves county → | — | 349 | 120 | Jan 11, 2024 |
| Ward county → | — | 95 | 129 | Aug 29, 2024 |
| Reagan county → | — | 36 | 682 | Sep 12, 2025 |
| Dawson county → | — | 19 | 104 | Oct 30, 2019 |
| Crane county → | — | 12 | 58 | Aug 31, 2023 |
| Loving county → | — | 11 | 8 | May 7, 2020 |
| Crockett county → | — | 1 | 12 | Oct 12, 2012 |
All 5,229 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry | 2,041 | 598 |
| San Andres | 2,028 | 592 |
| Yates | 1,976 | 560 |
| Clear Fork | 1,951 | 613 |
| Grayburg | 1,808 | 563 |
| Queen | 1,613 | 496 |
| Glorieta | 1,073 | 227 |
| Santa Rosa | 919 | 198 |
| Seven Rivers | 888 | 148 |
| Wolfcamp | 728 | 189 |
| Dean | 589 | 205 |
| Bone Spring | 190 | 4 |
| Cherry Canyon | 176 | 5 |
| Delaware | 165 | 0 |
| Rustler | 152 | 44 |
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 →
- 216M
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +40%
- vs the 12 months before
- 829M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 986M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 216,489,001 · prior 12 154,246,639(+40%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 828,798,516 · prior 12 515,194,010(+61%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 11,735
- on the schedule
- 5,929
- producing
- 3,021
- shut in
- 26
- injection
- 6
- temp. abandoned
- 2,256
- plugged
How it got them
- 2,532
- permitted itself
- 8,525
- acquired from others
- 218
- 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
- 48
- active UIC permits of 113
- 278K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 9.36M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Reagan | 10 active | 112K bbl/d |
| Upton | 18 active | 55.2K bbl/d |
| Ector | 2 active | 40K bbl/d |
| Midland | 6 active | 25.5K bbl/d |
| Martin | 6 active | 24.7K bbl/d |
| Howard | 1 active | 10K bbl/d |
| Irion | 1 active | 7K bbl/d |
| Ward | 2 active | 1.5K 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 | 705 | 548 | 5,128 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300 | 9,988 | 4,985 |
| Sallie Ann (Spraberry-Wolfcamp)79820800 | 575 | 323 |
| Hoefs T-K (Wolfcamp)41911500 | 322 | 298 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc85280301 | 191 | 102 |
| Phantom (Wolfcamp)71052900 | 105 | 78 |
| Ackerly (Dean Sand)448200 | 77 | 28 |
| Concho Bluff North (Queen)20006500 | 44 | 9 |
| RK (Devonian)74041100 | 42 | 1 |
| Two Georges (Bone Spring)92100050 | 19 | 12 |
| John Scott (Grayburg)46935500 | 17 | 0 |
| Westbrook (Clear Fork Upper)96563500 | 15 | 0 |
| Breedlove South (Spraberry)11756500 | 14 | 6 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 4, 2026
- Condensate gatheringOil gatheringGas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 500 W Texas Ave Ste 100
- Midland, TX 79701
- (855) 247-5920
- Officers and agents
- Corporation Service Company · Texas Resident Agent
- Stice, Travis D · Ceo
- Dick, Teresa · Secretary,vice President,evp/Cao
- Lawlis, Adam · Vice President,vp Investor Relat
- Dossey, Johnny · Vice President,vp Marketing
- Meek, David · Vice President,human Relations
- Zmigrosky, Matt · Secretary,vice President,evp/Che
- Wesson, Daniel N · Vice President,evp/Coo
- All 11 on the P-5 →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918997 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Midland | Hulk Hogan 12-38 C #1MSH | 11,000 | 32948605 |
| 918953 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Midland | Hulk Hogan 12-38 A #1LSH | 11,000 | 32948600 |
| 919619 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #U 3LSH | 13,000 | 17339628 |
| 919624 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #4HH | 13,000 | 17339634 |
| 919618 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #3WDH | 13,000 | 17339626 |
| 919617 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #3JMH | 13,000 | 17339625 |
| 919623 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #3HH | 13,000 | 17339633 |
| 919615 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #2WDH | 13,000 | 17339641 |
| 919616 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #2WBH | 13,000 | 17339642 |
| 919614 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #2WAH | 13,000 | 17339640 |
| 919613 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #2LSH | 13,000 | 17339639 |
| 919612 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #2JMH | 13,000 | 17339638 |
| 919610 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #1WDH | 13,000 | 17339636 |
| 919611 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #1WBH | 13,000 | 17339637 |
| 919609 | Oct 29, 2026 | Oct 27, 2026 | Diamondback E&P LLC | Glasscock | Woody 4-9 Unit #1WAH | 13,000 | 17339635 |
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/217012, documented in the API reference.