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OPERATORS · RRC 220855  · P-5 STATUS Y

Discovery Natural Res LLC

Denver, CO · most active in Reagan County

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Discovery Natural Res LLC was issued 35 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 46% on the prior year, all in Reagan County. 100% were horizontal.

17 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 5 in the prior quarter. 1 was issued in the past week.

The RRC wellbore file lists 2,016 wells under its operatorship (904 producing, 416 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 8.73M barrels of oil and 58.1M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 30% on the year before.

It holds 18 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 790K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

447 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2014; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.

35
permits, last 12 months
+46%
vs prior 12 months (24)
1
counties, 12 months
904
producing wells, of 2.02K of record
801
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.

76%
spud rate · 323 of 425 mature permits
49
median days permit to spud · middle half 25–95
2
spuds, last 180 days -75%
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
124
expired undrilled
37
permits a year over 12 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 30 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 53 · prior 12 72(-26%)

010203020222023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Reagan county →353651,028Oct 27, 2026
Irion county →—59427Aug 15, 2024
Glasscock county →—2356Jan 10, 2023

All 447 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
Spraberry25334
San Andres25234
Grayburg25134
Clear Fork25134
Queen21534
Wolfcamp380
Canyon320
Yates100
Seven Rivers100
Wichita-Albany90
Dean60
Santa Rosa40
Strawn30
Fusselman20
Ellenburger20

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 →

8.73M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+30%
vs the 12 months before
58.1M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
51.7M
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 58,066,240 · prior 12 47,323,599(+23%)

02M4M6M202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 8,730,670 · prior 12 6,708,228(+30%)

0500K1M202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

2,016
on the schedule
904
producing
416
shut in
2
injection
6
temp. abandoned
512
plugged

How it got them

251
permitted itself
1,513
acquired from others
4
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

18
active UIC permits of 31
300K
permitted bbl/day, active
790K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Reagan10 active158K bbl/d
Irion6 active102K bbl/d
Glasscock2 active40K 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
Drill3724441
Recompletion007
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
Spraberry (Trend Area)852803001,409418
Adams-Baggett Ranch (Canyon Sd.)636500497467
SRH (Clear Fork)85447300650
Lin (Wolfcamp)53613750136
Hondo Pipeline (Fusselman)4242505151
Pink Draw (Fusselman)7165630050
Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc8527920143
Coos (Penn Strawn)2043740044
Garden City S. (Wolfcamp)3399850031
Wildcat1600120
J.D. Gas (Strawn)4497337522
Acorn (Wolfcamp Lower)51070011

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Oct 4, 2025
G/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
1001 17TH St Ste 2000
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 893-5073
Officers and agents
CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Jones, Christopher Cody · Member,chief Financial Officer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919550Oct 29, 2026Oct 27, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganSRH Daa #4028TCH9,00038342506
918600Sep 23, 2026Sep 21, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganSRH-C-1 #0222WFH10,00038342489
918147Nov 1, 2026Sep 4, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek C #0416MBH8,50038342455
918150Sep 27, 2026Sep 4, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek H #0401LAH8,50038342458
918148Sep 27, 2026Sep 4, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek D #0417MBH8,50038342456
918147Sep 27, 2026Sep 4, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek C #0416MBH8,50038342455
918150Sep 6, 2026Sep 4, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek H #0401LAH8,50038342458
918148Sep 6, 2026Sep 4, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek D #0417MBH8,50038342456
918147Sep 6, 2026Sep 4, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek C #0416MBH8,50038342455
918152Nov 1, 2026Sep 3, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek G #0404MBH8,50038342460
918152Sep 30, 2026Sep 3, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek G #0404MBH8,50038342460
918151Sep 30, 2026Sep 3, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek F #0402MBH8,50038342459
918152Sep 5, 2026Sep 3, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek G #0404MBH8,50038342460
918151Sep 5, 2026Sep 3, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek F #0402MBH8,50038342459
918149Sep 4, 2026Sep 2, 2026Discovery Natural Resources LLCReaganNorth Creek E #0401MBH8,50038342457

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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