OPERATORS · RRC 238742 · P-5 STATUS Y
Earthbound Res LLC
Merkel, TX
Watch this operatorEarthbound Res LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 14, 2022.
The RRC wellbore file lists 35 wells under its operatorship (11 producing, 4 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 2.02K barrels of oil and 696 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 6% on the year before.
It holds 5 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 249K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
26 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2011; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 11
- producing wells, of 35 of record
- 12
- 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.
- 73%
- spud rate · 19 of 26 mature permits
- 18
- median days permit to spud · middle half 3–40
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 7
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 11 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 1 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor county → | — | 14 | 23 | Apr 14, 2022 |
| Brown county → | — | 6 | 0 | Dec 12, 2011 |
| Jones county → | — | 4 | 1 | Apr 26, 2013 |
| Coleman county → | — | 1 | 10 | Jan 18, 2018 |
| King county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 9, 2016 |
All 26 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman Junction | 9 | 0 |
| Saddle Creek | 3 | 0 |
| Gunsight | 2 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 1 | 0 |
| Caddo | 1 | 0 |
| Marble Falls | 1 | 0 |
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 →
- 2.02K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -6%
- vs the 12 months before
- 696
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 60.2K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 2,021 · prior 12 2,146(-6%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 696 · prior 12 0
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 35
- on the schedule
- 11
- producing
- 4
- shut in
- 5
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 11
- plugged
How it got them
- 8
- permitted itself
- 20
- acquired from others
- 9
- 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
- 5
- active UIC permits of 5
- 6.7K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 249K
- 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tye SW. (Dothan Sand)92165500 | 13 | 6 |
| Hrubetz (Ellen)43073500 | 9 | 2 |
| Ferrell30706001 | 6 | 1 |
| Taylor County Regular88520001 | 5 | 1 |
| Coleman County Regular19511001 | 1 | 1 |
| Jones County Regular47113001 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 4, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 114 Edwards
- Merkel, TX 79536
- (325) 669-4485
- Officers and agents
- Miller, Andy Lee · Manager
- Miller, Hilary Ann · Manager
- Carlson, Levi · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 879033 | Apr 14, 2022 | Apr 14, 2022 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Young #2 | 5,000 | 44133575 |
| 836158 | Feb 9, 2018 | Feb 9, 2018 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Townsend #11 | 3,000 | 44134584 |
| 835142 | Jan 18, 2018 | Jan 18, 2018 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Coleman | Johnson, Richard #10 | 5,000 | 08336220 |
| 834331 | Dec 21, 2017 | Dec 21, 2017 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Tye, S.W. Unit #14 | 3,000 | 44134583 |
| 834097 | Dec 15, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Tye, S.W. Unit #13 | 3,000 | 44134582 |
| 833943 | Dec 12, 2017 | Dec 12, 2017 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Stephan -A- #12 | 3,000 | 44134581 |
| 833805 | Dec 7, 2017 | Dec 7, 2017 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Teaff #11 | 3,000 | 44134580 |
| 833650 | Dec 1, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Teaff #10 | 2,000 | 44134579 |
| 820708 | Dec 9, 2016 | Dec 9, 2016 | Earthbound Resources LLC | King | Ratliff 'C' #11 | 8,000 | 26930355 |
| 811572 | Nov 4, 2015 | Nov 4, 2015 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Townsend #10 | 3,000 | 44132792 |
| 787124 | Jun 18, 2014 | Jun 18, 2014 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Henslee #1 | 4,000 | 44134473 |
| 787130 | Jun 11, 2014 | Jun 11, 2014 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Townsend #2A | 4,000 | 44134474 |
| 769237 | Sep 4, 2013 | Sep 4, 2013 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Townsend #1A | 3,400 | 44134443 |
| 761552 | May 2, 2013 | May 2, 2013 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Taylor | Oats 'A' #1 | 3,500 | 44134423 |
| 761089 | Apr 26, 2013 | Apr 26, 2013 | Earthbound Resources LLC | Jones | Hudson-Brown #2A | 2,900 | 25335332 |
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/238742, documented in the API reference.