OPERATORS · RRC 247675 · P-5 STATUS Y
Element Petro OP III, LLC
Midland, TX
Watch this operatorElement Petro OP Iii, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 23, 2024.
86 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2016; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 0 of record
- 0
- 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.
- 77%
- spud rate · 66 of 86 mature permits
- 42
- median days permit to spud · middle half 28–91
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 20
- expired undrilled
- 11
- permits a year over 8 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 6 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin county → | — | 45 | 0 | Oct 11, 2022 |
| Cochran county → | — | 38 | 0 | Apr 2, 2019 |
| Andrews county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 23, 2024 |
| Gaines county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 27, 2022 |
All 86 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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 45 | 1 |
| Yates | 40 | 1 |
| Grayburg | 35 | 1 |
| Santa Rosa | 34 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 32 | 0 |
| Queen | 30 | 1 |
| Wolfcamp | 25 | 0 |
| Dean | 22 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 20 | 1 |
| Cisco | 9 | 0 |
| Tansill | 4 | 0 |
| Rustler | 4 | 0 |
| Wichita-Albany | 3 | 0 |
| Seven Rivers | 3 | 0 |
| Abo | 3 | 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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 6.01M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 0
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 0
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 0
- acquired from others
- 49
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Cochran | 0 active | 0 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 →
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Apr 4, 2026
- Address
- PO Box 50177
- Midland, TX 79710
- (432) 557-7934
- Officers and agents
- Capital Corporate Services Inc · Texas Resident Agent
- Element Petroleum III, LLC · Managing Member
- Gibson, Stephan Todd · Chairman
- Small, James Robert · President,vice Chairman
- Miller, Christine M · Secretary
- Sell, Taylor Griffin · Ceo
- Ward, Carter Aubrey · Vice President
- Hopper, Steven Eric · Vice President
- All 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 899898 | May 23, 2024 | May 23, 2024 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Andrews | Neidermeyer Unit 11-16 #4BMH | 11,000 | 00348973 |
| 893478 | Sep 14, 2023 | Sep 14, 2023 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Andrews | Bluto Unit 11-16 #2BMH | 11,000 | 00348865 |
| 884385 | Oct 11, 2022 | Oct 11, 2022 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | Texas Ranger Unit 17-19 #8WAH | 9,200 | 31744740 |
| 884361 | Oct 6, 2022 | Oct 6, 2022 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | Mischievous Badger Unit 80-85 #3LSH | 9,000 | 31744715 |
| 884360 | Oct 6, 2022 | Oct 6, 2022 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | Mischievous Badger Unit 80-85 #1LSH | 9,000 | 31744714 |
| 881467 | Jun 28, 2022 | Jun 28, 2022 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | Big Red Unit 75-82 #5LSH | 17,500 | 31744513 |
| 879479 | May 2, 2022 | May 2, 2022 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | Texas Ranger Unit 17-19 #8WAH | 9,500 | 31744321 |
| 876301 | Jan 27, 2022 | Jan 27, 2022 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Gaines | Jack Hawk Unit 298 #5LSH | 9,700 | 16538840 |
| 874238 | Nov 19, 2021 | Nov 19, 2021 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | Walker Unit 16-20 #1MSH | 9,200 | 31743909 |
| 873891 | Oct 27, 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | EL Diablo 79-78 #6LSH | 9,500 | 31743880 |
| 873868 | Oct 27, 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | EL Diablo 79-78 #6WAH | 9,500 | 31743879 |
| 873866 | Oct 27, 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | EL Diablo 79-78 #5LSH | 9,500 | 31743878 |
| 873862 | Oct 27, 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | EL Diablo 79-78 #5WAH | 9,500 | 31743877 |
| 868090 | Mar 11, 2021 | Mar 11, 2021 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | Walker Unit 16-20 #1LSH | 17,500 | 31743423 |
| 867156 | Jan 25, 2021 | Jan 25, 2021 | Element Petroleum OP III, LLC | Martin | Spider Monkey Unit 17-19 #4WAH | 17,500 | 31743391 |
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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