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OPERATORS · RRC 253102  · P-5 STATUS Y

Ensign Oper LLC

Houston, TX

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Ensign Oper LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 4, 2022.

The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.

137 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2018; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 3, 2023.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 3 of record
4
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.

89%
spud rate · 122 of 137 mature permits
140
median days permit to spud · middle half 74–227
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
15
expired undrilled
27
permits a year over 5 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 9 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 76

0102030

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Karnes county →—581Oct 4, 2022
Live Oak county →—460Nov 4, 2022
DE Witt county →—331Oct 3, 2022

All 137 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
Wilcox1090
Austin Chalk1060
Eagle Ford1040
Queen City750
Reklaw490
Carrizo440
Yegua250
Jackson60
Midway40
Olmos30
Anacacho20
Navarro20
Escondido10

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
1.84M
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

3
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
1
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
113
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

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
Drill00135
Recompletion001
Reclass001

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
DE Witt (Eagle Ford Shale)2449250010
Pawnee (Wilcox)6984590010
Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)8695060010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Nov 3, 2023
Address
5875 North Sam Houston Parkway West Ste 600
Houston, TX 77086
(361) 319-9537
Officers and agents
CT Corporation · Texas Resident Agent
Ensign Natural Resources LLC · Member
Pennington, Dallas Brett · President
Thayer, Paul · Vice President
Gouge, Brad · Vice President,vice President OF
Haydell, Garner · Vice President,vice President OF
Enos, Jennifer · Vice President,vice President OF

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
885387Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 - Wilbur E 01 D #04HH22,00029736300
885386Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 - Wilbur E 01 C #03HH22,00029736299
885385Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 - Wilbur E 01 B #02HH22,00029736298
885384Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 - Wilbur E 01 A #01HH23,00029736297
883517Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 E #05HH23,00025537598
883516Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 D #04HH23,00025537597
883515Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 C #03HH23,00025537596
883514Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 B #02HH23,00025537595
883513Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 A #01HH23,00025537594
884387Oct 3, 2022Oct 3, 2022Ensign Operating LLCDE WittSager 01 - D01 D #04HH25,00012335231
884386Oct 3, 2022Oct 3, 2022Ensign Operating LLCDE WittSager 01 - D01 C #03HH25,00012335230
884384Oct 3, 2022Oct 3, 2022Ensign Operating LLCDE WittSager 01 - D01 B #02HH25,00012335229
882315Sep 6, 2022Sep 6, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesMangione 01 #18HH20,00025537557
882243Jul 21, 2022Jul 21, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 #70HH22,50029736279
882242Jul 21, 2022Jul 21, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 #69HH22,50029736278

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.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/253102, documented in the API reference.