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OPERATORS · RRC 278879  · P-5 STATUS Y

Fossil Petro LLC

San Angelo, TX · most active in Cass County

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Fossil Petro LLC was issued 1 drilling permit in the past 12 months, versus 3 in the prior year, all in Cass County. 0% were horizontal.

None were issued in the past 90 days.

The RRC wellbore file lists 14 wells under its operatorship (5 producing, 2 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 19K barrels of oil and 25.5K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 26% on the year before.

It holds 2 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 3.38M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

24 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2017; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 4, 2025.

1
permits, last 12 months
-67%
vs prior 12 months (3)
1
counties, 12 months
5
producing wells, of 14 of record
13
leases it reports
0%
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.

78%
spud rate · 18 of 23 mature permits
46
median days permit to spud · middle half 28–76
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
6
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 10 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 8 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 11

0122023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Cass county →142May 13, 2026
Irion county →—96Feb 21, 2020
Runnels county →—32Dec 14, 2017
Tom Green county →—30Oct 6, 2023
Ward county →—30Nov 19, 2024
Schleicher county →—21Oct 6, 2023

All 24 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
Clear Fork100
San Andres80
Wolfcamp80
San Angelo80
Canyon70
Coleman Junction30
Rodessa22
Paluxy22
Bossier22
Nacatoch22
Pettit22
Cotton Valley22
James Lime11

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 →

19K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-26%
vs the 12 months before
25.5K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
237K
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 18,956 · prior 12 25,714(-26%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 25,471 · prior 12 33,456(-24%)

020K40K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

14
on the schedule
5
producing
2
shut in
2
injection
0
temp. abandoned
2
plugged

How it got them

5
permitted itself
9
acquired from others
13
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

2
active UIC permits of 2
45K
permitted bbl/day, active
3.38M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Reagan1 active30K bbl/d
Irion1 active15K 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
Drill1323
Recompletion001

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
Andrew A. (Canyon)271840030
Spraberry (Trend Area)8527920032
Hollow Creek (Dog Bend)4223316622
Hidden Rock (Cotton Valley Lime)4109010021
Dove Creek (Canyon -C-)2593028410
Andrew a (Wolfcamp)271860010
Van Keuren (San Angelo)9310550010
Wildcat1600110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Aug 4, 2025
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
PO Box 60903
San Angelo, TX 76906
(325) 374-3575
Officers and agents
Young, Travis J · Managing Member

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
915543May 13, 2026May 13, 2026Fossil Petroleum LLCCassApostle #112,00006730980
906553Mar 14, 2025Mar 14, 2025Fossil Petroleum LLCCassMahko #112,00006730966
906553Mar 14, 2025Mar 14, 2025Fossil Petroleum LLCCassMahko #112,00006730966
904103Nov 19, 2024Nov 19, 2024Fossil Petroleum LLCWardIce 24 #214,50047538872
901115Jul 11, 2024Jul 11, 2024Fossil Petroleum LLCCassGeronimo #111,60006730954
894297Oct 6, 2023Oct 6, 2023Fossil Petroleum LLCTom GreenJohn Wick #26,80045132915
894296Oct 6, 2023Oct 6, 2023Fossil Petroleum LLCSchleicherWallace 68 #26,60041333031
891235Jun 12, 2023Jun 12, 2023Fossil Petroleum LLCWardIce 24 #110,57547538347
883690Sep 9, 2022Sep 9, 2022Fossil Petroleum LLCTom GreenCaldwell #17,10045132898
883494Sep 6, 2022Sep 6, 2022Fossil Petroleum LLCTom GreenJohn Wick #17,10045132897
877564Mar 17, 2022Mar 17, 2022Fossil Petroleum LLCWardIce 24 #114,50047538347
873476Oct 14, 2021Oct 14, 2021Fossil Petroleum LLCSchleicherWallace 68 #17,50041333024
862029Feb 21, 2020Feb 21, 2020Fossil Petroleum LLCIrionHamilton Ranch #59,00023536449
851432Mar 27, 2019Mar 27, 2019Fossil Petroleum LLCIrionHamilton #189,00023536411
848055Dec 20, 2018Dec 20, 2018Fossil Petroleum LLCIrionHamilton 'C' #199,00023536360

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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