OPERATORS · RRC 29655 · P-5 STATUS Y
Ares Engy, Ltd
Midland, TX
Watch this operatorAres Engy, Ltd has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued May 6, 2025.
The RRC wellbore file lists 91 wells under its operatorship (29 producing, 7 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 552K barrels of oil and 877K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 41% on the year before.
It holds 8 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 406K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
38 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2012; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- -100%
- vs prior 12 months (2)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 29
- producing wells, of 91 of record
- 46
- 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.
- 58%
- spud rate · 22 of 38 mature permits
- 35
- median days permit to spud · middle half 14–72
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days -100%
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 16
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 13 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 7 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 11
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews county → | — | 17 | 22 | Mar 18, 2016 |
| Ector county → | — | 17 | 0 | May 6, 2025 |
| Irion county → | — | 4 | 20 | Aug 9, 2017 |
All 38 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 18 | 3 |
| San Andres | 18 | 3 |
| Queen | 17 | 3 |
| Grayburg | 17 | 3 |
| Glorieta | 14 | 3 |
| Seven Rivers | 10 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 9 | 2 |
| Holt | 3 | 1 |
| Santa Rosa | 3 | 0 |
| Permian (undifferentiated) | 2 | 0 |
| Tubb | 2 | 0 |
| Rustler | 1 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 1 | 0 |
| Strawn | 1 | 0 |
| Mississippian | 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 →
- 552K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -41%
- vs the 12 months before
- 877K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 3M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 552,111 · prior 12 931,053(-41%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 876,628 · prior 12 1,384,421(-37%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 91
- on the schedule
- 29
- producing
- 7
- shut in
- 1
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 38
- plugged
How it got them
- 11
- permitted itself
- 47
- acquired from others
- 8
- 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
- 8
- active UIC permits of 13
- 21K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 406K
- 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brown12376001 | 31 | 2 |
| Fuhrman-Mascho33176001 | 21 | 13 |
| Andrew A. (Canyon)2718400 | 17 | 7 |
| Edmonson (San Andres)27685500 | 12 | 6 |
| Brown (Wichita-Albany)12376666 | 5 | 0 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85279200 | 2 | 0 |
| Emma (Glorieta)28899415 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew a (Wolfcamp)2718600 | 1 | 0 |
| Russell (Clearfork Consolidated79002100 | 1 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Mar 4, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 600 N Marienfeld Ste 650
- Midland, TX 79701
- (432) 685-1960
- Officers and agents
- Lanza Resources, Inc. · General Partner
- Dimit, Robert Leslie · Partner,president,vice President
- Gartner, Emily · Filing Agent
- Daly, Kyle · Filing Agent
- Waters, Weldon · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 907765 | May 6, 2025 | May 6, 2025 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Irma Unit #1HH | 12,500 | 13544107 |
| 907765 | May 6, 2025 | May 6, 2025 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Irma Unit #1HH | 12,500 | 13544107 |
| 902370 | Aug 30, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Patricia Unit #1HH | 12,500 | 13544069 |
| 902370 | Aug 30, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Patricia Unit #1HH | 12,500 | 13544069 |
| 902036 | Aug 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2024 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Cowden #1HH | 12,500 | 13544064 |
| 896802 | Jan 26, 2024 | Jan 26, 2024 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Ava Unit #1HH | 12,500 | 13544032 |
| 896058 | Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Katy Unit #1HH | 12,500 | 13544016 |
| 891278 | Jun 16, 2023 | Jun 16, 2023 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Becky #1HH | 12,000 | 13543976 |
| 883621 | Sep 15, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Sweet Melissa #3HH | 12,500 | 13543924 |
| 883621 | Sep 15, 2022 | Sep 15, 2022 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Abby Unit #1HH | 12,500 | 13543924 |
| 882294 | Jul 22, 2022 | Jul 22, 2022 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Anna #1HH | 12,500 | 13543903 |
| 873930 | Nov 15, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Terry #1HH | 11,080 | 13543852 |
| 873930 | Nov 15, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Terry #1HH | 12,000 | 13543852 |
| 869907 | May 26, 2021 | May 26, 2021 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Sweet Melissa #1HH | 12,240 | 13543810 |
| 869907 | May 26, 2021 | May 26, 2021 | Ares Energy, Ltd. | Ector | Sweet Melissa #1HH | 12,240 | 13543810 |
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/29655, documented in the API reference.