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OPERATORS · RRC 29657  · P-5 STATUS Y

Arete Oper Co, LLC

San Antonio, TX · most active in Frio County

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Arete Oper CO, LLC was issued 3 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 3 in the prior year, all in Frio County. 67% were horizontal.

None were issued in the past 90 days.

The RRC wellbore file lists 41 wells under its operatorship (24 producing, 1 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 12.7K barrels of oil and 156K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 23% on the year before.

It holds 2 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 2.05K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

10 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2021; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2026.

3
permits, last 12 months
+0%
vs prior 12 months (3)
1
counties, 12 months
24
producing wells, of 41 of record
64
leases it reports
67%
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.

33%
spud rate · 3 of 9 mature permits
85
median days permit to spud · middle half 68–120
0
spuds, last 180 days -100%
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
7
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 6 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 7 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 8

01220252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Frio county →362Jun 12, 2026
Zapata county →—49Sep 9, 2022

All 10 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
Cook Mountain20
Queen City20
Yegua20

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 →

12.7K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+23%
vs the 12 months before
156K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
44.8K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 155,778 · prior 12 270,884(-42%)

020K40K60K202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 12,744 · prior 12 10,372(+23%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

41
on the schedule
24
producing
1
shut in
0
injection
12
temp. abandoned
0
plugged

How it got them

0
permitted itself
40
acquired from others
2
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 3
3K
permitted bbl/day, active
2.05K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Zapata1 active2K bbl/d
Karnes1 active1K bbl/d
Frio0 active0 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
Recompletion224
Drill116

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
Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.)93215400137
LA Perla (Lobo Cons.)50925015104
Rottersman (Lobo)7848550077
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)6998112522
Rottersman (8500)7848565022
Monson SW. (6150)6251416620
Wildcat800110
Fausto (Lobo)3040540011
Los Mogotes (Queen City)5497633310
Monson (Queen City)6250840010
Barrera (Lobo)581340011

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 4, 2026
CSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
21022 Gathering Oak
San Antonio, TX 78260
(210) 325-9383
Officers and agents
Pawelek, Joseph C. · President,vice President
Amsler, Casey · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
916360Jun 12, 2026Jun 12, 2026Arete Operating Company, LLCFrioNeal #24,20016334420
910484Sep 27, 2026Dec 16, 2025Arete Operating Company, LLCFrioStewart #1HNH5,66016333595
910484Dec 16, 2025Dec 16, 2025Arete Operating Company, LLCFrioStewart #1HNH5,32816333595
910116Oct 1, 2025Oct 1, 2025Arete Operating Company, LLCFrioStewart-Michael 2H Unit #1H5,14916333550
909956Sep 17, 2025Sep 17, 2025Arete Operating Company, LLCFrioStewart-Trees #1HH5,37016334377
905916Feb 14, 2025Feb 14, 2025Arete Operating Company, LLCFrioStewart #15,59016333411
883684Sep 9, 2022Sep 9, 2022Arete Operating Company, LLCZapataGomez #412,75050536634
877928Mar 15, 2022Mar 15, 2022Arete Operating Company, LLCZapataHaynes Estate #114,75050536626
868695Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021Arete Operating Company, LLCZapataHaynes Estate #104,75050536622
868695Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021Arete Operating Company, LLCZapataHaynes Estate #104,75050536622
725014Sep 28, 2011Sep 28, 2011Ricochet Energy, Inc.FrioStewart - Michael Unit #1H6,00016333535
710938Feb 28, 2011Feb 28, 2011Ricochet Energy, Inc.FrioStewart #2H6,00016333455
699536Aug 10, 2010Aug 10, 2010Chroma Operating, Inc.WebbRussell-Winch #2310,00047940996
691272Feb 17, 2010Feb 17, 2010Chroma Operating, Inc.WebbRussell-Winch #2510,70047940819
628081Oct 31, 2006Oct 31, 2006One Tec Operating, LLCKarnesMonson #25,49025531517

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/29657, documented in the API reference.