OPERATORS · RRC 41867 · P-5 STATUS Y
BTA Oil Producers, LLC
Midland, TX · most active in Crane County
Watch this operatorBta Oil Producers, LLC was issued 39 drilling permits in the past 12 months, down 11% on the prior year, across 3 counties led by Crane with 16. 100% were horizontal.
6 were issued in the past 90 days, down 40% on the prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 289 wells under its operatorship (138 producing, 2 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 2.4M barrels of oil and 20.6M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 12% on the year before.
It holds 9 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 9.15M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
418 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2008; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.
- 39
- permits, last 12 months
- -11%
- vs prior 12 months (44)
- 3
- counties, 12 months
- 138
- producing wells, of 289 of record
- 192
- leases it reports
- 100%
- 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.
- 73%
- spud rate · 293 of 402 mature permits
- 77
- median days permit to spud · middle half 34–169
- 1
- spuds, last 180 days -94%
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 124
- expired undrilled
- 22
- permits a year over 19 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 26 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 76 · prior 12 47(+62%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane county → | 16 | 62 | 11 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Loving county → | 12 | 37 | 19 | May 26, 2026 |
| Reeves county → | 11 | 119 | 67 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| Reagan county → | — | 80 | 115 | Dec 6, 2021 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 30 | 3 | Aug 26, 2015 |
| Midland county → | — | 30 | 9 | Jul 20, 2021 |
| Andrews county → | — | 21 | 14 | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Ward county → | — | 19 | 27 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| Yoakum county → | — | 5 | 0 | Nov 24, 2009 |
| Culberson county → | — | 4 | 6 | Jul 30, 2018 |
| Winkler county → | — | 3 | 1 | Jun 12, 2015 |
| Howard county → | — | 2 | 8 | May 26, 2016 |
| Scurry county → | — | 2 | 0 | Apr 21, 2009 |
| Upton county → | — | 2 | 2 | Aug 29, 2008 |
| Chambers county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 10, 2013 |
| Ector county → | — | 1 | 6 | Aug 2, 2013 |
All 418 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wolfcamp | 133 | 1 |
| Delaware | 101 | 2 |
| Cherry Canyon | 91 | 0 |
| Bone Spring | 89 | 2 |
| San Andres | 74 | 9 |
| Bell Canyon | 72 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 68 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 47 | 0 |
| Yates | 45 | 14 |
| Rustler | 42 | 13 |
| Grayburg | 41 | 12 |
| Dean | 37 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 33 | 13 |
| Queen | 24 | 6 |
| Strawn | 18 | 1 |
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 →
- 2.4M
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +12%
- vs the 12 months before
- 20.6M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 16.3M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 20,562,487 · prior 12 22,141,054(-7%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 2,396,383 · prior 12 2,146,449(+12%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 289
- on the schedule
- 138
- producing
- 2
- shut in
- 9
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 123
- plugged
How it got them
- 154
- permitted itself
- 94
- acquired from others
- 51
- 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
- 9
- active UIC permits of 30
- 165K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 9.15M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Reeves | 4 active | 75K bbl/d |
| Reagan | 3 active | 50K bbl/d |
| Loving | 2 active | 40K bbl/d |
| Andrews | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Scurry | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Glasscock | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Ector | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Yoakum | 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 39 | 44 | 390 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85279200 | 115 | 28 |
| Phantom (Wolfcamp)71052900 | 101 | 89 |
| Peart (Barnett)69996200 | 11 | 9 |
| Cowden North21289001 | 10 | 0 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc85280301 | 9 | 9 |
| Nix (Clearfork)65567300 | 8 | 0 |
| Talbot (Canyon)88200075 | 6 | 0 |
| Orla Southeast (Delaware)67609500 | 4 | 0 |
| King Edward (Atoka)49400600 | 2 | 2 |
| Calvin (Dean)14937333 | 2 | 0 |
| Blalock Lake SE (Wolfcamp)8740500 | 2 | 0 |
| Phantom Ranch (Wolfcamp)71080475 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 4, 2025
- Gas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 104 S Pecos St
- Midland, TX 79701
- (432) 682-3753
- Officers and agents
- Beal, Barry a Jr · Managing Member
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917975 | Aug 23, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Crane | UL Side Car 22303 H 27-22 #2HH | 10,400 | 10337836 |
| 917967 | Aug 23, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Crane | UL Side Car 22303 G 27-22 #1HH | 10,400 | 10337835 |
| 917915 | Aug 22, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Reeves | Arpent 21602 25 #06HH | 12,100 | 38942282 |
| 917895 | Aug 22, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Reeves | Arpent 21602 25 #05HH | 12,100 | 38942283 |
| 917594 | Aug 6, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Crane | UL Ski Cabin 22303 J 28-21 #14HH | 10,400 | 10337830 |
| 917556 | Aug 6, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Crane | UL Ski Cabin 22303 I 28-21 #13HH | 10,400 | 10337829 |
| 916611 | Oct 8, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Crane | UL West Basin 22501 L 21-16-9 #16HH | 10,400 | 10337822 |
| 916644 | Oct 2, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Crane | UL West Basin 22501 K 21-16-9 #15HH | 10,400 | 10337823 |
| 916611 | Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Crane | UL West Basin 22501 L 21-16-9 #16HH | 10,400 | 10337822 |
| 916644 | Jun 25, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Crane | UL West Basin 22501 K 21-16-9 #15HH | 10,400 | 10337823 |
| 915839 | May 26, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Loving | Pizza Snack 22502 19 #10HH | 11,600 | 30137861 |
| 915832 | May 26, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Loving | Pizza Snack 22502 19 #09HH | 11,100 | 30137860 |
| 915830 | May 26, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Loving | Pizza Snack 22502 19 #08HH | 11,600 | 30137859 |
| 915828 | May 26, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Loving | Pizza Snack 22502 19 #07HH | 11,600 | 30137858 |
| 915825 | May 26, 2026 | May 26, 2026 | BTA Oil Producers, LLC | Loving | Pizza Snack 22502 19 #06HH | 11,100 | 30137857 |
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/41867, documented in the API reference.