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OPERATORS · RRC 483657  · P-5 STATUS Y

Lakota Engy, Ltd

Paradise, TX · most active in Wise County

Watch this operator

Lakota Engy, Ltd was issued 3 drilling permits in the past 12 months, after a quiet prior year, all in Wise County. 100% were horizontal.

2 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 1 in the prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 111 wells under its operatorship (96 producing).

105 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1995; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.

3
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
1
counties, 12 months
96
producing wells, of 111 of record
114
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.

90%
spud rate · 92 of 102 mature permits
20
median days permit to spud · middle half 6–52
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
13
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 32 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 8 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 12

012320232026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Wise county →39093Aug 13, 2026
Denton county →—1414Apr 21, 2023
Jack county →—14Aug 22, 2001

All 105 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
Caddo830
Atoka770
Barnett660
Strawn580
Viola380
Marble Falls90
Bryson50
Canyon50
Forestburg10
Bend10

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
—
vs the 12 months before
4.23M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
10.6K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 4,228,131 · prior 12 3,433,512(+23%)

0200K400K600K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

111
on the schedule
96
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
1
temp. abandoned
13
plugged

How it got them

92
permitted itself
18
acquired from others
4
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
Drill30104
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
Newark East (Barnett Shale)652802008682
Boonsville (Bend Congl. Gas)105745201912
Risch East (Strawn 3100)7687187531
Morris (Consolidated Congl.)6297070020
Teresa (Conglomerate)8886830011

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Mar 4, 2026
Gas operator
Address
PO Box 160
Paradise, TX 76073
(940) 393-5172
Officers and agents
Lakota Management, LLC · General Partner,of Lakota Energy
Black, Karl T. · General Partner
Black, Edward L. · Partner
Black, Kirt E. · Partner

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
917646Aug 15, 2026Aug 13, 2026Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseMurphy #2HH7,50049738164
917645Aug 9, 2026Aug 7, 2026Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseMurphy #1HH7,50049738163
916903Jul 8, 2026Jul 8, 2026Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseStevens #1HH7,50049738162
891548Jun 27, 2023Jun 27, 2023Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseGregg-Mann #1HH7,30049738132
890565May 16, 2023May 16, 2023Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseBryant #1HH7,20049738128
890481May 16, 2023May 16, 2023Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseLanham, L. N. #6HH7,80049738127
890329May 12, 2023May 12, 2023Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseStark #4HH8,40049738126
889831Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023Lakota Energy, Ltd.DentonHanging W Ranch #10HH8,50012134632
886938Jan 18, 2023Jan 18, 2023Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseClyde Smith #26,60049738109
878165Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseCarolyn Boyd #1HH7,50049738068
877549Mar 4, 2022Mar 4, 2022Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseRoy C. Coffee Gas Unit #46,50049738065
876505Feb 1, 2022Feb 1, 2022Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseLH Kaker #2HH7,50049738059
862775Mar 18, 2020Mar 18, 2020Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseStoker #1HH8,50049738020
855948Aug 9, 2019Aug 9, 2019Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseCarl R. Jones #2HH7,50049738000
844412Dec 31, 2018Dec 31, 2018Lakota Energy, Ltd.WiseHG Blount #1HH7,50049737981

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/483657, documented in the API reference.