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OPERATORS · RRC 53974  · P-5 STATUS Y

Basa Res, Inc

Dallas, TX · most active in Van Zandt County

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Basa Res, Inc was issued 10 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 6 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by Van Zandt with 9. 0% were horizontal.

2 were issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 10,668 wells under its operatorship (4,120 producing, 400 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 3.66M barrels of oil and 1.46M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 2% on the year before.

It holds 885 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 336M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

472 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1995; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 4, 2025.

10
permits, last 12 months
+67%
vs prior 12 months (6)
2
counties, 12 months
4.12K
producing wells, of 10.7K of record
907
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.

66%
spud rate · 312 of 470 mature permits
39
median days permit to spud · middle half 13–77
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 1 permits
159
expired undrilled
15
permits a year over 32 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 23 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 19

012320222023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Van Zandt county →928526Aug 11, 2026
Mitchell county →172755Sep 21, 2026
Stephens county →—1781,243Aug 3, 2018
Panola county →—579Dec 10, 2013
Rusk county →—242,718Apr 7, 2020
Houston county →—200Oct 28, 2019
Gregg county →—154,625May 21, 2018
Camp county →—90Nov 30, 2022
Matagorda county →—80Jul 22, 2010
Freestone county →—72Jan 3, 2002
Kaufman county →—71Aug 19, 2013
Wheeler county →—70May 10, 2006
Floyd county →—60Oct 26, 2005
Leon county →—66Feb 6, 2012
Upshur county →—6108Oct 22, 2018
Wood county →—60Nov 15, 2023
Trinity county →—51Feb 8, 2018
Anderson county →—32Dec 11, 2012
Goliad county →—21Jul 31, 2007
Red River county →—23Feb 10, 2014
Brazoria county →—11Apr 2, 2007
Colorado county →—11Mar 2, 2001
Johnson county →—11Aug 1, 2006
Smith county →—1123Apr 29, 2004

All 472 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
Caddo1020
Strawn860
Palo Pinto710
Pettit340
Cotton Valley310
Travis Peak300
Rodessa270
San Andres210
Cisco200
Woodbine140
James Lime110
Austin Chalk101
Marble Falls90
Santa Rosa80
Bend80

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 →

3.66M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-2%
vs the 12 months before
1.46M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
80M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 3,663,235 · prior 12 3,724,020(-2%)

0200K400K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 1,456,543 · prior 12 1,427,911(+2%)

050K100K150K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

10,668
on the schedule
4,120
producing
400
shut in
517
injection
3
temp. abandoned
4,423
plugged

How it got them

200
permitted itself
1,955
acquired from others
90
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

885
active UIC permits of 1,060
3.05M
permitted bbl/day, active
336M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Stephens399 active1.23M bbl/d
Howard143 active575K bbl/d
Glasscock76 active557K bbl/d
Van Zandt22 active322K bbl/d
Mitchell171 active180K bbl/d
Rusk58 active117K bbl/d
Gregg9 active61.5K bbl/d
Smith6 active7.74K 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
Recompletion86133
Reenter1057
Reclass1017
Drill00263
Field transfer002

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
East Texas273020017,4263,061
Stephens County Regular859480011,223368
Iatan East Howard44148500929431
Van9304200119856
Van (Central-Woodbine)9304235014214
Howard Glasscock (Consolidated)4297120012918
Wright Mountain (Pettit Lower)9898133312513
Spraberry (Trend Area)8527920012243
Van (Austin Chalk)930421668629
Van S.W. (Lewisville)93048500583
Iatan (San Andres)441475005728
Van (Pecan Gap)93042390238

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Dec 4, 2025
CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringOil gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
14875 Landmark Blvd Ste 400
Dallas, TX 75254
(214) 886-5398
Officers and agents
Foster, Michael Nelson Jr · President
Knowlton, Lary Dale · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
918712Sep 23, 2026Sep 21, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.MitchellFoster, Mary #228,47333500906
917376Aug 13, 2026Aug 11, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtCentral Van Woodbine Unit #4372,99446700979
913960Apr 16, 2026Apr 16, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtBlake, R. S. #303,00046730664
914126Apr 13, 2026Apr 13, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtBlake, R. S. #353,00046730744
914131Apr 13, 2026Apr 13, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtBlake, R. S. #333,00046730722
914224Mar 20, 2026Mar 20, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtTunnell, I. P. 300 #181,60046730902
913828Mar 4, 2026Mar 4, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtBlake, R. S. #363,00046730745
913691Feb 27, 2026Feb 27, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtYork, W. A. 13 #203,05046730968
913503Feb 19, 2026Feb 19, 2026Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtBlake, R. S. #112,93046700454
911962Dec 2, 2025Dec 2, 2025Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtMaxfield, A. G. 38 #33,00046700213
909826Aug 15, 2025Aug 15, 2025Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtSwain, W. F. 36 #53,00446730591
906358May 15, 2025May 15, 2025Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtSwain, W. F. 36 #93,24246730765
906581Mar 13, 2025Mar 13, 2025Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtCentral Van Woodbine Unit #3623,00246700620
906428Mar 10, 2025Mar 10, 2025Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtCentral Van Woodbine Unit #40183,00446730592
904652Dec 19, 2024Dec 19, 2024Basa Resources, Inc.Van ZandtBracken, J. A. 35 #13,00046700629

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/53974, documented in the API reference.