OPERATORS · RRC 617544 · P-5 STATUS Y
Occidental Permian Ltd
Houston, TX · most active in Yoakum County
Watch this operatorOccidental Permian Ltd was issued 118 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 111% on the prior year, across 8 counties led by Yoakum with 54. 67% were horizontal.
35 were issued in the past 90 days, up 192% on the prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 10,930 wells under its operatorship (2,868 producing, 1,360 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 32.1M barrels of oil and 78.4M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 1% on the year before.
It holds 3,370 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 368M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
6,251 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1995; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 4, 2025.
- 118
- permits, last 12 months
- +111%
- vs prior 12 months (56)
- 8
- counties, 12 months
- 2.87K
- producing wells, of 10.9K of record
- 503
- 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.
- 77%
- spud rate · 4,773 of 6,204 mature permits
- 84
- median days permit to spud · middle half 44–157
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days -100%
- 0%
- cancelled · 4 permits
- 1,475
- expired undrilled
- 195
- permits a year over 32 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 54 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 113 · prior 12 87(+30%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoakum county → | 54 | 2,107 | 3,845 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Ector county → | 24 | 934 | 3,166 | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Hale county → | 13 | 135 | 437 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Gaines county → | 12 | 893 | 878 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Andrews county → | 5 | 182 | 966 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Scurry county → | 4 | 213 | 347 | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Ward county → | 3 | 127 | 178 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Terry county → | 3 | 19 | 56 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Hockley county → | — | 637 | 33 | Sep 5, 2024 |
| Martin county → | — | 442 | 275 | Sep 16, 2025 |
| Crockett county → | — | 172 | 130 | Oct 8, 2019 |
| Midland county → | — | 110 | 70 | Mar 17, 2022 |
| Kent county → | — | 80 | 134 | May 5, 2021 |
| Howard county → | — | 67 | 34 | Jul 5, 2023 |
| Lamb county → | — | 53 | 110 | Apr 20, 2018 |
| Upton county → | — | 21 | 41 | Jun 18, 2021 |
| Cochran county → | — | 19 | 0 | May 31, 2018 |
| Winkler county → | — | 15 | 106 | Sep 12, 2016 |
| Crane county → | — | 7 | 36 | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 5 | 4 | Feb 6, 2019 |
| Reeves county → | — | 5 | 0 | Jan 20, 2017 |
| Terrell county → | — | 3 | 1 | Jun 6, 2008 |
| Lubbock county → | — | 2 | 83 | Sep 20, 2000 |
| Dawson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 22, 2004 |
| Edwards county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Jackson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 14, 2007 |
All 6,251 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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 3,087 | 121 |
| Yates | 2,370 | 98 |
| Grayburg | 1,598 | 73 |
| Queen | 1,371 | 87 |
| Clear Fork | 1,281 | 22 |
| Rustler | 912 | 15 |
| Santa Rosa | 734 | 56 |
| Glorieta | 693 | 13 |
| Seven Rivers | 559 | 26 |
| Wolfcamp | 424 | 43 |
| Spraberry | 351 | 48 |
| Tubb | 276 | 1 |
| Wichita-Albany | 196 | 3 |
| Canyon | 194 | 5 |
| Dean | 160 | 37 |
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 →
- 32.1M
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -1%
- vs the 12 months before
- 78.4M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 1.14B
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 32,149,455 · prior 12 32,414,882(-1%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 78,358,300 · prior 12 73,968,538(+6%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 10,930
- on the schedule
- 2,868
- producing
- 1,360
- shut in
- 1,599
- injection
- 60
- temp. abandoned
- 3,474
- plugged
How it got them
- 3,367
- permitted itself
- 2,757
- acquired from others
- 823
- 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
- 3,370
- active UIC permits of 5,387
- 13.6M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 368M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Yoakum | 1,439 active | 5.5M bbl/d |
| Ector | 913 active | 3.24M bbl/d |
| Gaines | 312 active | 1.37M bbl/d |
| Scurry | 102 active | 1.08M bbl/d |
| Andrews | 164 active | 649K bbl/d |
| Hale | 122 active | 629K bbl/d |
| Kent | 57 active | 495K bbl/d |
| Lamb | 35 active | 164K 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 | 60 | 50 | 4,472 |
| Recompletion | 51 | 7 | 1,722 |
| Reclass | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Reenter | 0 | 3 | 43 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wasson95397001 | 3,334 | 1,183 |
| Cowden North21289001 | 1,709 | 353 |
| Midland Farms61118001 | 695 | 0 |
| Wasson 7295431001 | 643 | 205 |
| Anton-Irish3194001 | 615 | 160 |
| Goldsmith (Clear Fork)35652062 | 602 | 205 |
| Foster32309001 | 587 | 76 |
| Cogdell (Area)19346142 | 461 | 46 |
| Prentice (6700)72995498 | 315 | 55 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300 | 309 | 190 |
| Monahans (Clear Fork)62415083 | 232 | 17 |
| Crossett S. (Detrital)21912333 | 147 | 62 |
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/PURCondensate gatheringGas gatheringOil gatheringGas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 5 Greenway Plaza Ste 110
- Houston, TX 77046
- (713) 215-7000
- Officers and agents
- CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
- Gupta, Vishal · Vice President
- Bennett, Peter J · Vice President
- Holtz, James E · Assistant Treasurer
- Laughlin, Terry · Asst Secretary
- Grommesh, Mark W · Vice President
- Romero, Pedro · Vice President
- Jackson, Richard A · President
- All 15 on the P-5 →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919058 | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 7, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Gaines | Denver Unit #8517H | 5,500 | 16530365 |
| 919049 | Oct 8, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Yoakum | Bennett Ranch Unit #4352H | 5,650 | 50134870 |
| 918843 | Sep 26, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Gaines | Denver Unit #8531H | 5,500 | 16530431 |
| 918175 | Sep 13, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Ward | Sealy Smith Foundation #4301HH | 9,000 | 47539111 |
| 918213 | Sep 6, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Ward | Sealy Smith Foundation #4303HH | 9,000 | 47539118 |
| 918211 | Sep 6, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Ward | Sealy Smith Foundation #4302HH | 9,000 | 47539117 |
| 918333 | Sep 6, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Gaines | Denver Unit #6548 | 5,398 | 16535342 |
| 918245 | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Yoakum | Bennett Ranch Unit #4368H | 5,650 | 50135664 |
| 918238 | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Yoakum | Bennett Ranch Unit #3343H | 5,675 | 50131026 |
| 918261 | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Gaines | Tonks #502GHH | 5,900 | 16539047 |
| 918262 | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Gaines | Granger #501GHH | 5,900 | 16539048 |
| 918224 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Yoakum | Bennett Ranch Unit #4370H | 5,700 | 50135666 |
| 918239 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Yoakum | Bennett Ranch Unit #3322H | 5,700 | 50131086 |
| 918236 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Yoakum | Bennett Ranch Unit #3310H | 5,700 | 50131082 |
| 918020 | Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Hale | Anton-Irish Clearfork Unit #224 | 6,000 | 18930019 |
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/617544, documented in the API reference.