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OPERATORS · RRC 625161  · P-5 STATUS Y

Optimum Expl LLC

Dallas, TX

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Optimum Expl LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 18, 2022.

Lease reports credit it with 49 barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026.

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

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 0 of record
0
leases it reports
—
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 · 8 of 11 mature permits
48
median days permit to spud · middle half 11–88
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
3
expired undrilled
6
permits a year over 2 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 3 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 8

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Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Henderson county →—50Nov 18, 2022
Waller county →—40Feb 2, 2022
Jim Hogg county →—20Jun 27, 2022

All 11 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
Rodessa30
Travis Peak30
Cotton Valley30
Pettit30
Paluxy20
Woodbine20
James Lime20
Frio20
Catahoula20
Miocene (undifferentiated)20
Caprock10

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 →

49
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
8.08K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 22,060(-100%)

02K4K202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 49 · prior 12 409(-88%)

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Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

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on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
0
plugged

How it got them

0
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
6
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
Drill0011

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 5, 2026
Oil operator
Address
5220 Spring Valley RD Ste 100
Dallas, TX 75254
(214) 460-8841
Officers and agents
May, Derrick · Managing Member

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
885741Nov 18, 2022Nov 18, 2022Optimum Exploration LLCHendersonOptimus Prime C #311,00021331117
885741Nov 18, 2022Nov 18, 2022Optimum Exploration LLCHendersonOptimus Prime C #311,00021331117
885740Nov 18, 2022Nov 18, 2022Optimum Exploration LLCHendersonOptimus Prime B #211,00021331116
885740Nov 18, 2022Nov 18, 2022Optimum Exploration LLCHendersonOptimus Prime B #211,00021331116
881552Jun 27, 2022Jun 27, 2022Optimum Exploration LLCJim HoggLasater South #22,50024732490
881522Jun 27, 2022Jun 27, 2022Optimum Exploration LLCJim HoggLasater South #12,50024732489
881083Jun 15, 2022Jun 15, 2022Optimum Exploration LLCHendersonOptimus Prime #113,00021331115
876610Feb 2, 2022Feb 2, 2022Optimum Exploration LLCWallerSanford-Mariner #35,20047331292
872007Aug 17, 2021Aug 17, 2021Optimum Exploration LLCWallerVincent-Mariner #26,00047331291
870190Jun 7, 2021Jun 7, 2021Optimum Exploration LLCWallerMariner #15,00047331290
870190Jun 7, 2021Jun 7, 2021Optimum Exploration LLCWallerMariner #16,00047331290

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/625161, documented in the API reference.