OPERATORS · RRC 665748 · P-5 STATUS Y
Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc
Spring, TX · most active in Midland County
Watch this operatorPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc was issued 717 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 25% on the prior year, across 8 counties led by Midland with 233. 99% were horizontal.
196 were issued in the past 90 days, up 15% on the prior quarter. 4 were issued in the past week.
The RRC wellbore file lists 16,278 wells under its operatorship (5,248 producing, 2,823 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 224M barrels of oil and 800M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 12% on the year before.
It holds 196 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 275M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
15,616 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1990; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2026.
- 717
- permits, last 12 months
- +25%
- vs prior 12 months (574)
- 8
- counties, 12 months
- 5.25K
- producing wells, of 16.3K of record
- 6.87K
- leases it reports
- 99%
- 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.
- 81%
- spud rate · 12,378 of 15,252 mature permits
- 65
- median days permit to spud · middle half 33–132
- 39
- spuds, last 180 days -74%
- 0%
- cancelled · 2 permits
- 3,199
- expired undrilled
- 422
- permits a year over 37 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 59 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 711 · prior 12 582(+22%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland county → | 233 | 4,147 | 5,360 | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Martin county → | 211 | 3,127 | 2,933 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Upton county → | 137 | 2,288 | 3,281 | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Glasscock county → | 76 | 1,226 | 1,488 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Reagan county → | 45 | 1,420 | 2,354 | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Andrews county → | 8 | 330 | 215 | Aug 19, 2026 |
| Irion county → | 6 | 213 | 372 | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Upshur county → | 1 | 1 | 0 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Potter county → | — | 403 | 18 | Nov 1, 2017 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 397 | 20 | Sep 30, 2018 |
| DE Witt county → | — | 388 | 17 | Apr 25, 2019 |
| Karnes county → | — | 334 | 15 | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Montague county → | — | 321 | 4 | Nov 20, 2014 |
| Moore county → | — | 164 | 2 | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Bee county → | — | 123 | 22 | May 10, 2013 |
| Crockett county → | — | 114 | 11 | Oct 21, 2008 |
| Mitchell county → | — | 63 | 6 | Mar 1, 1999 |
| Wise county → | — | 53 | 2 | Jun 28, 2014 |
| LA Salle county → | — | 49 | 1 | Feb 7, 2014 |
| Dawson county → | — | 45 | 4 | Nov 6, 2013 |
| Parker county → | — | 39 | 19 | Feb 17, 2010 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 37 | 25 | May 10, 2012 |
| Ward county → | — | 31 | 2 | Jun 3, 2021 |
| Hartley county → | — | 29 | 2 | Feb 2, 2006 |
| Freestone county → | — | 28 | 6 | Nov 20, 2002 |
| Gaines county → | — | 26 | 2 | Feb 5, 2014 |
| Zapata county → | — | 26 | 0 | Jan 26, 1999 |
| Kenedy county → | — | 24 | 2 | Jul 10, 2003 |
| Leon county → | — | 23 | 2 | Jul 9, 2004 |
| Pecos county → | — | 22 | 1 | Dec 20, 2021 |
| Goliad county → | — | 20 | 5 | Jul 9, 2007 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 19 | 2 | Apr 24, 2013 |
| Ector county → | — | 12 | 11 | May 31, 2012 |
| Howard county → | — | 11 | 53 | Oct 2, 2015 |
| Loving county → | — | 8 | 0 | Dec 29, 1997 |
| Crane county → | — | 7 | 0 | Nov 5, 1997 |
| Winkler county → | — | 7 | 1 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Hidalgo county → | — | 6 | 3 | Aug 26, 2003 |
| Robertson county → | — | 6 | 1 | Sep 19, 2001 |
| Denton county → | — | 5 | 0 | Aug 21, 2007 |
| Carson county → | — | 3 | 0 | Mar 11, 2004 |
| Hutchinson county → | — | 3 | 1 | May 23, 2012 |
| Oldham county → | — | 3 | 0 | May 13, 2004 |
| Palo Pinto county → | — | 2 | 2 | Oct 6, 2008 |
| Smith county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jul 23, 1999 |
| Borden county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 11, 1997 |
| Duval county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 20, 1998 |
| Hemphill county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 21, 1997 |
| McMullen county → | — | 1 | 1 | Apr 14, 2011 |
| Mustang IS-SB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 19, 2002 |
| Nueces county → | — | 1 | 1 | Oct 23, 1998 |
| Rains county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 14, 1998 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 1 | 1 | Sep 22, 1997 |
| Somervell county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 29, 2009 |
| Tom Green county → | — | 1 | 3 | Apr 20, 2006 |
| Willacy county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 3, 1998 |
All 15,616 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry | 8,670 | 1,205 |
| San Andres | 4,982 | 1,211 |
| Grayburg | 4,882 | 1,209 |
| Dean | 4,858 | 200 |
| Yates | 4,493 | 1,123 |
| Wolfcamp | 4,253 | 377 |
| Queen | 3,877 | 983 |
| Santa Rosa | 3,516 | 897 |
| Clear Fork | 3,452 | 1,020 |
| Seven Rivers | 2,438 | 534 |
| Strawn | 1,656 | 3 |
| Rustler | 1,457 | 518 |
| Atoka | 582 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 532 | 0 |
| Eagle Ford | 443 | 0 |
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 →
- 224M
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +12%
- vs the 12 months before
- 800M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 1.77B
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 224,182,428 · prior 12 200,180,193(+12%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 799,645,099 · prior 12 761,085,930(+5%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 16,278
- on the schedule
- 5,248
- producing
- 2,823
- shut in
- 126
- injection
- 7
- temp. abandoned
- 7,226
- plugged
How it got them
- 8,496
- permitted itself
- 5,297
- acquired from others
- 2,227
- 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
- 196
- active UIC permits of 495
- 3.41M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 275M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Midland | 67 active | 1.1M bbl/d |
| Upton | 49 active | 853K bbl/d |
| Reagan | 33 active | 596K bbl/d |
| Martin | 29 active | 557K bbl/d |
| Glasscock | 11 active | 204K bbl/d |
| Andrews | 5 active | 63K bbl/d |
| Irion | 2 active | 37K bbl/d |
| Bee | 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 | 711 | 581 | 14,960 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 1 | 601 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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)85280300 | 14,535 | 4,472 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc85280301 | 1,039 | 745 |
| Benedum (Spraberry)7109875 | 167 | 3 |
| Probandt (Canyon)73243500 | 72 | 6 |
| Lacaff (Dean)51152500 | 32 | 0 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area CL. Fk.)85280400 | 29 | 0 |
| Pawnee (Edwards)69845200 | 23 | 0 |
| Parks (Consolidated)69233125 | 14 | 5 |
| Wildcat18001 | 14 | 0 |
| Panhandle West68831001 | 12 | 0 |
| Sallie Ann (Spraberry-Wolfcamp)79820800 | 11 | 1 |
| Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)86950600 | 11 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 4, 2026
- CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringOil gatheringGas operatorOil operator
- Address
- Attn: Texas Regulatory Loc 144 22777 Springwoods Village PKW
- Spring, TX 77389
- (972) 598-8150
- Officers and agents
- Corporation Service Company · Texas Resident Agent
- Freeman, Timothy · Vice President
- Dealy, Richard P. · President,ceo
- Gibbs, Jesse L · Vice President
- Mathis, Mathew J · Vice President
- Arrington, Ryan · Vice President
- Brinkley, Timothy J · Vice President
- Jackson, Austin · Vice President
- All 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917708 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Reagan | Bird-Slaughter 43J #1010HH | 10,436 | 38342453 |
| 917705 | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 28, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Reagan | Bird-Slaughter 43H #1008HH | 10,436 | 38342451 |
| 918806 | Oct 24, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | Hacienda-Morgan 31P #216HH | 10,530 | 46143797 |
| 918805 | Oct 24, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | Hacienda-Morgan 31O #215HH | 10,530 | 46143796 |
| 918804 | Oct 24, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | Hacienda-Morgan 31N #214HH | 10,530 | 46143795 |
| 918857 | Oct 24, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Midland | Cunningham-Hutt 9B #202HH | 10,754 | 32948595 |
| 919130 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | University 3-310PU #11HH | 10,189 | 46143817 |
| 918807 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | Owens-Taylor 31Q #117HH | 10,538 | 46143798 |
| 918803 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | Hacienda-Morgan 31M #213HH | 10,530 | 46143794 |
| 918802 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | Hacienda-Morgan 31L #212HH | 10,530 | 46143793 |
| 918800 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | Hacienda-Morgan 31K #211HH | 10,530 | 46143792 |
| 917706 | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 21, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Reagan | Bird-Slaughter 43I #1009HH | 10,436 | 38342452 |
| 919137 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | University 3-3N #14HH | 10,189 | 46143821 |
| 918808 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Upton | Owens-Taylor 31S #119HH | 10,538 | 46143799 |
| 919340 | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | Midland | Tensora #22AM | 700 | 32948625 |
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/665748, documented in the API reference.