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OPERATORS · RRC 666430  · P-5 STATUS Y

Pitts Engy Co

Midland, TX · most active in Ward County

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Pitts Engy CO was issued 22 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 7 in the prior year, all in Ward County. 0% were horizontal.

12 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 6 in the prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 280 wells under its operatorship (94 producing, 3 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 240K barrels of oil and 1.23M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 14% on the year before.

It holds 6 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 1.2M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

234 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2026.

22
permits, last 12 months
+214%
vs prior 12 months (7)
1
counties, 12 months
94
producing wells, of 280 of record
139
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.

63%
spud rate · 136 of 216 mature permits
36
median days permit to spud · middle half 18–112
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 1 permits
98
expired undrilled
5
permits a year over 45 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 10 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 29

05102026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Ward county →227968Oct 2, 2026
Reeves county →—3513Feb 5, 2019
Martin county →—246Feb 26, 2013
Dawson county →—2217Sep 5, 1991
Gaines county →—195Apr 4, 2019
Reagan county →—1160Jul 8, 2014
Loving county →—95Dec 9, 1994
Tom Green county →—80Oct 30, 1997
Crane county →—579Oct 14, 2025
Upton county →—511Apr 14, 2015
Scurry county →—42Aug 9, 1995
Lamb county →—30Nov 10, 1989
Ector county →—21May 19, 2021
Pecos county →—20Oct 12, 1994
Andrews county →—10Apr 25, 2016
Hockley county →—10Jul 3, 1990
Howard county →—10May 23, 1984
Sterling county →—10Aug 17, 1995
Terry county →—11Jun 14, 1985
Yoakum county →—12Jul 17, 1997

All 234 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
Rustler675
Lamar582
Yates3510
Cherry Canyon310
San Andres302
Tubb2726
Spraberry250
Clear Fork2016
Dean180
Bell Canyon170
Delaware152
Queen128
Wolfcamp120
Glorieta118
Grayburg94

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 →

240K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-14%
vs the 12 months before
1.23M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
8.74M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 239,975 · prior 12 280,649(-14%)

010K20K30K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 1,234,705 · prior 12 1,262,037(-2%)

0100K200K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

280
on the schedule
94
producing
3
shut in
1
injection
2
temp. abandoned
129
plugged

How it got them

75
permitted itself
101
acquired from others
82
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

6
active UIC permits of 22
47K
permitted bbl/day, active
1.2M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Gaines1 active22K bbl/d
Ward3 active12K bbl/d
Reagan1 active10K bbl/d
Crane1 active3K bbl/d
Dawson0 active0 bbl/d
Scurry0 active0 bbl/d
Upton0 active0 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
Recompletion22756
Drill00164
Reenter0010
Field transfer003
Reclass001

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
Spraberry (Trend Area)852803007418
Sand Hills West804810013810
Crawar (Devonian North)215771802517
Janelle SE. (Tubb)456805002212
Dune26538001159
Scott (Cherry Canyon)8173820090
Crawar (Glorieta)2157745073
Crawar (Devonian)2157709066
Welch9606200161
Olon Earnest (Spraberry Up.)6727050050
King Mountain SE. (Bend)4942010051
Sand Hills West (Devonian)8048125053

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Apr 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
3313 Caldera Blvd
Midland, TX 79707
(432) 425-8435
Officers and agents
Pitts, Steven L. · Texas Resident Agent
Bles, John Alexander · Vice President
Williamson, Michael Brandon · Vice President
Pitts, Zachary L · President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919002Oct 4, 2026Oct 2, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardC. W. Edwards et AL #175,60947533893
917808Sep 20, 2026Sep 18, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, Jack -H- #15,35047510370
917935Sep 17, 2026Sep 15, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, C. W. et AL #145,60047533833
916693Sep 12, 2026Sep 10, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, Jno. et al B #46,00047533944
916725Sep 4, 2026Sep 2, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, Jack et AL #25,45047510773
917337Aug 29, 2026Aug 27, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, C. W., et AL #45,39247510037
917567Aug 28, 2026Aug 26, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, Jack -J- #25,40047531860
917934Aug 22, 2026Aug 20, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, C. W. et AL #195,70947533977
917761Aug 15, 2026Aug 13, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, Jack -L- #35,59047533646
917524Aug 12, 2026Aug 10, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, C. W. et AL #95,40047510042
917642Aug 12, 2026Aug 10, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardC. W. Edwards et AL #85,40047510041
917374Aug 6, 2026Aug 4, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, C. W. et AL #155,50047531983
917000Jul 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, Jno. Etal -B- #65,72247533958
917025Jul 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, Jno. et al 'B' #95,56647534003
917004Jul 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026Pitts Energy Co.WardEdwards, Jno. et al 'B' #75,59847533959

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.

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