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OPERATORS · RRC 681493  · P-5 STATUS Y

Protege Engy III LLC

Houston, TX

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Protege Engy Iii LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 25, 2024.

The RRC wellbore file lists 11 wells under its operatorship.

63 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2017; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 2, 2025.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 11 of record
4
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.

90%
spud rate · 57 of 63 mature permits
35
median days permit to spud · middle half 25–59
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
6
expired undrilled
8
permits a year over 8 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 6 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 22

024620232024

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Dimmit county →—521Mar 25, 2024
Atascosa county →—81May 9, 2023
Karnes county →—30Feb 6, 2019

All 63 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
Austin Chalk512
Eagle Ford462
Olmos431
San Miguel421
Escondido390
Anacacho40
Carrizo30
Wilcox30
Glen Rose10
Georgetown10
Edwards10

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 →

0
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-100%
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
3.62M
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 2,260,874(-100%)

0500K1M202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 174,086(-100%)

020K40K60K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

11
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
10
plugged

How it got them

0
permitted itself
11
acquired from others
52
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

0
active UIC permits of 2
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Maverick0 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
Drill0063

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
Saner Ranch (San Miguel)8071450080
Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford)1201820010
Fashing (Edwards Lime -A-)3037950010
Wildcat200110

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 2, 2025
Address
Attn Chelsea Cantrelle 945 Bunker Hill RD Ste 1300
Houston, TX 77024
(800) 770-1082
Officers and agents
CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Savitz, Daniel E. · Vice President,cfo
Nein, Tim L. · President,ceo

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
897917Mar 25, 2024Mar 25, 2024Protege Energy III LLCDimmitCmww A #4324HH7,50012738908
897915Mar 12, 2024Mar 12, 2024Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek #3411HH7,50012738907
897914Mar 12, 2024Mar 12, 2024Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek #3410HH7,50012738906
890040May 9, 2023May 9, 2023Protege Energy III LLCAtascosaTom-Kowalik a Alloc #1HH11,00001336013
890041May 4, 2023May 4, 2023Protege Energy III LLCAtascosaTom-Kowalik B Alloc #2HH11,00001336012
888607Mar 7, 2023Mar 7, 2023Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek #3326HH8,99912738724
888607Mar 7, 2023Mar 7, 2023Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek #3326HH8,99912738724
888605Mar 7, 2023Mar 7, 2023Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek #3325HH8,99912738723
888605Mar 7, 2023Mar 7, 2023Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek #3325HH8,99912738723
888603Mar 7, 2023Mar 7, 2023Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek #3324HH8,99912738722
888603Mar 7, 2023Mar 7, 2023Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek #3324HH8,99912738722
887563Jan 27, 2023Jan 27, 2023Protege Energy III LLCAtascosaTom B Unit #1HH10,50001335993
887562Jan 27, 2023Jan 27, 2023Protege Energy III LLCAtascosaTom C Unit #1HH10,50001335992
878856Apr 8, 2022Apr 8, 2022Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek E #2606HH9,00012738504
878855Apr 8, 2022Apr 8, 2022Protege Energy III LLCDimmitMoro Creek D #2605HH9,00012738503

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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