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OPERATORS · RRC 73056  · P-5 STATUS Y

Blackbeard Oper, LLC

Fort Worth, TX · most active in Crane County

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Blackbeard Oper, LLC was issued 117 drilling permits in the past 12 months, down 35% on the prior year, across 2 counties led by Crane with 104. 83% were horizontal.

22 were issued in the past 90 days, down 51% on the prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 3,383 wells under its operatorship (949 producing, 375 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 13.9M barrels of oil and 50.3M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 43% on the year before.

It holds 227 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 34M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

2,255 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2009; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.

117
permits, last 12 months
-35%
vs prior 12 months (180)
2
counties, 12 months
949
producing wells, of 3.38K of record
610
leases it reports
83%
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.

54%
spud rate · 1,177 of 2,196 mature permits
40
median days permit to spud · middle half 19–74
30
spuds, last 180 days +67%
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
1,055
expired undrilled
126
permits a year over 18 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 59 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 124 · prior 12 180(-31%)

020406020222023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Crane county →1041,7213,030Oct 13, 2026
Winkler county →13415267Sep 14, 2026
Ward county →—8412Oct 27, 2025
Hemphill county →—1743Sep 11, 2023
Andrews county →—51May 9, 2017
Crockett county →—40May 1, 2015
Roberts county →—411Mar 7, 2023
Wheeler county →—39Dec 21, 2021
Mitchell county →—20Apr 18, 2017

All 2,255 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
Yates980245
San Andres979241
Queen871224
Seven Rivers839244
Clear Fork802152
Grayburg719226
Rustler702144
Glorieta57384
San Angelo462119
Tansill1249
McKnight11747
Tubb10718
Wichita-Albany699
Holt612
Salado554

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 →

13.9M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+43%
vs the 12 months before
50.3M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
59M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 13,860,136 · prior 12 9,714,780(+43%)

0500K1M1.5M202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 50,285,111 · prior 12 41,229,835(+22%)

05M10M202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

3,383
on the schedule
949
producing
375
shut in
73
injection
24
temp. abandoned
1,212
plugged

How it got them

1,040
permitted itself
777
acquired from others
97
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

227
active UIC permits of 402
669K
permitted bbl/day, active
34M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Crane216 active480K bbl/d
Winkler11 active190K bbl/d
Ward0 active0 bbl/d
Hemphill0 active0 bbl/d
Roberts0 active0 bbl/d
Wheeler0 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
Drill1121711,585
Recompletion129658
Field transfer0014
Reclass004
Reenter001

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
Sand Hills (McKnight)80473310655136
Dune2653800155863
Sand Hills (Tubb)8047368239999
Waddell9448200134924
Sand Hills (Judkins)8047324822498
Monahans North (Clearfork)62417110222172
Sand Hills (Wichita-Albany)8047374412994
Sand Hills (San Angelo Upper)8047362012165
University Waddell (Devonian)9261812511121
Sand Hills (Wolfcamp)8047386810323
Sand Hills (Clear Fork)804730627466
Armer (6350)36448526533

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 4, 2026
G/PURGas operatorOil operator
Address
1751 River Run Ste 405
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(432) 242-0050
Officers and agents
National Corporate Research Ltd. · Texas Resident Agent
Smith, Kaleb · President,other
Ahmed, Kareem · Vice President,coo
Barrett, Jordan · Secretary,other

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919763Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneWaddell TR Cab 6G #4336HH7,99910337866
919769Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneWaddell TR AB 4G #4335HH7,99910337867
919771Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneWaddell TR AB 3G #4334HH7,99910337868
919744Oct 30, 2026Oct 28, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneWaddell TR Cab 8G2 #4338HH7,99910337864
919745Oct 30, 2026Oct 28, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneWaddell TR Cab 8G #4337HH7,99910337865
919729Oct 30, 2026Oct 28, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneWaddell TR A #4896HH7,99910337862
919732Oct 30, 2026Oct 28, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneWaddell TR A #4895HH7,99910337863
919194Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneSalinas 1WC #8413HH11,00010337857
919205Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneSalinas 1WA #8213HH11,00010337861
919192Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneSalinas 1M #7221HH11,00010337856
919202Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneSalinas 1LA #7813HH11,00010337860
919197Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneSalinas 1J #7021HH11,00010337858
919199Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneSalinas 1G #7413HH11,00010337859
919136Oct 11, 2026Oct 9, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneSalinas #7222HH11,00010337855
919122Oct 9, 2026Oct 7, 2026Blackbeard Operating, LLCCraneSalinas #8414HH11,00010337850

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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