OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 73056 · CRANE COUNTY
Blackbeard Operating, LLC in Crane County
One operator, one county: its permits, wells of record, formations, and leases here, with the rest of the county and the rest of the operator one click away.
Blackbeard Operating, LLC has 1,729 drilling permits on file in Crane County, the first issued in 2009 and the latest on November 2, 2026.
112 of them came in the last twelve months, 30% fewer than the year before; 83% horizontal, averaging 9,179 ft.
It is operator of record on 3,030 wells in the county: 757 producing, 340 shut in, 68 injection.
Its completed wells here most often report San Andres, Grayburg, Rustler.
- 112
- permits, 12 months -30%
- 1,729
- permits, all time since 2009
- 83%
- horizontal, 12 months
- 9,179
- ft average depth, 12 months
- 3,030
- wells of record
- 757
- producing · 340 shut in · 68 injection
Permits issued by month
LAST FIVE YEARS · CRANE ONLY
Last 12 months 112 · prior 12 147(-24%)
Latest permits here
| Issued | Lease / well | Type | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | Waddell TR Cab 8M #4154H 919824 | DrillHZ | 7,999 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Waddell TR Cab 6G #4336H 919763 | DrillHZ | 7,999 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Waddell TR AB 4G #4335H 919769 | DrillHZ | 7,999 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Waddell TR AB 3G #4334H 919771 | DrillHZ | 7,999 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Waddell TR Cab 8G2 #4338H 919744 | DrillHZ | 7,999 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Waddell TR Cab 8G #4337H 919745 | DrillHZ | 7,999 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Waddell TR A #4896H 919729 | DrillHZ | 7,999 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Waddell TR A #4895H 919732 | DrillHZ | 7,999 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Salinas 1WC #8413H 919194 | DrillHZ | 11,000 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Salinas 1WA #8213H 919205 | DrillHZ | 11,000 |
All 1,729 permits in Crane County, searchable → · Wells of record here →
Permit types and formations
Permit types
- Drill
- 101 / 1,085
- Recompletion
- 11 / 629
- Field transfer
- 0 / 14
- Reclass
- 0 / 1
12 MONTHS / ALL TIME
Formations reported
- San Andres
- 1,240
- Grayburg
- 1,009
- Rustler
- 1,002
- San Angelo
- 979
- Yates
- 958
- Queen
- 857
- Seven Rivers
- 777
- Clear Fork
- 764
- Glorieta
- 748
Leases it reports here
| Lease | Wells | Oil, bbl | Last reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waddell TR A | 661 | 18.8M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR A | 561 | 18.7M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddel TR 1-W | 343 | 10.2M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR 1 | 548 | 9.45M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR A | 248 | 6.62M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR 3 | 118 | 6.45M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR A | 258 | 5.18M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR A | 165 | 5.09M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR A | 119 | 1.99M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddel TR 1 | 14 | 1.16M | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR A | 62 | 1.03M | Jul 2026 |
| McKnight Sand Hills Unit | 83 | 999K | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR 3 | 38 | 975K | Jul 2026 |
| Waddell TR A | 13 | 972K | Jul 2026 |
| Landlubber | 14 | 962K | Jul 2026 |
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record and status from the EWA wellbore schedule, weekly; formations from the dbf900 wellbore file; leases from PDQ lease reports, placed in the county by the wells completed on them.
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