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OPERATORS · RRC 744095  · P-5 STATUS Y

Salida Expl, LLC

Abilene, TX · most active in Kent County

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Salida Expl, LLC was issued 1 drilling permit in the past 12 months, versus 4 in the prior year, all in Kent County. 0% were horizontal.

None were issued in the past 90 days.

The RRC wellbore file lists 40 wells under its operatorship (11 producing, 4 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 18.8K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 15% on the year before.

It holds 6 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 175K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

81 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2004; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 4, 2026.

1
permits, last 12 months
-75%
vs prior 12 months (4)
1
counties, 12 months
11
producing wells, of 40 of record
27
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.

95%
spud rate · 76 of 80 mature permits
36
median days permit to spud · middle half 18–66
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
5
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 22 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 8 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 13

01232023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Kent county →112Jul 23, 2026
King county →—2416Sep 18, 2025
Refugio county →—249Jun 14, 2013
Dickens county →—83Aug 30, 2023
Stonewall county →—75Sep 18, 2025
Taylor county →—63Aug 1, 2018
Bee county →—42Jul 7, 2005
Haskell county →—20Jun 21, 2012
San Patricio county →—20May 28, 2009
Callahan county →—10Nov 10, 2017
Shackelford county →—10Nov 12, 2015
Victoria county →—10Sep 12, 2008

All 81 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
Tannehill71
Coleman Junction50
Saddle Creek40
Frio40
Cisco30
Catahoula30
Miocene (undifferentiated)10
Oakville10
Palo Pinto10

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 →

18.8K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+15%
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
765K
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 18,836 · prior 12 16,363(+15%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

40
on the schedule
11
producing
4
shut in
4
injection
2
temp. abandoned
11
plugged

How it got them

18
permitted itself
22
acquired from others
44
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 7
2.4K
permitted bbl/day, active
175K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Refugio1 active800 bbl/d
King2 active600 bbl/d
Stonewall2 active500 bbl/d
Kent1 active500 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
Drill1277
Reenter004

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
Bacon 107 (Tannehill)492440070
One Joint Off (Tannehill)6732970060
Cedar Break (Tannehill)1654050053
Steele Hill (Tannehill)8581048054
Cactus (Frio Massive)1447520040
Taylor County Regular8852000132
Roche S. (Chamberlain)7754307530
Roche (6000 Sand)7753874720
Laura Thomson (5600)5228533210
Bee Wright (Tannehill)673740011
Springer 168 (Tannehill)8535638011
Foster Ranch (Tannehill)3232038010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Mar 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
310 N Willis Suite 236
Abilene, TX 79603
(325) 668-2398
Officers and agents
King, Gregory Noland · Manager
Carlson, Levi · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
916893Jul 23, 2026Jul 23, 2026Salida Exploration, LLCKentBeadle #1A5,00026332183
910524Sep 18, 2025Sep 18, 2025Salida Exploration, LLCStonewallGraham 'A' #14,00043334255
910523Sep 18, 2025Sep 18, 2025Salida Exploration, LLCKingSimpson #6A4,00026933064
903671Nov 1, 2024Nov 1, 2024Salida Exploration, LLCKingBacon 'C' #1C4,00026933048
903665Oct 30, 2024Oct 30, 2024Salida Exploration, LLCKingBacon 114 #3B4,00026933047
893504Sep 13, 2023Sep 13, 2023Salida Exploration, LLCKingBacon 114 #2B4,00026933029
893505Sep 7, 2023Sep 7, 2023Salida Exploration, LLCKingCrum #44,00026933028
893288Aug 30, 2023Aug 30, 2023Salida Exploration, LLCDickensBull Pasture #16,00012531415
882100Jul 19, 2022Jul 19, 2022Salida Exploration, LLCKingBacon 114 #1B4,00026933010
882054Jul 15, 2022Jul 15, 2022Salida Exploration, LLCKingCrum #34,00026933009
882050Jul 15, 2022Jul 15, 2022Salida Exploration, LLCDickensMcGalliard #1A5,00012531408
878172Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022Salida Exploration, LLCKingCrum #24,00026933008
877360Mar 2, 2022Mar 2, 2022Salida Exploration, LLCKingCrum #14,00026933007
873979Nov 3, 2021Nov 3, 2021Salida Exploration, LLCKingSpringer '148' #16,50026932997
871912Aug 13, 2021Aug 13, 2021Salida Exploration, LLCKingBacon 113 #14,00026933000

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.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/744095, documented in the API reference.