OPERATORS · RRC 8555 · P-5 STATUS Y
Aethon Engy Oper LLC
Dallas, TX · most active in Washington County
Watch this operatorAethon Engy Oper LLC was issued 29 drilling permits in the past 12 months, down 63% on the prior year, across 5 counties led by Washington with 16. 41% were horizontal.
16 were issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 20 wells under its operatorship.
Lease reports credit it with 75 barrels of oil and 396M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026.
568 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2011; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 2026.
- 29
- permits, last 12 months
- -63%
- vs prior 12 months (79)
- 5
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 20 of record
- 27
- leases it reports
- 41%
- 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.
- 81%
- spud rate · 448 of 552 mature permits
- 39
- median days permit to spud · middle half 16–80
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days -100%
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 121
- expired undrilled
- 36
- permits a year over 16 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 48 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 88 · prior 12 66(+33%)
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington county → | 16 | 16 | 0 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Nacogdoches county → | 7 | 136 | 4 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| San Augustine county → | 4 | 235 | 2 | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Robertson county → | 1 | 35 | 1 | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Sabine county → | 1 | 2 | 0 | Nov 7, 2025 |
| Angelina county → | — | 117 | 0 | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Shelby county → | — | 24 | 7 | May 6, 2024 |
| Leon county → | — | 3 | 0 | Sep 4, 2025 |
All 568 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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Haynesville | 269 | 66 |
| James Lime | 231 | 55 |
| Travis Peak | 179 | 30 |
| Glen Rose | 163 | 27 |
| Cotton Valley | 155 | 9 |
| Pettit | 154 | 27 |
| Austin Chalk | 108 | 47 |
| Rodessa | 92 | 11 |
| Paluxy | 62 | 14 |
| Nacatoch | 36 | 21 |
| Woodbine | 24 | 5 |
| Bossier | 22 | 1 |
| Buda | 13 | 3 |
| Georgetown | 11 | 3 |
| Edwards | 11 | 3 |
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 →
- 75
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 396M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 42.6K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 395,653,636 · prior 12 525,271,453(-25%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 75 · prior 12 22(+241%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 20
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 18
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 19
- acquired from others
- 310
- 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 1
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Sabine | 0 active | 0 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 29 | 80 | 567 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Carthage (Haynesville Shale)16032300 | 3 | 0 |
| Huxley (6100)43940850 | 3 | 0 |
| Oliver Creek (Travis Peak)67172380 | 2 | 0 |
| Huxley (Fredricksburg)43940350 | 2 | 0 |
| Martinsville (Travis Peak)57814700 | 2 | 0 |
| Newark East (Barnett Shale)65280200 | 1 | 0 |
| Stockman (Cotton Valley)86233300 | 1 | 0 |
| Bald Prairie (CV Consolidated)5189550 | 1 | 0 |
| Woodlawn (Cotton Valley)98563083 | 1 | 0 |
| Box Church (Travis Peak)10974800 | 1 | 0 |
| Carthage North (Cotton Valley)16034250 | 1 | 0 |
| Carthage (Travis Peak)16032812 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jan 4, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 12377 Merit Dr Suite 1200
- Dallas, TX 75251
- (214) 750-3825
- Officers and agents
- Corporation Service Company D/B/ · Texas Resident Agent
- Huddleston, Albert D · Ceo
- Huddleston, Gordon B · President
- Shanmugam, Valliappan · Co-Coo
- Chen, Kang · Chief Information Officer
- Mc Clure, Donnie R · Cfo
- Phillips, Preston V · Vice President
- Lyles, Kathryn Walker · Secretary,general Counsel
- All 11 on the P-5 →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919748 | Oct 31, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #530 | 2,000 | 47731372 |
| 918225 | Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #633 | 2,000 | 47731370 |
| 918223 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #631 | 2,000 | 47731369 |
| 918198 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #630 | 2,000 | 47731368 |
| 918197 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #629 | 2,000 | 47731367 |
| 918166 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #529 | 2,000 | 47731366 |
| 918165 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #528 | 2,000 | 47731365 |
| 918160 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #526 | 2,000 | 47731364 |
| 918157 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #525 | 2,000 | 47731363 |
| 918144 | Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #128 | 2,000 | 47731362 |
| 918079 | Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek West Unit #264 | 2,000 | 47731359 |
| 918090 | Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #127 | 2,000 | 47731361 |
| 918089 | Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek East Unit #99 | 2,000 | 47731360 |
| 918048 | Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek West Unit #262 | 2,000 | 47731357 |
| 918041 | Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 | Aethon Energy Operating LLC | Washington | Clay Creek West Unit #261 | 2,000 | 47731356 |
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/8555, documented in the API reference.