OPERATORS · RRC 859240 · P-5 STATUS Y
Tidal Petro, Inc
Schertz, TX · most active in Fayette County
Watch this operatorTidal Petro, Inc was issued 5 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 8 in the prior year, all in Fayette County. 100% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 128 wells under its operatorship (43 producing, 1 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 677K barrels of oil and 1.47M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 2% on the year before.
256 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1995; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 4, 2026.
- 5
- permits, last 12 months
- -37%
- vs prior 12 months (8)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 43
- producing wells, of 128 of record
- 120
- leases it reports
- 100%
- 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.
- 84%
- spud rate · 216 of 256 mature permits
- 19
- median days permit to spud · middle half 10–40
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 40
- expired undrilled
- 8
- permits a year over 31 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 11 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 34
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette county → | 5 | 5 | 2 | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Bee county → | — | 57 | 24 | Jul 14, 2010 |
| Karnes county → | — | 41 | 28 | Aug 30, 2024 |
| Duval county → | — | 27 | 10 | Aug 22, 2006 |
| Jim Wells county → | — | 18 | 10 | Jun 17, 2009 |
| Victoria county → | — | 18 | 9 | Mar 23, 2005 |
| Goliad county → | — | 17 | 7 | Jun 27, 2002 |
| Gonzales county → | — | 16 | 13 | Feb 7, 2023 |
| McMullen county → | — | 11 | 1 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| LA Salle county → | — | 8 | 5 | Jan 14, 2021 |
| DE Witt county → | — | 5 | 2 | Oct 23, 2006 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 5 | 2 | Feb 26, 2007 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 4 | 2 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 4 | 3 | Oct 24, 2014 |
| Maverick county → | — | 4 | 2 | Feb 1, 2010 |
| Webb county → | — | 4 | 2 | Jan 4, 2006 |
| Milam county → | — | 3 | 1 | Oct 17, 2022 |
| Zavala county → | — | 3 | 1 | Feb 25, 2000 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 2 | 2 | Apr 17, 1997 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 20, 2001 |
| Jackson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 8, 2000 |
| Nueces county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 30, 2003 |
| Wilson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 14, 2011 |
All 256 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 57 | 10 |
| Yegua | 52 | 8 |
| Austin Chalk | 48 | 7 |
| Eagle Ford | 41 | 4 |
| Carrizo | 38 | 10 |
| Queen City | 36 | 10 |
| Frio | 35 | 0 |
| Reklaw | 30 | 10 |
| Vicksburg | 17 | 0 |
| Anacacho | 14 | 3 |
| Navarro | 12 | 6 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 9 | 0 |
| Escondido | 8 | 6 |
| Olmos | 8 | 6 |
| Catahoula | 5 | 0 |
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 →
- 677K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +2%
- vs the 12 months before
- 1.47M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 6.76M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 677,324 · prior 12 666,755(+2%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 1,473,957 · prior 12 1,274,274(+16%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 128
- on the schedule
- 43
- producing
- 1
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 79
- plugged
How it got them
- 121
- permitted itself
- 7
- acquired from others
- 53
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
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 | 5 | 8 | 235 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Field transfer | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eagleville (Eagle Ford-2)27135750 | 21 | 16 |
| Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1)27135700 | 17 | 12 |
| Sugarkane (Austin Chalk)86950300 | 8 | 8 |
| Cosden West (Wilcox 9500)20876832 | 7 | 0 |
| Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)86950600 | 5 | 4 |
| Orange Grove67506001 | 5 | 0 |
| Tuleta91677001 | 3 | 0 |
| Tuleta (Yegua 4060)91677700 | 3 | 0 |
| Cannan E. (10300 Wilcox)15346800 | 3 | 0 |
| Starr Brite W. (7215 Yegua)85669815 | 3 | 0 |
| Helen Gohlke W. (Wilcox B-2)40239532 | 3 | 0 |
| Weesatche South ( Frio 2600)95850128 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Apr 4, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 5501 Mid Cities Pkwy Ste 200
- Schertz, TX 78154
- (361) 362-4668
- Officers and agents
- Novikoff, Lee Michael · President
- Schrantz, Jeffrey Douglas · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 912034 | Jan 6, 2026 | Jan 6, 2026 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | Fayette | Kainer B #5HH | 11,200 | 14933627 |
| 912033 | Jan 6, 2026 | Jan 6, 2026 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | Fayette | Kainer B #4HH | 11,200 | 14933626 |
| 912032 | Jan 6, 2026 | Jan 6, 2026 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | Fayette | Kainer B #3HH | 11,200 | 14933625 |
| 912026 | Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | Fayette | Kainer A #2HH | 11,200 | 14933624 |
| 912026 | Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | Fayette | Kainer Unit #2HH | 11,200 | 14933624 |
| 909486 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | McMullen | Franklin South B #B 2HH | 11,530 | 31137627 |
| 909485 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | McMullen | Franklin South A #A 1HH | 11,530 | 31137626 |
| 909488 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | McMullen | Franklin South D #D 4HH | 11,530 | 31137629 |
| 909487 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | McMullen | Franklin South C #C 3HH | 11,530 | 31137628 |
| 909488 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | McMullen | Franklin South D #D 4HH | 11,530 | 31137629 |
| 909487 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | McMullen | Franklin South C #C 3HH | 11,530 | 31137628 |
| 909486 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | McMullen | Franklin South B #B 2HH | 11,530 | 31137627 |
| 909485 | Sep 5, 2025 | Sep 5, 2025 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | McMullen | Franklin South A #A 1HH | 11,530 | 31137626 |
| 902201 | Aug 30, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | Karnes | Moy East #5HH | 13,060 | 25538134 |
| 902148 | Aug 30, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | Tidal Petroleum, Inc. | Karnes | Moy East #3HH | 13,060 | 25538132 |
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/859240, documented in the API reference.