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OPERATORS · RRC 86335  · P-5 STATUS Y

Braden Expl, LLC

Fort Worth, TX

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Braden Expl, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 4, 2011.

The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.

107 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2007; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
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vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 2 of record
3
leases it reports
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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.

64%
spud rate · 68 of 107 mature permits
48
median days permit to spud · middle half 24–162
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
39
expired undrilled
21
permits a year over 5 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Wise county →—622Oct 4, 2011
Montague county →—310Aug 11, 2011
Denton county →—140Oct 20, 2008

All 107 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
Barnett520
Forestburg440
Marble Falls290

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 →

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bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
82.3K
bbl oil since reporting began

No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

2
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
0
plugged

How it got them

0
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
57
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill00107

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
Newark East (Barnett Shale)6528020020

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jan 4, 2026
Address
307 West 7TH Street Suite 1300
Fort Worth, TX 76102
(817) 832-5800
Officers and agents
Braden, Bruce F. · Chairman
Veeder, Garrett Christopher · President
Smith, Gregory P. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
725490Oct 4, 2011Oct 4, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCWiseB. Frye Unit #1HH9,00049737375
725263Sep 30, 2011Sep 30, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCWiseHammond Unit #1HH9,00049737372
724973Sep 27, 2011Sep 27, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCWiseCzewski a Unit #1HH9,00049737370
724970Sep 27, 2011Sep 27, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCWiseCzewski B Unit #1HH9,00049737369
724386Sep 20, 2011Sep 20, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCWiseHodges a Unit #1HH9,00049737367
721895Aug 11, 2011Aug 11, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCMontagueLM Rater Unit #1HH9,00033734687
721895Aug 11, 2011Aug 11, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCMontagueLM Rater Unit #1HH9,00033734687
720420Jul 21, 2011Jul 21, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCWiseSandford Gas Unit #1HH9,00049737330
720420Jul 21, 2011Jul 21, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCWiseSandford Gas Unit #1HH9,00049737330
719335Jun 30, 2011Jun 30, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCWiseDerek Vollintine #1HH9,00049737323
719012Jun 27, 2011Jun 27, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCMontagueWm Caswell Unit #1HH9,00033734650
717875Jun 10, 2011Jun 10, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCWiseElsom Unit #1HH9,00049737308
717187May 26, 2011May 26, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCMontagueHofert Unit #1HH9,00033734638
717183May 26, 2011May 26, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCMontagueJoyce Unit #1HH9,00033734637
717183May 26, 2011May 26, 2011Braden Exploration, LLCMontagueJoyce Unit #1HH9,00033734637

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/86335, documented in the API reference.