OPERATORS · RRC 886209 · P-5 STATUS Y
Viper S.W.D., LLC
EL Campo, TX · most active in Goliad County
Watch this operatorViper S.W.D., LLC was issued 1 drilling permit in the past 12 months, after a quiet prior year, all in Goliad County. 0% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 82 wells under its operatorship (10 producing, 6 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 29.3K barrels of oil and 47K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 8% on the year before.
It holds 8 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 558K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
43 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2007; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2026.
- 1
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 10
- producing wells, of 82 of record
- 107
- 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.
- 76%
- spud rate · 32 of 42 mature permits
- 36
- median days permit to spud · middle half 15–82
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 11
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 20 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 7 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goliad county → | 1 | 1 | 0 | May 29, 2026 |
| Wharton county → | — | 29 | 47 | Oct 27, 2021 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 3 | 2 | Sep 18, 2017 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 3 | 2 | Sep 12, 2023 |
| Nueces county → | — | 3 | 2 | Mar 12, 2024 |
| Colorado county → | — | 2 | 7 | Apr 3, 2023 |
| Jackson county → | — | 1 | 19 | Jan 7, 2010 |
| Victoria county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 24, 2009 |
All 43 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 →
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 →
- 29.3K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +8%
- vs the 12 months before
- 47K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 287K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 29,259 · prior 12 27,089(+8%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 47,003 · prior 12 23,320(+102%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 82
- on the schedule
- 10
- producing
- 6
- shut in
- 3
- injection
- 3
- temp. abandoned
- 55
- plugged
How it got them
- 20
- permitted itself
- 55
- acquired from others
- 6
- 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
- 8
- active UIC permits of 19
- 21K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 558K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Jackson | 3 active | 9.8K bbl/d |
| Wharton | 4 active | 9.7K bbl/d |
| Lavaca | 1 active | 1.5K bbl/d |
| Colorado | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tenna (Hillje Sand)88805400 | 11 | 4 |
| Trans-Tex (3000 Cat.)90970497 | 4 | 0 |
| Spanish Camp (3300)84883850 | 2 | 0 |
| Person (Edwards)70778250 | 2 | 0 |
| Caracahua Creek (TM a LO FB-E)15533400 | 2 | 0 |
| Spanish Camp N. (3268)84885500 | 2 | 0 |
| Elbert Goff (3700)28271500 | 2 | 0 |
| B U Ranch (Seg B Marg.)4863372 | 2 | 0 |
| Boling10229001 | 2 | 0 |
| Mustang Creek East (6150)64087888 | 2 | 0 |
| Hillje41490001 | 2 | 0 |
| Provident City NE (LWR Wx. Cons)73296100 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed May 4, 2026
- G/PURGas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 402 Dam RD
- EL Campo, TX 77437
- (979) 541-7292
- Officers and agents
- Pratka, David J. · Manager
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916013 | May 29, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Goliad | Alta Vista #1 | 9,550 | 17534264 |
| 898078 | Mar 12, 2024 | Mar 12, 2024 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Nueces | Viper Dugger #2 | 7,100 | 35534225 |
| 898078 | Mar 12, 2024 | Mar 12, 2024 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Nueces | Viper Dugger #2 | 7,100 | 35534225 |
| 896518 | Jan 16, 2024 | Jan 16, 2024 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Nueces | Viper Dugger #1 | 7,100 | 35534222 |
| 893382 | Sep 12, 2023 | Sep 12, 2023 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Matagorda | Viper Chilek #1 | 6,000 | 32132459 |
| 893382 | Sep 12, 2023 | Sep 12, 2023 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Matagorda | Viper Chilek #1 | 6,000 | 32132459 |
| 889422 | Apr 3, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Colorado | Gold #1 | 4,000 | 08932547 |
| 888063 | Feb 15, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 | Kaler Energy Corp. | Wharton | Stockton Gas Unit #1 | 10,000 | 48135485 |
| 886135 | Dec 6, 2022 | Dec 6, 2022 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Matagorda | Ferguson Ranch #1 | 10,850 | 32132420 |
| 881437 | Jun 23, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Colorado | Oldham Little Church Unit #3 | 7,000 | 08932531 |
| 873885 | Oct 27, 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Wharton | Hancher Viper #1R | 5,300 | 48135478 |
| 873000 | Sep 27, 2021 | Sep 27, 2021 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Wharton | Wegenhoft, I.W. #4 | 3,100 | 48135477 |
| 863508 | May 4, 2020 | May 4, 2020 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Wharton | Viper Loeffler #1 | 7,300 | 48135459 |
| 859452 | Nov 26, 2019 | Nov 26, 2019 | Viper S.W.D., LLC | Wharton | Wegenhoft, I.W. #3 | 6,000 | 48135456 |
| 855276 | Jul 22, 2019 | Jul 22, 2019 | Acock/Anaqua Operating Co., LP | Jackson | Hackbarth-Bures #1 | 5,400 | 23933906 |
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/886209, documented in the API reference.