OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 8555
Aethon Energy Operating LLC
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 30, 2026
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- Washington County
Aethon Energy Operating LLC was issued 17 drilling permits in the past 12 months, down 60% on the prior year, all in Washington County. 0% were horizontal.
17 were issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 171 wells under its operatorship (62 producing, 17 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 11.8K barrels of oil and 235M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through August 2026, versus 1.47K the year before.
It holds 1 active disposal or injection permit, injecting 463K barrels in the 12 months reported through September 2025.
352 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2011; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 30, 2026.
- 17
- permits, last 12 months
- -60%
- vs prior 12 months (43)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 62
- producing wells, of 171 of record
- 3
- leases it reports · 812 ever reported on
- 0%
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 11, 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.
- 93%
- spud rate · 313 of 335 mature permits
- 41
- median days permit to spud · middle half 17–84
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days -100%
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 19
- expired undrilled
- 22
- permits a year over 16 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 17 · prior 12 39(-56%)
Counties
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 → | 17 | 17 | 153 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| San Augustine county → | — | 142 | 2 | Oct 7, 2025 |
| Nacogdoches county → | — | 82 | 4 | Jan 23, 2024 |
| Angelina county → | — | 71 | 0 | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Shelby county → | — | 19 | 7 | May 6, 2024 |
| Robertson county → | — | 18 | 1 | Aug 11, 2025 |
| Leon county → | — | 2 | 0 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| Sabine county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 3, 2023 |
All 352 permits, searchable → · Leases it reported on → · On the map →
Formations in wells it permitted
Tops reported on completion filings for wells permitted under this operator number, including wells others run today. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Haynesville | 270 | 65 |
| James Lime | 231 | 55 |
| Travis Peak | 179 | 29 |
| Glen Rose | 164 | 26 |
| Pettit | 155 | 26 |
| Cotton Valley | 155 | 9 |
| Austin Chalk | 108 | 47 |
| Rodessa | 93 | 11 |
| Paluxy | 62 | 14 |
| Nacatoch | 36 | 21 |
| Woodbine | 24 | 5 |
| Bossier | 23 | 1 |
| Buda | 13 | 3 |
| Edwards | 11 | 3 |
| Georgetown | 11 | 3 |
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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. From 812 leases it reported on; 771 are reported by other operators today; 38 are no longer on the schedule.How production is reported →
- 11.8K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +706%
- vs the 12 months before
- 235M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 96.2K
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Aug 2026 235,458,289 · prior 12 532,511,025(-56%)
Aethon Energy Operating LLC: Gas by month.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 15K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 463K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
By county
| Washington | 1 active | 15K bbl/d |
| Sabine | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
All 3 permits, with volumes → · On the map →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Operator of record and permit operator
A well's operator of record is the RRC's, and its permit operator is the one on its latest drilling permit; neither fills in for the other. Its wellbores of record are counted as its wells, with its live permits; a well it permitted that another operator runs, or that the RRC lists with no operator at all, is not. Each count opens the wells it counts. 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 | 17 | 43 | 350 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clay Creek18721001 | 153 | 62 |
| Carthage (Haynesville Shale)16032300 | 3 | 0 |
| Oliver Creek (Travis Peak)67172380 | 3 | 0 |
| Huxley (6100)43940850 | 3 | 0 |
| Martinsville (Travis Peak)57814700 | 2 | 0 |
| Huxley (Fredricksburg)43940350 | 2 | 0 |
| Woodlawn (Cotton Valley)98563083 | 1 | 0 |
| Carthage (Travis Peak)16032812 | 1 | 0 |
| Monteath (Caddo)62580200 | 1 | 0 |
| Newark East (Barnett Shale)65280200 | 1 | 0 |
| Bald Prairie (CV Consolidated)5189550 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Mar 30, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 12377 Merit Dr Suite 1200
- Dallas, TX 75251
- (214) 750-3820
- 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
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 by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.
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