OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 103102
Arete Creek Operating, LLC
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 4, 2026
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- Glasscock County
Arete Creek Operating, LLC was issued 5 drilling permits in the past 12 months, after a quiet prior year, across 2 counties led by Glasscock with 4. 100% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 8 wells under its operatorship (6 producing, 2 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 455K barrels of oil and 2.81M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 171% on the year before.
5 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2026; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 4, 2026.
- 5
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 2
- counties, 12 months
- 6
- producing wells, of 8 of record
- 8
- leases it reports
- 100%
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 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.
- 0%
- spud rate · 0 of 5 mature permits
- —
- median days permit to spud
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 0
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 1 active year
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 5 · prior 12 0
Counties
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| No completion tops on file. | ||
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 →
- 455K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +171%
- vs the 12 months before
- 2.81M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 985K
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Apr 2026 454,844 · prior 12 167,563(+171%)
Arete Creek Operating, LLC: Oil by month.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
How it got them
Each count opens the wells it counts. Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today; wells it permitted that others now run are in its permit history, marked with who runs them now. 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Phantom (Wolfcamp)71052900 | 5 | 5 |
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85279200 | 3 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Jun 4, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 303 Veterans Airpark LN, Suite 3000
- Midland, TX 79705
- (432) 653-4410
- Officers and agents
- Rutherford, Will Whisnand · Cfo
- Cohorn, Patrick Ryan · Ceo
- Pitcock, Blake · Vice President,land
- Braun, Blake Winfield · President,coo
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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