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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 120648

CML Exploration, LLC

P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Oct 20, 2025
Based in
Austin, TX
Most permits, 12 months
Zavala County
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Petrora groups this registration with CML Exploration, LLC, New Mexico (34 active wells). CML Exploration, LLC across every state →

Cml Exploration, LLC was issued 8 drilling permits in the past 12 months, down 50% on the prior year, across 6 counties led by Zavala with 3. 100% were horizontal.

4 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 1 in the prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 515 wells under its operatorship (234 producing, 48 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 1.21M barrels of oil and 2.75M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 2% on the year before.

It holds 25 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 3.15M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

514 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2006; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 20, 2025.

8
permits, last 12 months
-50%
vs prior 12 months (16)
6
counties, 12 months
234
producing wells, of 515 of record
397
leases it reports
100%
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 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.

81%
spud rate · 412 of 509 mature permits
32
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–59
1
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
101
expired undrilled
24
permits a year over 21 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 8 · prior 12 16(-50%)

024620222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Zavala county →316282Jul 10, 2026
Dimmit county →113864Mar 5, 2026
Grimes county →15336Sep 15, 2026
Madison county →12816Oct 28, 2026
Brazos county →11223Sep 28, 2026
Robertson county →1110Aug 28, 2026
Victoria county →—2115Sep 8, 2020
Fort Bend county →—19136Sep 18, 2025
Scurry county →—1721Oct 21, 2020
Maverick county →—127Jan 12, 2023
Burleson county →—72Jan 23, 2014
Crane county →—78Jan 25, 2012
Wharton county →—712Mar 26, 2021
Goliad county →—64Aug 1, 2011
Garza county →—557Apr 19, 2018
Borden county →—39May 13, 2022
Gonzales county →—31Jun 2, 2012
Guadalupe county →—30Mar 15, 2013
Liberty county →—33Nov 9, 2015
Andrews county →—20Dec 1, 2021
Lamb county →—20Oct 1, 2013
Hale county →—10Mar 4, 2014
Jefferson county →—10Mar 28, 2014
Upton county →—11Mar 10, 2010

All 514 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
Austin Chalk15911
Olmos1289
Escondido8310
Anacacho809
Buda594
Eagle Ford532
Georgetown393
Woodbine321
San Andres210
San Miguel182
Frio170
Midway150
Clear Fork150
Glorieta140
Yegua110

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 →

1.21M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-2%
vs the 12 months before
2.75M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
30.7M
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 1,213,602 · prior 12 1,237,935(-2%)

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CML Exploration, LLC: Oil by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

515
in the wellbore file, 322 on schedule
234
producing
48
shut in
24
injection
10
temp. abandoned
176
plugged

How it got them

233
permitted itself
166
acquired from others
18
permitted, now run by others

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 →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

25
active UIC permits of 34
40.1K
permitted bbl/day, active
3.15M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Garza14 active18.5K bbl/d
Borden3 active8K bbl/d
Fort Bend3 active4.6K bbl/d
Robertson1 active2.5K bbl/d
Zavala1 active2.5K bbl/d
Scurry2 active2K bbl/d
Crane1 active2K bbl/d

All 34 permits, with volumes → · On the map →

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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Recompletion31058
Field transfer336
Drill22448
Reenter011
Reclass001

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
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)699811257246
Happy (Spraberry Lime)388666004722
Madisonville W. (Woodbine -A-)565995004645
Pearsall (Buda S.)699813754133
Moores Orchard (Mio. & Frio)62739142405
Moores Orchard62739001340
Pena Creek (Georgetown)704112103021
Revilo (Clear Fork)760933331511
Kurten (Buda)504245001110
Ici (Georgetown)44075500107
Moores Orchard*6273900290
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)3473350084

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Active (A)
Last filed Oct 20, 2025
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
Barton Oaks 1 901 Mopac Expy S, 403
Austin, TX 78746
(512) 328-8085
Officers and agents
Nelson, Kenneth C. · Manager

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919704Oct 30, 2026Oct 28, 2026CML Exploration, LLCMadisonHerbich #1REH9,00031330813
917710Sep 30, 2026Sep 28, 2026CML Exploration, LLCBrazosPeters #5REH9,20004131982
918607Sep 17, 2026Sep 15, 2026CML Exploration, LLCGrimesNevill AC #1H8,95018530904
918074Aug 30, 2026Aug 28, 2026CML Exploration, LLCRobertsonKadav #2HH7,50039532140
916476Jul 10, 2026Jul 10, 2026CML Exploration, LLCZavalaTlapek #1REH6,10050732726
913670Mar 5, 2026Mar 5, 2026CML Exploration, LLCZavalaSugar Ranch #1H6,83350733536
913578Mar 5, 2026Mar 5, 2026CML Exploration, LLCZavalaKleimann #3REH6,11750733364
913669Mar 5, 2026Mar 5, 2026CML Exploration, LLCDimmitDixondale #1H6,50812738846
911305Oct 24, 2025Oct 24, 2025CML Exploration, LLCZavalaHaby #1REH6,25050732832
909359Sep 30, 2025Sep 30, 2025CML Exploration, LLCDimmitBmmp #1H6,10012738363
910496Sep 18, 2025Sep 18, 2025CML Exploration, LLCFort BendMoore #108,40015731368
910297Sep 12, 2025Sep 12, 2025CML Exploration, LLCDimmitVre Minerals AC RE #1H6,20012738366
910297Sep 12, 2025Sep 12, 2025CML Exploration, LLCDimmitVre Minerals AC RE #1H6,20012738366
909730Aug 13, 2025Aug 13, 2025CML Exploration, LLCDimmitTJN Unit #1H6,40012738956
909662Aug 6, 2025Aug 6, 2025CML Exploration, LLCDimmitThalmann #1REH7,00012733751

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 by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.

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