OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 166150
COG Operating LLC
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 2, 2026
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- Upton County
Petrora groups this registration with COG Operating LLC, New Mexico (1,081 active wells), COG Production, LLC, New Mexico (181 active wells), COG Production LLC, Texas (0 active wells). COG Operating LLC across every state →
Cog Operating LLC was issued 134 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 25% on the prior year, across 6 counties led by Upton with 60. 100% were horizontal.
17 were issued in the past 90 days, down 67% on the prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 4,600 wells under its operatorship (2,331 producing, 1,007 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 53.9M barrels of oil and 200M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 16% on the year before.
It holds 40 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 61M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
4,568 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2004; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 2, 2026.
- 134
- permits, last 12 months
- +25%
- vs prior 12 months (107)
- 6
- counties, 12 months
- 2.33K
- producing wells, of 4.6K of record
- 1.75K
- 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.
- 85%
- spud rate · 3,816 of 4,500 mature permits
- 59
- median days permit to spud · middle half 32–110
- 42
- spuds, last 180 days -34%
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 732
- expired undrilled
- 208
- permits a year over 22 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 134 · prior 12 94(+43%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton county → | 60 | 1,733 | 1,547 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Andrews county → | 44 | 443 | 713 | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Midland county → | 14 | 617 | 959 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Loving county → | 7 | 293 | 233 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Martin county → | 5 | 255 | 588 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Ector county → | 4 | 232 | 173 | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Reeves county → | — | 424 | 33 | Feb 12, 2025 |
| Culberson county → | — | 196 | 96 | Mar 6, 2018 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 153 | 200 | Feb 13, 2020 |
| Irion county → | — | 86 | 11 | Jan 21, 2015 |
| Pecos county → | — | 45 | 10 | Dec 30, 2016 |
| Ward county → | — | 30 | 3 | Jul 25, 2022 |
| Gaines county → | — | 27 | 0 | Sep 21, 2010 |
| Winkler county → | — | 10 | 15 | May 3, 2024 |
| Terry county → | — | 8 | 1 | Mar 13, 2013 |
| Schleicher county → | — | 6 | 3 | Apr 6, 2015 |
| Reagan county → | — | 4 | 1 | May 21, 2024 |
| Crane county → | — | 2 | 0 | Oct 16, 2006 |
| Howard county → | — | 2 | 0 | Apr 15, 2009 |
| Crockett county → | — | 1 | 3 | Jul 14, 2009 |
| Mitchell county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 10, 2005 |
All 4,568 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry | 1,950 | 157 |
| Wolfcamp | 1,763 | 49 |
| San Andres | 1,232 | 186 |
| Grayburg | 1,197 | 181 |
| Yates | 1,195 | 184 |
| Clear Fork | 843 | 101 |
| Dean | 755 | 13 |
| Queen | 727 | 108 |
| Glorieta | 644 | 85 |
| Seven Rivers | 627 | 81 |
| Delaware | 475 | 10 |
| Santa Rosa | 467 | 69 |
| Bone Spring | 466 | 9 |
| Bend | 422 | 0 |
| Strawn | 405 | 0 |
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 →
- 53.9M
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -16%
- vs the 12 months before
- 200M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 645M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 53,920,455 · prior 12 64,191,895(-16%)
COG Operating LLC: Oil by month.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 4,600
- in the wellbore file, 3,399 on schedule
- 2,331
- producing
- 1,007
- shut in
- 30
- injection
- 17
- temp. abandoned
- 1,190
- plugged
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 →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 707K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 61M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Loving | 13 active | 305K bbl/d |
| Upton | 8 active | 139K bbl/d |
| Ector | 5 active | 84K bbl/d |
| Martin | 5 active | 66K bbl/d |
| Midland | 5 active | 43.3K bbl/d |
| Winkler | 2 active | 40K bbl/d |
| Andrews | 2 active | 30K bbl/d |
| Culberson | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
All 147 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 134 | 106 | 4,481 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Reclass | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Other | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300 | 3,014 | 1,493 |
| Pegasus (Consolidated)70279100 | 480 | 316 |
| Parks (Consolidated)69233125 | 367 | 154 |
| Phantom (Wolfcamp)71052900 | 194 | 168 |
| Garden City S. (Wolfcamp)33998500 | 91 | 76 |
| Sandbar (Bone Spring)80544500 | 70 | 49 |
| Pegasus (Spraberry)70279750 | 50 | 0 |
| Ford West (Wolfcamp)31913800 | 49 | 37 |
| Pegasus (San Andres)70279625 | 27 | 3 |
| Toyah NW (Shale)90890700 | 17 | 0 |
| Pegasus (Pennsylvanian)70279500 | 14 | 0 |
| Dora Roberts (Ellenburger)25395332 | 12 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active – Extension (X)
- Last filed Jun 2, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 600 W Illinois Ave
- Midland, TX 79701
- (432) 683-7443
- Officers and agents
- Corporation Service Company D/B/ · Texas Resident Agent
- Levea, Brian C · Vice President
- Meyers, Taylor · Assistant Treasurer
- Lipford, Nelsey · Secretary
- Carter, Stacey A · Secretary
- Gresh, Phillip M III · Treasurer,vice President
- Haynes-Welsh, Kontessa · Treasurer,vice President
- Hamilton, Leslie D · Asst Tax Administration Officer
- All 13 on the P-5 →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 915568 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Midland | Country Mac A6 #702BHH | 10,000 | 32948365 |
| 915572 | Oct 1, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Midland | Country Mac A10 #704LHH | 10,000 | 32948369 |
| 915571 | Sep 27, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Midland | Country Mac A9 #704MHH | 10,000 | 32948368 |
| 917677 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Upton | Brawndo B18 #1604BHH | 10,000 | 46143745 |
| 917676 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Upton | Brawndo B17 #1603BHH | 10,000 | 46143744 |
| 917675 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Upton | Brawndo B16 #1602BHH | 10,000 | 46143743 |
| 917674 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Upton | Brawndo B15 #1601BHH | 10,000 | 46143742 |
| 917678 | Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Upton | Brawndo B19 #1605BHH | 10,000 | 46143746 |
| 918316 | Sep 12, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Martin | Johnson Ranch #411JHH | 12,000 | 31747437 |
| 915570 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Midland | Country Mac A8 #703LHH | 10,000 | 32948367 |
| 918315 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Martin | Johnson Ranch #410SHH | 12,000 | 31747436 |
| 918314 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Martin | Johnson Ranch #410MHH | 12,000 | 31747435 |
| 918313 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Martin | Johnson Ranch #409AHH | 12,000 | 31747434 |
| 918312 | Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Martin | Johnson Ranch #408JHH | 12,000 | 31747433 |
| 916862 | Aug 15, 2026 | Aug 13, 2026 | COG Operating LLC | Andrews | Mabee Dda A53 #1011JHH | 12,000 | 00349364 |
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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