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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 186717

Craton Operating LLC

P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Jun 25, 2026
Based in
Bellaire, TX
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Craton Operating LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 10, 2025.

The RRC wellbore file lists 284 wells under its operatorship (139 producing, 13 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 7.54K barrels of oil and 2.71M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 124% on the year before.

14 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2022; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 25, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
-100%
vs prior 12 months (7)
0
counties, 12 months
139
producing wells, of 284 of record
311
leases it reports
—
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.

29%
spud rate · 4 of 14 mature permits
19
median days permit to spud · middle half 19–19
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
10
expired undrilled
4
permits a year over 4 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 7(-100%)

012320222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Rusk county →—771Dec 5, 2022
Gregg county →—670Sep 10, 2025
Harrison county →—148Apr 15, 2025

All 14 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
Massive Anhydrite (marker)11
Cotton Valley11
Travis Peak11
Pettit11
Rodessa11
Buda11
Woodbine11
Austin Chalk11
Taylor11
Bossier11

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 →

7.54K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+124%
vs the 12 months before
2.71M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
38.1K
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 2,710,539 · prior 12 2,929,957(-7%)

0200K400K600K202120222023202420252026

Craton Operating LLC: Gas by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

284
in the wellbore file, 273 on schedule
139
producing
13
shut in
0
injection
104
temp. abandoned
11
plugged

How it got them

5
permitted itself
233
acquired from others
2
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

0
active UIC permits of 3
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Gregg0 active0 bbl/d
Panola0 active0 bbl/d
Rusk0 active0 bbl/d

All 3 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
Recompletion0714

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
Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)664612756436
Willow Springs (Travis Peak)977528302910
Willow Springs (Cotton Valley)977521002819
Carthage (Cotton Valley)160321742514
Centennial E. (Cotton Valley)16694500207
Carthage (Haynesville Shale)160323002015
Personville N (CV Consolidated)70794475129
Beckville (Cotton Valley)664850083
Blocker (Cotton Valley)959130073
Carthage North (Cotton Valley)1603425064
Hardwood (Cotton Valley)3902620063
Bear Grass (Cotton Valley Cons)647630063

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Active – Extension (X)
Last filed Jun 25, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
6300 West Loop South, Ste 550
Bellaire, TX 77401
(713) 900-3456
Officers and agents
Marin, Robert · Manager,member
Van Dyke, James · Filing Agent
Gardner, Thomas · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
910325Sep 10, 2025Sep 10, 2025Craton Operating LLCGreggThrasher, S.R. #210,77518330903
907358Apr 15, 2025Apr 15, 2025Craton Operating LLCHarrisonHarris-Munden Gas Unit #410,22620333008
907273Apr 9, 2025Apr 9, 2025Craton Operating LLCGreggLawrence-Chevron Gas Unit #810,72018330852
906411Mar 12, 2025Mar 12, 2025Craton Operating LLCGreggHarroun-Finch #510,76618330983
905198Jan 30, 2025Jan 30, 2025Craton Operating LLCGreggHarroun-Finch #410,77118330982
905153Aug 14, 2026Jan 21, 2025Craton Operating LLCGreggFisher-Duncan #1B10,70018330844
905153Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 2025Craton Operating LLCGreggFisher-Duncan GU #110,70018330844
885956Dec 5, 2022Dec 5, 2022Craton Operating LLCRuskCherokee Water Company Unit #148,85040134930
885200Nov 18, 2022Nov 18, 2022Craton Operating LLCRuskGladney Gas Unit #27,34440131265
884660Oct 11, 2022Oct 11, 2022Craton Operating LLCRuskShelton Gas Unit No. 1 #28,95040132786
884178Sep 23, 2022Sep 23, 2022Craton Operating LLCRuskGladney Gas Unit #117,20040134633
883284Aug 30, 2022Aug 30, 2022Craton Operating LLCRuskShelton Gas Unit #17,20040132549
882369Jul 26, 2022Jul 26, 2022Craton Operating LLCRuskGladney #910,57540133562
882369Jul 26, 2022Jul 26, 2022Craton Operating LLCRuskGladney #910,57540133562
870727Jul 1, 2021Jul 1, 2021Sabine Oil & Gas CorporationRuskGladney Gas Unit #1310,64340134813

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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