OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 104204
Dara Explorations, LLC
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 30, 2026
- Based in
- Albany, TX
Dara Explorations, LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months.
The RRC wellbore file lists 45 wells under its operatorship (25 producing, 5 shut in).
It holds 4 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 85.7K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
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- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 25
- producing wells, of 45 of record
- 5
- leases it reports
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- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 2026
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Counties
No permits on file under this operator number. Counties of its wells of record, from the RRC wellbore file.
All 0 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
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- vs the 12 months before
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- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 0
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last ten years.
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 →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 1.55K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 85.7K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Shackelford | 3 active | 800 bbl/d |
| Jones | 1 active | 750 bbl/d |
All 4 permits, with volumes → · On the map →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shackelford County Regular82522001 | 39 | 25 |
| Callahan County Regular14820001 | 3 | 0 |
| Jones County Regular47113001 | 2 | 0 |
| BMW (King Sand)4791500 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Mar 30, 2026
- Oil operator
- Address
- 5049 E US Hwy 180
- Albany, TX 76430
- (713) 202-5525
- Officers and agents
- Schkade, James Dean · Managing Member
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 725267 | Sep 30, 2011 | Sep 30, 2011 | 5 Schkade | Shackelford | L. A. Sanders #18 | 990 | 41739225 |
| 696491 | Jun 7, 2010 | Jun 7, 2010 | 5 Schkade | Shackelford | L.A. Sanders #17 | 1,000 | 41739076 |
| 671660 | Sep 29, 2008 | Sep 29, 2008 | Schkade, Carl E. | Shackelford | Sanders, L.A. #14 | 1,000 | 41738917 |
| 606137 | Sep 13, 2005 | Sep 13, 2005 | Schkade, Carl E. | Shackelford | Sanders, L. A. #13 | 1,500 | 41738543 |
| 601584 | Jun 6, 2005 | Jun 6, 2005 | Schkade, Carl E. | Shackelford | Sanders, L. A. #12 | 1,000 | 41738521 |
| 548163 | Jul 19, 2004 | Jul 19, 2004 | Schkade, Carl E. | Shackelford | Sounders, L. A. #11 | 1,000 | 41738458 |
| 455881 | Dec 23, 1996 | Dec 23, 1996 | Young, Marshall R., Oil Company | Jones | Muehlstein 45 #1 | 3,200 | 25334251 |
| 435613 | May 8, 1995 | May 8, 1995 | Young, Marshall R., Oil Company | Jones | Muehlstein 45 #1 | 3,500 | 25334251 |
| 334933 | Aug 24, 1987 | Aug 24, 1987 | C & L Equipment | Shackelford | Matthews #10 | 1,600 | 41733081 |
| 324838 | Jan 16, 1987 | Jan 16, 1987 | Thompson Bros. Oil Co. | Jones | Schoonmaker #2 | 2,400 | 25333558 |
| 297000 | Feb 4, 1986 | Feb 4, 1986 | C & L Equipment | Shackelford | Davis, Merrick #24 | 1,500 | 41736792 |
| 283495 | Aug 29, 1985 | Aug 29, 1985 | C & L Equipment | Shackelford | Matthews #7 | 1,600 | 41736488 |
| 283498 | Aug 29, 1985 | Aug 29, 1985 | C & L Equipment | Shackelford | Davis, Merrick #23 | 1,600 | 41736489 |
| 266524 | Feb 11, 1985 | Feb 11, 1985 | C & L Equipment | Shackelford | Matthews #3 | 1,500 | 41736177 |
| 260715 | Dec 11, 1984 | Dec 11, 1984 | C & L Equipment | Shackelford | Matthews Lease #2 | 1,500 | 41736085 |
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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/104204, documented in the API reference.