OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 102879

DE Central Operating, LLC

P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Dec 16, 2025
Based in
Fort Worth, TX
Most permits, 12 months
Reagan County

De Central Operating, LLC was issued 239 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 64% on the prior year, across 2 counties led by Reagan with 209. 100% were horizontal.

74 were issued in the past 90 days, up 17% on the prior quarter. 24 were issued in the past week.

The RRC wellbore file lists 363 wells under its operatorship (176 producing, 110 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 14.3M barrels of oil and 82.1M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, versus 1.72M the year before.

402 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2024; its P-5 organization report was last filed December 16, 2025.

239
permits, last 12 months
+64%
vs prior 12 months (146)
2
counties, 12 months
176
producing wells, of 363 of record
236
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.

78%
spud rate · 207 of 265 mature permits
25
median days permit to spud · middle half 11–38
99
spuds, last 180 days +22%
0%
canceled · 0 permits
121
expired undrilled
134
permits a year over 3 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 227 · prior 12 147(+54%)

0204020222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Reagan county →209357349Nov 3, 2026
Glasscock county →304513May 12, 2026

All 402 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
Clear Fork149149
San Andres149149
Grayburg149149
Queen149149
Spraberry149149
Wolfcamp137137
Glorieta1313
Seven Rivers1313
Yates1313
Santa Rosa1313

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 →

14.3M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+731%
vs the 12 months before
82.1M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
16.1M
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 14,326,919

01M2M2026

DE Central Operating, LLC: Oil by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

363
in the wellbore file, 291 on schedule
176
producing
110
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
62
plugged

How it got them

93
permitted itself
230
acquired from others
0
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 1
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Reagan0 active0 bbl/d

All 1 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
Drill239146402

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
Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300361176
Red House (Ellenburger)7529840010
Red House (Fusselman)7529850010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Active (A)
Last filed Dec 16, 2025
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
3724 Hulen St
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 928-3260
Officers and agents
Martin, Garrett · Manager,member
Campbell, Cody · Manager,member
Carpenter, Blake · Manager,member
Sellers, John · Manager,member
Gregg, Joshua A · Manager,member
Spencer, Chris · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919774Nov 5, 2026Nov 3, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganMoondancer East J 9-44 #4310HH10,60538342514
919803Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganStormchaser West G 10-43 #4307HH10,60538342536
919802Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganStormchaser West F 10-43 #4206HH10,60538342535
919801Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganStormchaser West E 10-43 #4305HH10,60538342534
919800Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganStormchaser West C 10-43 #4203HH10,60538342533
919799Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganStormchaser West B 10-43 #4302HH10,60538342532
919798Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganStormchaser West a 10-43 #4201HH10,60538342531
919797Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganStormchaser East O 10-43 #4315HH10,60538342530
919796Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganStormchaser East N 10-43 #4214HH10,60538342528
919794Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganStormchaser East M 10-43 #4313HH10,60538342529
919787Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganMoondancer West G 9-44 #4307HH10,60538342527
919786Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganMoondancer West F 9-44 #4206HH10,65538342526
919785Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganMoondancer West E 9-44 #4305HH10,60538342525
919784Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganMoondancer West C 9-44 #4203HH10,60538342524
919781Nov 1, 2026Oct 30, 2026DE Central Operating, LLCReaganMoondancer West B 9-44 #4302HH10,60538342522

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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