OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 101491
Deep Blue Operating I LLC
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 13, 2026
- Based in
- The Woodlands, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- Martin County
Deep Blue Operating I LLC was issued 15 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 5 in the prior year, across 5 counties led by Martin with 8. 0% were horizontal.
None were issued in the past 90 days.
The RRC wellbore file lists 161 wells under its operatorship (12 shut in).
It holds 142 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 288M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
22 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2023; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 13, 2026.
- 15
- permits, last 12 months
- +200%
- vs prior 12 months (5)
- 5
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 161 of record
- 142
- leases it reports
- 0%
- 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.
- 43%
- spud rate · 9 of 21 mature permits
- 62
- median days permit to spud · middle half 54–114
- 4
- spuds, last 180 days +100%
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 12
- expired undrilled
- 6
- permits a year over 4 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 11 · prior 12 9(+22%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin county → | 8 | 11 | 74 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Glasscock county → | 2 | 2 | 11 | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Reagan county → | 2 | 2 | 2 | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Upton county → | 2 | 2 | 6 | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Midland county → | 1 | 1 | 40 | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Ector county → | — | 4 | 7 | Sep 8, 2025 |
All 22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 3 | 3 |
| Grayburg | 3 | 3 |
| Seven Rivers | 3 | 3 |
| Yates | 3 | 3 |
| Queen | 2 | 2 |
| Clear Fork | 1 | 1 |
| Glorieta | 1 | 1 |
| Santa Rosa | 1 | 1 |
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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- 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
- 3.38M
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 288M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Martin | 68 active | 1.65M bbl/d |
| Midland | 30 active | 739K bbl/d |
| Howard | 13 active | 326K bbl/d |
| Glasscock | 10 active | 201K bbl/d |
| Upton | 6 active | 152K bbl/d |
| Ector | 7 active | 144K bbl/d |
| Dawson | 4 active | 72K bbl/d |
| Andrews | 2 active | 50K bbl/d |
All 158 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 | 12 | 3 | 17 |
| Recompletion | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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 | 110 | 0 |
| RK (Devonian)74041100 | 10 | 0 |
| Azalea (San Andres)4605600 | 4 | 0 |
| Hill Ranch (Fusselman)41462400 | 4 | 0 |
| Moose (Queen)62781500 | 3 | 0 |
| Comanche Bluff (Silurian)19868350 | 3 | 0 |
| Breedlove B (Clearfork)11762200 | 2 | 0 |
| Sallie Ann (Spraberry-Wolfcamp)79820800 | 2 | 0 |
| Phoenix (Grayburg)71267500 | 2 | 0 |
| Hutex (Devonian)43878800 | 2 | 0 |
| Moonlight (Ellenberger)62703200 | 2 | 0 |
| Gin (Spraberry)34961750 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active – Extension (X)
- Last filed Jul 13, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 4 Waterway Square Place, Ste 300
- The Woodlands, TX 77380
- (713) 997-3425
- Officers and agents
- Mitchell, Scott Christian · President,ceo
- Smiley, Benjamin Price · Coo
- Griesbaum, Isaac · Secretary,general Counsel
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917206 | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Martin | Ondigo #1 | 9,000 | 31747371 |
| 914581 | Apr 22, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Martin | Johnson Ranch 11 SWD #5 | 5,800 | 31747252 |
| 914593 | Apr 22, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Martin | Johnson Ranch 10 SWD #4 | 5,800 | 31747253 |
| 914676 | Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Upton | Batman #1D | 6,400 | 46143611 |
| 914731 | Apr 20, 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Upton | Optimus #1D | 6,500 | 46143590 |
| 914373 | Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Martin | Johnson Ranch 13 SWD #6 | 5,800 | 31745280 |
| 912690 | Jan 14, 2026 | Jan 14, 2026 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Reagan | Raptor 34 SWD #2D | 5,500 | 38342269 |
| 912687 | Jan 14, 2026 | Jan 14, 2026 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Glasscock | Meadors #2D | 5,000 | 17339438 |
| 912332 | Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Reagan | Raptor 35 SWD #1D | 5,100 | 38342254 |
| 912225 | Dec 17, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Glasscock | Schumann SWD #1 | 5,000 | 17339417 |
| 912224 | Dec 17, 2025 | Dec 17, 2025 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Midland | Mighty MO SWD #2 | 5,500 | 32948082 |
| 911831 | Nov 20, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Martin | McCullar #1 | 6,300 | 31745694 |
| 911831 | Nov 20, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | Overflow Energy Permian, LLC | Martin | McCullar #1 | 6,000 | 31745694 |
| 911732 | Nov 17, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Martin | GT Hall #D 1 | 5,400 | 31740777 |
| 911732 | Nov 17, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | Martin | GT Hall #D 1 | 5,400 | 31740777 |
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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