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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 217012

Diamondback E&P LLC

P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
May 4, 2026
Based in
Midland, TX
Most permits, 12 months
Midland County
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Diamondback E&P LLC was issued 713 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 31% on the prior year, across 8 counties led by Midland with 334. 100% were horizontal.

229 were issued in the past 90 days, up 131% on the prior quarter. 13 were issued in the past week.

The RRC wellbore file lists 12,708 wells under its operatorship (6,642 producing, 3,426 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 216M barrels of oil and 829M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 40% on the year before.

It holds 48 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 9.36M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

5,243 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2007; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2026.

713
permits, last 12 months
+31%
vs prior 12 months (546)
8
counties, 12 months
6.64K
producing wells, of 12.7K of record
4.92K
leases it reports
100%
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 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.

83%
spud rate · 4,064 of 4,915 mature permits
49
median days permit to spud · middle half 23–116
186
spuds, last 180 days -27%
0%
canceled · 0 permits
1,051
expired undrilled
262
permits a year over 20 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 688 · prior 12 555(+24%)

05010015020222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Midland county →3341,1282,928Nov 4, 2026
Martin county →2121,9164,871Nov 4, 2026
Glasscock county →64341734Nov 4, 2026
Ector county →62235989Oct 2, 2026
Howard county →34296412Mar 27, 2026
Upton county →477794Mar 20, 2026
Andrews county →2268456Jun 5, 2026
Pecos county →1459257Jan 12, 2026
Reeves county →—349132Jan 11, 2024
Ward county →—95139Aug 29, 2024
Reagan county →—36757Sep 12, 2025
Dawson county →—19116Oct 30, 2019
Crane county →—1268Aug 31, 2023
Loving county →—1110May 7, 2020
Crockett county →—114Oct 12, 2012

All 5,243 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
Spraberry2,048605
San Andres2,035599
Yates1,982566
Clear Fork1,959621
Grayburg1,813568
Queen1,617500
Glorieta1,078232
Santa Rosa922201
Seven Rivers890150
Wolfcamp729190
Dean591207
Bone Spring1904
Cherry Canyon1765
Delaware1650
Rustler15345

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 →

216M
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+40%
vs the 12 months before
829M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
986M
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 216,489,001 · prior 12 154,246,639(+40%)

010M20M2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Diamondback E&P LLC: Oil by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

12,708
in the wellbore file, 10,201 on schedule
6,642
producing
3,426
shut in
35
injection
12
temp. abandoned
2,489
plugged

How it got them

2,725
permitted itself
9,246
acquired from others
222
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

48
active UIC permits of 113
278K
permitted bbl/day, active
9.36M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Reagan10 active112K bbl/d
Upton18 active55.2K bbl/d
Ector2 active40K bbl/d
Midland6 active25.5K bbl/d
Martin6 active24.7K bbl/d
Howard1 active10K bbl/d
Irion1 active7K bbl/d
Ward2 active1.5K bbl/d

All 113 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
Drill7135465,140
Field transfer0072
Recompletion0030
Reenter001

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)8528030010,8425,545
Sallie Ann (Spraberry-Wolfcamp)79820800590350
Hoefs T-K (Wolfcamp)41911500354333
Spraberry (Trend Area) R 40 Exc85280301191117
Phantom (Wolfcamp)710529009486
Ackerly (Dean Sand)4482008126
Concho Bluff North (Queen)20006500459
RK (Devonian)74041100421
Breedlove South (Spraberry)11756500177
John Scott (Grayburg)46935500170
Block 42 (Penn)9450200164
Headlee (Devonian)39969400161

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Active – Extension (X)
Last filed May 4, 2026
Condensate gatheringOil gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
500 W Texas Ave Ste 100
Midland, TX 79701
(432) 221-7400
Officers and agents
Corporation Service Company · Texas Resident Agent
Stice, Travis D · Ceo
Dick, Teresa · Secretary,vice President,evp/Cao
Lawlis, Adam · Vice President,vp Investor Relat
Dossey, Johnny · Vice President,vp Marketing
Meek, David · Vice President,human Relations
Zmigrosky, Matt · Secretary,vice President,evp/Che
Wesson, Daniel N · Vice President,evp/Coo
All 11 on the P-5 →

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
918954Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMidlandHulk Hogan 12-38 A #1WBH11,00032948601
918707Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMartinKimberly 20 A #U 2WBH11,00031747500
919622Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCGlasscockWoody 4-9 Unit #U 4JMH13,00017339631
919621Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCGlasscockWoody 4-9 Unit #U 3WBH13,00017339630
919620Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCGlasscockWoody 4-9 Unit #U 3WAH13,00017339629
919608Nov 6, 2026Nov 4, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCGlasscockWoody 4-9 Unit #1JMH13,00017339632
919619Oct 29, 2026Nov 4, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCGlasscockWoody 4-9 Unit #U 3LSH13,00017339628
918704Nov 4, 2026Nov 2, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMartinKimberly #3JMH11,00031747498
919077Nov 4, 2026Nov 2, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMartinAchilles 7-24 Unit 1 #2WDH13,00031747553
919076Nov 4, 2026Nov 2, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMartinAchilles 7-24 Unit 1 #2WBH13,00031747552
919072Nov 4, 2026Nov 2, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMartinAchilles 7-24 Unit 1 #2WAH13,00031747551
919071Nov 4, 2026Nov 2, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMartinAchilles 7-24 Unit 1 #2LSH13,00031747549
919068Nov 4, 2026Nov 2, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMartinAchilles 7-24 Unit 1 #2DNH13,00031747548
918997Oct 31, 2026Oct 29, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMidlandHulk Hogan 12-38 C #1MSH11,00032948605
918953Oct 31, 2026Oct 29, 2026Diamondback E&P LLCMidlandHulk Hogan 12-38 A #1LSH11,00032948600

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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