OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 100365
Empire Texas Operating LLC
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 17, 2026
- Based in
- The Woodlands, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- Houston County
Empire Texas Operating LLC was issued 12 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 1 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by Houston with 6. 0% were horizontal.
1 was issued in the past 90 days, versus 9 in the prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 136 wells under its operatorship (31 producing, 89 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 32.5K barrels of oil and 577K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 21% on the year before.
It holds 3 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 437K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
15 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2014; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 17, 2026.
- 12
- permits, last 12 months
- +1100%
- vs prior 12 months (1)
- 2
- counties, 12 months
- 31
- producing wells, of 136 of record
- 85
- leases it reports
- 0%
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 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.
- 100%
- spud rate · 5 of 5 mature permits
- 53
- median days permit to spud · middle half 44–62
- 1
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 0
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 13 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 12 · prior 12 1
Counties
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 9 | 8 |
| Buda | 8 | 7 |
| Sub-Clarksville | 5 | 4 |
| Woodbine | 5 | 4 |
| Edwards | 5 | 5 |
| Eagle Ford | 4 | 3 |
| Glen Rose | 3 | 3 |
| Wilcox | 1 | 0 |
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 →
- 32.5K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -21%
- vs the 12 months before
- 577K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 172K
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Apr 2026 576,873 · prior 12 539,308(+7%)
Empire Texas Operating LLC: Gas by month.
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
- 42K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 437K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
All 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reenter | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reclass | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Trinidad East (Buda)32157071 | 91 | 5 |
| Halliday (Woodbine)38274666 | 17 | 11 |
| Fort Trinidad (Glen Rose Upper)32156852 | 7 | 2 |
| Fort Trinidad W. (Glen Rose B)32191333 | 4 | 0 |
| Kurten (Sub-Clarksville)50424800 | 4 | 4 |
| Ft. Trinidad (Lewisville a )32210525 | 3 | 0 |
| Fort Trinidad (Dexter)32156111 | 3 | 3 |
| Fort Trinidad (Glen Rose -E-)32156781 | 2 | 2 |
| Madisonville W. (Woodbine -A-)56599500 | 1 | 1 |
| Fort Trinidad East (Georgetown)32157568 | 1 | 0 |
| Ft. Trinidad E. (Glen Rose D)32157781 | 1 | 1 |
| Hilltop Resort (Bossier)41515250 | 1 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active – Extension (X)
- Last filed Feb 17, 2026
- CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 25025 Interstate 45 North, Ste 400
- The Woodlands, TX 77380
- (539) 444-8002
- Officers and agents
- C T Corporation System · Other
- Empire Petroleum Corporation · Managing Member
- Mills, Donna · Filing Agent
- Morrisett, Michael R · President,treasurer,ceo
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.
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