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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 253102

Ensign Operating LLC

P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Jan 25, 2023
Based in
Houston, TX
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Ensign Operating LLC has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 4, 2022.

The RRC wellbore file lists 3 wells under its operatorship.

137 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2018; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 25, 2023.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 3 of record
4
leases it reports
—
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.

89%
spud rate · 122 of 137 mature permits
140
median days permit to spud · middle half 74–227
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
canceled · 0 permits
15
expired undrilled
27
permits a year over 5 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Karnes county →—581Oct 4, 2022
Live Oak county →—460Nov 4, 2022
DE Witt county →—331Oct 3, 2022

All 137 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
Wilcox1090
Austin Chalk1060
Eagle Ford1040
Queen City750
Reklaw490
Carrizo440
Yegua250
Jackson60
Midway40
Olmos30
Navarro20
Anacacho20
Escondido10

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
1.84M
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

05M10M2020202120222023202420252026

Ensign Operating LLC: Gas by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

3
in the wellbore file
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
1
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
2
acquired from others
114
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 →

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
Drill00135
Recompletion001
Reclass001

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
DE Witt (Eagle Ford Shale)2449250010
Pawnee (Wilcox)6984590010
Sugarkane (Eagle Ford)8695060010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Inactive (I)
Last filed Jan 25, 2023
Address
5875 North Sam Houston, Parkway West Ste 600
Houston, TX 77086
(281) 800-3400
Officers and agents
CT Corporation · Texas Resident Agent
Ensign Natural Resources LLC · Member
Pennington, Dallas Brett · President
Thayer, Paul · Vice President
Gouge, Brad · Vice President,vice President OF
Haydell, Garner · Vice President,vice President OF
Enos, Jennifer · Vice President,vice President OF

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
885387Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 - Wilbur E 01 D #04HH22,00029736300
885386Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 - Wilbur E 01 C #03HH22,00029736299
885385Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 - Wilbur E 01 B #02HH22,00029736298
885384Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 - Wilbur E 01 A #01HH23,00029736297
883517Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 E #05HH23,00025537598
883516Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 D #04HH23,00025537597
883515Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 C #03HH23,00025537596
883514Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 B #02HH23,00025537595
883513Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesJanssen - Oetken 01 A #01HH23,00025537594
884387Oct 3, 2022Oct 3, 2022Ensign Operating LLCDE WittSager 01 - D01 D #04HH25,00012335231
884386Oct 3, 2022Oct 3, 2022Ensign Operating LLCDE WittSager 01 - D01 C #03HH25,00012335230
884384Oct 3, 2022Oct 3, 2022Ensign Operating LLCDE WittSager 01 - D01 B #02HH25,00012335229
882315Sep 6, 2022Sep 6, 2022Ensign Operating LLCKarnesMangione 01 #18HH20,00025537557
882243Jul 21, 2022Jul 21, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 #70HH22,50029736279
882242Jul 21, 2022Jul 21, 2022Ensign Operating LLCLive OakThree Sisters 01 #69HH22,50029736278

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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