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OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 704776

RFE Operating, LLC

P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jan 8, 2026
Based in
Tyler, TX
Most permits, 12 months
Harrison County
Watch this operator

Rfe Operating, LLC was issued 51 drilling permits in the past 12 months, up 24% on the prior year, across 3 counties led by Harrison with 31. 98% were horizontal.

4 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 9 in the prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 187 wells under its operatorship (105 producing, 17 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 1.14K barrels of oil and 41.4M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 37% on the year before.

It holds 8 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 3M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

135 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2021; its P-5 organization report was last filed January 8, 2026.

51
permits, last 12 months
+24%
vs prior 12 months (41)
3
counties, 12 months
105
producing wells, of 187 of record
204
leases it reports
98%
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.

63%
spud rate · 77 of 122 mature permits
18
median days permit to spud · middle half 9–37
12
spuds, last 180 days -20%
0%
canceled · 0 permits
46
expired undrilled
23
permits a year over 6 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 45 · prior 12 44(+2%)

05101520222023202420252026

Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Harrison county →319966Jun 18, 2026
Rusk county →13236Sep 18, 2026
Marion county →71138Jun 30, 2026
Panola county →—274Mar 17, 2023

All 135 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
Paluxy4834
Rodessa4834
Pettit4734
Travis Peak4734
Cotton Valley4532
Nacatoch4331
Glen Rose4129
Blossom4129
Goodland4129
Woodbine65
Haynesville53
Bossier11

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 →

1.14K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-37%
vs the 12 months before
41.4M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
12.7K
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 41,429,851 · prior 12 21,527,279(+92%)

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RFE Operating, LLC: Gas by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

187
in the wellbore file, 157 on schedule
105
producing
17
shut in
2
injection
30
temp. abandoned
24
plugged

How it got them

47
permitted itself
110
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

8
active UIC permits of 9
101K
permitted bbl/day, active
3M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Harrison4 active68K bbl/d
Marion2 active20.5K bbl/d
Panola2 active12K bbl/d

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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill5041131
Recompletion104

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
Carthage (Cotton Valley)160321744030
Woodlawn (Cotton Valley)985630833222
Carthage (Haynesville Shale)16032300197
Green Fox (Pettit)36663380181
Beckville (Cotton Valley)66485001713
Green Fox (Smith)36663684141
Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)66461275107
Carthage S. (Cotton Valley)1603720098
Woodlawn SW. (Cotton Valley)9857040063
Blocker (Cotton Valley)959130054
Carthage South (Travis Peak)1603769222
Hardwood (Cotton Valley)3902620021

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status Active (A)
Last filed Jan 8, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
17521 US Hwy 69 S Ste 100
Tyler, TX 75703
(903) 730-6080
Officers and agents
Champlin, Jared · Texas Resident Agent
Champlin, Jared · Manager
Thompson, Dwayne · Filing Agent
Gay, Debra L · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
918567Oct 7, 2026Sep 18, 2026RFE Operating, LLCRuskBerkshire West (AW) #1HH12,00040135517
918567Sep 20, 2026Sep 18, 2026RFE Operating, LLCRuskBerkshire West (AW) #1HH12,00040135517
918413Sep 23, 2026Sep 11, 2026RFE Operating, LLCRuskBerkshire East (AW) #1HH12,00040135516
918413Sep 13, 2026Sep 11, 2026RFE Operating, LLCRuskBerkshire East (AW) #1HH12,00040135516
916522Oct 4, 2026Jun 30, 2026RFE Operating, LLCMarionCommodores (AW) #1HH9,67531531078
916522Jun 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026RFE Operating, LLCMarionCommodores (AW) #1HH9,67531531078
916520Sep 6, 2026Jun 22, 2026RFE Operating, LLCMarionTrash Pandas (AW) #1HH9,70031531077
916520Jun 22, 2026Jun 22, 2026RFE Operating, LLCMarionTrash Pandas (AW) #1HH9,70031531077
916422Sep 6, 2026Jun 18, 2026RFE Operating, LLCHarrisonWoods 11 (AW) #11HH12,10020335818
916421Jun 18, 2026Jun 18, 2026RFE Operating, LLCHarrisonWoods 6 (AW) #6HH12,10020335817
916422Jun 18, 2026Jun 18, 2026RFE Operating, LLCHarrisonWoods 11 (AW) #11HH12,10020335818
916420Sep 6, 2026Jun 16, 2026RFE Operating, LLCHarrisonWoods 1 (AW) #1HH10,80020335816
916420Jun 16, 2026Jun 16, 2026RFE Operating, LLCHarrisonWoods 1 (AW) #1HH10,80020335816
915166Aug 17, 2026May 7, 2026RFE Operating, LLCHarrisonThunder Valley 2 (AW) #2HH10,25520335809
915166May 7, 2026May 7, 2026RFE Operating, LLCHarrisonThunder Valley 2 (AW) #2HH10,25520335809

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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