OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 735144
Rusk Energy Operating LLC
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 12, 2026
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- De Witt County
Rusk Energy Operating LLC was issued 2 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 1 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by De Witt with 1. 0% were horizontal.
1 was issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 328 wells under its operatorship (184 producing, 49 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 130K barrels of oil and 160K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through August 2026, down 12% on the year before.
It holds 26 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 3.03M barrels in the 12 months reported through September 2025.
14 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2019; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 12, 2026.
- 2
- permits, last 12 months
- +100%
- vs prior 12 months (1)
- 2
- counties, 12 months
- 184
- producing wells, of 382 of record
- 157
- leases it reports · 160 ever reported on
- 0%
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 10, 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.
- 69%
- spud rate · 9 of 13 mature permits
- 51
- median days permit to spud · middle half 20–60
- 1
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 3
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 8 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 2 · prior 12 1(+100%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Witt county → | 1 | 1 | 0 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Jefferson county → | 1 | 1 | 0 | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Houston county → | — | 7 | 61 | Jan 9, 2024 |
| Tyler county → | — | 5 | 10 | Mar 11, 2025 |
All 14 permits, searchable → · Leases it reported on → · On the map →
Formations in wells it permitted
Tops reported on completion filings for wells permitted under this operator number, including wells others run today. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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. From 160 leases it reported on; 3 are no longer on the schedule.How production is reported →
- 130K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -12%
- vs the 12 months before
- 160K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 1.17M
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Aug 2026 130,177 · prior 12 147,887(-12%)
Rusk Energy Operating LLC: Oil by month.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 109K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 3.03M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
By county
| Leon | 11 active | 33K bbl/d |
| Houston | 6 active | 27.5K bbl/d |
| Polk | 1 active | 25K bbl/d |
| Tyler | 1 active | 10K bbl/d |
| Colorado | 2 active | 7K bbl/d |
| Milam | 4 active | 3.8K bbl/d |
| Matagorda | 1 active | 3K bbl/d |
All 35 permits, with volumes → · On the map →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Operator of record and permit operator
330 wellbores of record
A well's operator of record is the RRC's, and its permit operator is the one on its latest drilling permit; neither fills in for the other. Its wellbores of record are counted as its wells, with its live permits; a well it permitted that another operator runs, or that the RRC lists with no operator at all, is not. Each count opens the wells it counts. 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Trinity91244001 | 62 | 28 |
| Columbus (Consolidated)19837005 | 51 | 28 |
| Red Oak (Dexter)75363080 | 35 | 21 |
| Milbur (Navarro)61349333 | 23 | 16 |
| Bulloh (Navarro)13277500 | 19 | 11 |
| Hamman38524001 | 15 | 5 |
| Inez Jameson (Navarro -A-)44544400 | 13 | 7 |
| Willard (Navarro)97502500 | 13 | 9 |
| W.C. Finch (Simsboro 1900)94248500 | 13 | 11 |
| Hooker Creek (Navarro A)42493500 | 13 | 5 |
| Chriesman17949001 | 10 | 9 |
| Milbur N. (Wilcox 2660)61351500 | 5 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Feb 12, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 7600 W Tidwell RD Ste 800
- Houston, TX 77040
- (713) 252-6566
- Officers and agents
- Marshall, Preston · President,ceo
- Engelstad, Derek · Vice President,executive
- Kervin, Robert · Vice President,executive
- Rusk Energy Corporation · Director,owner
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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